Canadian writer George Anthony was a founding member of the Toronto Sun and quickly became its best-read entertainment columnist and critic. His careers in television included a five-year-stint hosting his own interview show on Global Television and more than two decades in the executive offices of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In his BY GEORGE Collection of stories, inspired by his 2ist century show business blog, Anthony shares his close encounters with such Hollywood royalty as Peter Allen, Ingrid Bergman, Doris Day, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, William Holden, Peggy Lee, Joan Rivers, Burt Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck and Mae West.