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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Veteran police detective Gavilan and his rookie partner Calden are no exception to the rule that in Hollywood, no one is really who they want to be. Between Gavilan's struggling real estate business and Calden's fledgling acting career and yoga instruction, they've got a major murder case to solve. With both Internal Affairs and their prime suspect on their tails, both have to infiltrate the dangerous world of the hip-hop recording industry.
2) Dreamgirls
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Three young women, Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dreams....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Formats
Description
Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Vince takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon he becomes an overnight sensation. As he becomes a superstar, his...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. When they become overnight music sensations, a greedy record producer tries to exploit the 'boys.' Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of 'munk mischief to get his furry family back before it's too late.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.
6) Dreamgirls
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Three young women Deena Jones, Effie White, and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dream....
7) Dreamgirls
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Three young women Deena Jones, Effie White, and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dream....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Description
Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs, to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world, they learn the hard reality of the music industry.
10) One-trick pony
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Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009], ©2009
Description
Jonah is a folk singer. He was very big in the 1960s, an anti-war rallying point. He wrote one of the anthems for that decade. But the sixties are long ago, he's middle-aged and out of date. He writes his own songs, travels the country with a small band, while his wife--who loves him--contemplates a divorce. When does a man like Jonah stop being a brave individualist and become merely a middle-aged man hanging onto an obsolete self-image? His wife,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.
"In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. When they become overnight music sensations, a greedy record producer tries to exploit the 'boys.' Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of 'munk mischief to get his furry family back before it's too late.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world they learn the hard reality of the music industry.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Description
Jailhouse Rock: Vince Everett is sent to jail, where he learns to how to belt out tunes instead of saloon patrons. Following his parole, he follows a bumpy road to music and movie success.
Viva Las Vegas: In order to enter the first Las Vegas Grand Prix, visiting racecar driver Lucky Jackson must raise enough money to buy a new engine. He gets the cash but loses it when the hotel swimming-pool instructor distracts him.
16) All about Eve: Beyond the valley of the dolls ; The inn of the sixth happiness ; Valley of the dolls
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
All about Eve: An up-and-coming actress schemes to steal the limelight from her idol. Beyond the valley of the dolls: Three rock 'n' rollers head for Hollywood, determined to succeed at any cost. The inn of the sixth happiness: An English missionary in war-torn China devotes herself to rescuing homeless children. Valley of the dolls: Three glamorous women seek fame.
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
It follows three young female rockers going Hollywood in hell-bent sixties style under the spell of a flamboyant producer, whose decadent bashes showcase Meyer's trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of the movies' great outsider artists.
18) A star is born
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The fire of Barbra Streisand. The magnetism of Kris Kristofferson. The reckless world of big-time rock 'n roll. All three bring passion and timeliness to one of the screen's classic love stories (previously filmed in 1937 and 1954) and winner of five Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture, Actress and Actor (Musical/Comedy). The Streisand/Williams 'Evergreen' won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for 1976's Best Original Song.
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