Dangerous Company
In Hollywood, reality always teeters on the verge of fiction. Outlandish paydays encounter outsize egos; fading beauties fight desparately to retain an illusion of youth; moguls plot and feud while bitter enemies air-kiss over lunch at the Ivy. The stakes are higher than anywhere else, and the dreams are crazier. No one else can capture the insanity like Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of the showbiz bible, Variety. And just to keep readers on their toes, he throws in a few clues that may lead us to believe that what we're reading is perhaps not fiction after all.