Hollywood, Interrupted

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name = Hollywood, Interrupted
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image_caption = 2004 edition
author = Mark Ebner,
Andrew Breitbart
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country = United States
Canada
language = English
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subject = Celebrity
genre = non-fiction
publisher = John Wiley & Sons
release_date = February 24, 2004
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pages = 416
isbn = ISBN 9780471450511
oclc = 54774468
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"Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon - The Case Against Celebrity" is the title of a book and website authored by Mark Ebner, with co-author Andrew Breitbart. The book was published in 2004 by John Wiley and Sons. The writing focuses primarily on what 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.

Contents

"Hollywood, Interrupted" takes a look at the culture of celebrity, discussing the mannerisms of celebrities such as Barbra Streisand.cite news
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title =Switch and Bait. (Book Review)
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accessdate = ] The behavior of celebrities including Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Eddie Murphy and Angelina Jolie is also examined in the work.cite news
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title =How we fell in love with 'insanity chic'
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date =February 26, 2004
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accessdate = ] The work discusses some of the more scandalous of these and other celebrities, as well as their affects on society. [cite news
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title = Books: Soured account of Hollywood's scandalous A-listers; Hollywood, Interrupted by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner
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date =April 17, 2004
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accessdate = ] 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 news
last =Jardin
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title =Hack Your Way to Hollywood
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last =Brand
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coauthors =Xeni Jardin
title =Analysis: Former AOL employee uses company's database to access the accounts of celebrites, forms relationships with them, and sells the story of her life to Hollywood
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accessdate = ] 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
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title ='South Park' creators see through Isaac's haze
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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
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title =School for Cool; A formerly gritty alternative school founded in 1971, Crossroads has become the elite, anti-prep mecca for entertainment-industry offspring.
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publisher =Conde Nast Publications Inc.
date =March 1, 2005
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The book also includes an analysis of the Church of Scientology and its affects on the culture in Hollywood, and has a chapter on Tom Cruise and John Travolta's relationship to Scientology.cite news
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title =Thrills, spills, perverts 'n' pills: catching Hollywood in the act
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date =May 8, 2004
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Reception

"Hollywood Interrupted" is a "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times" bestseller. [cite news
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title = The Heart of the Blues
work = National Review Online
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publisher = Jack Fowler
date = January 14, 2005
url = http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/qa200501141052.asp
accessdate = "With co-author Mark Ebner, he recently told some tales out of town on how the Hollywood set lives, what they think, and what they think about the rest of us; it's all in their book Hollywood Interrupted. The book hit the New York and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists and will be released in paperback next month."] 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
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first =Greg
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title =Breitbart.com has Drudge to thank for its success
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date =November 30, 2005
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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
last =Long
first =Rob
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title =Books: The Perfect Oscar-Night Side Dish
work =The Wall Street Journal
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publisher =Dow Jones
date =February 26, 2004
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References

External links

;Official sites
* [http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com www.hollywoodinterrupted.com]
* [http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471450510.html Publisher's Site on book] , at John Wiley & Sons, publishing

;Media
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/qa200501141052.asp Interview] , with Andrew Breitbart about the book, "National Review", January 14, 2005.