Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon--The Case Against Celebrity - Paperback

by Andrew Breitbart (Author), Mark Ebner (Author)

Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities.

Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death experiences and the Democratic Party, Hollywood, Interrupted takes readers on a surreal field trip into the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter -- covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing, bad medicine, hypocritical political maneuvering and the complicit media -- delivers a meticulously researched, interview-infused, attitude heavy dispatch which analyzes and deconstructs the myths created by the celebrities themselves.

Celebrities somehow believe that it's their god-given right to inflict their pathology on the rest of us. Hollywood, Interrupted illustrates how these dysfunctional dilettantes are mad as hell... And we're not going to take it any more.

Front Jacket

Praise for Hollywood, Interrupted

This is a fun book!
--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

This is a great book to read and a dangerous book to write. Breitbart and Ebner can hide in my basement when the Powers that Be in Hollywood put out a contract on them.
--Jonah Goldberg, National Review

One of America's greatest industries has become one of the most destructive. Hollywood, Interrupted describes the misogynist, pill-popping degenerates who now define American culture.
--Ann Coulter, bestselling author

Half Hollywood Babylon III, half Book of Virtues, Breitbart and Ebner's juicy polemic does for Hollywood celebrities what Liar's Poker did for Wall Street investment bankers.
--Mickey Kaus, Slate magazine columnist

Hollywood is worse than you ever imagined, and Hollywood, Interrupted pulls no punches. It would be depressing, if it weren't so hilarious.
--Prof. Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit.com Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee

Back Jacket

Praise for Hollywood, Interrupted

"This is a fun book!"
--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

"This is a great book to read and a dangerous book to write. Breitbart and Ebner can hide in my basement when the Powers that Be in Hollywood put out a contract on them."
--Jonah Goldberg, National Review

"One of America's greatest industries has become one of the most destructive. Hollywood, Interrupted describes the misogynist, pill-popping degenerates who now define American culture."
--Ann Coulter, bestselling author

"Half Hollywood Babylon III, half Book of Virtues, Breitbart and Ebner's juicy polemic does for Hollywood celebrities what Liar's Poker did for Wall Street investment bankers."
--Mickey Kaus, Slate magazine columnist

"Hollywood is worse than you ever imagined, and Hollywood, Interrupted pulls no punches. It would be depressing, if it weren't so hilarious."
--Prof. Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit.com Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee

Author Biography

ANDREW BREITBART has played the low-key online sidekick to Matt Drudge on the infamous Drudge Report for six years and is a regular commentator on Fox News, CNBC's Dennis Miller show, and talk radio. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Human events, and the New York Post, among others, and he has worked as a researcher for Arianna Huffington.

MARK EBNER is an award-winning investigative journalist who has covered all aspects of celebrity culture for Spy, Rolling Stone, Details, Los Angeles magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, and New Times, among others. He has produced for and/or appeared as a journalist-commentator on NBC, FOX, MSNBC, A&E, FX, Court TV, and E! Entertainment Television. Ebner is currently serving as staff reporter for American Media, Inc.