Hollywood, Interrupted
Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity
Published on 1. March 2004
416 pages
978-0-471-66189-4 (ISBN)
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Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening,occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into thedarkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream ofmeltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the partof 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 tripinto the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter-- covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing,bad medicine, hypocritical political maneuvering and the complicitmedia -- delivers a meticulously researched,interview-infused, attitude heavy dispatch which analyzes anddeconstructs the myths created by the celebrities themselves.
Celebrities somehow believe that it's their god-given right toinflict their pathology on the rest of us. Hollywood,Interrupted illustrates how these dysfunctional dilettantes aremad as hell... And we're not going to take it any more.
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ANDREW BREITBART has played the low-key online sidekick to MattDrudge on the infamous Drudge Report for six years and is a regularcommentator on Fox News, CNBC's Dennis Miller show, and talk radio.His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, NationalReview Online, Human events, and the New York Post, among others,and he has worked as a researcher for Arianna Huffington.
MARK EBNER is an award-winning investigative journalist who hascovered all aspects of celebrity culture for Spy, Rolling Stone,Details, Los Angeles magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, and NewTimes, among others. He has produced for and/or appeared as ajournalist-commentator on NBC, FOX, MSNBC, A&E, FX, Court TV,and E! Entertainment Television. Ebner is currently serving asstaff reporter for American Media, Inc.
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 valuesbut pissing all over middle-class mores. Rethinking the life anddeath of River Phoenix. Familial implosions exposed. It'sgotten so bad we argue for sterilization of the celebrityclass.
2. In Loco Parentis: Hollywood Nannies.
Hollywood nannies speak out and tell all--"There is nolaughter in this house." Nannies so stressed they'veformed a Beverly Hills support group. A nanny gets blacklisted.
3. Hollyweird High.
Inside Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences, whereHollywood elite send their children, and we find, like any otherschool in the Western world, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Unlikeother high schools, we also discover Crossdressing Day, Ménageà Prom, death, and a mandatory pseudo-therapeutic programcalled "Mysteries."
PART II: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LOS ANGELES.
4. Screwball Tragedy.
Hollywood's strange history with insanity, drugs, andtherapy.
5. Doctor Feelgoods.
Not feeling so hot? Call the doctor. Top Gun producer overdoses.Winona's Dr. Feelgood loses his license. Oliver Stone signs amedic. Lily-livered Hollywood "heppers," includingStripperella, try anything.
6. From Rehab to Retox.
Rehab centers to the stars get visits from Matthew Perry, RobertDowney Jr., Ben Affleck, among others. Celeb rehab spas offer apanoply of treatment programs from equine therapy to brain waveanalysis. 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 YourBody--Thetans.
Scientology rocks!
PART IV: CALIFORNICATION.
9. Sex in This City.
The pornification of America. There's a whorehouse in BeverlyHills. Swing Kids club hop. Hugh Hefner is a porn baron. The HeidiTapes.
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 picksa 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. RobertAltman and Alex Baldwin threaten to leave the country. We lovedictators! 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 AIDSresearch?). 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" railsagainst 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 oflies 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 getthere.
17. www.americahateshollywood.com.
Media Berlin Wall falls. Newfound freedoms expressed in cyberspace.The gigabyte is up. America talks back.
Epilogue.
Notes.
Index.
