Gillette, Felix
Summary: "The riveting inside story of HBO, the start-up company that reinvented television-by two veteran media reporters HBO changed how stories could be told on TV. The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Game of Thrones. The network's meteoric rise heralded the second golden age of television with serialized shows that examined and reflected American anxieties, fears, and secret passions through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 GILSummary: The series proves how seemingly trivial details of one's day-to-day life, a trip to the grocery store, a remark at a dinner party, a fender-bender, can precipitate a 'Murphy's Law' chain of misfortune to hilarious effect. To keep the narrative spontaneous, Curb is shot without a script; cast members are given scene outlines and often improvise lines as they go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two years ago a Tsunami ravaged the coast of Thailand and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This story follows a group of people whose lives are irrevocably transformed in the aftermath including: a young couple searching for their child; a Thai survivor who loses his family and tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on; an Englishwoman whose husband and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TSUSummary: With Vince's star expected to rise even higher in the Hollywood firmament as a result of his starring role in a potential blockbuster titled "Aquaman," Eric, Drama, Turtle and Ari must find a way to keep stroking their golden goose while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ENTSummary: A lavish period drama set in Atlantic City, following the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed political and criminal mastermind whose grip on power and control of the city's liquor supply is under constant threat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BOA RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOASummary: Inspired by the true story of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke and her gay butler, Bernard Lafferty, the film follows the development of their unorthodox friendship and love, until Duke ultimately wills her fortune to him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BERSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUSummary: While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PASSummary: Beginning where the first season dramatically left off, Season Two follows the Roys, media tycoon Logan and his four grown children, as they struggle to retain control of their empire amidst internal and external threats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SUCSummary: Follows Mma Ramotste, a recently bereaved woman, as she sets up the only woman-run Private Detective Agency in Botswana and her attempts to get it off the ground. She gets help from Mma Makutsi, her new secretary, and Mr. JLB Matekoni, the owner and super mechanic of the wonderful Speedy Motors. Mma Ramotste takes on cases, meets many new people who need her help - from a woman who thinks the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RSummary: A period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, Marian, embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan or her aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GILSummary: A tale of best friends Lila and Elena, which started at the school in the 1950s. As an elderly woman, Elena tries to unravel the mystery of her brilliant friend, who also became her worst enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series My 2019Summary: The Maenadian reign of terror may be over, but Sookie Stackhouse and the townspeople of Bon Temps face a new calamity that makes the bacchanalian evils of Maryanne Forrester seem tame by comparison. Sookie desperately tries to locate her fiancé, ending up in a netherworld of human and undead interlopers, among them the powerful Vampire King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUSummary: Chronicles the rise of the porn industry that began in New York City in 1971-72, driven by the gradual legalization of porn and a politically motivated effort to 'clean up' Times Square. Over the course of eight episodes, viewers will get an up-close look at a gritty world of sex, crime, high times and sudden violence, as the porn business begins its climb to legitimacy, cultural permanence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEUSummary: Paul is a therapist who exhibits great insight and confidence when treating his patients. But Paul suffers crippling insecurities and is counseled by his own therapist, Gina. Adding to his list of growing concerns, his wife Kate is overcome with feelings of neglect and resents competing for his attention. Paul's patients include a young doctor who is in love with Paul; a Navy pilot who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: Set in downtown New York in 1900, the Knickerbocker Hospital faces a major upheaval due to poor finances and an exodus of wealthy patients. The one remaining star is Dr. Thackeray, who along with the hospital staff of surgeons, nurses and other personnel must struggle to keep both themselves and the hospital going.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KNICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KNISummary: The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MY RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My 2016Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MySummary: The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off camera lives of its acerbic anchor, a new executive producer, and their newsroom staff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NEWSummary: Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions, the series once again centers around Dr. Paul Weston, who recently divorced his wife Kate and moved from Maryland to a brownstone in Brooklyn, New York. Rebuilding his practice while wrestling with some of the demons he left behind, including a lawsuit filed by the father of Alex, a patient who died last year, Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits. This film follows the group's meteoric rise as they navigate the complexities of working so intimately alongside family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BEESummary: A look at members of a dysfunctional family that operates a funeral home in Pasadena. With the elder son returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a grieving American family ... that just happens to be in the grief management business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2003