Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Film Television, and Music

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781564145543


What does Richard Roeper know about the movies? Plenty. As the celebrated syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun Times, Roeper has devoted at least a column a week to the buzz from Hollywood and the countless urban legends that emanate from Tinsel Town. And now, he"s the co-host of "Ebert and Roeper and the Movies." Did Jane Fonda betray American POWs while visiting Hanoi? What"s the story behind Tom Green"s supposed raid on a bar mitzvah? Was Marilyn Monroe really a size 16? Was Mel Gibson horribly disfigured in a barroom brawl, leading to more than five years of rehab and plastic surgery before he could show his face in public? And what"s the truth about the infamous bloopers on such shows as "The Newlywed Game," "Password" and the "Tonight Show"? Richard Roeper recounts these stories in Hollywood Urban Legends, as he gives us the truth behind the most deliciously false stories about our favorite stars.