After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail.
Tag: Memoir
An Evening with Cher
After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail.
Riley Keough in conversation with Taylor Jenkins Reid (virtual event)
Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, November 25, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET
**Riley Keough in conversation with Taylor Jenkins Reid
discussing the memoir she finished on behalf of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, “From Here to the Great Unknown.”**
This event is taped on Nov 18 with an audience.
TICKETS (**US Orders ONLY**):
$50 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to **US addresses only.**) Includes access to watch the event on November 25 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days after.
**Born to an American icon and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.**
**Riley Keough** is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress. She is known for her work in Daisy Jones & the Six, Zola, and more. She also co-directed War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, and cofounded the production company Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell. She is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and sole trustee of Graceland.
**Lisa Marie Presley** was a singer and songwriter who was born in Memphis and raised at Graceland, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She released three studio albums throughout her music career—To Whom It May Concern, Now What, and Storm & Grace, the first of which was certified gold. Lisa Marie passed away in January 2023.
**Taylor Jenkins Reid** is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Join actor and producer Riley Keough for a one-of-a-kind conversation as she pays tribute to her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s incredible memory. Joined by a special guest, Keough will dive into a legendary tale of celebrity, family ties, the highs and lows of fame, love, grief, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter.
Elvis Presley’s only child spent years recording countless hours of riveting, raw, and breathtakingly vulnerable tape for her memoir. After Lisa Marie died in 2023, her daughter Riley dedicated herself to completing the unfinished work. In From Here to the Great Unknown, Riley’s voice joins with her mother’s to tell a breathtaking story.
In conversation with Eric Idle (virtual event)
February 2, 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3pm PT/6pm ET
**An Afternoon with Eric Idle
discussing his book, “The Spamalot Diaries”**
*This event tapes on Jan 28 with an audience.*
TICKETS:
$46 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on February 2, 2025 at 3pm PT/6pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. Books ship a week after the virtual event.
**From comedy legend Eric Idle, the fascinating inside story of bringing Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway as the unlikely theatrical hit Spamalot.**
**Eric Idle** is a comedian, actor, author, and singer-songwriter who found immediate fame on television with the sketch-comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Following its success, the group began making films that include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Eric wrote, directed, and created The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, the world’s first-ever mockumentary, as well as the Tony Award–winning musical Spamalot. His memoir, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was a New York Times bestseller.
[Watch videos](hhttps://livetalksla.org/blog/ericidle/ttp://) of Eric Idle’s three previous appearances at Live Talks Los Angeles — interviewing John Cleese and Alan Zweibel; and interviewed by Bob Saget.
“Idle provides a rollicking account of the making of his Broadway musical Spamalot. . . . [and] an irresistible and unfiltered ode to the art of live theater. Fans will love this tantalizing glimpse behind the curtain.”—Publishers Weekly
Long before Spamalot was the toast of Broadway and the winner of three Tony awards, it was an idea threatening to fizzle out before it could find its way into existence. In The Spamalot Diaries, Eric Idle shares original journal entries and raw email exchanges that reveal the sometimes bumpy, always entertaining path to the show’s unforgettable run.
Financial anxieties, collaborative disputes that tested decades-long friendships, endless rewriting and a broken ankle were just some of the challenges. Idle chronicles every minor mishap and triumph along the way, as well as the creative tension that drove the show to new heights. An unforgettable look behind the curtain of a beloved musical and inside the wickedly entertaining mind of one of our most treasured comic performers.
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In conversation with Josh Brolin (virtual)
November 26 @ 6:00 pm
Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET
**An Evening with Josh Brolin
discussing his memoir, “From Under the Truck”**
*This event is taped on November 21 with an audience on Nov 21.*
TICKETS:
$50 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on November 26 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days after it airs. Books ship a week after the virtual event.
**A funny, uncanny, unforgettable and un-celebrity memoir from Josh Brolin**
**Josh Brolin** was born in 1968 and raised on a ranch in Paso Robles, California. He is a producer, director, writer, and Academy Award-nominated actor. The proud father of four children, he lives with his wife and two youngest in California.
“Josh Brolin’s out to catch his breath between the slant-eyed suggestions and irrefutable evidence of his past. He hears voices, and he listens, reminding us with brutal honesty that our surroundings were never there to be carried, rather woven into the fabric of the freedom to be who we are.” — Matthew McConaughey
Weaving a latticework of different strands, moving back and forth through time, Josh Brolin captures a life marked by curiosity, pain, devotion, kindness, humor. He recounts an unconventional childhood far from Hollywood. Raised on a ranch in Paso Robles, California, he was surrounded as a child by the wolves, cougars, and other wild animals gathered by his fearless and explosive mother, Jane Agee Brolin. Her tragic, early death haunts this book, and the force of her unforgettable personality is felt throughout. Brolin also brings to life his career in the film industry—from his breakout role in The Goonies to the set of No Country for Old Men—and the professional and personal ups and downs in between and since. With unflinching honesty but also great humor, he shares insights into relationships, addiction, love, and fatherhood, while letting the white space in between words speak for itself. Grappling with the mysteries of life and death in a way that will catch readers by surprise, From Under the Truck is an audacious and riveting memoir from a born writer.
