Celebrity Lies: Strs, Fibs, Fabrications, Myths and Little White Lies

by Boze Hadleigh

This book will cause rumbles in the world of entertainment. From the headliners of classic television (Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, and Bob Hope) to film icons (Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, and John Wayne) to celebrities of today (Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith)-no star is immune to Hadleigh's biting humor and irascible wit. Entertaining sidebars on such topics as infamous last words and chauvinistic comments about its subjects, it makes saturnine reading. Arranged thematically under such groupings as personal claims, costars and cohorts, and Hollywood myths, Celebrity Lies contains some of the most creative, misguided, and downright dishonest statements made by legendary figures of the past and present.

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2003

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like trashy, gossipy books, but I would have liked this one a whole lot better if the author hadn't kept letting his personal politics get in the way of his gossip. I've read both original Hollywood Babylon books and loved them for their sheer (if untrue) gossipy style. This was like having a really annoying activist chattering at you, never really bothering to back up every "fact" he's giving. Part of the fun of Hollywood Babylon was the over the back fence gossip quality it had while Hadleigh pompously asserts that just about every actor is either gay or bi (possible, but he doesn't give much proof to back up statements) and that all of Hollywood is homophobic as is the rest of the country and why is America so puritanical? I understand he's got an agenda (he's written several gay and bi research books about Hollywood), but I wish he wouldn't jam it down my throat in a book that's supposed to be trashy, not a political statement.