Mikey was having a perfectly good summer.... until he died. The doctors managed to save him from the great beyond, but as it turns out, dying really messes up your life. And since he came back, nothing has been the same. A dark and terrifying presence has followed Mikey from the other side, the meanest kid in school is doing his best to return him to the afterlife, the girl of his dreams and a girl he never dreamed of are vying for his attention, and every kid in school is calling him a Zombie. Being twelve is tough enough. It's even tougher when you're back from the dead

Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an ideal that was to be questioned and ultimately undermined during the years to follow by lurid accounts of his private life and his death from AIDS related illness.

This illuminating analysis of Hudson's career reassesses the perceived disparity between his public persona and his 'true' nature. Exploring his unique qualities as a performer and exposing the role of his agent, producers and directors...