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Book Review

The Girlfriend Game by Nick Antosca Reviewed by Five Okay, so I read very little fiction. On a rare occasion, perhaps. Once in a blue moon, at most. Seriously, that’s it. With that stated, I was feeling considerably less than … Continue reading

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The Birth of Hollywood

Los Feliz Area Home To Many Early Hollywood Film Studios Writer and historian Don Seligman has a new book out that shines a bright light on the beginnings of “Hollywood” in the early 1900s in the Los Feliz – East … Continue reading

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Ed Hardy Chats About His Life in Tattoos

He Built An Empire Putting Ink on Skin From the Long Beach Pike to International Fame, Ed Hardy Made His Dreams Come True World famous Ink Man Ed Hardy showed off his new book at the Sunset Strip’s iconic Book … Continue reading

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Hollywood Stuntwoman At Bookstar in Studio City

The Stuntwoman: The True Story of Julie Johnson, a Hollywood Heroine Author Signing The Stuntwoman by David L. Robb and Julie Ann Johnson chronicles the roller coaster life of pioneering stunt woman Julie Ann Johnson, the first female stunt coordinator … Continue reading

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Gilbert Hernandez – “The Comics That Influenced Me in my Childhood”

The “Love and Rockets” Co-Creator Shows and Discusses the Silver Age Comics and Artists Who Influenced Him in his Childhood Gilbert Hernandez presented his new book Marble Season at Skylight Book Shop in Hollywood to a packed house.  The popular … Continue reading

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Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations

New Book Details All The (Until Now) Unknown and Obscure Places The “Boys” Shot Their Films Author Jim Pauley spent 13 years of his life tracking down the often obscure locations where the 3 Stooges films were shot.  Finding these … Continue reading

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Mandela Was Late Book Review And Video

Book Review by Five Ever wonder what it would be like to take an exploratory peek into the mind of a former Seinfeld writer, if nothing more, than just for the hell of it? Ever imagine what it would be … Continue reading

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3 Stooges Film Locations in Hollywood

TUESDAY, APRIL 23rd @ 7:30 pm @ the Larry Edmunds Bookshop-STOOGES! A few years back I attended an evening at Hollywood Heritage w/ a Stoogephile from Philly named Jim Pauley doing a presentation on the film locations of the 3 … Continue reading

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Hollywood Scandals

Hollywood Scandal Almanac: 365 Days of Strange Celebrity Hijinks Jerry Roberts new book “Hollywood Scandal Almanac” should be beside your morning breakfast cereal.  Jerry writes with a sparkling style that gives you the inside scoop on the crazy, weird, sometimes … Continue reading

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Inside The Rolling Stones Juggernaut

Andrew Oldham’s Saucy, Entertaining Text of the British-American Music Business Book Review by “Five” In the third book of Andrew Loog Oldham’s “triography,” Stone Free, the former manager, producer, and the man behind the discovery of the British rock ‘n … Continue reading

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