New York comedians Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton are reading celebrity memoirs so you don't have to.
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Jonathan Pearce and Terry Alderton swap anecdotes and opinions from their lives in football and showbiz, often in the company of friends from the two worlds they inhabit. It can be candid and pointed or rude and disjointed. Meet us at the Far Post to find out… Made by: https://darkhorsedigital.co.uk Artwork by: www.bloodsausage.co.uk
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If you’re wondering what’s going on in Sally Field’s mind that allows her to be one of the best actresses of her generation she’ll tell you every last bit of it. This week’s episode goes deep into the Oscar winner’s life and lore and let me tell you it’s not what I was expecting. NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ If you want…
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“If you look for it, I have a sneaky feeling, that you’ll find that love, is actually all around.” - Love Actually, a movie Dolly Alderton may have seen at some point?? Who knows but the british writer and podcaster wrote a memoir about love that isn’t just about romantic love and that feels like something Love Actually should have addressed more s…
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If you knew me four years ago no you didn’t?? Demi Moore’s memoir is one of the first we read for CMBC and over 150 memoirs later we’ve come a long way with realizing stuff. Demi Moore was once the highest paid actress in Hollywood, twice the other half of the couple of the moment, and she’s done a ton of other stuff too. NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://sh…
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It’s not every day we get a peek inside the life of one of the coolest people who ever lived. Terri Irwin is a wildlife expert and the wife of the late great Steve Irwin who literally taught me what a crocodile is. In her memoir, Steve and Me, she tells his story, their story, and you’ll probably cry!!!! NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoir…
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The background: Anna Marie Tendler is photographer, lamp designer, and writer who was famously married to John Mulaney. In her much anticipated memoir, she skips all the juicy goss and goes straight to the core. Whether or not you enjoy the contents of that core… well to each their own. NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join…
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This week we’re swimming inside of the noggin of one of the most decorated athletes of all time. You’d think swimming back and forth all day would leave him with not a ton to say… and you’d be a little bit right… but it’s Olympics season baby tedium is how we get stronger. NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join us as we work…
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Meet Simone Biles, the gymnast so phenomenal they named an entire CMBC episode after her. And also at least one move in every single event in international gymnastics competition. Despite not even visiting a gymnastics gym until she was 6 years old, Simone Biles has become literally the most incredible gymnast in the world and she wears her heart o…
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You think we can chat?? We’re no Andy Cohens. The inventor of Bravo and the latest in a long line of medium height men who host 7 talk shows a day, Andy Cohen details his rise to keeper of the housewives. NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join us as we work out our new live show in Brooklyn July 28, August 15, and August 30!…
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Get ready to be obsessed. Excessively so, with we’re not sure what yet but definitely something. Influencer and businesswoman Tash Oakley’s book about how to do business resonated with us on exactly one level because it was frankly too dry to penetrate to further levels but we had a good time anyway. Join us as we work out our new live show in Broo…
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The final Tori. The final boss. My guiding light. This week we read the fourth Tori Spelling memoir, Spelling it Like it Is and Tori says more of the most regular but least relatable things that have ever been said. NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! COME SEE US ON TOUR 9/20 - Sydney, Australia 9/22 - Adelaide, Australia 9/25 …
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Welcome to the summer of Spelling!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re polishing off Tori Spelling’s archive with two weeks of all things totally Tori. First up, she writes an entire book about how having kids in Los Angeles is different than having kids other places, especially because she grew up too rich! NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! CO…
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Yvie Oddly is an Oddity and that’s what won them the Drag Race crown. Shaking up the drag game from Dever to the big screen, Yvie has competed twice on Ru Paul’s Drag Race and has a little something to say about strutting to the beat of your own drum. NYC! Join us 7/16 for Game Night with Exploding Kittens! COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW: 6/18/24 - Charlo…
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This one goes out to all the tiny bass players from Australia! See ya soon! For now, we’re back at it with our problematic faves, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their legendary bassist, Flea, was born in Australia, raised in New York and Los Angeles, and forged in the fires of being a Hollywood teenager who knows Anthony Kiedis. COME SEE US ON TOUR NEW…
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I don’t know if Kathy Griffin managed to trick Oprah but she sure as hell convinced us that her book should be an Official Book Club Selection. Her memoir covers all of our faves; finding your place in comedy, working hard for an eventual breakthrough success, and what it’s like to know Brooke Shields. IDIOT FROM HELL IS BACK - SHOP MERCH!!!!!! htt…
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Brittney Griner finally made it home and immediately put her story on paper. For those who missed it, Brittney Griner is a star WNBA player who was held as a political prisoner in Russia for almost an entire year. Her book chronicles the entire journey, to help prisoners still being held overseas she’s partnered with an organization you can learn m…
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Grab some tissues, headphones and a snack because no book has ever made me want to cry and eat a snack and listen to music quite this much. Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast writes the most touching memoir about family, food, and connection, what else is there to say!! Use the code CMBC25 at DrinkDona.com! Use the code WORM at blueland.com! Vis…
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Oh what is there to say about Chelsea Handler that hasn’t already been said. The gal is a menace to society and our formative comedy years but there was a time when she was all we had, the vodka we prayed to. Boy oh boy was that a mess. SHOP NEW MERCH!!!!!! https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Catch our live digital show April 30! https://www.…
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