Rainbow: A Star-Studded Tribute to Judy Garland is a diverse collection of more than forty years of journalism. Filled with rare interviews, feature stories, reviews and production notes, this unique celebration takes us "over the rainbow" and straight to the heart of a Hollywood star, an enduring icon, and a timeless legend... * Michael Musto of The Village Voice analyzes the three stages of "Judy, Judy, Judy" in an illuminating foreword * MGM's press release and production notes offer a behind-the-scenes look at The Wizard of Oz * Liza Minnelli talks about her mother in an exclusive interview * Bosley Crowder, drama critic for The New York Times, contemplates Judy's dramatic comebacks * Art Buchwald interviews Judy as a temporary expatriate in Paris * Shana Alexander goes backstage with Judy for a 1961 Life magazine feature * William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter, dramatizes Judy's closing night at the Palace * Lorna Luft chats candidly about her famous mother and sister * Ralph J. Gleason, co-founder of Rolling Stone, critiques the diva in concert-and the psychology of her fans * Richard Dyer, noted film historian, explores the powerful bond between Judy Garland and gay men * and much more.
The latest offering from writer/producer Ethlie Ann Vare, LOVE ADDICT: SEX, ROMANCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS (HCI Books, Sept. 2011), takes on the addictions we don't want to talk about... and talks about them, in ways smart, funny, revealing and ultimately healing.
Ethlie is best known for writing and producing popular television shows including GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA, CSI, EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT, RENEGADE and SILK STALKINGS. A former rock journalist, Ethlie also worked in front of the camera as a "music gossip" on E! Entertainment Television.
Yet, surprisingly, she is an award-winning historian, whose books and lectures about women inventors are lauded worldwide. MOTHERS OF INVENTION (Wm. Morrow, 1988) and PATENTLY FEMALE (Wiley & Son, 2001) co-written with Greg Ptacek, are still the most-quoted books on the subject.
