Dangerous company : dark tales from Tinseltown / Peter Bart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bart, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actors--Fiction.

Actors.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Fiction.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion picture industry--Fiction.

Motion picture industry.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Dark tales from Tinseltown

Place of Publication:

New York : Miramax books : Hyperion, [2003]

Summary:

In Hollywood, reality always teeters on the verge of fiction. Outlandish paydays encounter outsize egos; fading beauties fight desperately to retain an illusion of youth; moguls plot and feud while bitter enemies air-kiss over lunch at the Ivy. The stakes are higher than anywhere else, and the dreams are crazier. No one else can capture the insanity like Peter Bart, the editor-in-chief of the showbiz bible Variety. Bart has presided over the follies and iniquities of the business for many years, observing the ups and downs of the players with detached, knowing amusement. As Cindy Adams recently proclaimed in the New York Post, "If Peter doesn't know it, it never happened." Dangerous Company explores the turbulent lives of the celebrities and studio executives who inhabit Starlight Terrace, an exclusive neighborhood nestled high in the Hollywood Hills. A literary agent covers up a surreal screenwriting scandal in order to close on a commission. A studio lawyer tries to reconcile a director-producer rift using an unspeakable secret about their children as leverage. And a stranger brokers a suspicious deal that lands him facedown in his own pool. Fascinating and pitch-perfect, Dangerous Company is written with a true insider's eye for detail and nuance. And just to keep us on our toes, Bart throws in a few clues that may lead us to believe that what we're reading is, well, maybe not fiction after all.

Contents:

The Founder 1

The Ghostwriter 7

The Makeover 41

Day of Reckoning 57

The Neighbors I 73

The Arbiter 81

Second Coming 107

Friend of the Family 121

The Neighbors II 141

Dangerous Company 149

Power Play 161

Hard Bargain 175

The Neighbors III 191.

ISBN:

1401351905 :

OCLC:

53451713