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Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Mike Sacks’ And Here’s The Kicker

Inside the not-always-funny world of funny people.

August 11, 2009 | 1:00pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Mark Curry’s Dancing With The Devil

A disgruntled Diddy disciple spills the beans.

July 1, 2009 | 12:07pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Nitro’s Nitrofessions

Steroids are all fun and games until they turn you into a shell of your former self.

June 25, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club I Married Dee Dee Ramone

It's not easy, being married to a Ramone.

June 16, 2009 | 1:12pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Fatty fall down, make tragedy: The Chris Farley Show

Recounting the tragicomic, quintessentially Midwestern existence of Chris Farley

June 9, 2009 | 11:10am -

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking

LSD lectures from Cary Grant, bralessness in outer space and the lighter side of mental illness are all explored in the twenty-fourth entry in the ongoing series on show-business books.

February 10, 2009 | 1:17pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Eminem’s former bodyguard’s whiny little bitchfest

Scandalous reservations from Eminem's Bible-thumping former bodyguard highlight the 23rd book in this ongoing series.

February 3, 2009 | 11:45am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Silly Little Show Biz Book Club #22 Richard E. Grant's With Nails And I

In a break with tradition, the Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club explores a genuinely good book, in this case Richard E. Grant's delightfully droll diaries

January 5, 2009 | 10:38pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club # 20 and 21: Double Daredevil Edition starring Evel Knievel and Don Simpson

The twentieth and twenty-first installment of Nathan Rabin's exploration of the shittiest show-biz books examines the reckless careers of bad boy producer Don Simpson and daredevil Evel Knievel

December 22, 2008 | 4:33pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #19 John Leguizamo's True Hollywood Stories

Exploring John Leguizamo's literary house o' buggin'

December 15, 2008 | 2:20pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #18 My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem

Eminem's Mom tells her side of the story in this hilariously self-serving memoir

December 8, 2008 | 10:46am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #17: George Plimpton's Fully Charmed Life

Nathan Rabin's ongoing series on show-biz books takes a brief break from analyzing poorly-written accounts of celebrity blow jobs to celebrate the life and times of George Plimpton.

November 24, 2008 | 3:47pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #15: You'll Never Suck Cock In This Town Again Too: The Cock-Re-Suckening

How does Matt Leblanc relax during his downtime? The answer might surprise you.

November 3, 2008 | 11:43am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #13: You'll Never Suck Cock In This Town Again

Pee-Drinking Escapades With Jack Nicholson, "Hotel California"-inspired sex talk with Don Henley, feminist outrage and filthy whores doing filthy, whorish things all figure prominently in the sleaziest Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club entry ever!

October 27, 2008 | 11:41am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #12: Sammy Davis Jr.'s Yes, I Can

A swinging, far-out look at Sammy Davis Jr.'s oft-mocked but surprisingly substantive and moving autobiography

October 13, 2008 | 11:13am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #10: Raymond Burr: Corpulent Gay Liar

A middling new biography takes a not-so-revealing look at Raymond Burr's blubberous existence as a morbidly obese homosexual pathological liar. And beloved philanthropist who weighed, like, a million pounds.

September 29, 2008 | 8:44pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #7: Terrance Dean's Hiding In Hip Hop

Nathan Rabin's exploration of the seedier side of show-biz literature returns with Terrance Dean's utterly unedifying look into Hip Hop's closeted gay "Down Low" subculture.

September 1, 2008 | 10:53am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #6: W.C Fields & Me

Nathan Rabin's series on sleazy show-biz tomes continues with this nostalgic memoir by W.C Fields' longtime mistress

June 20, 2008 | 9:30am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club # 5: David Bowie's Throbbing Cock

Nathan Rabin's sordid look into the lower depths of celebrity memoirs continues with a sextacular tell-all from David Bowie's ex.

June 6, 2008 | 12:08am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #4: Art Linson's What Just Happened?

The Willy Loman of Hollywood producers kvetches up a storm. Mild amusement ensues.

May 16, 2008 | 2:23pm -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club The Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #2: Karrine Steffans' Confessions Of A Video Vixen

Warning: The following Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club entry contains highly graphic language and adult situations. Due to its EXPLICIT SEXUAL...

April 4, 2008 | 9:38am -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club The Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club: Rollin' With Dre

A new recurring feature explores inside-show-business books.

March 6, 2008 | 11:05pm -