Starmaker : life as a Hollywood publicist with Farrah, the Rat Pack and 600 more stars who fired me / Jay Bernstein as told to Larry Cortez Hamm with David Rubini.
Publisher:
ECW Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xiv, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : 1 ill., ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Introduction to the Hollywood jungle -- From the mailroom to the bedroom -- The Rat Pack -- Sinatra the terrible -- Preparing for battle -- Every soldier, every sailor -- Jay Bernstein public relations -- Motown, Sammy and Black Hollywood -- Spin-doctor medicine -- Farrah-mania and Charlie's Angels -- Super Suzanne Somers and Three's Company -- Blackballed -- Demons and angels on trial -- Super starlets: Farrah and Suzanne -- Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer -- Angels can't be centerfolds -- Getting sunburn -- Creative con-artists -- The royal treatment -- Jet-setting -- Fired by Farrah -- Three's not company -- Hollywood hell -- Spelling relief for Captain Kirk -- Hirings and firings -- Hammer time -- Men of the year -- Saving Stacy -- Hollywood Hart ache -- Blacklisted -- Retirement.
Summary:
Revealingly candid, this Hollywood memoir is the story of Jay Bernstein, an entertainment industry fixture who helped launch and sustain the careers of many celebrities including Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers. From his childhood in Oklahoma City and his first job in a Hollywood mail room to the ownership of his own public relations firm and his work as a personal manager and television producer, Bernstein's life is chronicled in his own words. Bernstein also describes the relationships he had with stars and relates the stories behind some of the crazy stunts he pulled to garner attention, such as paying women to throw hotel keys at Tom Jones, having Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart's legs insured for one million dollars, and getting married underwater for an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.--From publisher description.
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