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Today's Guest: Historian, film professor and screenwriter Ken LaZebnik, author of Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows.

 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Historian, film professor and screenwriter Ken LaZebnik, author of Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows, by clicking on the video player above!

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of glamour photographers who believe every picture of theirs is equal to 10,000 um, you know... words… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

The only thing more compelling than a Hollywood mystery might be Hollywood history.

I think my guest today, Ken LaZebnik, will agree.

He is the author of a swell new book, Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows, that tells the tales of people we think we know about in the glamour capital of the world, but LaZebnik has found new details and anecdotes that peel back the onion a little bit more on Hollywood skeletons than we could previously.
KEN LaZEBNIK podcast excerpt: "Former Tarzan actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney was Sally Field's stepfather. She became this huge star and I asked Jock's daughter, Princess O'Mahoney, how Jock felt about that. She said, 'He always took credit for it. He took her to those acting classes! ... And when she had a relationship with Burt Reynolds, the movie 'Hooper' was really inspired by Jock."
You can LISTEN to this interview with historian, film professor and screenwriter KEN LaZEBNIK, author of HOLLYWOOD DIGS: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF SHADOWS, by clicking the audio player above!

Among my favorite stories in Hollywood Digs is that of stuntman and two-time Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney – but not so much because of him -- as to learn something about his daughter, Princess. As a fan of the Showtime dramedy, “Shameless,” I was always intrigued by the end credit on the show: “First Assistant Director, Princess O’Mahoney.” What an interesting name! And now

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