Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Kelsey Grammer doesn’t even mention Sideshow Bob in his bizarre memoir So Far...

Nathan Rabin

4/20/17 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

This Is It!—the memoir of Michael Jackson’s doctor—is a morbidly fascinating train wreck

Nathan Rabin

3/23/17 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

My Father, Uncle Miltie is a luridly entertaining look at one of comedy’s biggest dicks

Nathan Rabin

2/23/17 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Jensen Karp’s Kanye West Owes Me $300 is a triumphantly funny look at failure

Nathan Rabin

1/12/17 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

With Ruthless, the father of Scientology leader David Miscavige tells all, badly

Nathan Rabin

12/08/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

The Comedians explores the dark, swampy depths of the comic mind

Nathan Rabin

11/10/16 9:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal is an awful book about a terrible man

Nathan Rabin

10/13/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

In Dirty Rocker Boys, video vixen Bobbie Brown dishes the dirt

Nathan Rabin

9/15/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Bob Zmuda’s Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally offers an abundance of sleaze

Nathan Rabin

8/18/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Little Girl Blue explores the life and legacy of Karen Carpenter

Nathan Rabin

7/21/16 9:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Holly Madison’s fascinating memoir takes down Hef and everyone else

Nathan Rabin

6/09/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

The Unbreakable Miss Lovely looks at one of Scientology’s most formidable foes

Nathan Rabin

5/12/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

In his 2011 memoir, SNL journeyman Darrell Hammond is deeply troubled, kind of dull

Nathan Rabin

4/14/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Leah Remini’s Troublemaker is an irresistibly gossipy takedown of Scientology

Nathan Rabin

3/17/16 12:00AM

Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club is Nathan Rabin’s ongoing exploration of books involving show business, with a special…

Bill Maher’s True Story tries to say something profound about stand-up, but fails spectacularly

Nathan Rabin

4/11/13 10:00AM

I’ve heard scattered references lately to Bill Maher’s 1994 novel, True Story—written just before Maher arrived as a…

Is The Kid Stays In The Picture a masterpiece Hollywood memoir? Oh yeah

Nathan Rabin

3/07/13 12:00PM

In the 16 years I have toiled for The A.V. Club, I’m not sure I have ever used the phrase “movie magic” non-ironically.…

The sordid story of Hollywood in the ’80s is lost on William Stadiem’s Moneywood

Nathan Rabin

2/14/13 12:00PM

The ideal audience for Moneywood, William Stadiem’s wildly disappointing exploration of Hollywood excess in the 1980s,…

Spaceman Ace Frehley offers his bland version of Kiss’ story in No Regrets

Nathan Rabin

1/31/13 1:30PM

One cherished bit of Kiss lore holds that the writers of the cinematic experience that became KISS Meets The Phantom Of…

Gene Simmons’ Kiss And Make-Up lets The Demon speak for himself

Nathan Rabin

1/03/13 12:00PM

Gene Simmons is the preeminent villain of Kiss mythology. He isn’t just notoriously selfish and leering in a realm…