Intimate Strangers: Comic Profiles and Indiscretions of the Very Famous - Softcover

An irreverent compilation of celebrity and pop cultural profiles, originally written for Esquire, Rolling Stone, and other publications features a provocative look at Frank Sinatra, Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Madonna, Eddie Murphy, Howard Stern, Woody Allen, and other notables, along with a firsthand account of the late-night feud between David Letterman and Jay Leno. Original.

zenegger intimidates.
Sharon Stone strips.
Leno and Letterman duel.
In twenty years of raw and raucous celebrity profiles

Irreverently bold journalist Bill Zehme has long been celebrated for his ability to get under the skins of our most elusive icons, from the evasive Warren Beatty to the ever-unpredictable Madonna to the much misunderstood Barry Manilow. Now his most provocative work is collected for the first time, with over twenty-five landmark profiles, including Frank Sinatra, Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Liberace, Howard Stern, Eddie Murphy, and Woody Allen.

Zehme witnesses Hugh Hefner withstanding the single blow that never entered into an adolescent boy’s dreams--losing his fantasy woman. He gets a nude massage with Sharon Stone, and an earful about men, sex, and the shotgun she keeps under her bed. Included, too, is Zehme’s exclusive firsthand coverage of David Letterman and Jay Leno, before and throughout their late-night feud