A couple of quick reads for today. Rob Lowe's autobiography "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" was interesting but he did not dish any dirt, which was lame. We all know he has really good dirt, too. And he kept talking about how certain people did him wrong without making specific accusations. So, if you're at all curious about how he got his lucky breaks in show business (mostly knowing the right people and being incredibly lucky) then this is the book for you. If you want to know about his infamous sex tape scandal, it's all of one vague paragraph.
"The Hollywood Sign" by Leo Braudy looked at the history of the now iconic sign, how it got its start as a billboard advertisement for "Hollywoodland", a community of new homes, and how it aged and was rescued and refurbished over the years. It was nicely done without excessive padding.
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