Book Review/ Giveaway: Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet

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hollywood stores coverSynopsis: Comedian Jim Carrey once disguised himself as Norman Bates, the fictional killer from the 1960 horror classic Psycho, in order to scare some tourists at Universal Studios. Actor Johnny Depp compared his contractual release after four years from the 1987 TV drama, 21 Jump Street, to the freeing of the formerly imprisoned South African President Nelson Mandela. Director James Cameron dismissed his studio bosses' idea that ex-football star O. J. Simpson should play the title role in the 1984 science fiction classic, The Terminator. These are among the hundreds of revealing vignettes in a new book: Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and Legends of the Movies!
 
About the author:
A professional tour guide in Hollywood, Author Stephen Schochet has researched and told thousands of entertaining anecdotes about stars, both past and contemporary for over twenty years. He is also the author and narrator of two audiobooks Tales of and Fascinating Walt Disney. Tim Sika, host of the radio show Celluloid Dreams on KSJS in San Jose has called Stephen," The best storyteller about Hollywood we have ever heard.

Review: This is an interesting read if you love the backtale stories of Hollywood and the actors/actresses there. having grown up in California, I had heard alot of these tales before, but not the newer ones. If you have somebody who loves the Hollywood Gossip, they're gonna love this book!


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