The creator of the unique style known as 'blue-eyed soul', Dusty Springfield was instrumental in introducing Motown to Britain, and for several years reigned supreme on both sides of the Atlantic. Her voice~flute-like, smoky and sensual, frequently in the space of the same song~was similarly unique.[...]
For over twenty years, Freddie Mercury reigned supreme as the frontman and leading light of one of the biggest, most exciting and best-selling bands in British musical history. From their debut in 1973 to the release of their final studio album in 1991, the year of Freddie's death, Queen charted for[...]
At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died. The tributes and eulogies to Elizabeth Taylor were legion. A weeping Elton John said, 'We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost a[...]
At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died. The tributes and eulogies to Elizabeth Taylor were legion. A weeping Elton John said, 'We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost a[...]
Though there have been numerous biographies of Greta Garbo, this is the first to fully investigate the two so-called missing periods in the life of this most mysterious and enigmatic of all the Hollywood stars. The first, during the late 1920s when Garbo disappeared completely for several months for[...]
This is the first full account of Rock Hudson s career and private life to appear since his death in 1985. With frankness, David Bret discusses every aspect of the actor s life: his painful childhood, his scores of male lovers, the constant pressures of concealing his homosexuality from the press, a[...]
With her bobbed, blonde hair and flashing smile, Doris Day was portrayed as the girl next door - a virginal girl that you could take home to your parents. In real life, she was not quite the happy-go-lucky blonde with the bubbly personality promoted by Warner Brothers who simply wanted to market her[...]
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Elizabeth Taylor - ett liv i rampljuset
Elizabeth Taylors namn är för evigt inskrivet i filmhistorien. Hon var en av de verkligt stora Hollywoodstjärnorna, lika begåvad som vacker, och hon medverkade i rad klassiska filmer.
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