{"product_id":"books-the-big-show-by-steve-pond","title":"The Big Show","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented look at the machinations behind everyone's favorite Hollywood circus and what it reveals about the business of moviemaking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Oscar parties. Oscar pools. Oscar style. Oscar predictions. The Oscars breed their own peculiar mania and a billion people worldwide are alleged to watch the broadcast every year. While that figure may be the Academy's big white lie, the Oscars draw a viewership well into the hundreds of millions--a tremendous audience for what is essentially a television program. But this is no ordinary show. Love it or loathe it, the Oscars are an irresistible spectacle: a gloriously gaudy, glitzy, momentous, and foolish window into the unholy alliance of art and commerce that is the film industry. The Oscar statuette is a totem of such potency that millions are spent and careers laid on the line in the reckless pursuit of an eight-pound chunk of gold-plated britannium.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Big Show\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of the past fifteen years of the Academy Awards, the most tumultuous decade in Oscar's seventy-six year history. Written by the only journalist ever given carte blanche access to the planning, production, and backstage intrigue of the Oscars, it offers an unguarded, behind-the-scenes glimpse of this singular event, along with remarkable insight into how the Oscars reflect the high-stakes politics of Hollywood, our obsession with celebrities (not to mention celebrities' obsession with themselves), and the cinematic state of the union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53772262146321,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781466822160.jpg?v=1783972693","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-big-show-by-steve-pond","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}