Brownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BRODitum, Sarah
Summary: A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down. Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was still the Wild West, and when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 DITMaggs, Sam
Summary: A handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, including fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 MAGHsu, Hua
Summary: "From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HSU HSUKennedy, Kate
Summary: "From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 KENRandall, Julian
Summary: "The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather. Alternatively wry, lyrical, and heartfelt, Randall transforms pop culture moments into deeply personal explorations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Lavery, Daniel M.
Summary: "Daniel Mallory Lavery is known for blending genres, forms, and sources to develop fascinating new hybrids--from lyric rants to horror recipes to pornographic scripture. In his most personal work to date, he turns his attention to the essay, offering vigorous and laugh-out-loud funny accounts of both popular and highbrow culture while mixing in meditations on gender transition, family dynamics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperbacks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LAVVermond, Kira
Summary: "Fads and trends: how do they start? Why do they spread? And how deep can their impact be? Although trends might seem trivial, if you dig deeper, you'll find that chasing the next big thing can have even bigger results. Established middle-grade author Kira Vermond and cartoonist Clayton Hanmer team up in this fun and accessible nonfiction look at fads. In four short chapters, the book explores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306 VERSummary: The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta blues. Out of the many, the one: Exotic cultures spanning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists, comedians, and more to explore a variety of cosmic topics, colliding pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life and the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STASummary: Science, pop culture and comedy collide in National Geographic's groundbreaking new series, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasseTyson. Along with celebrity guests and comic co-hosts, Neil explores captivating topics such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of our Earth and the environment, and breaking news from the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, as well as one of the most controversial and enigmatic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KUBNational Museum of American History (U.S.)
Summary: "U.S. history gets the star treatment with this essential guide to the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibition on pop culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 ENTO'Neill, Bill
Summary: "Want to impress your buddies at the bar? Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, true crime, and the paranormal? Pick up Interesting Stories for Curious People, the ultimate guidebook for a plethora of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics. A quick read packed with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LAK Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 031 O'NEPerry, Michael
Summary: "A collection of previously published magazine pieces and essays by Michael Perry. Sources include Backpacker, Outside, Runner's World, Men's Health, No Depression, Oxford American, Best American Science Writing, Wisconsin Trails, Encyclopedia of the Midwest, Minnesota Monthly, liner notes from Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find A Way, Wisconsin Humanities Council newsletter."--Provided by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERRatcliffe, Amy
Summary: "Being a fan is a big deal. Whether it's comics, video games, podcasts, cosplay, books, films, or something else, there are so many ways to share and celebrate with the things that you love. So, it's high time for a guide to help young fans navigate the world of fandom and its many flourishing communities--from fan works to cosplay, gaming, podcasting, and more!"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.487 RATSummary: Follow Star Magazine for the latest and breaking in celebrity, Hollywood, and entertainment news with stories, photos, and videos from the hottest stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Star Editorial 2009
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Blastland, Michael
Summary: Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 121 BLAKnoop, Savannah
Summary: The JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT's fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with the fact that the gay-male-ex-truck-stop-prostitute-turned literary-wunderkind was really a girl from San Francisco, whose sister-in-law wrote the books. Girl Boy Girl...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KNOOP, SAVANNAH KNOSummary: The United States of America is a huge and diverse nation. From the Grand Canyon to the bustling streets of New York, there is something for everyone and so very much to see. Take the road trip of a lifetime across this vast and beautiful country. See the hills of Hollywood and the mountains of West Virginia. Travel through the crazy mad cities of Los Angeles, Chicago, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Wide Multi Media 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 917.3 ROAKing, Rax
Summary: "TACKY is about the power of pop culture -- like any art, low or high -- to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fifteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we've learned to hate to love -- frosted tips and glosses, Sex and the City, The Cheesecake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 KINKlosterman, Chuck
Summary: "Essays about 1990s popular culture, politics, sports, literature, music"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Kreizman, Maris.
Summary: "The perfect book for anyone with a Netflix account and a library card. "Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book." - Jami Attenberg, bestselling author of The MiddlesteinsSlaughterhouse 90210 pairs literature's greatest lines with pop culture's best moments. In 2009, Maris Kreizman wanted to combine her fierce love for pop culture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.7 KREMoylan, Brian (Brian James)
Summary: Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Real Housewives franchise from the writer of Vulture's popular series recaps and provides an insider's perspective on the lavish lives of the reality television stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021