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Hollywood, Interrupted
2004 book by Andrew Breitbart
2004 book by Andrew Breitbart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hollywood, Interrupted |
| image | Hollywood Interrupted.jpg |
| caption | Cover of the 2004 edition |
| author | Andrew Breitbart, |
| Mark Ebner | |
| cover_artist | Getty Images |
| country | United States |
| Canada | |
| language | English |
| subject | Celebrity |
| publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| release_date | February 24, 2004 |
| media_type | |
| pages | 416 |
| isbn | 978-0-471-45051-1 |
| dewey | 791.4302/8/092279494 22 |
| congress | PN1993.5.U65 B678 2004 |
| oclc | 54774468 |
Mark Ebner Canada
Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon – The Case Against Celebrity is a book and website authored by Andrew Breitbart, with co-author Mark Ebner. The book was published in 2004 by John Wiley & Sons. The writing focuses primarily on what Breitbart and Ebner sees as the disconnected, self-indulgent nature of Hollywood culture. The book was on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was also a Los Angeles Times bestseller. The title references the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted.
Contents
Hollywood, Interrupted takes a look at the culture of celebrity, discussing the mannerisms of celebrities such as Barbra Streisand,{{cite magazine |author-link=Jesse Walker |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130153725/http://www.spectator.org/archives/2004/05/20/switch-and-bait |archive-date=2008-11-30 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505125552/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/02/26/boins26.xml&site=6&page=0 | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 5, 2013 | access-date = The work discusses some of the more scandalous of these and other celebrities, as well as their effects on society.{{cite news | access-date = Ebner writes about a woman who was employed by AOL, used their database to acquire private information about Hollywood celebrities, and then utilized this illicit information to later create a career for herself in the entertainment industry.{{cite magazine | access-date = | access-date = Trey Parker, one of the creators of South Park, is interviewed in the work, and was quoted commenting on the vices of individuals in the entertainment industry, such as prostitution and drug addiction.{{cite news | access-date =
Part of the book is devoted to Crossroads School, a private high school in Santa Monica, California whose students largely come from families involved in the entertainment industry, and various scandals associated with the teenagers who attend that school.{{cite news | access-date =
The book also includes an analysis of the Church of Scientology and its effects on the culture in Hollywood, and has a chapter on Tom Cruise and John Travolta's relationship to Scientology.{{cite news | access-date =
Reception
Hollywood Interrupted is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller.{{cite news | access-date = The book received a positive review in Britain's Telegraph, in an article entitled: "How we fell in love with 'insanity chic'". CNET News characterized the work as "... a humorous nonfiction account on runaway depravity in the entertainment industry."{{cite news | access-date =
An article in the Irish Independent was less positive. The article stated that though the book was witty and showed that the authors understood the material they were writing about, there was also a sense that they left out evidence in certain parts. A review in The Wall Street Journal stated that the work was: "... a terrific book, both snappy and snappish", however the reviewer went on to note that the work went into exhaustive detail to get across the point that: "People in Hollywood are nuts."{{cite news | access-date =
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