Post by Robin Joyce

Week beginning 7th July 2026 Eileen Cope Hollywood Whispers The Untold Story of the Original Gossip Queens, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper Globe Pequot | Lyons Press, November 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. Eileen Cope reveals more than Hedda Hopper’s and Louella Parsons’ stories, and the scandals they placed before audiences of their era. The narratives of the past resonate with contemporary Hollywood audiences’ seeking the ‘truth’ about the actors they revere and distain; the behaviour on and off set of their heroes and heroines; the reasons for romances, break ups, and divorces; financial successes and failures; sexual harassment claims, legal cases and outcomes; and anything else that creates the illusion that the personal lives of public figures can become even more public, that we, the audience can really know what is in their minds, and certainly anything that just falls short of doing so....