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Summary: Don't Be Fooled -- This a Collection of Vanity Fair Articles
Review: She's a great writer, but if you read Vanity Fair, YOU HAVE READ THIS ALL BEFORE! The publisher should be ASHAMED of how they marketed this book, suggesting it is a comprehensive original piece of writing about a very interesting subject -- when in fact, it is a collection of Orth's previously written pieces. What a rip off. I'm returning my copy because the book is not what it suggests it is. (And some of the articles profile poeple we SERIOUSLY no longer care about, or about whom so much has already been written (Michael Jackson, Laci Peterson) that the articles seem seriously dated. She's married to Tim Russert whose own book just hit the new york times best seller list, so they will not be hurting for money. Take a pass on this book. Maureen, use your considerable talent and write a book instead of publishing a collection of tired pieces that ran elsewhere. (Does anyone REALLY care about Tina Turner some 10 YEARS after her book and the subsequent movie was released???) Orth is a compelling writer and I love reading her work in Vanity Fair. I expected more.....
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Summary: the importance of being famous
Review: this book is simply a re-hash of old Vanity Fair articles. She gets paid for those articles then slaps them together in a book for a second payday. What a lazy way to "write" a book?
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Summary: Finally the Truth Is Told
Review: With all the publicist/lawyers protecting their clients, it is hard to know if we are getting the truth or is there a lot of compromising going on.
When I read the review "dispicable", I was like come on , I don't think this person really read or understood "The Importance of Being Famous". This book is one of the most investigative and thorough books I've read about famous people in a long time.
Ms. Orth gets right to the point no sugar coating going on here, she give it to you straight with no chaser.
If you want to be famous and you think it is important then you will one day meet a jouranlist that is not compromising with the handlers. They want to be famous but don't what us to know the truth. The truth was finally told, no deals where made in this book.
I couldn't put it down, brought it for my mom for Mother's Day and all my friends are reading it.
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