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2016., Adult, House of Anansi Press Call No: Bio D684f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Denise Donlon chronicles her early days at MuchMusic during a time when music videos became a medium that would change pop music and popular culture forever. She became the first female president of Sony Music Canada, where she navigated the crisis in the music industry with the rise of Napster and the new digital revolution. She then joined CBC English Radio as General Manager and Executive Director when the corporation absorbed funding cutbacks, leading to mass reductions in people and programming and leaving a shadow over the future of Canada's national public broadcaster. She shares colourful and entertaining stories of growing up tall, flat, and bullied in east Scarborough. A candid memoir of one woman's journey, navigating corporate culture with integrity, responsibility, and an irrepressible passion to be a force for good.
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-- I have got you under my skin.2014., Simon & Schuster Call No: MYS Fic Cla Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Under Suspicion Volume: 1Summary Note: Five years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime -- along with the real killer.
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By Nawaz, Zarqa2014., Adult, HarperCollins Canada Call No: Bio N238l Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Zarqa Nawaz has always straddled two cultures. She's just as likely to be agonizing over which sparkly earrings will 'pimp out' her hijab as to be flirting with the Walmart meat manager in a futile attempt to secure halal chicken the day before Eid. Little Mosque on the Prairie brought Zarqa's own laugh-out-loud take on her everyday culture clash to viewers around the world. Now she tells the sometimes absurd, sometimes challenging, always funny stories of being Zarqa in a western society. From explaining to the plumber why the toilet must be within sitting arm's reach of the water tap (hint: it involves a watering can and a Muslim obsession with cleanliness 'down there') to urging the electrician to place an eye-height electrical socket for her father-in-law's epilepsy-inducing light-up picture of the Kaaba, Zarqa paints a hilarious portrait of growing up in a household where, according to her father, the Quran says it's okay to eat at McDonald's -- but only if you order the McFish. Zarqa Nawaz created Little Mosque on the Prairie, which premiered on the CBC in 2007. It ran for six seasons, was watched in over sixty countries. She lives in Regina with her family"--Provided by publisher.
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[2014.]., Warner Home Video, : Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Newsroom 2 Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The newsroom Volume: 2Summary Note: The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off camera lives of its acerbic anchor, a new executive producer, and their newsroom staff.
![The newsroom, season 2 [DVD] (2014). The complete second season /](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The newsroom, season 2 [DVD] (2014). The complete second season /")
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2014., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Bio D917n Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From the creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls and the comedy films Creative Nonfiction and Tiny Furniture comes a wise and candid collection of personal essays. Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making one's way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and, most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told. "If I could take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault when the person you are dating suddenly backs away, intimidated by the clarity of your personal mission here on earth. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist or a dietician. I am not a mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle."--Provided by publisher.
![When day breaks [LP] : a novel of suspense](/Library/images/~imageCT77124.JPG "When day breaks [LP] : a novel of suspense")
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2015., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: Bio R473y Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying Yes changed her life -- and how it can change yours too. She<U+2019>s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today, so who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances. That she hugged walls at splashy parties and suffered panic attacks before media interviews. Shonda Rhimes was an expert at declining invitations. Shonda's introvert life revolved around burying herself in work, snuggling her children, and comforting herself with food. And then, on Thanksgiving 2013, she decided to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say Yes to everything that scared her. This memoir explores Shonda's life before -- her nerdy, book-loving childhood creating imaginary friends. And it chronicles her life after her Year of Yes had begun -- when she forced herself out of the house and onto the stage, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and giving the Dartmouth Commencement speech; when she learned to say yes to her health, yes to play and she stepped out of the shadows and into the sun; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. And you can, too. Shonda Rhimes is the executive producer and creator of the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal. She created the spinoff series Private Practice, and she is the executive producer of the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder. Shonda Rhimes studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California. ShondaLand is the name of her production company"--Provided by publisher.
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[2014]., Adult, Harper Avenue Call No: Bio 743y Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer and director. A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus,... [this book] offers Amy's thoughts on everything from her 'too safe' childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York, her ideas about Hollywood and 'the biz,' the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has 'a face for wigs.' [This book] is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.".
