Joan Collins in 'The Bitch': Sex tale based on younger sister Jackie Collins' novel. Author Jackie Collins dead at 77: Surprisingly few film and TV adaptations of her bestselling novels Jackie Collins, best known for a series of bestsellers about the dysfunctional sex lives of the rich and famous and for being the younger sister of film and TV star Joan Collins, died of breast cancer on Sept. 19, '15, in Los Angeles. The London-born (Oct. 4, 1937) Collins was 77. Collins' tawdry, female-centered novels – much like those of Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz – were/are immensely popular. According to her website, they have sold more than 500 million copies in 40 countries. And if the increasingly tabloidy BBC is to be believed (nowadays, Wikipedia has become a key source, apparently), every single one of them – 32 in all – appeared on the New York Times' bestseller list. (Collins' own site claims that a mere 30 were included.) Sex...
- 9/22/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The guy who shot the most iconic image of N.W.A. says the same company keeps ripping off his classic work with the rap legends ... so now he's trying to take 'em down in court. In the docs, Howard Rosenberg says at least 3 of his shots popped up on MTV.com and Bet.com -- which are both owned by Viacom. It's deja vu for Rosenberg ... who points out he also sued Viacom in 2011 for the same thing,...
- 5/2/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
With entire seasons available for viewing in one giant gulp and new, prestigious shows premiering throughout the year, the time has come for a conference that moves as fast as television itself. Now in its fifth year, University of Texas students and faculty are bringing the Flow Conference to Austin Sept. 11–13. Designed as a series of roundtable discussions connecting the past, present, and future of television and television studies, this year’s speakers include four-time Emmy winner and director-writer-producer David Milch (“Deadwood”); “Veronica Mars” writer-producer Rob Thomas; former Los Angeles Times television critic Howard Rosenberg; director-producer Michael Zinberg; and representatives from CBS, Lionsgate Television, and Microsoft Xbox Entertainment Studios. Faculty from various universities including Nyu, Northwestern, Stony Brook University, University of Michigan, and Brown University will also be in attendance. “This year we’re doing something new with that slate of special guests for our core conversations,” conference coordinator Charlotte Howell told Backstage.
- 9/11/2014
- backstage.com
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