Everyone Loves You When You're Dead
(And Other Things I Learned From Famous People)
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
You can tell a lot about someone in a minute if you choose the right minute.
Join Neil Strauss as he:
• Makes Lady Gaga cry •
• Tries to keep Mötley Cru?e out of jail •
• Gets kidnapped by Courtney Love •
• Goes to church with Tom Cruise (and his mother) •
• Reads the mind of Britney Spears •
• Hunts down Jackie Chan •
• Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin •
• Buys nappies with Snoop Dogg •
• Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefaniand hot-tubbing with Marilyn Manson •
• Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johny Cash and sex with Chuck Berry •
• Gets molested by The Strokes, gets in trouble with Prince and gets Christina Aguilera into bed •
Also features exclusive UK heavyweight champions Steve Coogan, Noel Fielding, Russell Brand and more . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Journalist Strauss, who has coauthored books with the band members of M tley Cr e (The Dirt) and porn superstar Jenna Jameson (How to Make Love Like a Porn Star) now offers a terrific look at the dysfunctional livelihoods of stardom, a theme based on his many interviews for various publications. Strauss went back to his original interview tapes and notes in search of moments mostly unpublished that reveal "the truth or essence of each person, story, or experience." He liberally and ingeniously cuts back and forth between scenes, such as pairing the youthful, arrogant claims of Oasis that the band could have been the Beatles in the 1960s with the tortured feeling of the Who's aging leader Pete Townshend ("All we can do in the future is look back"). In other instances, he shows the self-doubt shared by Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and actor Orlando Bloom. But the best moments come when Strauss has earned such trust of his subjects that he becomes part of some very weird scenes, all of which are presented in all their often hilarious detail: shooting guns with Ludacris, getting kidnapped by Courtney Love, making Lady Gaga cry, and shopping for Pampers with Snoop Dogg.
