How to be a movie star
Why do we need another book on Elizabeth Taylor? Author William Mann says that Taylor created the culture of celebrity that we have today and that everyone from Madonna to Britney to Miley Cyrus has taken a page from her book. In his new biography of the famed film star, Mann reveals how Liz Taylor “did it,” how her on-and off-screen passions ignited the sexual revolution and how she helped kick down the studio system by taking control of her own career.
Houghton Mifflin
William Mann's biography explores Elizabeth Taylor's life and celebrity.
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William Mann, author of “How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood” (Houghton Mifflin)
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