Scribe

Who was Dorothy Parker? Defining voice of NYC’s Roaring Twenties, ‘A Star is Born’ scribe and more

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Who was Dorothy Parker? Defining voice of NYC’s Roaring Twenties, ‘A Star is Born’ scribe and more

Dorothy Parker did not like movies. She did not like Hollywood. And she really did not like the people who ran it. The native New Yorker — whose witty, urbane writing helped define the Roaring Twenties — couldn’t even deign to utter the words Los Angeles; she called it “out there.”  Yet in 1929, at … Read more

Tom Cruise slammed as ‘egocentric control freak’ by Hollywood scribe who worked with him

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Tom Cruise slammed as ‘egocentric control freak’ by Hollywood scribe who worked with him

A screenwriter who worked with Tom Cruise in the erotic drama Eyes Wide Shut has labeled the Hollywood star an “egocentric control freak” among other things. Frederic Raphael, 91, made the claims about the actor in his new book, Last Post, in which he targeted the Mission: Impossible star’s career, links to Scientology, and his failed marriage to … Read more