Madonna: Fighting Her Fade Michael Essany (Author)
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Madonna
"Madonna: Fighting Her Fade" is a compelling, contemporary, first-of-its kind work from international bestselling author and former E! Entertainment Television host Michael Essany. This provocative and completely authorized work explores Madonna's alleged transition from modern pop superstar to an aging diva who is purportedly resorting to outlandish and desperate stage antics to remain relevant.
"Madonna: Fighting Her Fade" delves into the origins and outcome of Madonna's feud with Lady Gaga, the 53-year-old's epic new album failure, the Material Girl's obsession with physical fitness (and how this obsession has reportedly resulted in havoc for her sex life), as well as Madonna's apparent newfound willingness to do almost anything and everything possible to keep people talking about her... and only her.
"Madonna appears to be fighting her fading star," the author divulges. "She has perceptibly begun to struggle with the realization that she is in the twilight of her career. With absolute certainly, Madonna remains an iconic maven of pop music. But a transition is undeniably coming. Soon, Madonna won't be able to rock the stage as she once could. And the longer she fights the inevitable, the harsher the impact will be to her legacy and, perhaps, even to her own emotional well-being."
Read more inside this gripping and controversial new eBook exclusive.
- Rank: #136960 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-07-30
- Released on: 2012-07-30
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Description #1 by eCrater - backlotmovie:
This is an ORIGINAL 1-Sheet Folded MOVIE Poster, measuring 27 x 41 in MINT Unused condition. Its stamped on the back Style C it was used to promote the motion picture, that was finally released in 1967,Spree Directors:Walon GreenMitchell LeisenWritten by Sydney Field According to Joselyn Faris's book, Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-bibliography, "This documentary on the nightlife of Las Vegas was filmed primarily at the Topicana and Dunes Hotels, respectively, in 1962-63. Musical numbers performed by the film's stars aside, "Spree" also includes scenes of gambling casinos, cock fights and boxing." The entire cast included: Constance MooreMickey Hargitay... HimselfVic DamoneSydney Field... NarratorJayne MansfieldJuliet ProwseBarkley Shaw... HimselfRosana Tapajs... HerselfClara Ward... Vocal groupPoster features sexy images of JAYNE MANSFIELD and JULIET PROWSE in sexy bikini show girls type outfits. VERY LAS VEGAS showgirls looking poster! Nice if you collect Vegas items, Original Posters, Jayne or Juliet!MORE INFO ON JAYNE MANSFIELD: Jayne Mansfield burst on the Hollywood scene like a rocket in 1955. One of the biggest sex symbol stars of the 1950s and 1960s, Jayne was second only to Marilyn Monroe and personified the era of the Blonde Bombshell. Known for her love of children and animals, Jayne also possessed an IQ of 163 and was known as one of the most friendliest, as well as publicity loving, stars of the era. She was one of the first sex symbols to ever own a sexual image as well as have a family. She was the first American motion picture actress to ever appear nude in a legitimate major motion picture. Known for having one of the most sensational hourglass figures ever. 40D-17-36.Jayne married Paul Mansfield at the age of 16 and by 17 she was a mother. She and Paul and baby Jayne Marie moved to California in early 1954 where Jayne set out with one goal: to become a movie star. She was a brunette at the time and upon meeting Milton Lewis, a Paramount executive, she was told she was wasting her "obvious talents" and should go blonde. She did. Though nothing panned out at Paramount, she did manage to film a featured role in an independent film called _Female Jungle (1954)_. The film would not be officially released until 1957 to capitalize on Jayne's then super-stardom. After "Female Jungle", Jayne became a contract player at Warner Brothers and landed a small but sexy role in the Jack Webb/Peggy Lee drama Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). By this time, Paul Mansfield had become tired of Jayne's ambition and went back to Texas (where Jayne had moved as a child when she was 6) and from here on out it was Jayne and Jayne Marie. Jayne filmed a very small role in the Alan Ladd drama Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). Finally, it seemed Jayne hit pay dirt when she filmed a featured and major role in the Edward G. Robinson courtroom drama Illegal (1955). Jayne stole the show and even got her name on a few marquees and received good notices as well. Yet, Warner Brothers at this time dropped her contract... something they would regret. While in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1955 to film another indie called The Burglar (1957), Jayne auditioned for a Broadway play called "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?". The role called for a beautiful blonde sex symbol and she fitted the bill. Jayne landed the role and overnight a media and public sensation was born. Once seen as a "threat" to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne already proved herself as a hot commodity and gained respect as a legitimate Broadway actress and was no longer a threat but a proven force. 20th Century Fox, also Marilyn Monroe's studio, bought the play just to get Jayne. Returning to Hollywood, along with beau Mickey Hargitay (a sex symbol in his own right as a former Mr. Universe), Jayne filmed three back to back hits, The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Wayward Bus (1957), and the film version of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She rounded out the year of 1957 with Kiss Them for Me (1957), co-starring Cary Grant. While "Kiss Them For Me" was not the blockbuster it was meant to be, Jayne realized one of her dreams by working with Cary Grant who she adored as a child. Grant was quoted as saying of Jayne, "A potential Mae West". Jayne received the honor of being the most photographed woman of 1957 and while Monroe's career waned after the box office disappointment of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Jayne's prospered. She won a 1957 Golden Globe as Most Promising Female Newcomer.Jayne and Hargitay married in a lavish, huge wedding on January 13, 1958. A month later Jayne and Mickey performed in a spectacular Vegas show where Jayne received $25000 per week, becoming one of the most highly paid entertainers of that era. She moved into a lavish pink mansion once owned by Rudy Vallee. That same year, Jayne filmed what many fans agree to be one of her shining moments, a western called The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958). Jayne proved herself a capable comedic actress. She continued work at Fox though it seemed they were at a loss with what to do with this extravagant star. Brassy, wild, and in no need of a press agent, Fox just didn't know how to promote her as Jayne did plenty of promoting herself. They began loaning her out for which they received a quarter of a million dollars while Jayne only received her weekly salary.Jayne and Mickey had their first child together in 1958. In all, Jayne gave birth to 5 children: Jayne Marie born in 1950, Mickey Jr., born in 1958, Zoltan born in 1960, Mariska born in 1964 and Tony born in 1965. Tony was the offspring of Jayne's union with her third and final husband, Matt Cimber (Mickey and Jayne divorced in 1964).After the death of Marilyn Monroe, interest in the blonde bombshells began fading. But the public still loved Jayne. They came out in droves to see her plays, nightclub acts, store appearances, and even her home. Though her film career began to appear to have fallen out of favor in the mid-1960s, Jayne still commanded a weekly salary of $8000-25000 per week for her nightclub act and she traveled all over the world with it. She was as one fan puts it, "The Madonna of the 1960s".En route to New Orleans for a talk show appearance, Jayne and then companion Sam Brody, driver Ronnie Harrison, and 3 of her children slammed into the back of a tractor trailer truck early in the morning of June 29, 1967. The children, asleep in the backseat of the car, survived while all three passengers up front, Jayne, Sam, and driver Ronnie were instantly killed. The impact of the crash so was severe that Jayne was virtually scalped. A picture of the accident site falsely created a rumor that Jayne had been decapitated when what appeared to be her head was laying on the dash. In fact, what was on the dash was one of many blonde wigs that Jayne had been wearing at that time.Jayne is remembered as an icon of the 1950s. A symbol of "sex on the rocks" as Life Magazine put it... as well as an actress, a loving mother, and a true star.MORE INFO ON JULIET PROWSE: Born in India to South African parents, Juliet studied to be a dancer from the age of 4. Attending the Royal Academy of Dance, by the time Juliet was 14, she was deemed too tall at just under six feet to enter the world of ballet. She signed as a chorus dancer with the London Palladium and then pursued a career as a dancer in European nightclubs. While dancing in Paris, she was spotted by Hollywood choreographer Hermes Pan and signed to a role in the movie 'Can-Can (1960)'. While rehearsing for the movie, Soviet Premier Khrushchev was invited to watch the then unknown Prowse and others rehearsing their steps. The next day, he denounced the dance as immoral and it was Prowse's photo that accompanied the news across newspapers worldwide. An instant celebrity, Juliet shot to stardom with her acting and dancing and the tabloids filled with her romance with star Frank Sinatra. That same year, she also appeared with Elvis Presley in 'GI Blues (1960)' and again the tabloids followed her.She appeared in more films the next year, but as her celebrity status waned, so did her movie career. Her engagement to Sinatra in 1962 fueled her nightclub act, but did nothing for her movie career. In 1965, Juliet moved to Television with the Series "Mona McCluskey" playing a nutty Hollywood starlet, but the show soon ended. Her big screen career ended with 'Run for Your Wife (1966)' and she thereafter appeared on the stage and on the nightclub circuit. Some of her stage shows included "Sweet Charity", "Kismet", "Irma La Douce", "Mame" and "The Pajama Game". She also appeared as a guest on Television, but most of the time, she worked in her nightclub act. In 1994, she was diagnosed with cancer.Winning buyder agrees in advance to pay an additional Mail postage (Foreign orders will require additional postage) and to remit full payment within 10 days after notification from the seller. California residents must add an additional 8.5% for state sales taxes. Be sure to click on "View Seller's Other products" for more great items like this!Powered by eCRATER . List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
Description #2 by eCrater - backlotmovie:
This is an ORIGINAL 1-Sheet Folded MOVIE Poster, measuring 27 x 41 in MINT Unused condition. Its stamped on the back Style C it was used to promote the motion picture, that was finally released in 1967,Spree Directors:Walon GreenMitchell LeisenWritten by Sydney Field According to Joselyn Faris's book, Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-bibliography, "This documentary on the nightlife of Las Vegas was filmed primarily at the Topicana and Dunes Hotels, respectively, in 1962-63. Musical numbers performed by the film's stars aside, "Spree" also includes scenes of gambling casinos, cock fights and boxing." The entire cast included: Constance MooreMickey Hargitay... HimselfVic DamoneSydney Field... NarratorJayne MansfieldJuliet ProwseBarkley Shaw... HimselfRosana Tapajs... HerselfClara Ward... Vocal groupPoster features sexy images of JAYNE MANSFIELD and JULIET PROWSE in sexy bikini show girls type outfits. VERY LAS VEGAS showgirls looking poster! Nice if you collect Vegas items, Original Posters, Jayne or Juliet!MORE INFO ON JAYNE MANSFIELD: Jayne Mansfield burst on the Hollywood scene like a rocket in 1955. One of the biggest sex symbol stars of the 1950s and 1960s, Jayne was second only to Marilyn Monroe and personified the era of the Blonde Bombshell. Known for her love of children and animals, Jayne also possessed an IQ of 163 and was known as one of the most friendliest, as well as publicity loving, stars of the era. She was one of the first sex symbols to ever own a sexual image as well as have a family. She was the first American motion picture actress to ever appear nude in a legitimate major motion picture. Known for having one of the most sensational hourglass figures ever. 40D-17-36.Jayne married Paul Mansfield at the age of 16 and by 17 she was a mother. She and Paul and baby Jayne Marie moved to California in early 1954 where Jayne set out with one goal: to become a movie star. She was a brunette at the time and upon meeting Milton Lewis, a Paramount executive, she was told she was wasting her "obvious talents" and should go blonde. She did. Though nothing panned out at Paramount, she did manage to film a featured role in an independent film called _Female Jungle (1954)_. The film would not be officially released until 1957 to capitalize on Jayne's then super-stardom. After "Female Jungle", Jayne became a contract player at Warner Brothers and landed a small but sexy role in the Jack Webb/Peggy Lee drama Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). By this time, Paul Mansfield had become tired of Jayne's ambition and went back to Texas (where Jayne had moved as a child when she was 6) and from here on out it was Jayne and Jayne Marie. Jayne filmed a very small role in the Alan Ladd drama Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). Finally, it seemed Jayne hit pay dirt when she filmed a featured and major role in the Edward G. Robinson courtroom drama Illegal (1955). Jayne stole the show and even got her name on a few marquees and received good notices as well. Yet, Warner Brothers at this time dropped her contract... something they would regret. While in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1955 to film another indie called The Burglar (1957), Jayne auditioned for a Broadway play called "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?". The role called for a beautiful blonde sex symbol and she fitted the bill. Jayne landed the role and overnight a media and public sensation was born. Once seen as a "threat" to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne already proved herself as a hot commodity and gained respect as a legitimate Broadway actress and was no longer a threat but a proven force. 20th Century Fox, also Marilyn Monroe's studio, bought the play just to get Jayne. Returning to Hollywood, along with beau Mickey Hargitay (a sex symbol in his own right as a former Mr. Universe), Jayne filmed three back to back hits, The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Wayward Bus (1957), and the film version of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She rounded out the year of 1957 with Kiss Them for Me (1957), co-starring Cary Grant. While "Kiss Them For Me" was not the blockbuster it was meant to be, Jayne realized one of her dreams by working with Cary Grant who she adored as a child. Grant was quoted as saying of Jayne, "A potential Mae West". Jayne received the honor of being the most photographed woman of 1957 and while Monroe's career waned after the box office disappointment of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Jayne's prospered. She won a 1957 Golden Globe as Most Promising Female Newcomer.Jayne and Hargitay married in a lavish, huge wedding on January 13, 1958. A month later Jayne and Mickey performed in a spectacular Vegas show where Jayne received $25000 per week, becoming one of the most highly paid entertainers of that era. She moved into a lavish pink mansion once owned by Rudy Vallee. That same year, Jayne filmed what many fans agree to be one of her shining moments, a western called The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958). Jayne proved herself a capable comedic actress. She continued work at Fox though it seemed they were at a loss with what to do with this extravagant star. Brassy, wild, and in no need of a press agent, Fox just didn't know how to promote her as Jayne did plenty of promoting herself. They began loaning her out for which they received a quarter of a million dollars while Jayne only received her weekly salary.Jayne and Mickey had their first child together in 1958. In all, Jayne gave birth to 5 children: Jayne Marie born in 1950, Mickey Jr., born in 1958, Zoltan born in 1960, Mariska born in 1964 and Tony born in 1965. Tony was the offspring of Jayne's union with her third and final husband, Matt Cimber (Mickey and Jayne divorced in 1964).After the death of Marilyn Monroe, interest in the blonde bombshells began fading. But the public still loved Jayne. They came out in droves to see her plays, nightclub acts, store appearances, and even her home. Though her film career began to appear to have fallen out of favor in the mid-1960s, Jayne still commanded a weekly salary of $8000-25000 per week for her nightclub act and she traveled all over the world with it. She was as one fan puts it, "The Madonna of the 1960s".En route to New Orleans for a talk show appearance, Jayne and then companion Sam Brody, driver Ronnie Harrison, and 3 of her children slammed into the back of a tractor trailer truck early in the morning of June 29, 1967. The children, asleep in the backseat of the car, survived while all three passengers up front, Jayne, Sam, and driver Ronnie were instantly killed. The impact of the crash so was severe that Jayne was virtually scalped. A picture of the accident site falsely created a rumor that Jayne had been decapitated when what appeared to be her head was laying on the dash. In fact, what was on the dash was one of many blonde wigs that Jayne had been wearing at that time.Jayne is remembered as an icon of the 1950s. A symbol of "sex on the rocks" as Life Magazine put it... as well as an actress, a loving mother, and a true star.MORE INFO ON JULIET PROWSE: Born in India to South African parents, Juliet studied to be a dancer from the age of 4. Attending the Royal Academy of Dance, by the time Juliet was 14, she was deemed too tall at just under six feet to enter the world of ballet. She signed as a chorus dancer with the London Palladium and then pursued a career as a dancer in European nightclubs. While dancing in Paris, she was spotted by Hollywood choreographer Hermes Pan and signed to a role in the movie 'Can-Can (1960)'. While rehearsing for the movie, Soviet Premier Khrushchev was invited to watch the then unknown Prowse and others rehearsing their steps. The next day, he denounced the dance as immoral and it was Prowse's photo that accompanied the news across newspapers worldwide. An instant celebrity, Juliet shot to stardom with her acting and dancing and the tabloids filled with her romance with star Frank Sinatra. That same year, she also appeared with Elvis Presley in 'GI Blues (1960)' and again the tabloids followed her.She appeared in more films the next year, but as her celebrity status waned, so did her movie career. Her engagement to Sinatra in 1962 fueled her nightclub act, but did nothing for her movie career. In 1965, Juliet moved to Television with the Series "Mona McCluskey" playing a nutty Hollywood starlet, but the show soon ended. Her big screen career ended with 'Run for Your Wife (1966)' and she thereafter appeared on the stage and on the nightclub circuit. Some of her stage shows included "Sweet Charity", "Kismet", "Irma La Douce", "Mame" and "The Pajama Game". She also appeared as a guest on Television, but most of the time, she worked in her nightclub act. In 1994, she was diagnosed with cancer.It is part of our in-store inventory from our shop which is located in the heart of Hollywood where we have been in business for OVER 37 years! Winning buyder agrees in advance to pay an additional Mailpostage (Foreign orders will require additional postage) and to remit full payment within 10 days after notification from the seller. PLEASE ALLOW 10 TO 14 DAYS FOR DELIVERY. California residents must add state sales taxes. Be sure to click on "View Seller's Other products" for more great items like this! Powered by eCRATER . List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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Categories: Entertainment/Performing Arts Biography * General, Rich and Famous * Biography, Peoples & Cultures Biography * Women. Contributors: Michael Essany - Author. Format: NOOK Book
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