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Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, fashion, culture, and tech / Maureen Dowd.

Dowd, Maureen, (author.).

Summary:

"Shining a white-hot spotlight on America's famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd's most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive commentary as a scalpel, Dowd dissects influential cultural elites, including: Leading Hollywood women from Uma Thurman to Jane Fonda to Greta Gerwig; Silver screen foxes such as Paul Newman, Idris Elba, and Ralph Fiennes; Funny people like Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, and Larry David; Fashionistas from Andre Leon Talley to Ann Roth to Tom Ford; And media and tech titans like Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Peter Thiel. Notorious is the perfect antidote to our current political malaise and an intimate, gossipy romp through the culture of celebrity from a legend in American journalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063392229
  • ISBN: 0063392224
  • Physical Description: xiii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colorillustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part 1: Leading ladies. This is Uma Thurman is angry -- Jane Fonda, intergalactic eco-warrior in a red coat -- Kate Winslet has no filter -- Musing on Marilyn Monroe -- Candice Bergen, woman who's had it all -- Part 2: Leading men. Ralph Fiennes, master of monsters -- You have Idris Elba's full attention -- Paul Newman, reluctant sex symbol -- Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid riding into the sunset -- Sean Penn, rebel with many causes -- Kevin Costner, grouchy superhunk -- Al Pacino, how "The Godfather" made the shy star "notorious" -- Bonding with Daniel Craig -- Eddie Murphy : he's never been happier, or more glum -- Warren Beatty in love, on stage and off -- Part 3: Funny people. Whatever Tina Fey wants, Tina Fey gets -- Larry David, master of his quarantine -- Mel Brooks isn't done punching up the history of the world -- Part 4: Creative class. Greta Gerwig, in the pink -- Ryan Murphy is having a very happy Halloween -- Tom Stoppard finally looks into his shadow -- Rockstar Patti Smith, making Paris swoon -- Part 5: Fashion savants. Tom Ford, fragrant vegan vampire -- Diane von Furstenberg has no regrets : "I will laugh when I die" -- Ann Roth is Hollywood's secret weapon -- Monsieur Vogue is leaving Trumpland -- Part 6: Writers, moguls, visionaries. The slow-burning success of Disney's Bob Iger -- "All men are guilty," says mega-mogul Barry Diller -- Elon Musk's future shock -- Peter Thiel, Trump's tech pal, explains himself -- Jann Wenner wants to reveal it all -- Cindy Adams, gossip's G.O.A.T..
Subject: Motion picture actors and actresses > Biography.
Fashion designers > Biography.
Celebrities > Biography.
Businessmen > Biography.

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Covington Branch Adult Nonfiction (Text) ACQ0770462 Adult Nonfiction On order -
Erlanger Branch 920.02 D745n 2025 (Text) 33126026949143 New Adult Nonfiction Checked out 04/09/2025


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