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Enter Miss Thang

Autor Brian Edwards
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 sep 2013

Ne-a atras atenția un paradox fascinant: cum poate un executiv de talente, responsabil de mecanismele riguroase din spatele celor mai mari cariere de la Hollywood, să fie cunoscut în cercurile intime sub pseudonimul flamboaiant de „Miss Thang”? Enter Miss Thang nu este doar o cronică a succesului, ci o incursiune cinematică în culisele unei industrii unde loialitatea este o monedă rară. Observăm cum Brian Edwards reușește să penduleze între sobrietatea negocierilor de contracte și extravaganța ceremoniilor de pe Hollywood Walk of Fame, totul sub girul unor legende precum regretata Joan Rivers sau Cindy Crawford.

Ca și I Might Have Been Queen de Brian Edwards, această biografie transformă documentele de arhivă și amintirile personale într-o narațiune vibrantă despre identitate și supraviețuire artistică. Dacă în lucrările sale anterioare, precum My Career and Times in the London Boroughs, the Soviet Union and Ceausescu's Romania, autorul explora contexte politice și administrative rigide, în Enter Miss Thang el își schimbă radical registrul. Aici, tonul este unul de umor efervescent și pasiune, păstrând totodată acuratețea observației pe care o regăsim și în scrierile sale mai tehnice despre sustenabilitate sau istorie urbană.

Structura narativă ne poartă prin trei decenii de evenimente legendare, unde autorul acționează ca o „zână nașă” pentru artiști de talia lui Vanessa Williams sau Matt Cardle. Recomandăm această lectură pentru modul onest în care demitizează strălucirea Hollywood-ului, înlocuind-o cu o poveste despre devotament și curajul de a-ți asuma propria voce într-o lume a măștilor.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781480801714
ISBN-10: 1480801712
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Author Solutions Inc

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Brian Edwards may be a celebrated talent executive, multi-award winning producer, writer and occasional performer, but to friends such as Cindy Crawford and Whoopi Goldberg, he is known quite simply as Miss Thang. The late, great Joan Rivers wrote the foreword and Crawford penned the introduction to his recent autobiography, "Enter Miss Thang," (published by Archway Publishing) which became a national best seller and ends the year as the most honored LGBT Non-Fiction Book of 2014. "Enter Miss Thang" received top honors for Best Humor and Best Gay & Lesbian Non-Fiction at The USA Best Book Awards, (presented by USA Book News), which rounded out the current book awards season, where Edwards also earned a total of ten national and international awards in various categories such as Humor, in addition to dominating the field of LGBT Non-Fiction with wins at The International Book Awards, The Beverly Hills Book Awards and The National Indie Excellence Awards, where it was also named Best Autobiography of the Year.
"Brian is the perfect example of a true friend--and to so many. Enter Miss Thang is his story, filled with humor and passion for his work and the people he loves the most. A diva indeed, but it's a title he's definitely earned by managing to survive almost thirty years in Hollywood, cushioned by intelligence, flamboyance, gut instinct, loyalty, and, most of all, his sense of humor."
--Vanessa Williams,
multi-platinum recording artist
and star of stage, television, and film
"In this book, Brian Edwards sets an example of giving and commitment that creates a standard for all of us to follow as to what a friend should truly be. I'm so proud of his life and legacy."
--Sam Haskell,
former worldwide head of television
at the William Morris Agency
"Brian Edwards is my favorite diva of all time. I have worked with him on many Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies, which have given us both tears of happiness and tears from the laughter he brings out in me when working on these legendary events."
--Ana Martinez,
producer for Hollywood
Walk of Fame
"Brian is one of the kindest, funniest, and most supportive people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He always takes good care of me stateside, like my fairy godmother It's clear to see just how treasured, loved and respected Brian is and deservedly so."
--Matt Cardle,
multi-platinum recording artist
"Having gotten to know Brian over the years I have come to realize his own personal story is as interesting as those of many of his famous friends and clients. He's fiercely loyal, outrageously funny, and generous to a fault."
--Pam Tillis,
CMA and Grammy Award-winning recording artist
"Enter Miss Thang encapsulates more than a man's wild and wonderful adventures in Hollywood, but reveals a dynamic and brilliant colleague and friend with a zest for life and all things fun and fabulous."
--Mirjana Van Blaricom,
president of the
International Press Academy
"I have known Brian for almost twenty years. His enthusiasm and support of talent in this industry is incomparable. No one even comes close He's also a dedicated friend who has always been there for me and so many others, when it truly mattered the most."
--Ali Landry,
actress and spokesperson