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CHICAGO – Society, or at least certain elements of society, are always looking for scapegoats to hide the sins of themselves and authority. In the so-called “great America” of the 1950s, the scapegoat target was comic books … specifically through a sociological study called “The Seduction of the Innocent.” City Lit Theater Company, in part two of a trilogy on comic culture by Mark Pracht, presents “The Innocence of Seduction … now through October 8th, 2023. For details and tickets, click COMIC BOOK.
Exclusive Portrait: Jamie Lee Curtis Showcases New Book in Chicagoland
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 23, 2013 - 10:37am
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“My Year of Firsts” by Jamie Lee Curtis (illustrated by Laura Cornell) is available at Anderson’s Bookshop and wherever books are sold.
© 2013 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – The long career of Jamie Lee Curtis has taken her from early “scream queen” status to pitching yogurt. But what is lesser known about the popular actress is that she is a child’s book author of note. “My Brave Year of Firsts” is her tenth collaboration with illustrator Laura Cornell, and she was at Anderson’s Bookshop (Naperville, Ill) last autumn to read excerpts and autograph the book.
“My Brave Year of Firsts” lovingly portrays a child heroine named Frankie, who is trying out so many things for the very first time. This book joins the other Curtis/Cornell titles, including “Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born,” “Is There a Human Race?,” and “Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day.” Jamie Lee Curtis has been married to comic actor Christopher Guest since 1984, and has two children.
Photographer Joe Arce captured this Exclusive Portrait of Jamie Lee Curtis during an appearance in September of 2012, at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Ill.
 Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com |
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
