Growing up Hollywood

What really goes on behind the veil of celebrity? Rocky Lang, who grew up in the 90210 as theson of mega-producer and screen disaster master Jennings Lang (Earthquake, the Airportmovies and 35 other features), dishes all in his new book, Growing Up Hollywood: Tales fromthe Son of a Hollywood Mogul. Raised around thelikes of Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau and Billy Wilder, Lang serves up-inself-deprecating style-a genuine insider's collection of bizarre, sometimes...
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What really goes on behind the veil of celebrity? Rocky Lang, who grew up in the 90210 as theson of mega-producer and screen disaster master Jennings Lang (Earthquake, the Airportmovies and 35 other features), dishes all in his new book, Growing Up Hollywood: Tales fromthe Son of a Hollywood Mogul. Raised around thelikes of Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau and Billy Wilder, Lang serves up-inself-deprecating style-a genuine insider's collection of bizarre, sometimes ribald, oftenhilarious and always surprising true tales from the rarefied world of Hollywood, such as:* Finding himself a pawn in the brutal creative war between Dustin Hoffman and directorSydney Pollack during the making of the classic comedy Tootsie. !* Spying on Olivia Newton-John being photographed nude in his family's backyard pool,and the "breast-beating" he endured after getting caught in the act. !* Discovering the scandal-sheet affair between his dad and screen siren Joan Bennett-along with the truth behind his father getting shot in the crotch by Bennett's husband. !* Having Steven Spielberg as an "older brother" before and after the famous filmmaker'smeteoric rise. !*Being told by his dad that writer Gore Vidal offered to buy young Rocky for $1 million. !* Learning his mother had slept with Ronald Reagan, plus the outrageous nickname thefuture U.S. president had given his own sexual prowess.