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After seeing Rosselli at his house, I asked Mr. S if Giancana had leaned on Rosselli to lean on Cohn to give him the part in From Here to Eternity, and he gave me a Cheshire-cat grin. “Hey, I got that part through my own fucking talent,” he said. And then he gave me a wink.
George Jacobs • Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra
Same height, same hair colour. She could almost pass for Deborah from behind. But as the woman turned, he could tell she was no more than a cheap imitation. Her leggings were riding up between her butt cheeks, and she was wearing a short puffy jacket and spiky heels, further going to prove she was no Debbie. His Debbie wouldn’t be seen out looking
... See moreCarla Kovach • The Next Girl: A gripping crime thriller with a heart-stopping twist (Detective Gina Harte Book 1)
Frank Donovan, a lifetime close friend and a lawyer from Detroit. He was known among his friends and clients as a brilliant legal analyst with a nonaggressive temperament. No litigator. When we were both twenty, I remember him saying: "When there's a fight, I pick up my hat and go home." He had a large head, somewhat out of proportion to
... See moreJohn McDonald • A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors (The MIT Press)
Cast members, unlike writers, were each provided with a car and driver to get to the after-parties—more specifically, with a gigantic black Cadillac Escalade SUV—and I’d arranged to ride along with Henrietta and her wife, Lisa.
Curtis Sittenfeld • Romantic Comedy: The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE
He was short and sturdy and as a general thing uninspired, and Mr Coyle, who found no amusement in believing in him, had never thought him less exciting than as he stared now out of a face from which you could no more guess whether he had caught an idea than you could judge of your dinner by looking at a dish-cover. Young Lechmere concealed such ac
... See moreSusie Boyt • The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
Cade snorts. “We are not like the Hatfields and McCoys.” “It’s more like Ebenezer Scrooge, Captain America, and I’m the cool guy from Tombstone who can twirl his guns really well,” I reply.
Elsie Silver • Flawless: A Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romance
In these early years, film studios were reluctant to publicize the names of their featured players, fearing that individual billing might empower them to ask for more money. But
Gary Krist • The Mirage Factory
Henrik Karlsson • Looking for Alice
Horace and Pete
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