Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends
Title | Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends PDF eBook |
Author | John Leguizamo |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2009-10-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 006174932X |
Fans of John Leguizamo's smash-hit one-man shows (Mambo Mouth, Spic-o-rama, Freak, and Sexaholix) have already gotten a glimpse into his life, but this book tells the whole story, carrying readers along on a wild journey from his childhood in Queens to his current home at the top of the Hollywood pyramid. An acclaimed director, producer, and play-wright, and one of the highest-paid Latin actors in the world, Leguizamo shares the stories behind his many roles—what inspired them and what transpired as he created them—while dishing on his personal relationships with his family, friends, and celebrity colleagues. Here is both an intimate self-portrait and a unique behind-the-scenes look at the magic and chaos of stardom, a keenly intelligent and insanely funny book that celebrates a remarkably talented artist's greatest achievement: growing up Latino in America and succeeding on his own terms.
PhenomX #1
Title | PhenomX #1 PDF eBook |
Author | John Leguizamo |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2021-11-10 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN |
Wrongfully imprisoned and desperate to regain his freedom, Max Gomez agrees to become a subject in an underground government experiment. When the trial gives him phenomenal shape-shifting abilities, Gomez learns his new “freedom” requires surviving a superpowered war fought on the streets of NYC.
Ghetto Klown
Title | Ghetto Klown PDF eBook |
Author | John Leguizamo |
Publisher | Abrams |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2015-10-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1613128614 |
This Eisner Award nominee, a graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning Broadway play Ghetto Klown, is a "hilarious Hollywood memoir" (Lin-Manuel Miranda, from his introduction) and "autobiographical dynamite” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Junot Díaz). Tony Award winner John Leguizamo lays bare his life story in this graphic novel illustrated by artists Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale. He shares memories of his early years as an actor on stage, on television, and in major motion pictures opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest stars—including Al Pacino, Patrick Swayze, and Steven Seagal—and working for directors Baz Luhrmann and Brian De Palma. Leguizamo also opens up about his loves and marriages, while addressing self-doubt and melancholy in a way that enlightens and entertains. “[John] is a pioneer in theater and comedy, not just for Latin people, but as much as any comic or playwright I’ve ever seen or read. No one makes me laugh louder than this man. We are better because of him.” —Sofía Vergara “The graphic novel of Ghetto Klown captures the infectious spirit of John Leguizamo’s live performances with the same surprising humor and cultural insight. These pages make John seem like the coolest super hero in New York.” —Jesse Eisenberg
Beautiful Disaster Signed Limited Edition
Title | Beautiful Disaster Signed Limited Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Jamie McGuire |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2012-11-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1476719071 |
Abby Abernathy is re-inventing herself as the good girl as she begins her freshman year at college, which is why she must resist lean, cut, and tattooed Travis Maddox, a classic bad boy.
Mambo Mouth
Title | Mambo Mouth PDF eBook |
Author | John Leguizamo |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Seven dramatic portraaits that reveal the comically confused and frequently anguished individual behind the stereotypic mask of Hispanic machismo.
Unreal Estate
Title | Unreal Estate PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Gross |
Publisher | Broadway |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 076793265X |
A history of lucrative real estate in Los Angeles shares the lesser-known contributions of a range of figures from Douglas Fairbanks and Marilyn Monroe to Howard Hughes and Ronald Reagan. By the best-selling author of Rogues' Gallery.
Hello, Molly!
Title | Hello, Molly! PDF eBook |
Author | Molly Shannon |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2022-04-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0063056259 |
A New York Times bestseller A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress. From there, Molly ventured into the wider world of New York and Los Angeles show business, where she created her own opportunities and developed her daring and empathetic comedy. Filled with behind-the-scenes stories involving everyone from Whitney Houston to Adam Sandler to Monica Lewinsky, many told for the first time here, Hello, Molly! spans Molly’s time on Saturday Night Live—where she starred alongside Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cheri Oteri, Tracy Morgan, and Jimmy Fallon, among many others. At the same time, it explores with humor and candor her struggle to come to terms with the legacy of her father, a man who both fostered her gifts and drive and was left with the impossible task of raising his kids alone after the loss of her mother. Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello, Molly!, written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers.