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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Hollywood At Home (Architectural Digest)




Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Readers who love the glamour and mystique of Hollywood will be eager to peruse this collection of profiles of famous stars and lush color photographs of their often magnificent homes, inside and out. The book encompasses starlets from the early days of Hollywood on up to some of today's biggest names. Great fun is to be had gazing at the opulence of some of the stars' homes, from Cher's eternity pool (which viewed from her terrace looks as though it reaches the ocean) to the many paintings that decorated the walls of Greta Garbo's New York apartment. Not all of the celebrities profiled here were ostentatious--Clark Gable and Carole Lombard purposely cultivated a simple image with their ranch. And the true attention grabbers are the more unusual celeb abodes, like Angelica Huston and Robert Graham's angular, modern dwelling or Jayne Mansfield's pink-carpeted bathroom. This delightful look at the homes and intimate lives of stars is sure to be a popular title. Kristine Huntley
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Product Description
Among the most popular articles in Architectural Digest's illustrious eight-decade history is the series featuring the homes of Hollywood movie stars and directors since the 1930s. Hollywood at Home presents 25 of the best of those articles, offering an intimate look at some of the silver screen's most fascinating personalities, as reflected in their lavish, inventively designed, and, at times, outrageously opulent homes.

Mixing the old with the new-from Jean Harlow and Clark Gable to Steven Spielberg and, more recently, Diane Keaton-Hollywood at Home provides an up-close-and-personal room-by-room tour of the private residences of such Tinseltown immortals as Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Dennis Quaid, and Cher. The text and images appear as in the original articles, with minor editorial updates and, in a few cases, additional photography not seen in the original feature. Our endless fascination with the lifestyles of the rich and famous continues unabated, and this glamorous book will enthrall celebrity watchers as well as those interested in architecture and design.

About the Author
Architectural Digest is the world's leading design publication.

Paige Rense joined Architectural Digest in 1970 and shortly thereafter was named Editor-in-Chief. Under her direction, the magazine has become the world's leading design publication, and circulation has grown from 50,000 to 850,000, with a total audience of 5 million readers.

Journalist and biographer Gerald Clarke is the author of two books: Get Happy: TheLife of Judy Garland and the New York Times best-seller Capote. He lives on Long Island, New York.


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