‘Exclusives’ Archives
Career High
Peter Greene"As the heroin-cocaine mix invaded every cell left in Greene, he saw the room's white curtains changing into wings, wafting angel breath over his almost lifeless body. He actually felt its caresses until his battered, frenzied soul caught the sweet nod of an answer to a junkie's prayer. Peter Greene was leaving Los Angeles."Premiere [...]
$CIENTOLOGY GETS SOUTH PARKED!
By now you've enjoyed the "Trapped in the Closet" episode of South Park that I, "John Smith," consulted on. If you missed it, catch a rerun; it's must-see TV. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have done to Scientology what the cult has been trying to do to "critics" for years: shudder them into silence. How can the cult possibly [...]
Wild Man Blues
Hasil Adkins drinks too much, screws too much, and rocks too muchBy Mark Ebner Article Published Jun 18, 1998Charleston, West Virginia's Yeager Airport sits atop a mountain, which is typical in a state that enforces few, if any, building codes. Request a window seat if you ever drop in; the views are spectacular. Green hills roll forever, with [...]
People who eat People…
...are the hungriest People in the world: The top brass at People magazine have been in damage control overdrive lately, and it has nothing to do with the gossip rag’s run-in with Brad Pitt’s security detail. Multiple sources close to the mag say People has been trying to contain another problem in its L.A. office where Todd Gold, [...]
Mark Ebner Interview, News and Reviews
Mark Ebner, co-author of Hollywood, Interrupted interviewed at The Impious Digest. Mark notes that "Hollywood, Interrupted became the book that the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times did not want you to read. Neither oracle reviewed it, and it was on BOTH their bestseller lists." 04/17/04: The Calgary Herald calls HOLLYWOOD, INTERRUPTED : [...]
JOHN TRAVOLTA: THE STAR WHO ATE HOLLYWOOD
Former Spy contributor Mark Ebner explains why the gluttonous, greedy John Travolta--soon to star as a 10-foot-tall alien in a film adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's lousy sci-fi epic Battlefield Earth--is an especially gross example of Hollywood's current downward spiral. When Quentin Tarantino resurrected John Travolta in his pop pastiche, Pulp [...]
SNAKE PIT ON SUNSET!
Jakob Dylan played here, Adam Duritz tended bar here, and River Phoenix died here. For half a decade, the Viper Room has been ground zero for Hollywood hip. The inside story of the club that defined a generation. Is the Viper Room cursed? One of the club's previous owners passed away in his office, River Phoenix collapsed of an overdose out [...]
