Hollywood Dads

Book Overview

Robin Williams, Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielbergthese are just a few of the luminaries featured in Hollywood Dads. Photographer Joyce Ostin, renowned for her New York Times bestseller Hollywood Moms, goes behind the scenes to capture 50 famous fathers with their children. Joyce's intimate portraits reveal a familial candor seldom seen in a paparazzo's stolen shotBruce Willis in a huddle with his daughters and Ashton Kutcher, surfer Laird Hamilton romping with his toddler on the beach, and many more. With an introduction by Paul Reiser and parenting wisdom from these dads sprinkled throughout, Hollywood Dads celebrates fatherhood and proves that to their kids, these men aren't celebrities . . . they're just "Dad."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811858375
• ISBN13: 9780811858373
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.2" x 0.8" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Hollywood Dads

The photo of Gabriel Byrne with his daughter is awesome. If you had to define "tenderness" with a photo, this would be that photo. Of course I am a Gabriel Byrne fan, and that's why I purchased this book.

Hollywood Dads

I was really taken with this book. The photos are so incredibly sweet and really capture the actor with his children. Having a book like this helps you understand what's really important. Family. While we all appreciate these mens' contributions to show business, seeing them in such a private setting makes all we've already seen even better.

Excellent Book

I was very hesitant to buy this book when I first learned about it because I was really only interested in one Hollywood Dad. However, once the book was in my hands, I discovered it was an absolutely superb book. The photos are outstanding, and I loved Joyce Ostin's comments about meeting each of the celebrities. The subjects' comments about being Dads were pretty great too. Without a doubt, it's one of the best purchases I've ever made.

Great giftbook of super photos

Joyce Ostin is able to capture special intimate photos of fathers with their children. Her captions beside the photos are very descriptive of what it was like to photograph and spend time with the celebrities...the celebrities are just like most loving fathers and their children. I also enjoyed reading the quotes from the fathers regarding parenting. A must read and a great book to keep on the coffee table to bring smiles to all who see it!

Wonderful!...

The photographs in this book are awesome...well worth the money. I bought it because I'm a big fan of David Duchovny and Tea' Leoni. I had seen baby pictures of their children, but not of them as they are growing up. All the photos are great...very touching.