[DOC] Art Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking: 1 by David Bayles; Ted Orland in Arts-Photography

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A must for all Pop Culture junkies.lsquo;Myriad weird and weirder showbiz stories with which to amaze; astound and possibly bore rigid close personal friends down the pub or in sheltered accomodation. A must for intellectuals and anoraks alike.rsquo; Mark RadcliffeDid you know that those arenrsquo;t Julia Robertsrsquo; legs on the lsquo;Pretty Womanrsquo; poster? In fact the only things that are Juliarsquo;s are the head and the incandescent smile. Everything from the neck down belongs to Shelley Michelle; a model; actress and body double.Okay so maybe you knew that one; but how about these: Who ndash; or rather what ndash; won the very first Best Actor Oscar? What life changing discovery did Jack Nicholson make about his sister in 1974? And what in the devilrsquo;s name is the lsquo;Wilhelm Screamrsquo; and how does it link lsquo;Planet of the Apesrsquo;; lsquo;Star Warsrsquo;; lsquo;Reservoir Dogsrsquo; and fifty-seven other movies?Unlike most of what passes as lsquo;triviarsquo; ndash; who really cares whorsquo;s had the most number ones? ndash; these one hundred amazing; unfathomable; absurd and often implausible stories point towards some greater truth. This is the secret history of entertainment.If lsquo;Schottrsquo;s Miscellanyrsquo; is the book of useless facts to be read in the smallest room in the house; then lsquo;The Secret History of Entertainmentrsquo; is the book of useful stories to devour and wow your friends with over a pint in the pub.David Hepworth has launched (and written for) some of the most successful magazines of the last two decades ndash; including Q in 1985; Empire in 1988; Mojo in 1997 and Heat in 1999. He is the only person to have won both the Writer of The Year and also Editor of The Year awards from the Periodical Publishers Association. He has presented programmes for the BBC and VH1 and makes regular contributions on BBC Radio 4.