BROADCASTS.com

Celebrated Hollywood author and film historian Laurie Jacobson discusses\xa0Dishing Hollywood, her scintillating book about the most notorious scandals that have rocked Tinseltown from the early part of the 20th\xa0 century up to the present. Tales of lives cut short, unsolved mysteries, dramatic suicides and steamy affairs fill the pages of Jacobson\u2019s revealing romp through some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest scandals involving stars like Gary Cooper, Lana Turner, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, River Phoenix and many more. \xa0Jacobson, who loves to talk about everything Hollywood, has written and produced documentaries, television series and specials, and appears regularly on TV and radio. Her other books include\xa0Hollywood Heartbreaks,\xa0\xa0Hollywood Haunted\xa0and\xa0Timmy\u2019s in the Well: The Jon Provost Story, which she co-authored with her husband, the former child actor who played Timmy in TV\u2019s\xa0Lassie.