From his start in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency to his founding of powerful Brillstein/Grey Entertainment, Brillstein gleefully sets the record straight, telling you who he loved, who he hated, and what Hollywood's major players are really like. He takes you backstage to witness Elvis Presley in his first TV show, Lorne Michaels nervously assemble the then-unknown talents in the early days of Saturday Night Live, Jim Henson form the Muppets,...
Unbelievable. Thats the word to describe this book. As many of the other readers, I could not put the book down and only did so to take bathroom breaks. My problem is that I feel as if I AM him. Almost everything that Bernie says, is not only true of the entertainment "biz", but we (Bernie and I) are so simlilar in many ways. The problem I have had (because I am in the entertainment industry, and the owner of a new...
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"Where Did I Go Right?" looks like a big rectangular Oreo cookie, with its thin black covers and thick white insides. And it's set up like one, too. "I'm not king anymore." That's the first line. "These days it's good not to be king." That's the last line. Tempting, right? Kind of tasty, hm?. Ah, but wait 'til you get to the sweet stuff in between! What's really interesting about this book is not WHO is in it -- you...
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Even though I'm in the business, I have, for the past few years, avoided the "Hollywood" book with good reason: most are shallow and short-sighted examples of self-aggrandizing at its worst. Michael Eisner's autobiography is a good example. But Brillstein's book is very different. Not only does he tell a great story in an unforgettable voice that doesn't make you ashamed to be part of Hollywood -- but he's brutally honest...
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