Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of ...

Everybody’s got one—that sibling, aunt, uncle, in-law, parent, child— who’s movie-mad, who can regularly be found at the local repertory house and whose cable box is set by default at Turner Classic ...

Few critics today count Cecil B. DeMille as an important film director, but the story of DeMille is the story of Hollywood, one of American history's more colorful and fascinating tales. In fact, ...

New and improved edition of the acclaimed biography: Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: The Entertainment Empire of Edie and Lew Wasserman. The spring publication of this dual biography also marks the centennial ...

He was crowned "the King of Hollywood" in a 1938 poll conducted by columnist Ed Sullivan, and for once the hype was accurate. Whether he was striking sparks with Jean Harlow in "Red Dust" or bringing ...

Johnny Rosselli was one of those people who navigated the world by charming everyone in his path, including gangsters such as Al Capone and Frank Nitti, Hollywood censor Joseph Breen, union boss ...

Although Gwyneth Paltrow now preaches peace and wellness, her past reveals a far more ruthless side. A new unauthorized biography reveals a darker past filled with ambition, icy grudges, and savage ...

In “Rock,” Michael Kearns has created a mesmerizing one-man show where the person ostensibly profiled doesn’t even make an appearance. It’s not Kearns’ aim to give us a Hollywood biography of the ...

When a film historian, Kevin Brownlow, showed up at the home of producer Irving Asher to shoot a documentary about his career, Brownlow hoped he would also get to interview Asher’s wife, the elusive ...

Upcoming subjects include Biggie Smalls, Vladimir Putin, Elizabeth Smart and Mike Tyson. By Kate Stanhope Sharenow Main - H 2015 A+E Networks is reviving another unscripted hit. The award-winning ...

In 1961, a precocious young artist named Eve Babitz wrote a letter to “Catch-22” novelist Joseph Heller, seeking help getting her book published. “Dear Joseph Heller,” it began, “I am a stacked ...