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Andy Cohen with Amber Tamblyn
This event premieres on November 18, 2021 at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT
— $36 ticket includes a book with signed book plate (shipping included).
(* we only ship to US addresses).
From Andy Cohen, the New York Times bestselling author and host of Watch What Happens Live, an inspiring collection of daily quotes from the larger-than-life women that defined his life, offering inspiration, affirmation, and (just enough) intoxication to make any day shine bright – the perfect gift for the holidays!
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Andy Cohen is the author of three New York Times bestselling books. He is the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live, Bravo’s late night, interactive talk show. He also serves as executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and hosts the network’s highly rated reunion specials. He’s won an Emmy and two Peabody Awards for his work, and he lives in New York City.
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Andy Cohen has made a career, and a life, out of making the ordinary extraordinary. The inspiration for this fabulous, over-the-top view of the world has always come from the incredible women (from his mother to Madonna) he loves. In Glitter Every Day Andy shares his most beloved words of daily inspiration, affirmation, and (just enough) intoxication from those lovely ladies to make any ordinary day shine bright.
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Andy not only gathers 365 sayings and quotes from the icons, thought leaders, Real Housewives and legendary celebs that fuel his fun, he writes about the people and experiences that have made him live one of the most joyous lives that any little boy growing up in St. Louis could dream of so that you can, too. And like Andy himself, Glitter Every Day is irresistible, infusing your day with a laugh, a pep talk and a shot(ski) of fun.
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So pour a drink, put on your heels, and always remember to let yourself shine.
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Amber Tamblyn is an author, actress, and director who has been nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award for her work in television and film.
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Her television credits includesupporting roles on House, General Hospital, Two and a Half Men, and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as well as a starring role on Joan of Arcadia.Currently, Tamblyn can be seen in the FX sci-fi drama comic-book based series Y: The Last Man.
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On the big screen, Tamblyn starred in The Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants, The Ring, 127 Hoursand earned a nomination for Best Supporting Female at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards for her performance in Stephanie Daley. Tamblyn also wrote, directed, and produced the feature film adaptation of Janet Fitch’s novel Paint it Black.
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Her books include her memoir, Era of Ignition and three books of poetry including Dark Sparkler and her debut novel Any Man.
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An avid proponent of gender equality, she is a founder of Time’s Up.
Audience Q&A with Emily Ratajkowski at Live Talks Los Angeles
Audience Q&A with Emily Ratajkowski at Live Talks Los Angeles
Emily Ratajkowski with Elaine Welteroth
Emily Ratajkowski is a model, actress, activist, entrepreneur, and writer. Ratajkowski has also appeared on the covers of multiple magazines and walked the runway for numerous high fashion brands. Her 2020 essay for New York magazine, “Buying Myself Back,” led to widespread public discourse on image ownership and garnered over one million views within twenty-four hours, and was the magazine’s most-read piece of the year. My Body is her first book.
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Since 2017, Ratajkowski has successfully translated her more than 26 million followers on Instagram into a successful direct-to-consumer business via her apparel line, Inamorata. As a model, she has appeared on the covers of major fashion/lifestyle magazines and is currently the face of L’Oréal’s hair care line Kerastase. As an actress, she has appeared in multiple films, including David Fincher’s Gone Girl and alongside Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty. Ratajkowski is also outspoken politically, continually using her platform to advocate for her political beliefs, having campaigned for Bernie Sanders in both 2016 and 2020.
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In April 2021, she announced that she was NFT’ing a conceptual art piece via a Christie’s auction, raising questions about the nature of authorship, specifically when it comes to the digital realm, while figuratively returning an appropriated Instagram post to its digitally native terrain. Building upon her New York magazine essay, the auction amplified the dialogue surrounding women controlling their image and the ability to receive rightful compensation for its usage and distribution.
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Elaine Welteroth is an award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, producer, and judge on Bravo’s Project Runway. She is known for her work at the helm of Teen Vogue, where in 2016 she was appointed the youngest ever Editor-in-Chief at a Conde Nast publication and used her position to prioritize diversity and social justice coverage. Prior to stepping into the role, she served as the first Black Beauty Director in Condé Nast’s 100-plus-year history. She’s now a leading expert and advocate for the next generation of changemakers. She was recently named Editor-at-Large of Complex and Verizon’s new digital magazine In The Know where she oversees all covers and leads culture-shifting conversations speaking directly to the intersectional interests of Gen-Z.
―Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl
My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men’s treatment of women and women’s rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski’s life while investigating the culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women’s sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the grey area between consent and abuse.
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Nuanced, unflinching, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a fierce writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
Kal Penn with Jon Favreau
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Kal Penn recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, instead of becoming a doctor or “something practical,” embarked on a surprising journey that has included acting, writing, working as a farmhand, teaching Ivy League University courses, and smoking fake weed with a fake President of the United States, before serving the country and advising a real one.
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– MINDY KALING, New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me?, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), and Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes)
“Kal Penn’s journey is insightful, funny, and instructive for anyone who’s ever grappled with how they fit into the American dream.”
– RONAN FARROW, New York Times bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace
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With intelligence, humor, and charm on every page, Kal reflects on the most exasperating and rewarding moments from his journey so far. He pulls back the curtain on the nuances of opportunity and racism in the entertainment industry and recounts how he built allies, found encouragement, and dealt with early reminders that he might never fit in. And of course, he reveals how, after a decade and a half of fighting for and enjoying successes in Hollywood, he made the terrifying but rewarding decision to take a sabbatical from a fulfilling acting career for an opportunity to serve his country as a White House aide.
Above all, You Can’t Be Serious shows that everyone can have more than one life story. Kal demonstrates by example that no matter who you are and where you come from, you have many more choices than those presented to you. It’s a story about struggle, triumph, and learning how to keep your head up. And okay, yes, it’s also about how he accidentally (and very stupidly) accepted an invitation to take the entire White House Office of Public Engagement to a strip club—because, let’s be honest, that’s the kind of stuff you really want to hear about.
Tana French with Jamie Lee Curtis
This event premieres on November 8, 2021 at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT
— $28 ticket includes a book with signed book plate (shipping included).
(* we only ship to US addresses).
— ASL interpreter available upon request.
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“Tana French is… like a poet. She writes beautifully…If you haven’t read her yet, I really highly recommend that you do.” —Harlan Coben
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Tana French is the author of seven previous books, including In the Woods, The Likeness, and The Witch Elm. Her novels have sold over three million copies and won numerous awards, including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry Awards, the Los Angeles Times Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.
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“This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet…its own kind of masterpiece.” –Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
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Her first novel to feature an American protagonist, THE SEARCHER is a Western-inspired mystery rich with Tana French’s powerhouse characterizations and atmospherics. It’s why The New York Times proclaimed, “she is in a class by herself.”
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Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
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“One of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and what we risk if we don’t.
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Jamie Lee Curtis has demonstrated her versatility as a film actress, starring in acclaimed films such as the blockbuster True Lies, for which she won a Golden Globe Award; Trading Places, for which she earned a BAFTA (British Film Academy Award) for Best Supporting Actress; A Fish Called Wanda, for which she received duel Best Actress nominations from BAFTA and the Golden Globes; and the Disney feature film Freaky Friday, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. It was her portrayal of Laurie Strode in Halloween, which was her film debut and brought her to the attention of audiences worldwide. 40 years later, in 2018, Curtis reprieved that signature role in David Gordon Green’s record-breaking horror feature, Halloween, produced by horror guru Jason Blum. Halloween’s opening weekend was the biggest debut ever, for any movie in any genre, to feature a female lead character over 55 years of age. The second film in the trilogy Halloween Kills will be released in October. In 2015, Curtis returned to her horror roots, starring in two seasons of the Ryan Murphy-created TV series Scream Queens, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2019 Curtis appeared in the smash hit Knives Out.
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Most recently, Curtis completed filming Borderlands alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart. This highly anticipated feature is based on the best-selling video game. Curtis is also a New York Times best-selling children’s book author having written 13 books. In addition, Curtis launched 3 major projects in 2020: the website myhandinyours.com, which offers items of comfort and celebration with 100% of the sales proceeds benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Audible podcast Letters From Camp, which Curtis both co created, produces and appears in and returned for a second season June 24 and the iHeart Radio podcast Good Friend which Jamie hosts and features unscripted and relatable conversations about the good, bad and ugly of friendships. This podcast debuted on July 15.
Jamie Oliver with Kate Hudson
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— $48 includes General Admission ticket to the in-person event
and a signed copy of the book.
(books ship on Nov. 8)
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Jamie Oliver is a global phenomenon in food and campaigning. During a 20-year television and publishing career he has sold over 46 million books worldwide, and achieved an estimated global TV audience reach of 67 million across 182 territories. Jamie has inspired millions of people to enjoy cooking fresh, delicious food from scratch. He has published more than twenty best-selling cookery books, making him the top-selling non-fiction author in UK history. His 2019 title Ultimate Veg has sold over 1M copies worldwide and is now the UK and Australia’s best-selling vegetarian cookbook since records began.
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Through his organization, Jamie has set an ambitious goal to halve the level of UK childhood obesity by 2030, and improve everyone’s health and happiness through food.
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His portfolio of successful restaurants now spans 21 countries around the world, and his growing range of food and kitchen products features everything from kitchenware and utensils to various food products including herbs & spices, pasta, sauces and much more.
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Kate Hudson is a Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee with a long list of film and Tv credits. She is a successful entrepreneur, having founded her own brands Fabletics, HAPPYxNATURE and her own vodka brand, King St. She is also a New York Times bestselling author and appeared on our stage for her second book, Pretty Fun: Creating & Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition. She and her brother, Oliver Hudson, host the podcast, “Sibling Revelry.” Kate’s many charitable and humanitarian affiliations include The Hawn Foundation’s MindUP program, the United Nations World Food Programme, Baby2Baby, Operation Smile, and numerous other organizations dedicated to protecting the rights and well-being of women, children and education around the world.
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Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy
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“Together feels more poignant in 2021 than ever before. What we’ve been through, collectively, is very unusual, and I think a lot of us have realized that perhaps we took some of life’s simple pleasures for granted. Being together is precious. To be in a loved one’s presence, to see their face light up, share memories and laugh out loud together, that’s what life is truly all about. And the joyful, amazing thing about food is that it can be anything you want it to be. It can nourish, sustain, help to heal, be fast or convenient, comforting, fun, surprising, or an adventure. But maybe, in its simplest form, it works as an excuse to bring the people you love together. This book is dedicated to just that.” — Jamie Oliver
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Welcome friends and family back around your table with Jamie Oliver’s brand-new cookbook, Together – a joyous celebration of incredible food to share.
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Being with our loved ones has never felt so important, and great food is the perfect excuse to get together. Each chapter features a meal, from seasonal feasts to curry nights, with a simple, achievable menu that can be mostly prepped ahead.
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Jamie’s aim – whether you’re following the full meal or choosing just one of the 130 individual recipes – is to minimize your time in the kitchen so you can maximize the time you spend with your guests.
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Jamie’s Together also helps to take the stress out of cooking by arming you with tips, tricks, and hacks to stay organized and get ahead of the game.
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Inspirational but practical, Together is about comfort, celebration, creating new memories, and, above all, sharing fantastic food.
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This is about memorable meals, made easy. Let’s dig in – together!