LEONARD MALTIN: “KEARNS HAS DUG DEEP AND CRAFTED A COLORFUL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTOR’S TUMULTUOUS LIFE & CAREER!”
ROGEREBERT.COM: “UNFORGETTABLE PORTRAIT OF AN ACTOR WHOSE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MOST CHALLENGING ROLE WAS OF HIMSELF!”
NOIR CITY MAGAZINE: “A 432-PAGE RAP SHEET! TEACHES US THAT TOXIC MASCULINITY IS REAL— AND IT’S SPECTACULAR!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “HARD-BOILED! MOVING! A NICE DEPARTURE FROM THE TRADITIONAL HOLLYWOOD RAGS TO RICHES STORY!”
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN (WATERBURY CT): “AUTHOR PULLS NO PUNCHES IN LAWRENCE TIERNEY BIO!”
THE TIMES OF LONDON: “NEW BIOGRAPHY OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY REVEALS HOW HE ALMOST WON A RECURRING ROLE ON SEINFELD!”
AIR MAIL WEEKLY: “MR. BAD GUY: NO ONE WAS A BETTER THUG ON-SCREEN, OR OFF, THAN LAWRENCE TIERNEY!”
GOLD DERBY: “NEW BIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD TOUGH GUY GENERATING HOLIDAY SEASON BUZZ!”
HOMETOWNS TO HOLLYWOOD: “FASCINATING! CAPTURES THE COMPLEX NATURE OF TIERNEY AND HIS IMPACT AS AN ACTOR!”
GOOD STORY NEWS: TIERNEY BOOK LAUNCH AND SCREENING AT THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’S AERO THEATRE
LEGSVILLE.COM: THE TOUGH GUY RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD (ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT)
GOLDDERBY.COM: “ENTERTAININGLY DETAILS THE LIFE OF THE PUGNACIOUS ACTOR! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”
LIBRARY JOURNAL: “EVERY CRIME & MISDEMEANOR THAT TIERNEY WAS INVOLVED IN! A SAD LOOK AT A PROMISING CAREER DERAILED!”
NOIRCON 2022: BURT KEARNS & THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY ON OCTOBER 22
RETREATS FROM OBLIVION, THE JOURNAL OF NOIRCON: LAWRENCE TIERNEY: POVERTY ROW (FIRST EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: BOOK ABOUT ACTOR & NOTORIOUS BAD GUY LAWRENCE TIERNEY SET FROM WRITER-PRODUCER BURT KEARNS
VENTS MAGAZINE: LAWRENCE TIERNEY — ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BAD BOYS OF HOLLYWOOD — SET FOR TELL-ALL BIOGRAPHY
GREASY KID STUFF MAGAZINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR BURT KEARNS
THE DANA GOULD HOUR: DANA CALLS THIS EPISODE ‘FIGHTIN’ AND FOOKIN’… LAWRENCE TIERNEY IS “TRULY LARGER THAN LIFE!”
FANACEK: SENSATIONAL TIERNEY MYSTERIES EXPLORED WHEN THE AUTHOR VISITS THE ULTIMATE FILM & TV PODCAST
IRA’S EVERYTHING BAGEL: EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LAWRENCE TIERNEY (VIDEO)
GARY SHAPIRO’S FROM THE BOOKSHELF: BURT KEARNS GOES BEYOND THE BOOK WITH TIERNEY REVELATIONS
STEVEN JAY RUBIN’S SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BURT KEARNS, JEFF ABRAHAM, LAWRENCE TIERNEY, JERRY LEWIS & MORE
THE BIG SHOW, WLAD-FM RADIO: BART BUSTERNA HEARS TALES OF TIERNEY FROM AUTHOR BURT KEARNS
ROBERT BELLISSIMO AT THE MOVIES PODCAST VIDEO: FILM BUFF BELLISIMO TALKS TIERNEY WITH BURT KEARNS
SECOND SATURDAY MAGAZINE, WPKN-FM RADIO: BURT KEARNS TALKS TIERNEY WITH OLD PAL BOB JOHNSON & AACIA HUSSAIN (01:08:30)
WESTCHESTER CULTURE VIDEO: BOB JOHNSON & AACIA HUSSAIN’S TWO-SHOW TELEVISION INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR (PT 1) (PT 2)
BOOK TALK WITH DOUG MILES PODCAST: FROM DILLINGER TO THE SIMPSONS, BURT KEARNS UNSPOOLS MANY TIERNEY TALES
NEW BOOKS NETWORK PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS TIERNEY WITH REBEKAH BUCHANAN
TRUE STORIES OF TINSELTOWN PODCAST: GRACE COLLINS ASKS BURT KEARNS, ‘WAS LAWRENCE TIERNEY BAD TO THE BONE?’
NITRATEVILLE RADIO PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS WITH MICHAEL GEBERT ABOUT TIERNEY’S WILD LIFE (@ 66:16)
FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS TO DOUG HESS ABOUT LAWRENCE TIERNEY
FUN IDEAS PODCAST: MARK ARNOLD IS THE FIRST TO TALK TIERNEY WITH BURT KEARNS
LEGSVILLE.COM VIDEO: THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY, PANEL DISCUSSION FROM NOIRCON 2022
THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY: Jeff Burr, David Del Valle, C. Courtney Joyner, and Timothy Tierney join moderator and film scholar Dr. Jason A. Ney and author Burt Kearns in a freewheeling discussion of the life and crimes of Lawrence Tierney, subject of LAWRENCE TIERNEY: HOLLYWOOD'S REAL-LIFE TOUGH GUY. Premiered 22 October 2022, Day 2 of the NoirCon virtual film noir conference. NoirCon.com
16 December 2022
BOOK LAUNCH at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Sponsored by the Cinematheque & Larry Edmunds Bookshop, hosted by screenwriter-producer Larry Karaszewski.
THE LAUNCH
