
The Hollywood Book of Break-ups
James Robert Parish(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-471-75268-4 (ISBN)
Description
Half of all marriages end in divorce--and then there are the really unhappy ones.
--Joan Rivers
Do you suppose that the person who first said ""Life is stranger than fiction"" might have had Hollywood marriages in mind? Why watch a romantic film starring a leading man and a leading lady when their real-life romances are so much more interesting? It seems that a celebrity's latest film can have a considerably longer life span in the theater than his or her marriage du jour.
One would almost think that Tinseltown has come to embrace divorce as an accepted pastime. Some celebrities have seemingly collected spouses over the years, systematically adding notches in their belts of divorces. Cases in point: Zsa Zsa Gabor (nine), Lana Turner (eight), Elizabeth Taylor (nine), and Mickey Rooney (eight). This list appears to make Jennifer Lopez a mere novice with only three marriages, two divorces, and one terminated engagement to date.
In The Hollywood Book of Breakups, James Robert Parish looks at scores of hot Hollywood romances that eventually fell apart. From the decade-long union of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman to the ""just-for-show"" nuptials of Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates to the four-and-a-half-year marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to the ""other woman"" divorce of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Parish covers it all--from the burning embers to the fizzling fires of Hollywood breakups. You couldn't make this stuff up--and James Robert Parish doesn't need to. Hollywood writes its own drama when it comes to scandalous breakups.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-75268-4 (9780471752684)
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James Robert Parish
The Hollywood Book of Breakups
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12/2010
1st Edition
Wiley
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James Robert Parish is a former entertainment reporter and the author of numerous books on Hollywood, including "The Hollywood Book of Death" and "Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops."