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Santangelo Novels
The ''Santangelo'' novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. ''Confessions of a Wild Child'' (2013), is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, '' Chances'' (1981). Main characters *Gino Santangelo – first appears in '' Chances'' *Lucky Santangelo – first appears in ''Chances'' *Olympia Stanislopoulos – first appears in ''Chances'' *Costa Zennocotti – first appears in ''Chances'' *Carrie Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Steven Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Lennie Golden – first appears in ''Lucky'' *Briget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Collins
Jacqueline Jill Collins (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Her books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. She was the younger sister of Joan Collins, Dame Joan Collins. Early life Collins was born in 1937, in Hampstead, London, the younger daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (died 1962) and Joseph William Collins (died 1988), a theatrical agent whose clients later included Shirley Bassey, the Beatles, and Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones. Collins's South African-born father was Jews, Jewish, and her British mother was Anglicanism, Anglican. A middle child, Collins had an elder sister, Joan Collins ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Dead Beautiful
''Drop Dead Beautiful'' is a 2007 novel by Jackie Collins Jacqueline Jill Collins (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times B ... and the sixth novel in her ''Santangelo'' novels series. The story takes place in 2000. Plot The story focuses on the character Anthony Bonar (Enzio Bonatti's grandson), who is seeking revenge against the Santangelo family as Lucky Santangelo is responsible for the deaths of his grandfather and father. Lucky's daughter - the rebellious teenager Maria, also known as "Max" - is arranging to meet up with a mysterious boy on the internet, in the hopes of making an ex-boyfriend jealous. However, the mystery boy turns out to be a middle-aged man named Henry, who has a hatred for Max's mother Lucky as she did not cast him for a movie which she developed a few years ago. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Jackie Collins
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santangelo Novels
The ''Santangelo'' novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. ''Confessions of a Wild Child'' (2013), is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, '' Chances'' (1981). Main characters *Gino Santangelo – first appears in '' Chances'' *Lucky Santangelo – first appears in ''Chances'' *Olympia Stanislopoulos – first appears in ''Chances'' *Costa Zennocotti – first appears in ''Chances'' *Carrie Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Steven Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Lennie Golden – first appears in ''Lucky'' *Briget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961) is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series ''NYPD Blue'', for which she won an Emmy Award. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny Gardner in the ABC daytime television drama ''All My Children''. She later had leading roles in the short lived TV drama ''Philly'', part of the first season of '' CSI: Miami'', and the first six seasons of ''Army Wives''. She also appeared in the second and third seasons as reporter Alex Devlin in ''Tour of Duty''. Early life Delaney, an Irish American, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joan and Jack Delaney, the only daughter of five children. Delaney's mother was a homemaker and her father a senior union official in the United Auto Workers. She was raised Roman Catholic. Delaney has brothers Ed, John, Keith and Patrick. While she was attending J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School, she worked as a model for the Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is an American actress. She began her career as a fashion model before landing a role in the short-lived American Broadcasting Company, ABC primetime soap opera ''Paper Dolls'' in 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy film ''The Sure Thing'' (1985). She rose to prominence as Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'' (1986–1993), for which she received two Soap Opera Digest Awards. Thereafter, Sheridan appeared in lead roles in numerous television films and miniseries, including ''Lucky Chances'' (1990), ''Virus (1995 film), Virus'' (1995), and ''The People Next Door (1996 film), The People Next Door'' (1996). She also appeared in the feature films ''Noises Off (film), Noises Off'' (1992), ''Spy Hard'' (1996), ''Beverly Hills Ninja'' (1997), and ''Code Name: The Cleaner'' (2007). From 2004 to 2009, Sheridan starred as Edie Britt on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Desperate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Chances
''Lucky Chances'' is a 1990 television mini-series written by Jackie Collins and based on her bestselling novels '' Chances'' and '' Lucky''. It starred Vincent Irizarry, Sandra Bullock, Eric Braeden Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-American film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman (fictional character), Victor Newman (from 1980) on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', as H ..., Nicollette Sheridan, Anne-Marie Johnson, Phil Morris, David McCallum, Richard Anderson and Robert Duncan McNeill. It was directed by Buzz Kulik. Cast References External links * * 1990s American television miniseries 1990 American television series debuts 1990 American television series endings Santangelo novels American English-language television shows {{US-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miniseries
In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is a more recent American term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format has increased in both streaming services and broadcast television. The term " serial" is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations to describe a show that has an ongoing narrative plotline, while "series" is used for a set of episodes in a similar way that "season" is used in North America. Definitions A miniseries is distinguished from an ongoing television series; the latter does not usually have a predetermined number of episodes and may continue for several years. Before the term was coined in the United States in the early 1970s, the ongoing episodic form was always called a "serial", just as a novel appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Little Bitch Girl
''Poor Little Bitch Girl'' is the 27th novel by English novelist Jackie Collins Jacqueline Jill Collins (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times B .... It was released on 4 October 2009 in the United Kingdom, and 9 February 2010 in the United States. The book stemmed from an idea that Collins was working on for a television series about heiresses entitled ''Poor Little Rich Girls''. The series was ultimately never made and so she adapted the material for a novel. References Novels by Jackie Collins 2009 British novels Simon & Schuster books {{2000s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Kiss
''Dangerous Kiss'' is a 1999 novel by Jackie Collins and the fifth novel in her ''Santangelo'' series. The book continues the saga of Lucky Santangelo, a powerful and glamorous woman facing personal and professional challenges. Plot Summary In ''Dangerous Kiss'', Lucky Santangelo's life is thrown into turmoil when her close friend and her friend's husband are brutally murdered. As she sets out to uncover the truth behind their deaths, she becomes entangled in a world of crime, betrayal, and dangerous power plays. Meanwhile, Lucky faces tensions in her marriage to Lennie Golden, struggles to protect her family, and crosses paths with a mysterious woman named Venetia, who holds dark secrets that could threaten everything she has built. Characters * Lucky Santangelo – The novel’s protagonist, a strong and determined woman dealing with loss, danger, and romance. * Lennie Golden – Lucky’s husband, a successful comedian and actor, who struggles with the challenges t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santangelo Family
The ''Santangelo'' novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. ''Confessions of a Wild Child'' (2013), is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, '' Chances'' (1981). Main characters *Gino Santangelo – first appears in '' Chances'' *Lucky Santangelo – first appears in ''Chances'' *Olympia Stanislopoulos – first appears in ''Chances'' *Costa Zennocotti – first appears in ''Chances'' *Carrie Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Steven Berkley – first appears in ''Chances'' *Lennie Golden – first appears in ''Lucky'' *Briget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
