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Beware Hollywood Memoirs: They’re Dull and Overrated

Former publisher Michael Korda says that rarely does a movie star deliver a revealing, honest, or even readable memoir.

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Much of my publishing life was consumed by the memoirs of movie stars—or by attempts to get them to write a memoir. These days I wonder why.

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