Unscripted

The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire

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<b>The Instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br><i>The Times</i>, <i>Sunday Times</i>, <i>Financial Times</i> and <i>Economist </i>'Best Books of the Year'<br>Longlisted for the <i>Financial Times </i>Business Book of the Year Award</b><br><br><b>'A racy tale of big money, bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace . . . Like a real-life blueprint for the TV show <i>Succession</i>' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>'Jaw-dropping . . . So weird and compelling - I lost some sleep unable to put this book down - that the reader may be the only witness to this spectacle who never feels manipulated' <i>New York Times</i><br><br>'A real-life <i>Succession</i> . . . A deeply reported account of one of the trashiest episodes in recent business history' <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>__<br><br><b>How dysfunction, sexual misconduct and scandal almost brought down one of Hollywood's greatest companies.</b><br><br><i>Unscripted</i> is the inside story of the struggle to control one of the world's great entertainment empires.<br><br>It is the story of the last great Hollywood mogul, Sumner Redstone: the ninety-something founder of Paramount Global who, well into his dotage and facing a scandalous lawsuit, proves increasingly unable to run the sprawling company he has built.<br><br>It is the story of his daughter, Shari Redstone: Sumner's heir apparent who, despite being groomed for power for six decades, struggles to assert her authority over the company and her family's legacy.<br><br>And it is the story of her challenger, Leslie Moonves: the well-liked CEO of CBS who plots a coup to take control of the business - until news leaks that he is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct (allegations he has spent years trying to hush up).<br><br>The result is damning portrait of how money and power works in Hollywood now. It illuminates an industry struggling to adapt to the revolution brought by streaming, #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. And it reveals the lengths people will go to in

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529912852

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

234 x 153 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK