The Making of Hollywood Stars (Paperback)

Tommy Garrett, a Hollywood insider, does it again The Hollywood press agent, columnist, Radio and Television personality and Author has penned another tome on the elite of Hollywood. Garrett mixes the old with the new with special consideration on current stars of this era, many of which he has known personally or through their Hollywood connections. This is the third book for the author, previous books are: Letters from a Known Woman: Joan Fontaine and the first in this series of books, So, You Want To Be In Pictures: The Making of Hollywood Idols. The Making of Hollywood Stars features the following stars of today and yesteryear: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, John Stamos, Tom Selleck, Michael Bergin, Julie Newmar, Anita Ekberg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ty Hardin, Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adrian Grenier, Hugh Jackman, Anderson Cooper, designer Tom Ford, Josh Duhamel, Ingo Rademacher, Lucille Ball, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Nina Foch, Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Virginia Mayo, Alain Delon, Dick VanDyke, Rutger Hauer and soap star - Cameron Mathison. Tommy is candid and honest about all these stars. He goes into how Virginia Mayo's racist rants pointed at him and others around her. How Tom Cruise may not be one of the world's best actors but what makes him remain top gun among current Hollywood stars. Tommy feels that Russell Crowe is the best actor since Henry Fonda, and there are personal things about his relationships with many of today's stars and yesterday's big stars that you get to read about in this book. How Anita Ekberg chastised him for referring to her as an older star, his insight into Jennifer Aniston's struggle with relationships with not only her ex Brad Pitt but her mother. Tommy's work as a press agent, journalist and on-air personality puts him in direct contact with not only these mega stars but family, friends and handlers who tell him the scoop about all of these stars.