Graphic Showbiz

Graphic Showbiz
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Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Total Pages : 32
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Graphic Showbiz by : Nanabanyin Dadson

Stunt Bunny: Medal Mayhem

Stunt Bunny: Medal Mayhem
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : 9781847388315
ISBN-13 : 1847388310
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Stunt Bunny: Medal Mayhem by : Tamsyn Murray

Harriet Houdini is going for gold in the London Animalympics! Hearing that Superpetsis going to be part of an international Olympics for animals, Harriet fancies her chances at bringing home some medals. She goes into training with a world famous athlete and brings a whole new meaning to the hop-skip-and-jump of the triple jump. But not everyone wants to see Harriet win, least of all The Great Maldini, and she has to take some unconventional transport to make to the Animalympics final.

Specificational and Predicative Clauses

Specificational and Predicative Clauses
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9783110772050
ISBN-13 : 3110772051
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Specificational and Predicative Clauses by : Wout Van Praet

In studies of copular clauses, the relation between specificational and predicative clauses has been a contentious issue. While most studies agree on the analysis of predicative clauses, specificational clauses have sparked much debate. A key concern is how specificational clauses with indefinite ‘variable’ NP (e.g. "A popular holiday go-to is Rome") compare to, and contrast with, other copular clauses, especially specificational clauses with definite ‘variable’ NP (e.g. "The main can’t-miss in Italy is Rome") and predicative clauses with indefinite predicate nominative (e.g. "Rome is a great city"). This book addresses this concern by offering a functional-structural analysis of these three clause types in terms of their common characteristics and distinguishing features. The analysis of the clauses’ structure and meaning is substantiated by evidence from corpus research which probes into various aspects of their actual usage (e.g. information structure and prosody, discourse-embedding). In doing so, the book offers an empirical basis for testing existing assumptions about predicative and specificational clauses, while also providing new insights into the interaction between the grammar and discourse usage of copular clauses.

Showbiz Sensation

Showbiz Sensation
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster UK
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 1847387276
ISBN-13 : 9781847387271
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Showbiz Sensation by : Tamsyn Murray

Meet Harriet Houdini, a young rabbit with lots of attitude, as she settles into life with her new family. Never destined to be a boring bunny, Harriet finds herself scouted by the producer of hit TV show Superpets and starts her career on the showbiz ladder. From daring backflips to thrilling escape attempts Harriet really is a Stunt Bunny extraordinaire!

Making Sense of Sports

Making Sense of Sports
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 531
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ISBN-10 : 9780415348539
ISBN-13 : 0415348536
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Making Sense of Sports by : Ellis Cashmore

This lively and entertaining textbook is an indispensable guide for undergraduates in sports studies and for students taking courses in the sociology of sports.

Elvis After Elvis

Elvis After Elvis
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781136155130
ISBN-13 : 1136155139
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Elvis After Elvis by : Gilbert B. Rodman

'For a dead man, Elvis Presley is awfully noisy. His body may have failed him in 1977, but today his spirit, his image, and his myths do more than live on: they flourish, they thrive, they multiply.' Why is Elvis Presley so ubiquitous a presence in US culture? Why does he continue to enjoy a cultural prominence that would be the envy of the most heavily publicized living celebrities? In Elvis after Elvis Gil Rodman traces the myriad manifestations of The King in popular and not-so-popular culture. He asks why Elvis continues to defy our expectations of how dead stars are supposed to behave: Elvis not only refuses to go away, he keeps showing up in places where he seemingly doesn't belong. Rodman draws upon an extensive and eclectic body of Elvis 'sightings', from Elvis's appearances at the heart of the 1992 Presidential campaign to the debate over his worthiness as a subject for a postage stamp, and from Elvis's central role in furious debates about racism and the appropriation of African-American music to the world of Elvis impersonators and the importance of Graceland as a place of pilgrimage for Elvis fans and followers. Rodman shows how Elvis has become inseparable from many of the defining myths of US culture, enmeshed with the American dream and the very idea of the 'United States', caught up in debates about race, gender and sexuality and in the wars over what constitutes a national culture.

Shakespeare, Shamans, and Show Biz

Shakespeare, Shamans, and Show Biz
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Publisher : Hansen Publishing Group LLC
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781601822109
ISBN-13 : 1601822103
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare, Shamans, and Show Biz by : David Kaplan

In twenty-four chapters David Kaplan offers ideas, opinions, theories, and facts for someone who wants to be a theater artist today in hopes of creating their own vision of theater-making, one informed by, and in the context of, theater history. This book explores what theater artists have done before and what they, inspired by history, might do next. A non-lineal theater history, Shakespeare Shamans, and Show Biz explores theater as a shaman’s vision, as a storyteller’s heritage, as religious propaganda, as a mirror of life, as a critique of society, as a prompt for hard laughter, as fantasy, and as national epic, with plays as different (and the same) as the writings of August Wilson, Gertrude Stein, Shakespeare, and people who never made it into history. Each chapter explores a particular theme: “The Middle Ages as a State of Mind,” “Commedia dell’arte and Molière,” “Shakespeare—To Begin,” “Euripides—Forever Modern,” “Aeschylus—Writing in an Age of Certainty,” “Sophocles and Aristotle—Defining Tragedy,” “Greek Comedy,” “Roman Theater,” “Asian Classics and Rules” (Bunrakuken, Chikamatsu, Zeami), China—The Pear Garden and the Red Pear Garden,” “Neoclassic Theater and Why There is Such a Thing,” “Shakespeare’s Classic,” “Bad Boys Breaking the Rules” (Brecht, Ibsen, and Jarry), “Inside Outside” (Ibsen, Strindberg, Turgenev, Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Antoine), “Beyond Illusion” (Appia, Craig, Poel), “Melodrama and Popular Theater in America” (Aiken, Brice, Cohan, Stone, Tyler, Bert Williams), “American Classic: Eugene O’Neill and Martha Graham,” “Expressionism to Epic” (Brecht, Meyerhold, O’Neill, Piscator, Treadwell), “American Agitprop: Overt and Disguised” (Adler, Clurman, Flanagan, Kazan, Le Gallienne, Miller, Odets, Robeson, Strasberg, Wilder), “Poetry of the Theater” (Artaud, Breton, Cocteau, Ionesco, Kharms, Stein), “Personal Mythology” (Genet, Lorca, Mishima, Strindberg), “Two Masters: Samuel Becket and Tennessee Williams,” “Theater of Identity” (Baraka, Ensler, Kramer, Wilson), and “Missing from History” (Bonner, Fornés, Kennedy, Maeterlinck).

Show Biz Training

Show Biz Training
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Publisher : AMACOM/American Management Association
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 0814427278
ISBN-13 : 9780814427279
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Show Biz Training by : Lenn Millbower

"Entertainers and trainers have a lot in common. Both require an audience. Both require a polished, professional delivery. And both must attract -- and keep -- attention. Or else the show is over. Unlike the audience at a show, training participants are often disinterested and easily distracted. In order to keep them tuned in and help them retain information, trainers are constantly in search of new ways to engage learners. Grounded in the latest adult learning and training theories, "Show Biz Training" provides creative techniques that use comedy, props, magic, theater, and music, giving readers all the tools they need to perform the many activities found inside. The book uses specific examples and provides step-by-step instructions, resource lists, and worksheets to help trainers support and further learning by engaging emotion, building rapport, creating the proper atmosphere, and crafting lessons out of a host of entertainment-inspired ideas. Packed with fun, original concepts for serious educators, "Show Biz Training"is a highly informative way to set the stage for exciting, effective learning."

Showbiz Politics

Showbiz Politics
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9781469617923
ISBN-13 : 1469617927
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Showbiz Politics by : Kathryn Cramer Brownell

Conventional wisdom holds that John F. Kennedy was the first celebrity president, in no small part because of his innate television savvy. But, as Kathryn Cramer Brownell shows, Kennedy capitalized on a tradition and style rooted in California politics and the Hollywood studio system. Since the 1920s, politicians and professional showmen have developed relationships and built organizations, institutionalizing Hollywood styles, structures, and personalities in the American political process. Brownell explores how similarities developed between the operation of a studio, planning a successful electoral campaign, and ultimately running an administration. Using their business and public relations know-how, figures such as Louis B. Mayer, Bette Davis, Jack Warner, Harry Belafonte, Ronald Reagan, and members of the Rat Pack made Hollywood connections an asset in a political world being quickly transformed by the media. Brownell takes readers behind the camera to explore the negotiations and relationships that developed between key Hollywood insiders and presidential candidates from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, analyzing how entertainment replaced party spectacle as a strategy to raise money, win votes, and secure success for all those involved. She demonstrates how Hollywood contributed to the rise of mass-mediated politics, making the twentieth century not just the age of the political consultant but also the age of showbiz politics.

Uncle John's Facts to Go Show Biz Blunders

Uncle John's Facts to Go Show Biz Blunders
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 94
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ISBN-10 : 9781626862463
ISBN-13 : 162686246X
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Uncle John's Facts to Go Show Biz Blunders by : Bathroom Readers' Institute

The famouser they are, the funnier they fall! Oops, they did it again. Whether it’s Tom Cruise going berserk on Oprah’s couch, Taylor Swift ending a relationship just so she can write a song, or Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars—twice, when celebrities get involved, goofs are bound to happen. And those goofs take center stage in Showbiz Blunders, which includes several BRI classics along with some all-new hijinks from today’s (and yesterday’s) dimmest stars. So get ready to feel superior to folks who make way too much money as you read about… • Kooky stars: Shia LaBeouf apologizes for plagiarism via plagiarized statements and Tara Reid ponders where whale sharks come from • How to get fired from your own TV show • Hollywood’s biggest bombs: Jack and Jill, From Justin to Kelly, Battlefield Earth, and more • John Wayne as Genghis Kahn, possibly the most questionable casting decision ever • The day Johnny Cash accidentally burned down a forest • The fake reality of reality television • How the movie The Beach destroyed the beach it was filmed on • Eye-rolling movie bloopers—like digital watches in the Edwardian era • And the award goes to…oops! And much, much more!