Join the Detroit Jewish Book Fair for PATRON NIGHT featuring.
Author Michael Schulman discussing his new book, Oscars Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears with Elliot Wilhem, Curator of Film, Detroit Film Theater.
Followed by a concert of award-winning music that made the films with Cantor Neil and Stephanie Michaels, joined on piano by John Bogdan.
Enjoy favorites such as “Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), “Shallow (A Star is Born), “I’ve had the Time of My Life (Dirty Dancing), “Moon River” (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) and the all-time classic “The Way We Were.”
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About the book: [Purchase Book Here]
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama. America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have chased the elusive Oscar. What began as an industry banquet in 1929 has now exploded into a hallowed ceremony, complete with red carpets, envelopes, and little gold men. But don't be fooled by the pomp: the Oscars, more than anything, are a battlefield, where the history of Hollywood--and of America itself--unfolds in dramas large and small. The road to the Oscars may be golden, but it's paved in blood, sweat, and broken hearts. Featuring a star-studded cast of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today and yesterday, as well as outsiders who stormed the palace gates, this captivating history is a collection of revelatory tales, each representing a turning point for the Academy, for the movies, or for the culture at large.
About the author: Michael Schulman is a writer living in New York City. His first book, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep (HarperCollins), about the actress’s artistic coming-of-age in the 1970s, was a New York Times bestseller. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he has contributed since 2006 and written more than a hundred Talk of the Town stories. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Believer, Aperture, and other publications.
SPONSORS Literary Agents: Terry Hollander: Art and Helen Indianer*: Sheri and David Jaffa*
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