Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
Hollywood gossip meets history in this compulsively readable collection from Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson.
Believe it or not, America’s fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well bef…
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