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Hollywood, Interrupted : Insanity Chic in Bablyon - the Case Against Celebrity by Mark Ebner and Andrew Breitbart (2004, Hardcover)

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"Rosemary's baby has grown up and is running Hollywood. One of America's greatest industries has become one of the most destructive. Entertainment titans like Walt Disney, Morrie Ryskind, and Frank Capra have been replaced by people whose idea of a good Christmas movie involves Santa having sex in the back seat of a car with a barmaid shouting 'âˆ—âˆ—âˆ— me Santa âˆ—âˆ—âˆ— me!' People you wouldn't allow to meet your children are spending hours alone with your children. Hollywood, Interrupted describes the misogynist, pillpopping degenerates who now define American culture." Ann Coulter, bestselling author "This is a great book to read and a dangerous book to write. Breitbart and Ebner can hide in my basement when the Powers that Be in Hollywood put out a contract on them." Jonah Goldberg, National Review "Half Hollywood Babylon III , half Book of Virtues Breitbart and Ebner's juicy polemic does for Hollywood celebrities what Liar's Poker did for Wall Street Investment bankers. This basic critique rings true to me , and I live here (well, nearby, anyway). Their book will . . . rip the lid off the decadent culture of the showbiz rich. . . but who would have suspected that Barbara Streisand was actually a good mother?" Mickey Kaus, Slate magazine columnist "Hollywood is worse than you ever imagined, and Hollywood, Interrupted pulls no punches. It would be depressing, if it weren't so hilarious." Prof. Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit.com, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee " Hollywood, Interrupted is a raucous, though often sobering, reflection on today's celebrity industry, which can often seduce and repulse in equal measure. Breitbart and Ebner's book is a comprehensive, funny, and sharp examination of the people and institutions angling to shape the country's politics, culture, and morality. And few of these tinseltown pillars are spared the searing scrutiny, from Kabbalah devotees to the 'heterosexual Tom Cruise." The book reverberates with salesmen of every stripe: hustlers peddling sex, drugs, information, ideology, dreams, hokum, and even nonstick frying pans. And since Hollywood is controlled by some very warped and unprincipled souls, the buyer ought to beware." William Bastone, Editor and cofounder, TheSmokingGun.com

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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471450510
ISBN-13
9780471450511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5943263

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hollywood, Interrupted : Insanity Chic in Bablyon-The Case Against Celebrity
Author
Mark Ebner, Andrew Breitbart
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Customs & Traditions, Film / History & Criticism, Industries / Entertainment
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Social Science, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ct105
Reviews
"Literary assassinations don't come any more vitriolic than Hollywood Interrupted...fascinating stories and explosive revelations..." ( Daily Record , 24 April 2004) "... capitalises on our base interest in the more scandalous antics of the showbusiness elite..." ( Birmingham Post , 17 April 2004) "...makes for a riveting read." ( Hotdog , May 2004) "...lifts the lid on some of Tinseltown's weirdest and most notorious celebrities..." ( Western Daily Press , 3 April 2004) "...the industry has never been without a scandal, as this jaw-dropping book reveals..." ( Hot Stars , 3 April 2004) "has appeal and certainly it has shock value" ( The New York Post , Liz Smith, March 15th, 2004) "terrific book, both snappy and snappish...." ( The Wall Street Journal ) "The next best thing to a Los Angeles friend with a nose for juicy gossip." ( The Wall Street Journal ) "A Hollywood horror-fest. Celebrities are skewered like shish kabobs in Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner's.... Hollywood, Interrupted "Entertainment journalism...[is] a stampede of A-list aâˆ—âˆ—-kissing...this bracingly impudent expose...declined to pucker up."( Penthouse , February 2004) "Shockingly delicious!" ( Star magazine) The entertainment industry ...takes a beating in [this] scathing collection of revelations about ... scores of luminous entertainment med ia personalities. ( Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) "This is a fun book!" ( Jon Stewart, The Daily Show ) "...a wildly... entertaining jeremiad against the entertainment industry...against the perverts, flakes, egomaniacs, junkies, bullies and criminals..." ( Rick McGinnis/Metro Toronto )
Table of Content
Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I: IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR. 1. Hollywood Family Values: A New Weird Order. Hollywood families exposed for not only not upholding family values but pissing all over middle-class mores. Rethinking the life and death of River Phoenix. Familial implosions exposed. It's gotten so bad we argue for sterilization of the celebrity class. 2. In Loco Parentis: Hollywood Nannies. Hollywood nannies speak out and tell all-"There is no laughter in this house." Nannies so stressed they've formed a Beverly Hills support group. A nanny gets blacklisted. 3. Hollyweird High. Inside Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences, where Hollywood elite send their children, and we find, like any other school in the Western world, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Unlike other high schools, we also discover Crossdressing Day, Menage a Prom, death, and a mandatory pseudo-therapeutic program called "Mysteries." PART II: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LOS ANGELES. 4. Screwball Tragedy. Hollywood's strange history with insanity, drugs, and therapy. 5. Doctor Feelgoods. Not feeling so hot? Call the doctor. Top Gun producer overdoses. Winona's Dr. Feelgood loses his license. Oliver Stone signs a medic. Lily-livered Hollywood "heppers," including Stripperella, try anything. 6. From Rehab to Retox. Rehab centers to the stars get visits from Matthew Perry, Robert Downey Jr., Ben Affleck, among others. Celeb rehab spas offer a panoply of treatment programs from equine therapy to brain wave analysis. Not on the menu-sex in the bathroom. PART III: THE BELIEVERS. 7. Karma Chameleons. Madonna and friends converge on Kabbalah. Hollywood cults run amok. Established religion is evil. 8. Shilling for Scientology: I Want Your Body-Thetans. Scientology rocks! PART IV: CALIFORNICATION. 9. Sex in This City. The pornification of America. There's a whorehouse in Beverly Hills. Swing Kids club hop. Hugh Hefner is a porn baron. The Heidi Tapes. 10. "Sexual Perversity" in Los Angeles. Eddie Murphy plays good Samaritan to a Samoan transvestite hooker. Hollywood attorneys employ shady PIs to bend laws. Peter Pan picks a porn producer. INTERMISSION. Heroine. Love Means Never Having to Say You're Courtney. PART V: THE LEFT WING. 11. Reds. Celebs embrace hate speech. Everyone's "Friend" Jennifer Aniston calls Bush names and taunts daughter Jenna. Robert Altman and Alex Baldwin threaten to leave the country. We love dictators! Hollywood warmly embraces Castro. 12. Blue Country Haze. Hollywood ground zero for the culture war. Rosie, the lesbian, swoons over the heterosexual Tom Cruise. Oprah dictates politics. The war of the ribbons (can you support PETA and be for AIDS research?). Flacks make celebs pick a cause. 13. The Death of Comedy. Hollywood kills Andrew "Dice" Clay and Sam Kinison. Can't get no comic relief. "South Park" rails against Rob Reiner. PART VI: LIES, MORE LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. 14. Hollywood Pan Men. Hollywood A-Team of B-list celebs goes on the road to sell pans of lies for fast cash and cheap thrills. 15. The Lying Game. Fictionalized documentaries. Scripts are stolen. Friends cover up. We expose Hollywood's own Jayson Blair. PART VII: AMERIKA ONLINE. 16. Hollywood Online. Where the stars go and what they do when they virtually get there. 17. www.americahateshollywood.com. Media Berlin Wall falls. Newfound freedoms expressed in cyberspace. The gigabyte is up. America talks back. Epilogue. Notes. Index.
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2004-299042
Dewey Decimal
791/.092279494
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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3 out of 5 stars
by musiccitybelleOct 03, 2011
Is Hollywood really that bad? YES!
I bought this book after reading Andrew Breitbart's "Righteous Indignation." Maybe it's Ebner's influence or that Breitbart's writing has gotten better, but this was not as easy a read which is surprising given the content; surely Hollywood is not as intellectual as Politics, but then given the state of things today, maybe not! In any case,the similarities of the better-than-thou attitude displayed by both politicians and celebrities are the same. Truth is that celebrities are no better or worse than the rest of humankind, the glaring difference is that their money and fame gives many of them the false impression that they are as the book points out. Ebner and Breitbart share non-glamorized tales of celebrities at their worst. There are no real surprises here, but if you ever needed reminding that the beautiful people have just as many warts as the rest of us (just better make-up artist, trainers and publicist to cover them) here's your book.Read full review
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by tconn510Jul 31, 2019
Hollywood stars in their own little world.
Pithy details of the lives of Hollywood stars and their strange habits and beliefs.
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by 509opforJul 31, 2018
Hollywood Interrupted
Breitbart doesn't hold back.
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