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(0)Jennifer Hudson
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the author's meteoric rise from "American Idol" to "Dreamgirls" to her weight loss where she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost more than eighty pounds.
This book is a personal and inspirational memoir from the author, an Emmy and Oscar winner that is focused on her transformation as she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost over eighty pounds. Soulful and sultry, she wowed the world with her powerful voice in American Idol's...
2) Dreamgirls
Language
English
Description
Three young women, Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dreams....
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
One summer in New York City, thirteen-year-old Mister's hard-living mother is arrested by the police, leaving him and nine-year-old Pete to survive alone while dodging child protective services and the dangers of the Brooklyn projects. The resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles. But what really keeps the pair in the survival game is much more Mister's vulnerability than his larger-than-life...
4) Cats
Language
English
Formats
Description
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper transforms Andrew Lloyd Webberb2ss record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. The film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap. One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, it won seven Tony Awards,...
5) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand-in mother for Lily. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen so Lily talks Rosaleen into running...
9) Sing
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
10) Reclassified
Author
Publisher
Def Jam
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Iggy Azalea releases an expanded edition of her debut album to include five additional tracks along with the smash hit singles Fancy; Work; and Black Widow.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
14-year-old Lily Owens is haunted by the memory of her late mother. Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
"Enchanting...Heartwarming."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Soars on the strength of strong acting and a script that stubbornly refuses to go all sappy and preachy."--Baltimore Sun
"The filmmakers...
12) Winnie Mandela
Publisher
Ma-Afrika Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Moving from a remote village to the metropolis of Johannesburg, South Africa, a proud young Winnie soon found love with a rising political star, Nelson Mandela. When Nelson was imprisoned for protesting the brutal Apartheid government, Winnie worked tirelessly to win his freedom and to carry on his message of peace and equality. Her struggle was rewarded by years of persecution and imprisonment. Throughout, her resolve to fight for her freedom, her...
14) Lullaby
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Jonathan, the black sheep of a well-to-do family, is finally coming home. His cancer-stricken father, Robert, has announced he's ending his life in less than 48 hours. At first confused, angry and remote, Jonathan eventually sees the barriers he has set up to cope with the imagined disappointment from his estranged family, including his fragile mother, and seemingly successful sister. A chance encounter with his old girlfriend, now engaged to another...
15) Sex and the city
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
We find Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda four years after the series ended. As they continue to juggle careers, relationships, motherhood and life in Manhattan, they realize that true friendship never goes out of style.
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Elmo, Abby Cadabby and their new friend Stiller the Elf are going to count down to Christmas with the Christmas Counter-Downer. But all the counting boxes have gone missing and Christmas may never come again. With the help of some very special guests, Elmo and friends will learn to believe in Christmas miracles.
19) Hairspray live!
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1962, Tracy Turnblad becomes an overnight sensation after appearing on a Baltimore TV dance show. With her newfound popularity, she twists and shakes her hometown, teaching them a thing or two about racial equality, and of course, the power of big hair.
