- Hardcover: 342 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (Sep 25 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771007574
- ISBN-13: 978-0771007576
- Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 3.1 x 23 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #222,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Unputdownable!” – Roger Ebert
“A fabulous read, funny, honest and heartbreaking.” – Toronto Sun
“A full-blown, deeply researched, breezily written, page-turner . . . containing lots and lots of star dish.” – Joan Rivers
"George Anthony has miraculously brought [Linehan] back to his sparkling peak.” – Toronto Star
“Linehan would probably approve. The research is sound and … [Anthony’s] portrait of his friend is quite moving.” – Winnipeg Free Press
“His [Linehan’s] career makes for heady reading . . . a genuinely engrossing homage and inquiry.” – Globe and Mail
“A touching record of a groundbreaking and uniquely Canadian luminary.” – Xtra
“Like its subject, the book is witty, well-informed, replete with dropped names, nostalgic and, sad.” – Pulse Niagara
“A fabulous read, funny, honest and heartbreaking.” – Toronto Sun
“A full-blown, deeply researched, breezily written, page-turner . . . containing lots and lots of star dish.” – Joan Rivers
"George Anthony has miraculously brought [Linehan] back to his sparkling peak.” – Toronto Star
“Linehan would probably approve. The research is sound and … [Anthony’s] portrait of his friend is quite moving.” – Winnipeg Free Press
“His [Linehan’s] career makes for heady reading . . . a genuinely engrossing homage and inquiry.” – Globe and Mail
“A touching record of a groundbreaking and uniquely Canadian luminary.” – Xtra
“Like its subject, the book is witty, well-informed, replete with dropped names, nostalgic and, sad.” – Pulse Niagara
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A behind-the-curtain look at the life and times of Canadian celebrity interviewer Brian Linehan by one of his oldest friends and intimates.
Brian Linehan was one of seven children growing up in the shadow of the Dofasco steel plant where his father and brothers worked. At seven years old he fell in love with the movies and was more convinced than ever that he was not destined to carry a lunch pail. The kid from Hamilton with the broken nose would live and dream bigger than the movies of his youth.
By the time he is thirty, Linehan transforms himself into a television host wooed by every major studio in Hollywood. In more than two thousand interviews for his signature show, City Lights, Brian Linehan becomes as famous as the stars he talks to. Some, like Burt Reynolds, will come to him again and again for on-camera therapy; others, like Shirley MacLaine, happily return to City Lights so he can “tell us about our lives.” Viewers come back to hear what he will ask his unsuspecting guests. What secrets, what long-forgotten memories has he unearthed this time?
Brian lives the high life on film studio tabs, flying everywhere first class while hanging out with the rich and famous — house-guesting with Bea Arthur and Joan Rivers in Hollywood and New York and flying to Vegas on Paul Anka’s private jet with Ann-Margret. He is entertained by hostesses in Paris, London, and Palm Beach. He becomes the quintessential dinner guest, coveted because he is witty, urbane, and well-informed — and of course he can dish. But when fortified by vodka martinis his rapier wit becomes a force to be reckoned with.
Starring Brian Linehan has it all: the wit, the struggles, the insecurity, the famous friends, the secret life behind the camera, and the ground-breaking interviews. Before ET, Access Hollywood, and STAR, there was City Lights and there was Linehan.
Brian Linehan was one of seven children growing up in the shadow of the Dofasco steel plant where his father and brothers worked. At seven years old he fell in love with the movies and was more convinced than ever that he was not destined to carry a lunch pail. The kid from Hamilton with the broken nose would live and dream bigger than the movies of his youth.
By the time he is thirty, Linehan transforms himself into a television host wooed by every major studio in Hollywood. In more than two thousand interviews for his signature show, City Lights, Brian Linehan becomes as famous as the stars he talks to. Some, like Burt Reynolds, will come to him again and again for on-camera therapy; others, like Shirley MacLaine, happily return to City Lights so he can “tell us about our lives.” Viewers come back to hear what he will ask his unsuspecting guests. What secrets, what long-forgotten memories has he unearthed this time?
Brian lives the high life on film studio tabs, flying everywhere first class while hanging out with the rich and famous — house-guesting with Bea Arthur and Joan Rivers in Hollywood and New York and flying to Vegas on Paul Anka’s private jet with Ann-Margret. He is entertained by hostesses in Paris, London, and Palm Beach. He becomes the quintessential dinner guest, coveted because he is witty, urbane, and well-informed — and of course he can dish. But when fortified by vodka martinis his rapier wit becomes a force to be reckoned with.
Starring Brian Linehan has it all: the wit, the struggles, the insecurity, the famous friends, the secret life behind the camera, and the ground-breaking interviews. Before ET, Access Hollywood, and STAR, there was City Lights and there was Linehan.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anthony Brings Linehan Back Into Our Homes,
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This review is from: Starring Brian Linehan (Hardcover)
Having always been a huge Linehan enthusiast, I was excited to purchase this book and find out who Brian really was. I was very pleased to find that my personal observations of him were on the mark, as was my expectation of who he was off-screen....brilliant, funny, arrogant, annoying, fragile and complicated.Reading these pages, I laughed, got mad, rolled my eyes...and cried. From the first page, I was drawn into Brian's life and experienced him through his friends' eyes. He wasn't perfect, but he was stellar. I don't think there is an interviewer in history as talented and thorough as Brian Linehan and I think he is still very much under appreciated. The vapid actor community of today would be no match for his razor sharp wit and in-depth knowledge. I wonder what Brian would have made of the 'big stars' of today, when comparing them to the truly brilliant thespians of yester-year. The final quarter of the book, however, was what brought it all home to me. This book is about Brian Linehan, shown through the love and support he inspired in his friends. Brian wanted to be noted, talked about, recognized, lauded... He was, and is. Whether he realized it or not, and whether any of his detractors choose to admit it, he is the best there was, the best there is, and quite possibly the best there ever will be. Thank you, George Anthony, for writing The Book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Book So Brilliant It's Impossible To Put Down,
This review is from: Starring Brian Linehan (Hardcover)
To say that "Starring Brian Linehan" is a biography of the world's greatest interviewer is to diminish the scope and scale of this incredibly gripping read. The author was Linehan's closest friend, and Anthony's writing is absolutely riddled with graceful and astounding insights into one of Canada's biggest personalities and the many worlds he navigated. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to go on a movie junket; if you've ever tried to keep a crucial part of your life hidden from those closest to you; if you've ever wished you could somehow reinvent yourself, you MUST read this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read,
By Canadian Woman "Twiggy" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Starring Brian Linehan (Hardcover)
If you liked Brian Linehan you will love this book. I found that it was written with a lot of humour and great insight-the very first page made me cry and all the way through the book I was laughing, the writing itself was first class and I could not put the book down. I was sad when it was over but I will read it again.
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