Unscripted
Sex and Lies in a Hollywood Media Empire
Published on 22. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-80494-620-6 (ISBN)
Description
The New York Times Bestseller
'Explosive' Esquire
'Epic' Financial Times
'Riveting' Vanity Fair
Sumner Redstone was the CEO of Hollywood's most influential company: the powerhouse behind Indiana Jones and Star Wars, film studios and TV production companies, a fleet of private jets and tailor-made jewellery lines. He was notorious for his fearsome temper, his all-consuming ambition and his pledge to live forever. Until, one day, he lost control.
Unscripted is the story of an empire embroiled in scandal, a will in tatters, and a family on the edge of self-destruction. It sounds too outrageous to be true - except it is.
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
'A racy tale of big money, bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace.' The Times
'Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing.' Hollywood Reporter
'Explosive' Esquire
'Epic' Financial Times
'Riveting' Vanity Fair
Sumner Redstone was the CEO of Hollywood's most influential company: the powerhouse behind Indiana Jones and Star Wars, film studios and TV production companies, a fleet of private jets and tailor-made jewellery lines. He was notorious for his fearsome temper, his all-consuming ambition and his pledge to live forever. Until, one day, he lost control.
Unscripted is the story of an empire embroiled in scandal, a will in tatters, and a family on the edge of self-destruction. It sounds too outrageous to be true - except it is.
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
'A racy tale of big money, bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace.' The Times
'Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing.' Hollywood Reporter
Reviews / Votes
A racy tale of big money, bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace . . . Like a real-life blueprint for the TV show Succession * The Times * Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators. -- Editor's Choice * New York Times * Sex and power were the abiding obsessions of the colourful media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose life and career only became more bizarre as he aged and family and friends sought to get their hands on his empire. The saga helped inspire the HBO series Succession; this deeply reported account shows the truth was, if anything, stranger. * Financial Times, Best Books of 2023 * A real-life Succession . . . A deeply reported account of one of the trashiest episodes in recent business history . . . Masterful. * Financial Times * Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . With soap-operatic twists and turns, Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by comparison * Washington Post * The sordid family saga that makes Succession look tame * Esquire * Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing. * Hollywood Reporter * The riveting, Succession-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global * Vanity Fair * Imagine a mash-up of King Lear and Weekend at Bernie's the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver so they can enjoy a weekend at his beach house, with Redstone starring in both title roles. * Wall Street Journal * An explosive new page-turner . . . The sordid family saga that makes Succession look tame. * Esquire *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80494-620-6 (9781804946206)
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E-Book
02/2023
Penguin (Cornerstone)
€14.99
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Persons
James B. Stewart is a columnist for the New York Times and a professor at Columbia Journalism School. He is the author of books including Deep State, Tangled Webs, Heart of a Soldier, Blind Eye, Blood Sport and Den of Thieves. In 1988, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider trading.
Rachel Abrams was a media reporter for the New York Times and is now a senior producer and reporter for the television series The New York Times Presents. In 2018, she was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting that exposed sexual harassment and misconduct.
Rachel Abrams was a media reporter for the New York Times and is now a senior producer and reporter for the television series The New York Times Presents. In 2018, she was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting that exposed sexual harassment and misconduct.