The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-obsessed Teens Ripped off Hollywood and Shocked the World - Softcover

Sales, Nancy Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007518226 ISBN 13: 9780007518227

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-23 Pages: 288 Language: English Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring. directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson. this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most audacious burglary gang in Hollywood history.Its 19 September 2010. and 21-year-old Rachel Lee has emerged from Los Angeles Superior Court. having just been sentenced to four years behind bars.A few months earlier. she had been running the Bling Ring: a gang of rich. beautiful. wild-living Valley teens who idolised celebrity. designer labels and luxury brands Who. in 2009. became the most audacious thieves in recent Hollywood history.In a case that has shocked the nation. the seven. schoolfriends stole millions of dollars worth of clothing. jewellery and possessions from the sprawling mansions of Paris Hilton. Lindsay Lohan a...

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Review:

‘For a satire on America's modern day celebrity culture, The Bling Ring is hard to beat.’ The Guardian

‘With its depth of insight into extremes of shallowness, and its human scale, reads like a minor classic of our times.’ The Observer

‘Jaw-dropping’ **** Star

From the Back Cover:

The true story that inspired the Sofia Coppola film

Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, jewelry, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of crimes in recent Hollywood history? Meet the Bling Ring: a band of club-hopping teenagers from the Valley with everything to lose.

Over the course of a year, the members of the now infamous Bling Ring allegedly burglarized some of the biggest names in young Hollywood. Driven by celebrity worship, vanity, and the desire to look and dress like the rich and famous, these seven teenagers made headlines for using Google maps, Facebook, and TMZ to track the comings and goings of their targets. Many of the houses were unlocked. Alarms disabled. A "perfect" crime-- celebrities already had so much, why shouldn't the Bling Ring take their share?

As the unprecedented case unfolded in the news, the world asked: How did our obsession with celebrities get so out of hand? Why would a group of teens who already had so much, take such a risk?

Acclaimed Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: they did it because each stolen T-shirt or watch brought them closer to living the Hollywood dream . . . and because it was terrifyingly easy. For the Bling Ring the motivation was something deeper than money--they were compelled by a compulsion to be famous. Gaining unprecedented access to the group of teens, Sales traces the crimes minute by minute and details the key players' stories in a shocking look at the seedy, and troubling, world of the real young Hollywood.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007518226
• ISBN 13: 9780007518227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290