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Stanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and others, has always been depicted by the media as the Howard Hughes of filmmakers, a weird artist obsessed with his work and privacy to the point of madness. But who was he really?

Fervente ambassadrice de la chanson québécoise, Monique Leyrac a chanté Vigneault, Leclerc et Léveillée sur les scènes du monde entier. Elle a joué Molière, Racine, Feydeau et a conquis tous les publics avec son incarnation flamboyante de Sarah Bernhardt. Conceptrice d'un type de spectacle jusque-là inédits, elle a célébré Nelligan, Baudelaire, Brecht et tant d'autres. Bref, en 50 années de carrière, elle a marqué son époque.

In the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol; his life and career illuminate America's racial history.