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Summary: Praise for WANNABEE
Review: "Hilarious!"
--People magazine"Plenty of delicious insider dish."
--USA Today
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Summary: A spirited review of life in Hollywood...
Review: Everett Weinberger must be commended on an excellent book. It is a quick read, but that by no means it is one without much merit. His odyssey through Hollywood reflects the craziest hopes of many readers. His honesty, humor, and pursuit of his dreams are to be admired. We certainly learn much about how Hollywood works. As I look back, I see Weinberger as a lone man holding a flashlight to the darkness behind the bright illusions that Hollywood projects. Even more, it is a diary of one man's ability to chase his dream and finally come to terms with where his life is headed. His ability to accept his destiny (not one he had imagined when he headed to LA) in life and embrace it just may be the most valuable lesson his book teaches.
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Summary: would like you to read this short message
Review: Greetings! I hope you'll read Wannabe if you want a fly-on-the-wall view of Hollywood, a strange industry with even stranger executives. Let me know what you think - you can write me. Thanks.
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Summary: He's No Wannabe - He's My Brother
Review: Having held the position of an Executive Assistant at the former MCA/Universal Studios of several years ago, I can tell you that this book is not only dead-on accurate, it is also one of the most user friendly tomes about the true working stiffs of the entertainment industry out there. Forget the glamour, forget the 20 million dollar salaries, Mr. Wienberger tells the truth. And he does it hilariously. You don't have to be a member of Screen Actors Guild or subscribe to Daily Variety to enjoy this book. Anyone who has worked for an egomaniac with a death wish will absolutely relate.
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Summary: Hilarious, Perceptive and Well Written
Review: Having seen a spread about "Wannabe" and Weinberger in People Magazine, I was anxious to read this book. I was not disappointed--it was side-splitting funny! Unlike other unabashed "Kiss-and-Tell" books about Hollywood, this one subtly made a point about the so-called "glamour" world of Hollywood. The helicopter lovemaking scene was worth the price of admission alone.
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Summary: Hilarious, Perceptive and Well Written
Review: Having seen a spread about "Wannabe" and Weinberger in People Magazine, I was anxious to read this book. I was not disappointed--it was side-splitting funny! Unlike other unabashed "Kiss-and-Tell" books about Hollywood, this one subtly made a point about the so-called "glamour" world of Hollywood. The helicopter lovemaking scene was worth the price of admission alone.
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Summary: Funny funny funny...
Review: I am in Hollyweird and have experienced similar things to Everett's stories. If you are in the industry--read it--it is like another "Swimming with the Sharks". I hope to write my own version sometime!
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I like a lot of mere mortals entertained ideas of 'going to Hollywood' and reading scripts and moving and shaking deals. However, after 3 chapters of this book all this changed. Although the author had a bad experience, well actually, a lot of them, I was nevertheless glad that it wasn't me. I've read over and over that unless your relatives work in this industry you have a snowballs chance to make it there - no matter how good your qualifications. A quick and entertaining read with a lot of black humor. Future wannabes will be enlightened.
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Summary: Wanna be a creative exec? Read this.
Review: I've been in L.A. for two years and this book rang true in many ways. Substitute "creative exec" for "screenwriter" or "actor" and you'd have some of the same experiences the author of this book has had. Nevermind the sad/pathetic people this guy had to work with and for -- what I really liked was that Weinberger told the truth about the lonely nature of life in L.A. DESPITE the fact that people here operate in a "touchy feely/everything's groovey"-mode most of the time. It's all a facade and practically everyone's a friend of convenience -- they're nice to you because they think you might be able to forward their careers somehow. I know a few people who have worked for name producers and this book nailed on the head EXACTLY what that's like: it ain't glamorous -- it's a lot of tedious and childish BS.
(One of my friends worked for a big-name producer on the Paramount lot and got fired for bringing her the wrong flavored coffee!) If you still want to be a player, you need to read this.
I'd also recommend you rent SWIMMING WITH SHARKS with Kevin Spacey as well. After that, if you have any sense of sanity you'll think twice before moving to L.A. and trying to "make it" (whatever that notion of success may be).
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Summary: An account that strikes me as real.
Review: I've just moved to Southern Cal, and like thousands of other ambitious 20 somethings had some serious thoughts of trying my hand at the seemingly well payed, glamour industry that permeates Everett Weinberger's account. "Wannabe," was exactly the realistic description I was looking for to help me on my way. Unless you are connected, and not many of us are, you are going to have to follow the same path Everett Weinberger pursued to get your foot in the door of the entertainment business. His example strikes me as instructive, cautionary, and real. Even if you are connected you will want to think hard about the personnal choices you will have to make, if you are to make it. Of particular importance to the "Wannabe," his anecdotes flesh out the cliches we have all heard but do not believe about the ego-maniacs and behind the scenes misery that lay, in ambush, behind the studio gate. Those of us with dreams and ambition, I think, suffer in a society which rewards celebrity above all, for without it we feel as though we have failed. Therefore we should take careful note that the happiest people in Everett's account are the career folks in maintance. Chances are you already have everything you need to be happy without the glamour and the glitz. Maybe, but if not, check your pride at the door and leave your ego at home because you won't be needing them where you are going. Don't be put off by the Book's packaging which bills it as a, "Hilarious," "Insider Account," which I think does a disservice to Mr. Weinberger. This is a drama, not a comedy, nor is it for those poor souls in search of a trollop of gossip. Mr. Weinberger has been where we want to go for the same reasons we want to go there. You can learn from him as I did.
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