Biography is a documentary television series. Originally produced by CBS in 1962 and hosted by Mike Wallace, the A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The series has featured biographies on such people as Elvis Presley, Pl
A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of American music, his creative output running the gamut from films scores and Broadway operas to art songs and chamber pieces. A prominent leftist a...
Honoring the work and legacy of one of the great jazz composers and collaborators, the Music Institute of Chicago presents a Billy Strayhorn Festival October 26-28. The festival, presented in partnership with Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc., a family corporation of the Strayhorn heirs, includes two star-...
According to the New York Times, Doubleday will soon publish a biography of recently deceased playwright Gore Vidal. Jay Parini, a friend of Vidal's for many years, will write the book, which is planned to be released in 2015....
Scene group PFa released the HD film WOODY ALLEN A DOCUMENTARY, a biography documentary movie starring Woody Allen, Letty Aronson and Marshall Brickman and directed by Robert B. Weide....
Deadline.com reports that Tim Roth is set to star in David Cronenberg's upcoming series KNIFEMAN. The series is based on the John Tattersall biography by Wendy Moore....
Simon Callow has brought his highly acclaimed show BEING SHAKESPEARE to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre at the Broadway Playhouse for a limited engagement through April 29, 2012. Performances began April, 18 2012. The Chicago engagement follows productions at BAM in New York and Trafalgar Studios 1...
The death of Davy Jones has brought family, friends and fans together to honor the life of the legendary musician and teen heartthrob. BIO Channel takes an intimate look at the life of this beloved star in two hour-long specials on Friday, March 2. 'Biography: The Monkees' premieres at 8PM ET/7PM CT...
According to the New York Times, Al Hirschfeld, who passed away in 2003, will get his own biography in the near future. Ellen Stern, who wrote about the artist in 1987 for GQ, will write the book, which will be released in 2015. ...
Singer/dancer/showgirl Josephine Baker (born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906) tintillated audiences worldwide with her banana dance and became the sensation of Paris, France, her permanent home once she renounced her American citizenship in 1937. Her life in the US was hardly an easy one, victimized ...
Tony Award winner Scarlett Johansson will be featured in an upcoming Biography profile, airing tonight at 10pm as well as Saturday at 2 AM, Thursday at 9 PM and Friday at 1 AM....
According to Collider.com, writer Aaron Sorkin is being courted by Sony to write the script for an upcoming biopic of computer pioneer Steve Jobs, based on the newly released authorized biography by Walter Isascson....
He may have the image of a silver screen tough-guy; fearless, strong and powerful. However, one acclaimed author has written a biography that presents the real side of Mickey Rourke. ...
agnès b. is set to present 'This Side of Paradise', an exhibition of photo prints taken from original 16mm film from Jonas Mekas' celebrated film 'This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography'....
agnès b. is set to present 'This Side of Paradise', an exhibition of photo prints taken from original 16mm film from Jonas Mekas' celebrated film 'This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography'....
'When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9/11 Story' will air again on the Biography Channel Sept. 11 at 8 PM ET with an encore broadcast scheduled for Sept. 12 at midnight....
Before receiving this detailed biography, Jeffrey Spivak's BUZZ, my knowledge of Busby Berkeley was limited to some articles I'd read in a few fan magazines as well as an old trade paperback from 1973 (The Busby Berkeley Book). Spivak's book not only fills in the gaps, but it brings a lot of previou...
Follow the incredible journey of Jeanne Carmen's wild life in this extraordinary, true life story of an American icon by author Brandon James in his thrilling, tell-all biography, Jeanne Carmen: MY WILD, WILD LIFE as a New York Pin Up Queen, Trick Shot Golfer & Hollywood Actress (published by iUnive...
The acclaimed new documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World, which premiered at Sundance and was shown on HBO, will be screened at Museum of the Moving Image on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 p.m., followed by a discussion with two luminaries from the chess world: Frank Brady, author of the outstandin...
St. Paul's History Theatre will bid goodbye to BUDDY-THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, when it closes on May 29th, 2011....
Cogito Media Group (OTCBB: KRMC.OB) is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of its new book, Apocalypse Charlie: The Charlie Sheen Biography. Brandon Hurst, author of such biographies as Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, and Daniel Craig, lays open the actor's life, path, drugs and alcohol pr...
St. Paul's History Theatre welcomes back BUDDY-THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, April 30th-May 29th, with an extra weekend added due to popular demand!...
St. Paul's History Theatre welcomes back BUDDY-THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, April 30th-May 29th, with an extra weekend added due to popular demand!...
The following programming is set for CNBC's 'Checkerboad' for April 25- 29...
The following programming is set for CNBC's 'Checkerboad' for April 25- 29...
Drawing on a series of recordings made over many years, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Chandler's I Know Where I'm Going, the most intimate and personal biography ever published of Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn, is now available in paperback from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books....
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