The Hollywood Book of Breakups: The Outrageous, Often Vicious, and Sometimes Tragic Romantic Disasters of America's Film & TV Idols - Softcover

Parish, James Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471752681 ISBN 13: 9780471752684

Publisher: Wiley, 2006

Synopsis

Half of all marriages end in divorce-and then there are the really unhappy ones -Joan Rivers Do you suppose that the person who first said "Life is stranger than fiction" might have had Hollywood marriages in mind? Why watch a romantic film starring a leading man and a leading lady when their real-life romances are so much more interesting? It seems that a celebrity's latest film can have a considerably longer life span in the theater than his or her marriage du jour. One would almost think that Tinseltown has come to embrace divorce as an accepted pastime. Some celebrities have seemingly collected spouses over the years, systematically adding notches in their belts of divorces. Cases in point: Zsa Zsa Gabor (nine), Lana Turner (eight), Elizabeth Taylor (nine), and Mickey Rooney (eight). This list appears to make Jennifer Lopez a mere novice with only three marriages, two divorces, and one terminated engagement to date. In The Hollywood Book of Breakups, James Robert Parish looks at scores of hot Hollywood romances that eventually fell apart. From the decade-long union of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman to the "just-for-show" nuptials of Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates to the four-and-a-half-year marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to the "other woman" divorce of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Parish covers it all-from the burning embers to the fizzling fires of Hollywood breakups. You couldn't make this stuff up-and James Robert Parish doesn't need to. Hollywood writes its own drama when it comes to scandalous breakups.

About this title

Synopsis

In this lively and highly informative book, James Robert Parish looks at nearly 50 hot Hollywood romances that eventually went down in flames. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, we miss you! Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, there was a time we thought you'd last forever. Garbo and Gilbert, what happened? Liza Minnelli and David Gest? Seriously, who were they kidding? Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett? Or was that just a dream? Covering romantic slug-fests from Hollywood's Golden Age to today's tabloid A-list, this delicious book full of startling facts will find a happy home on nightstands of pop culture enthusiasts everywhere. James Robert Parish (Studio City, CA), a former entertainment reporter, is the author of many books on the entertainment industry, including "The Hollywood Book of Death" (0-8092-2227-2) and "Fiasco" (0-471-69159-3).

About the Author

James Robert Parish is a former entertainment reporter and the author of numerous books on Hollywood, including The Hollywood Book of Death and Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0471752681
• ISBN 13: 9780471752684
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 314