WOW! Linda Gray is 75 years old! One look at those
incredible legs sticking out from that fur coat that adorns the cover of her
new memoir, The Road to Happiness is Always
Under Construction and you’ll find that hard to believe; but relax…it’s
true…Gray is one of those rare women willing to not only admit her age, but
share it with the world.
In fact that is the purpose of The Road to Happiness, she decided to celebrate her 75th
birthday by sharing her story as they say, warts and all. Gray does it all with
the requisite Hollywood style; gorgeous girl sets out to leave a difficult
childhood behind and head out for the
adventure of a lifetime and a career in modeling only to find frustration
despite her obvious good looks, somehow ends up married too young and trapped
in an abusive marriage.
Later after a rebellion, she lands her “big break” at 38 and
the role of a lifetime on the night time soap opera set in the land of big oil
and rich men, Dallas. Gray also
couples the almost expected Hollywood side of the story with what has become
the go to story for aging starlets, the how to road map for a happy, healthy
life. Gray doesn’t pull any punches as she shines a light on the dark side of
her life.
Raw
– Pamela Anderson and Emma Dunlavey – (BenBella Books)
Playboy Playmate. Baywatch Babe. Modern day pinup.
Actress. Porn star. Activist. Rock star groupie. Just about any one and/or all
of these words/phases can be use to describe Pamela Anderson.
I’m not sure that her latest effort, a book entitled Raw put together with photographer Emma
Dunlavey will add the term author to that list. Comprised largely of what are
described as “fly on the wall” or backstage photos shot by Dunlavey over a
period of years; you end up with a range of high gloss glamour shots, lingerie
shots and a whole pile of photos of Anderson in various states of undress.
Pretty much what you would expect.
Add to that a variety of poems(?), random thoughts,
rants and raves that are scrawled, scratched and scribbled over, around and on
top of the photos. Perhaps the most striking thing in the book are the early
photos of Anderson, who was a staggeringly gorgeous young girl, before the
endless enhancement surgeries that turned her into a caricature of what passes
for beautiful.
There is no doubt that Anderson is sexy and her fans
will eat this book up. The fact that proceeds from the sale of the book will be
utilized to further her activist work for human, animal and environmental
causes may or may not be a bonus.
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