Oscar Wars
A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Michael Schulman
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama. America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and p...
Publish Date
2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.1
ISBN
9780062859013
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2023-03-06T15:19:28.000Z
Anyway, if you're interested in the history of the Oscars—its origins, the snubs, the nearly psychotic campaigning ushered in by Harvey Weinstein, etc.—you should pick up Michael's book. It's pretty compulsively readable if you're into all this stuff. – source