{"product_id":"hollywood-and-venal-nat-segaloff-9781629335575","title":"Hollywood and Venal: Stories with Secrets (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you find the real\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etinsel underneath.\" - Oscar Levant \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes fiction is the best way to tell the truth. In this, his first collection of short stories, Nat Segaloff (\u003cem\u003eFinal Cuts, Guarding Gable, Mr. Huston\/Mr. North\u003c\/em\u003e) reveals the truth behind some of Hollywood's biggest scandals, agendas, and confidences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e First published by reporter\/columnist Nikki Finke on her acclaimed website HollywoodDementia.com(TM), these romans-à-clef (stories with a key) expose long-hidden secrets about the Blacklist, the Oscars(R), publicity stunts, studio follies, ageism, celebrity weirdness, and other gambits that, even today, are barely whispered -- if they are discussed at all. For half a century author Segaloff has been a publicist, critic, historian, and producer (not all at the same time) absorbing film industry lore. And he kept notes. Where he could use real names, he put them into his memoirs Screen Saver and Screen Saver Too (both from BearManor). Where he had to hide identities, he saved them for \u003cem\u003eHollywood \u0026amp; Venal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Here is a collection of funny, revealing, moving, and sometimes absurd narratives, every one of which has its origins in an actual Hollywood event, legend, mindset, pitch, or occurrence known personally to the author. Readers are invited to guess who.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText (c)2020 Nat Segaloff. Illustrations (c)2020 Thomas Warming. The story pitches in this book are copyrighted and registered with the Writers Guild of America, west, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nat Segaloff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629335576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629335575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Nat Segaloff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439879696639,"sku":"9781629335575","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2dabbda-61dc-46b6-8db1-0e0706b94fd0.jpg?v=1777179632","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hollywood-and-venal-nat-segaloff-9781629335575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}