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| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Queen of Tuesday Darin Strauss, 2021-05-25 Lucille Ball, Hollywood’s first true media mogul, stars in this “bold” (The Boston Globe), “boisterous novel” (The New Yorker) with a thrilling love story at its heart—from the award-winning, bestselling author of Chang & Eng and Half a Life A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.”—Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Nickel Boys This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit—that the author’s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball—the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood—was part of America’s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille’s off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn’t stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol. The Queen of Tuesday—Strauss’s follow-up to Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew. |
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| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Love, Lucy Lucille Ball, 1997-10-01 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The one and only autobiography by the iconic Lucille Ball, hailed by TV Guide as the “#1 Greatest TV Star of All Time.” Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The legendary star of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. No comedienne had made America laugh so hard, no television actress had made the leap from radio and B movies to become one of the world's best-loved performers. This is her story—in her own words. The story of the ingenue from Jamestown, New York, determined to go to Broadway, destined to make a big splash, bound to marry her Valentino, Desi Arnaz. In her own inimitable style, she tells of their life together—both storybook and turbulent; intimate memories of their children and friends; wonderful backstage anecdotes; the empire they founded; the dissolution of their marriage. And, with a heartfelt happy ending, her enduring marriage to Gary Morton. Here is the lost manuscript that her fans and loved ones will treasure. Here is the laughter. Here is the life. Here’s Lucy... “The comic actress in her own words...intensley moving.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Filled with light and laughter.”—New York Times Book Review |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Desilu Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert, 1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star-crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television history but ended in disintegration. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Poker & Pop Culture Martin Harris, 2019-06-23 Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker’s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions. First came the hands, then came the stories – some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker’s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including: Poker on the Mississippi Poker in the Movies Poker in the Old West Poker on the Newsstand Poker in the Civil War Poker in Literature Poker on the Bookshelf Poker in Music Poker in the White House Poker on Television Poker During Wartime Poker on the Computer From Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game’s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker’s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Calculated Bets Steven S. Skiena, 2001-08-06 A story of using computer simulations and mathematical modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and bet on them successfully. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Ball of Fire Stefan Kanfer, 2007-12-18 As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the context of her conflicted and sometimes bitter personal life. Ball of Fire gives us Lucy in all her contradictions. Here is the beauty who became a master of knock-down slapstick; the control freak whose comic alter ego thrived on chaos, the worshipful TV housewife whose real marriage ended in public disaster. Here, too, is an intimate view of the dawn of television and of the America that embraced it. Charming, informative, touching. and laugh-out-loud funny, this is the book Lucy’s fans have been waiting for. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Film Cheat Murray Pomerance, 2020-10-15 Murray Pomerance, venerated film scholar, is the first to take on the 'cheat' in film, where 'cheating' constitutes a collection of production, performance, and structuring maneuvers intended to foster the impression of a screen reality that does not exist as presented. This usually calls for a suspension of disbelief in the viewer, but that rests on the assumption that disbelief is problematic for viewership, and that we must find some way to “suspend” or “disconnect” it in order to allow for the entertainment of the fiction in its own terms. The Film Cheat explores forty-five aspects of the 'cheat,' analyzing classic films such as Singin' in the Rain and Chinatown, to more contemporary films like The Revenant and Baby Driver, with Pomerance engaging his encyclopedic knowledge of film history to point out numerous instances of suspensions of disbeliefs. Whether or not Gene Kelly is actually dancin' in the rain, or if Elliott is really flying on his bicycle carrying E.T., these cheats are what make movie magic. Elegantly weaving the narrative for one to dip into at random or to read from cover to cover, Pomerance turns things upside down so that the audience actually finds pleasure in the cheat itself, pleasure in the disbelief. To see the elegant fake, the supremely accomplished simulacrum is a pleasure in its own right, indeed one of the fundamental pleasures of cinema. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Racism, Sexism, and the Media Clint C. Wilson, Felix Gutierrez, Lena Chao, 2013 This fourth edition presents current information in the rapidly evolving field of minorities' interaction with mass communications, including the portrayals of minorities in the media, advertising and public relations. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Full Service Scotty Bowers, 2012 The wholesome image of America propagated by Hollywood in the 1940s, '50s and '60s is one of the most persistent in popular culture: loving wives, smiling children. But off the set, many of the actors who helped create this image were secretly leading very wild lives, and one man in particular was helping them: Scotty Bowers. At a time when sex outside of marriage was taboo, Scotty built up a reputation as the guy who could discreetly fix you up. Scotty slept with many stars himself, and connected others with his friends. Here, he tells his story for the first time. Scotty came to Hollywood after serving in the Marines in World War II, and began working at a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard. One day, he was approached and picked up by actor Walter Pidgeon, who whisked him off to a friend's villa for the first of many encounters with Hollywood's rich and famous. He developed long-term friendships with stars like Katharine Hepburn and Noel Coward, but he always kept it quiet--until he now provides a lost chapter in the history of the sexual revolution.--From publisher description. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Small Vices Robert B. Parker, 1998-03-01 Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him... |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Latino Images in Film Charles Ramírez Berg, 2009-09-15 The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos in U.S. cinema for more than a century. In this book, Charles Ramírez Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. popular culture. He also explores how Latino actors and filmmakers have actively subverted and resisted such stereotyping. In the first part of the book, Berg sets forth his theory of stereotyping, defines the classic stereotypes, and investigates how actors such as Raúl Julia, Rosie Pérez, José Ferrer, Lupe Vélez, and Gilbert Roland have subverted stereotypical roles. In the second part, he analyzes Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in three genres: social problem films, John Ford westerns, and science fiction films. In the concluding section, Berg looks at Latino self-representation and anti-stereotyping in Mexican American border documentaries and in the feature films of Robert Rodríguez. He also presents an exclusive interview in which Rodríguez talks about his entire career, from Bedhead to Spy Kids, and comments on the role of a Latino filmmaker in Hollywood and how he tries to subvert the system. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Art of Comedy Paul Ryan, 2007 Dyin' out there? Learn how to act funny from a top Hollywood expert. Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren't born...they're made. Who makes them?Paul Ryan, that's who. NowRyan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets inThe Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide for turning actors into comedy actors. Packed with exercises,The Art of Comedyexplains exactly how to build a character, how to incorporate improvisation into a written scene, where to turn for comic inspiration, and how to increase your comedic imagination. Also included is a technical analysis of comedy greats from Milton Berle to Jerry Seinfeld. For anyone who wants to work in film, in television, or in community theater, here's the complete guide to acting funny. Written by Hollywood's top comedy acting coach Packed with practical step-by-step exercises Gives actors at every level an edge at comedy auditions |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Nothing General About It Maurice Benard, Susan Black, 2020-04-07 Instant New York Times bestseller! The Emmy Award-winning star of General Hospital chronicles his astonishing and emotional life journey in this powerful memoir—an inspiring story of success, show business, and family, and his struggle with mental illness. This shocking true story is General Hospital on anabolic steroids. — Mehmet Oz, M.D., Emmy Award-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show Maurice Benard has been blessed with family, fame, and a successful career. For twenty-five years, he has played one of the most well-known characters on daytime television: General Hospital’s Michael “Sonny” Corinthos, Jr. In his life outside the screen, he is a loving husband and the father of four. But his path has not been without hardship. When he was only twenty, Maurice was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In Nothing General About It, Maurice looks back to his youth in a small town and his tenuous relationship with his father. He describes how his bipolar disorder began to surface in childhood, how he struggled to understand the jolting mood swings he experienced, and how a doctor finally saved his life. For years Maurice was relentless in his goal to be a successful actor. But even after he “made it,” he still grappled with terrifying lows, breakdowns, and setbacks, all while trying desperately to maintain his relationship with his wife, who endured his violent, unpredictable episodes. Maurice holds nothing back as he bravely talks about what it was like to be medicated and institutionalized, and of how he learned to manage his manic episodes while on the set of GH. Nothing General About It is also an incredible love story about an enduring marriage that demonstrates what those vows—for better, for worse, in sickness and in health—truly mean. Maurice also pays tribute to the community that has been there for him through thick and thin, and ruminates on the importance of both inherited and created family. A shocking, riveting, and utterly candid memoir of love, adversity, and ultimately hope, Nothing General About It offers insights and advice for everyone trying to cope with mental illness, and is a motivational story that offers lessons in perseverance—of the importance of believing in and fighting for yourself through the darkest times. Nothing General About It includes a 16-page insert featuring approximately 50 photographs. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Extreme Exoticism W. Anthony Sheppard, 2019-09-20 To what extent can music be employed to shape one culture's understanding of another? In the American imagination, Japan has represented the most alien nation for over 150 years. This perceived difference has inspired fantasies--of both desire and repulsion--through which Japanese culture has profoundly impacted the arts and industry of the U.S. While the influence of Japan on American and European painting, architecture, design, theater, and literature has been celebrated in numerous books and exhibitions, the role of music has been virtually ignored until now. W. Anthony Sheppard's Extreme Exoticism offers a detailed documentation and wide-ranging investigation of music's role in shaping American perceptions of the Japanese, the influence of Japanese music on American composers, and the place of Japanese Americans in American musical life. Presenting numerous American encounters with and representations of Japanese music and Japan, this book reveals how music functions in exotic representation across a variety of genres and media, and how Japanese music has at various times served as a sign of modernist experimentation, a sounding board for defining American music, and a tool for reshaping conceptions of race and gender. From the Tin Pan Alley songs of the Russo-Japanese war period to Weezer's Pinkerton album, music has continued to inscribe Japan as the land of extreme exoticism. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Wednesday's Children Suzanne Somers, 1993-07-01 Adult survivors of abuse--including Traci Lords, Gary Crosby, Patti Davis, Angie Dickinson, and Desi Arnaz, Jr.--share their experiences of pain and recovery from physical, emotional, and sexual battering. Reprint. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2020-08-07 Marriage is okay, but adultery is more fun. Just ask Lucy. --Desi Arnaz Starkly at odds with the utopian fantasies of Classic TV, Desi Arnaz defined his real-life marriage to Lucille Ball like this: We were anything but Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. They had nothing to do with us. We dreamed of success, fame, and fortune. And guess what? It all led to hell. Here from the most prolific biographers in show biz comes an unvarnished overview of the tormented married couple who transformed the manic eccentricities of LUCY into one of the most profitable icons of the Atomic Age. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Jeannie Out of the Bottle Barbara Eden, Wendy Leigh, 2011-04-05 A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses, best known for her iconic role on I Dream of Jeannie The landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden, for decades. Part pristine Hollywood princess and part classic bombshell, with innocence, strength, and comedic talent to spare, Barbara finally lets Jeannie out of her bottle to tell her whole story. Jeannie Out of the Bottle takes us behind the scenes of I Dream of Jeannie as well as Barbara’s dozens of other stage, movie, television, and live concert performances. We follow her from the hungry years when she was a struggling studio contract player at 20th Century Fox through difficult weeks trying to survive as a chorus girl at Ciro’s Sunset Strip supper club, from a stint as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on live TV to tangling on-screen and off with some of Hollywood’s most desirable leading men, including Elvis Presley, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, and Warren Beatty. From the ups and downs of her relationship with her Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman to a touching meeting with an exquisite and vulnerable Marilyn Monroe at the twilight of her career, readers join Barbara on a thrilling journey through her five decades in Hollywood. But Barbara’s story is also an intimate and honest memoir of personal tragedy: a stillborn child with her first husband, Michael Ansara; a verbally abusive, drug-addicted second husband; the loss of her beloved mother; and the accidental heroin-induced death of her adult son, just months before his wedding. With candor and poignancy, Barbara reflects on the challenges she has faced, as well as the joys she has experienced and how she has maintained her humor, optimism, and inimitable Jeannie magic throughout the roller-coaster ride of a truly memorable life. Illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs, including candid family pictures and rare publicity stills, Jeannie Out of the Bottle is a must-have for every fan, old and new. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Lucy & Desi Warren G. Harris, 1992 A Portrayal of the relationship between the comedienne, Lucille Ball, and her Cuban bandleader husband, Desi Arnaz. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Sinatra James Kaplan, 2015-10-27 Just in time for the Chairman’s centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan’s bestselling Frank: The Voice—which completes the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed the “Entertainer of the Century,” deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick on Elvis, Kaplan goes behind the legend to give us the man in full, in his many guises and aspects: peerless singer, (sometimes) accomplished actor, business mogul, tireless lover, and associate of the powerful and infamous. In 2010’s Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan, in rich, distinctive, compulsively readable prose, told the story of Frank Sinatra’s meteoric rise to fame, subsequent failures, and reinvention as a star of live performance and screen. The story of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” continues with Sinatra: The Chairman, picking up the day after he claimed his Academy Award in 1954 and had reestablished himself as the top recording artist. Sinatra’s life post-Oscar was astonishing in scope and achievement and, occasionally, scandal, including immortal recordings almost too numerous to count, affairs ditto, many memorable films (and more than a few stinkers), Rat Pack hijinks that mesmerized the world with their air of masculine privilege, and an intimate involvement at the intersection of politics and organized crime that continues to shock and astound with its hubris. James Kaplan has orchestrated the wildly disparate aspects of Frank Sinatra’s life and character into an American epic—a towering achievement in biography of a stature befitting its subject. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Tube of Plenty Erik Barnouw, 1990-05-31 Based on the classic History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty represents the fruit of several decades' labor. When Erik Barnouw--premier chronicler of American broadcasting and a participant in the industry for fifty years--first undertook the project of recording its history, many viewed it as a light-weight literary task concerned mainly with entertainment trivia. Indeed, trivia such as that found in quiz programs do appear in the book, but Barnouw views them as part of a complex social tapestry that increasingly defines our era. To understand our century, we must fully comprehend the evolution of television and its newest extraordinary offshoots. With this fact in mind, Barnouw's new edition of Tube of Plenty explores the development and impact of the latest dramatic phases of the communications revolution. Since the first publication of this invaluable history of television and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture and society, many significant changes have occurred. Assessing the importance of these developments in a new chapter, Barnouw specifically covers the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television and film channels such as HBO (Home Box Office), the success of channels catering to special audiences such as ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) and MTV (Music Television), and the arrival of VCRs in America's living rooms. He also includes an appendix entitled questions for a new millennium, which will challenge readers not only to examine the shape of television today, but also to envision its future. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Glasshouse Charles Stross, 2010-11-04 When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out of the picture because of something his earlier self knew. On the run from a ruthless pursuer and searching for a place to hide, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse. Constructed to simulate a pre-accelerated culture, participants are assigned anonymized identities: it looks like the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run. But in this escape-proof environment Robin will undergo an even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters, and of his own unbalanced psyche . . . |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Castle on Sunset Shawn Levy, 2019-05-23 For nearly ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favoured the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. Filled with deep secrets but hidden in plain sight, its evolution parallels the growth of Hollywood itself. Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairy-tale castle, the Chateau seems to come from another world entirely. An apartment-house-turned-hotel, it has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: 1930s bombshell Jean Harlow took lovers during her third honeymoon there; director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter met poolside and began a secret affair; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies, once nearly falling to his death; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose in a private bungalow; Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. Much of what's happened inside the Chateau's walls has eluded the public eye - until now. With wit and prowess, Shawn Levy recounts the wild parties and scandalous liaisons, creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, births and untimely deaths that the Chateau Marmont has given rise to. Vivid, salacious and richly informed, the book is a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from the suites and bungalows of its most hallowed hotel. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Laughs, Luck . . . and Lucy Jess Oppenheimer, Gregg Oppenheimer, 1999-04 The man Lucille Ball called the brains of I Love Lucy gives us an inside view of television history as it was being made. Jess Oppenheimer's famous sitcom was the most popular and influential television phenomenon in the history of the medium. Forty-five years after its debut, it remains a favourite the world over. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Dreamers and Deceivers Glenn Beck, 2015-08-11 The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck-- |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Feedback David Joselit, 2007 In a world where politics is conducted through images, the tools of art history can be used to challenge the privatized antidemocratic sphere of American television. American television embodies a paradox: it is a privately owned and operated public communications network that most citizens are unable to participate in except as passive specators. Television creates an image of community while preventing the formation of actual social ties because behind its simulated exchange of opinions lies a highly centralized corporate structure that is profoundly antidemocratic. In Feedback, David Joselit describes the privatized public sphere of television and recounts the tactics developed by artists and media activists in the 1960s and 1970s to break open its closed circuit. The figures whose work Joselit examines--among them Nam June Paik, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas, Abbie Hoffman, Andy Warhol, and Melvin Van Peebles--staged political interventions within television's closed circuit. Joselit identifies three kinds of image-events: feedback, which can be both disabling noise and rational response--as when Abbie Hoffman hijacked television time for the Yippies with flamboyant stunts directed to the media; the image-virus, which proliferates parasitically, invading, transforming, and even blocking systems--as in Nam June Paik's synthesized videotapes and installations; and the avatar, a quasi-fictional form of identity available to anyone, which can function as a political actor--as in Melvin Van Peebles's invention of Sweet Sweetback, an African-American hero who appealed to a broad audience and influenced styles of Black Power activism. These strategies, writes Joselit, remain valuable today in a world where the overlapping information circuits of television and the Internet offer different opportunities for democratic participation. In Feedback, Joselit analyzes such midcentury image-events using the procedures and categories of art history. The trope of figure/ground reversal, for instance, is used to assess acts of representation in a variety of media--including the medium of politics. In a televisual world, Joselit argues, where democracy is conducted through images, art history has the capacity to become a political science. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade, 1893 |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture J. Whalley, 2010-06-21 Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Live s confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history, such as National Lampoon s Animal House, Ghostbusters, and Beverly Hills Cop. Jim Whalley also considers how SNL has adapted to meet the needs of subsequent generations, launching the film careers of Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and others in the process. Supported by extensive archival research, some of Hollywood s most popular comedians are placed into the contexts of film and television comic traditions and social and cultural trends in American life. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Mae West Jill Watts, 2003-04-17 Why don't you come up and see me sometime? Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend? Sifting through previously untapped sources, author Jill Watts unravels the enigmatic life of Mae West, tracing her early years spent in the Brooklyn subculture of boxers and underworld figures, and follows her journey through burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and, finally, Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the big screen's most popular--and colorful--stars. Exploring West's penchant for contradiction and her carefully perpetuated paradoxes, Watts convincingly argues that Mae West borrowed heavily from African American culture, music, dance and humor, creating a subversive voice for herself by which she artfully challenged society and its assumptions regarding race, class and gender. Viewing West as a trickster, Watts demonstrates that by appropriating for her character the black tradition of double-speak and signifying, West also may have hinted at her own African-American ancestry and the phenomenon of a black woman passing for white. This absolutely fascinating study is the first comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work. It reveals a beloved icon as a radically subversive artist consciously creating her own complex image. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Hollywood Babylon Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2008 An anthology of indescretion compiled from 60 years' exposure to America's entertainment industry, which makes the original Hollywood Babylon look tame, polite and restrained. In the first volume in a new series, Blood Moon apply the tabloid standards of today to the scandals of Hollywood's golden age, also including shocking rundowns of today's Hollywood scandals in the making. Includes chapters on Well Hung Hollywood, Victors and Losers in the Battle of the Bulge, Fan-Worship and Necrophilia, Murder, Marilyn, a Death in a Dinghy and more lurid revelations! |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Lady Bird and Lyndon Betty Boyd Caroli, 2015-10-27 Marriage is the most underreported story in political life and yet is often the key to its success. This is the idea driving a revealing new portrait of Lady Bird as the essential strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and ballast for Lyndon...[A] biography of a political partnership that helps explain how the wildly talented but deeply flawed Lyndon Baines Johnson ended up making history...--P. [2] of jacket. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Dream Girl Elmer Rice, 1950-10 THE STORY: Tells of a delightful young woman who quite inefficiently runs a bookstore. She is one of those charming but dreamy, over-imaginative young women whom the slightest suggestion may send off into the most extravagant daydreams. In her own |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Radio and Television in Cuba Michael Brian Salwen, 1994 Cuban radio and television before Fidel Castro's revolution were rich with domestically produced soap operas, live sporting events, lavish song-and-dance programs, and raucous political commentators. Cuba's 156 radio stations and 27 television stations sought the best talent from around the world. They paid large sums for exclusive rights to broadcast baseball games and boxing matches. All of these endeavors were overshadowed by Castro's revolution. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Good Clean Humor George C. Debnam, 2008-02 A church lay speaker and physician prescribes a dose of humor--clean humor, stories, and illustrations. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Media Essentials Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Shawn Harmsen, 2019-09-16 A concise and affordable resource for the mass communication course, Media Essentials provides a flexible, informative, and relevant breakdown of what the media is, how it works, and how it impacts today’s most talked-about subjects. From #metoo to content streaming to social media and politics, students learn how a wide variety of recent developments have impacted the mass-media landscape—and how past innovation and change have informed our current media world. Media Essentials is available with LaunchPad, a robust online platform designed to help students fully engage with course content—and with the world of mass media. From our acclaimed LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, which helps students learn and retain concepts, to compelling features like an interactive e-book and a variety of entertaining and thought-provoking video clips, LaunchPad gets students connected with—and interested in—the information they need to succeed in class. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Second Act Trouble Steven Suskin, 2006 These cautionary tales are provocative, highly instructive, occasionally brutal, and, from a safe distance, downright hilarious, making Second Act Trouble the perfect Broadway bedtime reader - unless you are prone to nightmares.--BOOK JACKET. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Down and Dirty Dish on Revenge Eva Nagorski, 2010-04-01 For those who have experienced heartbreak and are dreaming about the sheer satisfaction of sticking it to the person who stuck it to them, this fully loaded, juiced-up book on how people devise, execute, and relish passionate revenge is a must-have. Find answers to important questions like: - What type of revenge would best suit your personality? - Does karma really burn? - The dishes are done. When is it time to move on? Whether you're feeling juvenile or sinister, this laugh-out-loud joy of a book shows how to get in touch with your inner Revenger. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: The Real Story of Lucille Ball Eleanor Harris, 2017-07-31 The difficult early years... The truth about her and Desi... What’s behind I Love Lucy... First published in 1954, this is the full story of the actress who struggled to achieve stardom in the savagely competitive world of Hollywood and then went on to top place in television. And the story of the woman who won the harder battle of preserving the things she loved—marriage, home, and family—against the unceasing demands of success. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Lucille Kathleen Brady, 2016-05-10 Everyone loved Lucy, the scheming, madcap redhead who ruled television for more than twenty years. In life, however, Lucille Ball presented a far more complex and contradictory personality than was ever embodied by the television Lucy. In Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball Kathleen Brady presents the actress as a fully rounded human being, often at odds with the image she presented as an entertainment icon. Brady has gone far beyond the typical celebrity biography to present a funny, unflinching and ultimately moving portrait of Lucille Ball as a performing artist, daughter, mother, friend, colleague, and television mogul. Many think they know the story of Lucille Ball's life, but Brady provides new details and a fresh perspective on this complex woman through a wealth of anecdotes and firsthand accounts. Lucille Ball is revealed not only as a television archetype and influential icon of postwar American culture, but as a driven yet fragile human being who spent her life struggling to create of life of normalcy, but ultimately failed--even as she succeeded in bringing laughter of millions of fans. In researching Lucille, Brady interviewed more than 150 people from her hometown to Hollywood. She spoke with her grade school classmates, and those like Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rodgers who met her when she arrived in Hollywood in the 1930s. She gained insights from those who knew her before her fame and from those she loved throughout her life. Film, radio and television history come to life with the appearances on these pages of such greats as The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Louis B. Mayer, and of course Desi Arnaz, who march and pratfall through the pages of this outstanding biography. |
| did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Oprah Kitty Kelley, 2010-04-13 For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television history, she has gotten her guests—often the biggest celebrities in the world—to bare their love lives, explore their painful pasts, admit their transgressions, reveal their pleasures, and explore their demons. In turn, Oprah has repeatedly allowed her audience to share in her own life story, opening up about the sexual abuse in her past and discussing her romantic relationships, her weight problems, her spiritual beliefs, her charitable donations, and her strongly held views on the state of the world. After a quarter of a century of the Oprah-ization of America, can there be any more secrets left to reveal? Yes. Because Oprah has met her match. Kitty Kelley has, over the same period of time, fearlessly and relentlessly investigated and written about the world’s most revered icons: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, England’s Royal Family, and the Bush dynasty. In her #1 bestselling biographies, she has exposed truths and exploded myths to uncover the real human beings that exist behind their manufac¬tured facades. Turning her reportorial sights on Oprah, Kelley has now given us an unvarnished look at the stories Oprah’s told and the life she’s led. Kelley has talked to Oprah’s closest family members and business associates. She has obtained court records, birth certificates, financial and tax records, and even copies of Oprah’s legendary (and punishing) confidentiality agreements. She has probed every aspect of Oprah Winfrey’s life, and it is as if she’s written the most extraordinary segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show ever filmed—one in which Oprah herself is finally and fully revealed. There is a case to be made, and it is certainly made in this book, that Oprah Winfrey is an important, and even great, figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. But there is also a case to be made that even greatness needs to be examined and put under a microscope. Fact must be separated from myth, truth from hype. Kitty Kelley has made that separation, showing both sides of Oprah as they have never been shown before. In doing so she has written a psychologically perceptive and meticulously researched book that will surprise and thrill everyone who reads it. |
Love's Labors Almost Lost: Managing Crisis - JSTOR
Abstract: This article presents new research material on how Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz managed their public personas during the run of I Love Lucy (1951-1957).
The Real Story of Desi and Lucy - library.ljbc.wa.edu.au
depicted in this week’s S TV movie Lucy & Desi: efore the Laughter (Feb. 10), the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz began to fray with the strain of separation.
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Oct 7, 2010 · Said a blonde who dallied with Desi in Palm Springs: ' 'Wh Does Desi Love Lucy? (continued) Let us look in on Desi, as they say on TV, on a warm night in California, last …
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Did Desi Arnaz Cheat on Lucy? Unpacking the Rumors and the Reality The iconic television couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, captivated audiences for decades with their comedic …
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Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
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particularly one persistent question: did Desi Arnaz cheat on Lucy? This post delves into the complexities of their relationship, exploring the evidence, the speculation, and the lasting …
“REALITY” AND THE FOUNDING DISCOURSES OF TELEVISION …
On January 19, 1953, two babies were born--in the morning, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr had a son, and in the evening, the fictional characters they played, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, also had …
Lucille Ball And Desi Arnaz Relationship
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the iconic comedic duo, shared a tumultuous but enduring love story. Their on-screen chemistry translated into a real-life romance that blossomed into a successful …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucille Ball
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucille Ball: ... As we are producing the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special Lucy A to Z has been a godsend Lucie Arnaz 2001 letter to author Lucy A to Z is a …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy [PDF] - 10anos.cdes.gov.br
Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy [PDF] - cie-advances.asme.org
The question of whether Desi Arnaz cheated on Lucy remains largely unanswered. The lack of concrete evidence makes it impossible to definitively confirm or deny the rumours.
Behind The Scenes Of I Love Lucy (2024) - tecquip.com.vn
The Power Couple: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Real-Life Dynamic The on-screen chemistry between Lucy and Ricky Ricardo wasn't merely acting; it was fueled by the real-life passion …
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did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Desilu Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert, 1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star-crossed marriage that sired one of the most …
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Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy: The Queen of Tuesday Darin Strauss,2021-05-25 Lucille Ball Hollywood s first true media mogul stars in this bold The Boston Globe boisterous novel The …
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Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
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This post delves into the details of Desi Arnaz's education, exploring the formal schooling he received, the informal learning experiences that shaped him, and ultimately, how his unique …
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Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
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Coyne S. Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in …
Love's Labors Almost Lost: Managing Crisis - JSTOR
Abstract: This article presents new research material on how Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz managed their public personas during the run of I Love Lucy (1951-1957).
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF HOUSEWIFERY: LUCY …
Lucy Ricardo battled patriarchy, which was common among TV sitcoms of the era. Primarily, this study aims to analyze Lucy Ricardo’s role as a woman who pushes the limits of patriarchy in I …
The Real Story of Desi and Lucy - library.ljbc.wa.edu.au
depicted in this week’s S TV movie Lucy & Desi: efore the Laughter (Feb. 10), the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz began to fray with the strain of separation.
WNYC
Oct 7, 2010 · Said a blonde who dallied with Desi in Palm Springs: ' 'Wh Does Desi Love Lucy? (continued) Let us look in on Desi, as they say on TV, on a warm night in California, last …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy - www2.internationalinsurance
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat on Lucy? Unpacking the Rumors and the Reality The iconic television couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, captivated audiences for decades with their comedic …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy (book) - 10anos.cdes.gov.br
Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy - cie-advances.asme.org
particularly one persistent question: did Desi Arnaz cheat on Lucy? This post delves into the complexities of their relationship, exploring the evidence, the speculation, and the lasting …
“REALITY” AND THE FOUNDING DISCOURSES OF …
On January 19, 1953, two babies were born--in the morning, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr had a son, and in the evening, the fictional characters they played, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, also had …
Lucille Ball And Desi Arnaz Relationship
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the iconic comedic duo, shared a tumultuous but enduring love story. Their on-screen chemistry translated into a real-life romance that blossomed into a successful …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucille Ball
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucille Ball: ... As we are producing the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special Lucy A to Z has been a godsend Lucie Arnaz 2001 letter to author Lucy A to Z is a …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy [PDF] - 10anos.cdes.gov.br
Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy [PDF] - cie-advances.asme.org
The question of whether Desi Arnaz cheated on Lucy remains largely unanswered. The lack of concrete evidence makes it impossible to definitively confirm or deny the rumours.
Behind The Scenes Of I Love Lucy (2024) - tecquip.com.vn
The Power Couple: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Real-Life Dynamic The on-screen chemistry between Lucy and Ricky Ricardo wasn't merely acting; it was fueled by the real-life passion …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy - origin-impurities.waters
did desi arnaz cheat on lucy: Desilu Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert, 1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star-crossed marriage that sired one of the most …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy - staging-gambit2.uschess.org
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy: The Queen of Tuesday Darin Strauss,2021-05-25 Lucille Ball Hollywood s first true media mogul stars in this bold The Boston Globe boisterous novel The …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy (Download Only)
novel to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew A Book Desi Arnaz,1976 Desilu Coyne S. Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy - cie-advances.asme.org
Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
Desi Arnaz Education - www2.internationalinsurance
This post delves into the details of Desi Arnaz's education, exploring the formal schooling he received, the informal learning experiences that shaped him, and ultimately, how his unique …
Did Desi Arnaz Cheat On Lucy [PDF] - staging …
Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television …
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Coyne S. Sanders,Tom Gilbert,1994-05-31 A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in …
