Hollywood Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/hollywood/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:32:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Hollywood Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/hollywood/ 32 32 38398750 July Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/07/july-reading-wrap-up-8/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/07/july-reading-wrap-up-8/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:24:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19743 Another July is in the books (pun intended) and I have yet to manifest the serene reading set-up in this graphic. Wouldn’t it be lovely? Thankfully, my July reading delivered more highs than lows.   The Original is a take on Katherine Hepburn’s life, but Priya Parmar surrounds her with a cast who were all […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/07/july-reading-wrap-up-8/feed/ 0 19743 You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/06/you-with-the-sad-eyes-by-christina-applegate/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/06/you-with-the-sad-eyes-by-christina-applegate/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:54:14 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19686 In her memoir, You with the Sad Eyes, Christina Applegate recounts the highs and lows of her life, beginning with a chaotic childhood. From the time she was five years old, she knew she wanted to perform. Dance was her first love, offering her the freedom to express herself through movement, and her mother always made […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/06/you-with-the-sad-eyes-by-christina-applegate/feed/ 2 19686 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:55:49 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18690 Wednesday’s review reminded me how much I love dishy Hollywood novels so I’m reprising my review of one of my favorites. This is a great fall weekend reading option.   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is catnip to anyone who loves old movies. In Evelyn, Taylor Jenkins Reid has created an amalgam of all […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/feed/ 0 18690 The Seventh Veil of Salome https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seventh-veil-of-salome/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seventh-veil-of-salome/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:02:50 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18657 The Hollywood studio system reached its zenith in the 1950s. Young women and men were discovered, groomed, coached, and molded into some of the movie industry’s biggest stars. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, The Seventh Veil of Salome uses the original Biblical tale as the underpinnings beneath the making of a big-budget picture based on Salome’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seventh-veil-of-salome/feed/ 0 18657 I’m Glad My Mom Died https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/im-glad-my-mom-died/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/im-glad-my-mom-died/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:26:58 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17224 How to review a memoir with a title so jarring I felt bad for even looking at it? Especially as my mother has always been one of the biggest supporters of my writing and reads every review (Hi, Mom, I love you!). Here goes. Jennette McCurdy was a child actor on a popular Nickelodeon show […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/im-glad-my-mom-died/feed/ 6 17224 Siren Queen: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/05/siren-queen-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/05/siren-queen-a-novel/#comments Wed, 25 May 2022 04:19:30 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16728 After the penetrating reality of displacement in An Unlasting Home I opted to change reading direction and dive into fantasy. My choice, Siren Queen, led me deep into a 1920s Hollywood that was at once recognizable, but darkly surreal. A world one young American Chinese woman is desperate to be a part of, but only on […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/05/siren-queen-a-novel/feed/ 2 16728 Been There, Married That https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/been-there-married-that/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/been-there-married-that/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 05:31:37 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13942 What happens when powerful, high profile Hollywood producers decide their old wife is tired and they want a younger model? We all know the answer, as does Gigie Levangie, the former wife of uber-Hollywood exec, Brian Grazer. They may have been divorced for decades but Levangie has been successfully mining her private life to write […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/been-there-married-that/feed/ 0 13942 Delayed Rays of a Star https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:47:37 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12960 The premise for Delayed Rays of a Star is one I love. In 1928 young photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took a photo of three women at a party in Berlin (see below). One of them, Anna May Wong, was already famous as a Hollywood actress, but the other two, Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl had yet […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/feed/ 6 12960 The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/06/paper-wasp-lauren-acampora/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/06/paper-wasp-lauren-acampora/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:10:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12850 The Paper Wasp is the story of two young women living in small Michigan town who were best friends. Up until high school that is, when Elise was discovered and left town for L.A. to become an actress. In losing her popular best friend, Abby floundered and even though she ended up as valedictorian she never […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/06/paper-wasp-lauren-acampora/feed/ 8 12850 The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/05/castle-on-sunset-chateau-marmont/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/05/castle-on-sunset-chateau-marmont/#comments Thu, 30 May 2019 07:51:29 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12797 Everyone knows I’m not a big fan of non-fiction. It’s not that I think it’s all bad—I know it’s no different than fiction with lots of great stuff out there. It’s just that reading it makes me drowsy. I can’t get more than 10 pages in most non-fiction without wanting a nap. So, it’s got […]

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