Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon - The Case Against Celebrity

Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon - The Case Against Celebrity

by Andrew Breitbart (Author), Mark Ebner (Author)

Synopsis

Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death experiences and the Democratic Party, Hollywood, Interrupted takes readers on a surreal field trip into the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter -- covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing, bad medicine, hypocritical political maneuvering and the complicit media -- delivers a meticulously researched, interview-infused, attitude heavy dispatch which analyzes and deconstructs the myths created by the celebrities themselves. Celebrities somehow believe that it's their god-given right to inflict their pathology on the rest of us. Hollywood, Interrupted illustrates how these dysfunctional dilettantes are mad as hell...And we're not going to take it any more.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 05 Mar 2004

ISBN 10: 0471450510
ISBN 13: 9780471450511

Media 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 a-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)
Author Bio
Andrew Breitbart has played the low-key online sidekick to Matt Drudge on the infamous Drudge Report for five years. From his newsroom-cum-home office in LA, Breitbart has shared site chores of keeping up with the demanding 24/7 news-cycle for an audience that now reaches well into the millions. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, and New York Post, among others. Breitbart also co-produced a documentary set to air on the History Channel in 2004. He has worked as a researcher and webmaster for Arianna Huffington and MAD TV, among others, and delivered pizzas to the stars in Brentwood. Breitbart lives in Los Angeles with his wife Susie and their two children. Mark Ebner is an award-winning investigative journalist who has covered all aspects of celebrity culture for Spy, Rolling Stone, Details, Los Angeles magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, and New Times among others. He has repeatedly positioned himself in harm's way, conducting over 50 in-depth investigations into such subjects as Scientology, pit bull fighting in South Central Los Angeles, the Ku Klux Klan in Texas, celebrity stalkers, sports groupies, college suicides, and Hepatitus C in Hollywood. Ebner has produced for and/or appeared as a journalist-commentator on NBC, MSNBC, A&E, FX, E!, Entertainment television. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio program, Drastic Radio in 2000 and is Editor at Large for LA Innuendo magazine. Ebner lives in Venice, California, with his two dogs, Roxie and Poorboy.