People: Almanac 2002

by Time-Life Books

Book Overview

The bestselling entertainment and pop culture almanac is back with updated lowdowns on all the year's headliners and head-turners. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929049455
• ISBN13: 9781929049455
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: People
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

"People: Almanac 2002 by People Weekly"

The "Almanac 2002 by People Weekly" is a definite must-have for anyone! This book is a terrific source to look up just about anything on movies, books, music, celebs, tv shows, and more. Here are the contents for this book and some interesting facts I learned (since it's too long to include everything, I am only writing about my favorite places to read):THE YEAR IN REVIEWSCREEN*Picks & Pans 2001* (They don't include "LOTR: The Fellowship of the Rings!"*2001's Top Ten Grossers* (No. 1, "Shrek")*2000's Overseas Moneymakers* (No. 1, "Mission Impossible II")*The Top 100 Box-Office Films of All Time* (No. 1, "Titanic")*The Biggest Hits Year-by-Year* (1986 No. 1 Hit, "Top Gun")*Top Film Soundtracks* (No. 1, "The Bodyguard")*The Brightest Stars, By Year* (Shirley Temple is No. 1 four years running, 1935-1938)*SuperStar Filmographies* (Sean Connery has a LONG list!)*The Academy Awards* (Best Picture of 2000, "Gladiator")TUBE*The Most Popular Shows on TV* (No. 1 five years running, "All in the Family", 1971-76)*The Top 50 Television Shows* (No. 1, "M*A*S*H")SONG*Picks & Pans 2001* (My favorite song by Jessica Andrews, "Who I Am", is on the list, along with BeeGee's album, "This Is Where I Came In")*Top Concert Tours of All Time* (No. 1, The Rolling Stones 1994, No. 2, Pink Floyd same year)*The BestSelling Albums of All Time* (Rock/Pop, "Eagles, Their Greatest Hits")PAGES*Pick & Pans 2001* (Stephen King's, "Dreamcatcher", is on the list)STAGE*Longest Running Shows on Broadway* ("Cats")PEOPLE EXTRAS*The Most Intriguing People 1974-Present* (George W. Bush for the year 2000)*People's Most Beautiful People* (Tom Cruise, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Julia Roberts nominated 6 times!)*Most Popular Web Sites* (No. 1 Top Entertainment Site, "Real.com")THE PEOPLE REGISTER*The People Register* (About 152 pages worth of Celebrity dossiers and facts)*The Register of Thousands* (A Celebrity Database)*Happy Birthday! The Greats' Natal Dates* (Two of my favorite actors, Alec Baldwin and Marlon Brando, share the same birthdate, April 3rd)*2002's Watershed Birthdays* (Both Ossie Davis and Katherine Hepburn are turning 95 this year!*...plus about 70 more interesting sections!Probably this Almanac is best for teenagers 13 and up. Not for younger kids since because it contains lots of gossip and 'facts' on all of the famous celebrities. Very enjoyable though and I'm sure I'll won't get tired of it for a long, long time! (Today, Feb. 28th, is Bernadette Peters and Charles Durning's birthday!)