Palm Springs Confidential: Playground of the Stars
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $19.95
Manufacturer: Barricade Books
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Description
Lifting the screen of privacy, author Howard Johns invites the reader into the world that Hollywood's biggest stars have made their playground. He dishes all the dirt from Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra to Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-04-29
Summary: "Very pleased"
The condition of the book was as described and service was quick.What more could a buyer want?
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2008-09-24
Summary: "Tabloid without the titillation"
Dreadful tabloid-level writing without even the titillation and absurdly flamboyant half-truths and lies of a good tabloid. The result is dull boredom, with irrelevant and uninteresting tidbits about minor "stars" and, even worse, very little about the houses and neighborhoods they lived in.
Buyer beware on this one!
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2007-01-25
Summary: "Palm Springs Confidential: Playground of the Stars"
Is a complete waste of time. It reads (and looks) like a bad copy of the National Enquirer, but in a better cover.
I've already recycled my copy.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2006-02-21
Summary: "Amusing Handbook to Desert Dish"
Expensive for a softcover book with only B&W stock photos, but still a fun resource guide for Desert afficianadoes. Not-too-dishy gossip about some of the celebs and celeb wannabe's who have had residency in Palm Springs, California...both past and present.
Author Johns obviously had some fun researching and writing this prosaic "Map to the Stars Homes" manual. Especially fun if you are a frequent visitor to the area or are planning a vacation there.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2005-09-06
Summary: "Great Palm Springs Movie Star Memorabilia!"
Loved the book and it's many pictures and movie star history. Having grown up in Palm Springs, I found it especially interesting to read about the more glamorous side of a familiar town. Great book--well worth the money!