Jun 18, 2021
Tony Award winning actress Dinah Manoff reunites with author and playwright Warren Read to discuss her debut novel, The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold. Jackie's journey is a coming of age in Hollywood, both treacherous and hilarious. A story of secrets revealed and relationships shattered and mended. Manoff and Read previously collaborated on two of Read’s short plays, which were both directed and produced by Manoff. Listen here to Dinah and Warren’s April chat about Warren’s new book, One Simple Thing.
THE REAL TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY OF JACKIE GOLD
Jackie Gold is a tabloid cover girl with a walk-in closet full of
secrets and a pack of bloodthirsty paparazzi snapping at her
high-heels. From the hospital bed where she lies fighting for her
life, Jackie narrates in flashbacks, while press and public
speculate on everything from whether "Jackie's Jump!" was a suicide
attempt, to whether or not her breasts are real. The novel switches
back and forth from the life-or-death drama unfolding in the
hospital and Jackie's reflections on her improbable show business
upbringing and the events that led her to this moment in time.
When we meet Jackie she is at the peak of her career. She's been offered the role of a lifetime and her equally famous boyfriend is People's Sexiest Man of the Year. But her life takes an unexpected and terrible turn when the paparazzi storm her hotel room...
“...And not until my robe billows up over my head like a broken
parachute do I realize I have missed the mark. I wish I could tell
you that my life then went before me in slow motion, or that I
thought of Brett, or my family, or even about how Nicole had
betrayed me, but my last thought before striking the rocks was,
Thank God I’m wearing nice underwear.”
— THE REAL TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY OF JACKIE GOLD