Picks Three show-business tomes go behind the scenes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nonfiction: Books] Reference

Different Jennifer, same show-business earthquake tremors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cate vs. Judi; Ed and Naomi] Reference

Diahann, by the way, what's up with you, show-business wise?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: How to Cope With Breast Cancer - September 15, 2000] Reference

KING: There wasn't more of a show-business family than your family.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 23, 2002] Reference

Will Anschutz himself become a show-business titan worth remembering?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movieland's Mystery Man] Reference

Chagall is not the show's star in the show-business sense of the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Before Stalin Lowered the Curtain] Reference

PS: I have the best health insurance available, thanks to my show-business union.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Shearer: Health Care: Two Countries, Two Stories] Reference

In a town peppered with show-business personalities, he cultivated powerful allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paris Match] Reference

Judge Jerry, understanding that it is a show-business factor -- and that you are.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jerry and Judy Sheindlin Discuss Laying Down the Law on TV - September 12, 2000] Reference

For Mr. Lipton, the Actors Studio has become the perfect show-business retirement home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fame and Fawning] Reference

But as a look back at the beginnings of today's show-business world, "Ziegfeld" is invaluable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Showman Who Started It All] Reference

The email reveals a new show-business hyphenate to go along with model-actress: chauffeur-comic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magician, Joker, Star] Reference

WSJ: Is being a 27-year-old in show-business all that different from being a typical 27-year-old?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Asking: Alicia Keys] Reference

Carol Rosegg Backstage musicals are a show-business staple, from "Babes in Arms" to "A Chorus Line.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Putting it together] Reference

Directors are so busy reading scripts they're skipping the show-business institution of doing lunch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calling All The Arquettes] Reference

Shandling has always brought an outsider's wry detachment to this most inside-y of show-business satires.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Fired Himself] Reference

He told interviewers he got into meatpacking as a hedge against the unpredictability of a show-business career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star of Stage, Screen and Breakfast Table] Reference

With a voice like blended gravel, playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein sounds like no other show-business star.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hit List: Voices Carry] Reference

And the students she is instructing will come to understand war much more intimately than any show-business activist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Her Basic (Academic) Training] Reference

Big companies trawling for licenses have the manpower and connections to stay plugged into show-business announcements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Tips for Succeeding] Reference

I think it's safe to say that her professional career of 97 years has to be among the longest in show-business history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last of the movie organists; updated] Reference

Disney Disney hopes 'Bolt,' with the voice of John Travolta as a show-business dog, will help revive its animation studio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disney Learns Lessons From Pixar] Reference

He claimed to be various people in the show-business industry, and he basically tried to trick her into giving my address.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Should Elian Gonzalez Return to His Father in Cuba? - January 5, 2000] Reference

This is sort of a show-business effort by the D. A.'s office to, you know, convince the public that they have a strong case.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2003] Reference

In the annals of american labor, show-business mogul Barry Diller has set a record for pay that's unlikely ever to be broken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Diller Is On Top Of The World] Reference

IT'S A CLASSIC VIGNETTE OF show-business nastiness, the kind that viewers have come to expect from "" The Larry Sanders Show. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Fired Himself] Reference

The telecast needs some old-fashioned show-business sparkle, razzle-dazzle, giddiness, oomph, enthusiasm, call it what you will.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Windolf: Oscars for the Oscars (and Razzies Too): Jim Windolf] Reference

DIGITAL VIDEO DISCS (DVD): The home-entertainment format ushered in the greatest gold rush in the annals of show-business history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Media, R.I.P.] Reference

Farrow was show-business royalty from birth: the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and the tormented writer-director John Farrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scenes From A Marriage] Reference

An astute Jagger realized quickly that he was firmly in the show-business game, blocking films that could jeopardize his earning potential.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rolling Stones Restored] Reference

Which isn't to underestimate its celebrity obsession and show-business side, its parade of famous or famous-enough guest stars, its gossip mode.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dizzy From 'The View'] Reference

The next morning, Jerry called RCA Records and was told to contact the Colonel -- Tom Parker, one of the most vilified men in show-business history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne Hill: Two Dreams That Changed Hollywood] Reference

The man who put him there -- creating perhaps the most iconic outfit in the history of rock 'n' roll -- was the veteran show-business costumer Bill Belew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Career Produced an Elegant Design] Reference

"Because my parents are artists, they were used to the show-business lifestyle," said Ms. Moss, who began ballet as a 5-year-old and got her first professional acting job at 6.    From Wordnik.com.  [Again, She's Portraying a Fish Out of Water in the Steno Pool] Reference