Jamie Foxx
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters"--
3) The Soloist
Author
Language
English
Description
A Los Angeles newspaper reporter discovers a brilliant and distracted street musician, with unsinkable passion, and a unique friendship and bond transforms both their lives.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A New York Times –bestselling, in-depth exploration of the most pivotal moments in rap music from 1979 to 2014. Here’s what The Rap Year Book does: It takes readers from 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present, with Shea Serrano hilariously discussing, debating, and deconstructing the most important rap song year by year. Serrano also examines the...
6) Ray
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. "Ray" follows his story as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
7) Miami vice
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Ricardo Tubbs lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy. The two work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett is undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group. He becomes romantically involved with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication...
8) Sleepless
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A police office with a connection to the criminal world searches a nightclub for his kidnapped son.
10) Jarhead
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
Follows Marine enlistee Swoff through basic training and active duty in the Middle East during the Gulf War.
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 1
Language
English
Description
Robinson rises from humble origins to integrate Major League Baseball, performing brilliantly despite the threats and abuse he faces on and off the field and, in the process, challenges the prejudiced notions of what a black man can achieve.
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 2
Language
English
Description
Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many who had once lauded him for "turning the other cheek." After baseball, he seeks ways to fight inequality, but as he faces a crippling illness, he struggles to remain relevant.
13) Django unchained
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Django, a former slave-turned-hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter Dr. King Shultz.
15) A Man's Story
Author
Language
English
Description
Tailor to Hollywood's A-list, and a superstar in his own right, Ozwald Boateng is a dynamic force of energy, passion and colour.