Lainie Kazan
1) Beaches
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.
2) Pixels
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant saved the world thousands of times, at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they're going to have to do it for real. In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
"The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative..."--Los Angeles Times.
"Vardalos is wonderful, and 88-year-old Michael Constantine casually pockets every scene he's in."--Richard Roeper.
"Some elements are even...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Norma Jean Baker was a Hollywood starlet who transformed into Marilyn Monroe, a Hollywood sex symbol and one of the world's most iconic figures. Sadly, she died at age 36 in 1962 from a drug overdose. Montgomery Clift was a highly regarded actor who earned four Academy Award nominations for such classics as A Place in the Sun and From Here to Eternity. Dependent on drugs and alcohol, Clift was only 45 when he died of heart disease in 1966.
But imagine...
12) Tango Shalom
Author
Language
English
Description
When a Tango dancer and a Rabbi plan to enter a dance competition, there's one big problem-due to his Orthodox beliefs, he's not allowed to touch her! Family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time.
14) Pearly Gates
Author
Language
English
Description
With three months to live, Richard Whiner is desperate to give his life meaning. Pearly Gates is a comedic musical about being remembered and learning that the only way to live on is through the hearts and minds of the people around you.
15) If You Only Knew
Author
Language
English
Description
A romantic comedy about a young man who pretends to be gay in order to rent an apartment with his dream girl. His plan backfires when she keeps trying to set him up with her male friends.
Author
Language
English
Description
The iconic Mister Kelly's bedazzled the country by launching superstars like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It smashed color and gender barriers to put controversial voices on stage and transformed entertainment in America in the '50s, '60s, and '70s.
