The phone rang, shrilly in my sleep-gentled ears, and I thumped my hand hard against the bedside cabinet. A more conscious flail on the second ring saw me just missing spilling my water glass over my alarm clock. I got the phone just as the second ring ended. "Hello?" My voice wavered, thick with sleep. The clock told me it was 4am and I felt like it. My h...
The publicity machine had hyped the living shit out of it for at least a month: Jennifer Aniston--THE Jennifer Aniston--a special guest on THE VIEW. When the final day arrived, production assistants scurried all over the studio from before five AM, making sure everything was in readiness for her: the usual bottled water, idiosyncratic snacks and sundries, bu...
"You've heard about it for years...now, see it for yourself!" That was the marketing hook for the 25th anniversary re-release of "The Hummingbird Doctrine," the legal thriller that grossed $125 million and made household names out of Trevor Hamilton and Claire Hewitt. Back then, Trevor and Claire were just 27 and 22, respectively; he was in his first major...
"Dae? What the heck kind of name is that for a writer?" Audrey and Stephen had just made love on a king size bed, careless that the occupants of the adjacent suite could hear them. They, too, had been fucking like there was no tomorrow the night before. Audrey rested her head on her boyfriend's chest. He had a point, thought Audrey, but staring at Stephen,...
Shaun came into work over the next few weeks just waiting for another call like his first night but it was slow. He had gotten a few small jobs to escort a few small time TV and B-Movie stars to interviews and movie premiers but other than that not much was going on. Shaun had begun to wonder if what happened after the Grammy's was nothing more than a one ti...
January 15, 2011 I was in a content place as I drove through Hollywood on this particular Saturday. The temp agency hadn't called about a new job yet, but I didn't expect them to right now. My regular freelance work was earning me more money than ever, and I had even finished a draft of a book. So I felt I earned a nice sight-seeing drive, especially since...
My name is Jason Thomson and I'm married to Amber. Amber is what you would call 'a looker'. She is quite beautiful. She always dresses nicely, pretty conservatively. I'm just an average looking guy. She always puts her hair up and wears makeup. Even on her days off, she never makes an appearance without making herself pretty. She is over the top organized....
Oscar opened the door to his room about two inches. He looked around the best he could for movement. There was none yet, so he opened the door wider. It was just wide enough for his head to fit. The coast was clear-- just as he had planned. He patted the front pocket of his favorite hawaiian shirt. The cigar he had managed to have smuggled in was still ther...
"And the Oscar goes to Emma Stone" These words had been uttered almost an hour ago, but Emma Stone could barely believe it. She went through her press interviews afterwards with her head positively in the clouds. Nothing as surreal had ever happened to her as winning the Oscar for Best Actress. She was instructed to go to a private room after the interview...
This tale leaks all over the map -- a pinball machine, unclassifiable: straight boys and gay sex, exhibitionism and cross-dressing, but predominantly celebrity-prompted, starting and ending with famous actresses, drooling over, emulating and impersonating. So here we go... ***** All this happened a long time ago, in the legendary year of the 1984 Oscars. B...