Hollywood Memorabilia Show by Stephen Barile

We went to the Blossom BallroomAt the Roosevelt Hotel in old Hollywood,For the Hollywood Memorabilia Show. Charles, and his associate Dave,Peddling movie star signaturesOn old film contracts,In a room of folding tables,Booths with minor celebrities. Traders buying and sellingCollectibles; autographs, books,Lobby cards, movie posters, photos,With old movie stars attending. At one stall, on folding chairs,Two Hollywood Indian actors.Older versions of themselves, Iron Eyes Cody, the … Continue reading Hollywood Memorabilia Show by Stephen Barile

The Opiate Books Presents: Lindsay Lohan Stole My Life, 2nd Edition by Genna Rivieccio

The book that was too hot to handle in Hollywood and all other mainstream locales (basically just leaving Italy, where scandal is sacrosanct and nobody reads anyway). Find out the truth about the 00s and the butterfly effect of Lindsay Lohan not only on our current Kardashian-Jenner driven culture, but on ex-socialite and underdog Tate Carmichael. Available via Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Blackwell’s, Amazon, Book … Continue reading The Opiate Books Presents: Lindsay Lohan Stole My Life, 2nd Edition by Genna Rivieccio

Stars Encased in Obsidian by Susan Richardson

Tourists amble off buses, clad in the nervous chatter of intrusion, searching for superheroes. They suffocate the sidewalks of Hollywood, trampling over handprints embedded in slabs of concrete that will outlast glitter and celluloid. Boys wrap drum beats into the skin of paint buckets, rhythms that hunt for a quickening pulse, beckoning a bat winged man on roller blades. He glides through the spotlight, leather … Continue reading Stars Encased in Obsidian by Susan Richardson