Marc Shapiro – författare

Discovered on You Tube, Justin's first EP went platinum, selling almost 200,000 copies the first week and his second debuted at number one, selling 300,000 copies the first week. This made Justin the youngest male solo act to top the US Billboard 200 chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963! His appearance on the cover of People Magazine made one thing clear, BIEBER FEVER IS SWEEPING THE NATION! THIS BOOK ANSWRS ALL THE BURNING QUESTIONS FROM DIE-HARD FANS What are the latest details on his next album? How did he teach himself to play so many instruments? What was Justin's childhood like? What are Justin's plans for the future? and much more!

Ashton Kutcher, at age twenty-five, is one of Hollywood's hottest hunks, appearing weekly on the hit series THAT 70's SHOW and starring in such screen hits as JUST MARRIED and CHEAPERBY THE DOZEN. Now almost as well known for being Mr Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher is living the fairytale life and AHSTON KUTCHER: THE LIVES AND LOVES OF THE KING OF PUNK'D, brings that fairytale to life. Based on interviews with many of Kutcher's contemporaries as well as his early mentors, and his own insights this is an in-depth look at one of Hollywood's fastest rising new stars.

George Harrison was always known as the 'quiet Beatle' As part of the biggest band in pop history, he took a back seat to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but his talent shone through in the composition of classic songs such as 'Something' and 'Here Comes The Sun'. In his solo career he occasionally threatened to eclipse both John and Paul on the world stage, and he joined forces with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff lynne to create the massively succsessful supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.However, the success of his professional life was often met by turmoil in his private life, and the loss of first wife Patti to best friend Eric Clapton, the traumatic attempt on his life by a knife wielding intruder and his final struggle against cancer meant that George Harrison's life was nothing if not dramatic.Bestselling author Marc Shapiro has exclusively interviewed friends and former colleagues of the enigmatic guitar legend. This revealing biography reaffirms Harrison's importance as an innovative and hugely talented musician and shows that, as a member of the most important band ever, as well as in his multi-faceted career after the Beatles, George Harrison was no ordinary man.

This first biography of Susan Sarandon highlights the real person behind the screen image, exploring her idealism, values, and combative spirit in the service of higher goals, while also celebrating her stunning film career. Renowned celebrity biographer Marc Shapiro traces Sarandonfs life from her strict Catholic upbringing in suburbia and her early days of protest in high school for civil rights and against the Viet Nam War to her more recent involvement with women and children's rights in Nicaragua, the AIDS quilt project, ACT UP, the disruption of an Academy Awards ceremony to protest the internment of Haitians with HIV, and many other ongoing projects. Shapiro also discusses her first career successes through high-profile roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, and Thelma and Louise, as well as her openly unconventional relationships with directors Louis Malle and Franco Amuri, and actor Tim Robbins. So motivated is Sarandon by her convictions that she often chooses roles to reflect larger issues. She agreed to play in the film Dry White Season to draw attention to the evils of apartheid, and her opposition to the death penalty resulted in her Academy Award-winning performance in Dead Men Walking. Over the years she has paid a price for her activist positions, and supposedly she has accumulated a sizable FBI file. Nonetheless, she has proved time and again that she is always ready to speak out and act up whenever she believes it will do some good. No ordinary biography, Susan Sarandon is a captivating page-turner about a sexy, alluring, and passionately committed actress who has broken every conventional rule.