Mikulan, Steven, 272
Mind’s Eye, 190
Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel, 65, 71
Mirren, Helen, 277–78
“Miscarriage of Justice, A” (R. F. Kennedy Jr.), 252
Mrs. Grenville (novel) (D. Dunne), 115, 118, 122, 126, 134, 137, 138. See also North Shore; Two Mrs. Grenvilles, The
Monteverde, Alfredo, 257
Montgomery, Robert, 24
Moore, Michael, 209
Moore, Robert, 46, 47
Moore, Susanna, 41, 125–26
Moran, Terry, 6, 189
Morano, Chris, 238–40, 252
Morgan, Michele, 56
Morgan, Vicki, 122, 124, 126, 134–35, 136, 172, 173
Morley, Robert, 20–21
Morrall, Kathy, 180
Morrisey, Daniel, 290
Morrison, Jim, 52, 53
Morrissey, Paul, 64–65
Morse, Robert, 197
Mortons, 88, 100, 208, 229
Moxley, Dorthy, 177–79, 180, 181, 233–35, 237–38, 250–51
Moxley, Martha, 177–78, 180, 181, 219, 233–35, 239, 241, 242, 250, 252
Murder in Brentwood (Fuhrman), 234
Murder in Greenwich (Fuhrman), 240–42
Music Corporation of America (MCA), 77, 83
My Fair Lady, 35
“My Funny Valentine,” 290–91
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 20, 24–26, 58, 67, 85, 103, 138, 139, 140, 152, 209, 225, 289
National Enquirer, 177, 178
Nelson, Bruce, 172, 183–84
Nevins Taylor, Barbara, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147–49, 276
Newhouse, S. I., 245, 279
Newsday, 208
Newton, Helmut, 148, 181
Newton-John, Olivia, 97, 161
New York, 81, 104, 116, 142, 204, 245, 252, 255
New Yorker, 113, 181, 201–2, 214, 215, 262
New York Film Festival, 92
New York Newsday, 181
New York Observer, 182
New York Post, 178, 223
New York Times, 23, 86, 88, 92, 114, 144, 146, 171, 173, 179, 228, 247, 285
Night Must Fall (Williams), 19
Nin, Anaïs, 18
Niven, David, 37, 79
Noor, Queen, 204
North Shore (D. Dunne), 114–15. See also Mrs. Grenville; Two Mrs. Grenvilles, The
Norton, John, 49
Novelli, Norma, 190
Now, Voyager, 11–12, 39, 265
Nureyev, Rudolf, 76
Obama, Barack, 284
Oberon, Merle, 43
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck), 19
O’Hara, John, 26
O’Neill, Suzanne, 267, 288
Osborne, Robert, 140
Osika, Joyce, 100–101, 103, 106–7
Osika, Nick, 100–101, 103, 106
O’Sullivan, Maureen, 32
Otello, 212
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Capote), 21
Our Town, 25, 153
Oziel, L. Jerome, 184, 193, 194
Pacino, Al, 53–54, 55, 56, 158
Page Six, 224, 247
Pakula, Alan J., 48, 82
Palais de Justice, 257, 259
Palais des Festivals, 56
Paley, Babe, 78, 79, 169, 171
Pancoast, Marvin, 123, 124, 126, 134, 135–37, 172, 256
Panic in Needle Park, The (film), 51–56, 59, 60, 158, 230
Panic in Needle Park, The (novel) (Mills), 51
Parachini, Allan, 271
Paramount Pictures, 61, 63, 67, 71, 72, 204
Parents of Murdered Children, 123–24, 131
Park, Allan, 224
Park Street Trust, 9
Parsons, Louella, 25, 29, 58
Patroon, 232–33, 243, 255
Pay the Price (Cassini), 122
Peck, Veronique, 204
Peckinpah, Sam, 59, 66–67, 68, 69, 71, 73
Peerce, Larry, 63–64, 66–68, 69–71, 73
Pellicano, Anthony, 131
People, 132
People Like Us (novel) (D. Dunne), 112, 137, 168–71, 173, 222, 227, 260, 281
People Like Us (TV), 53, 111
Perkins, Tony, 57, 62, 159
Perlman, Shirley, 208–9, 224
Perrine, Valerie, 96
Perry, Eleanor, 61
Perry, Frank, 56, 59, 61–62
Petrified Forest, The, 27
Pierce, Lillian, 126, 127, 132
Pigozzi, Jean, 260
Pius XII, Pope, 9
Playboy, 116, 187, 197
Playhouse 90, 27, 38
Play It Again, Sam (Allen), 62
Play It as It Lays (film), 56–60, 63, 139, 159, 230
Play It as It Lays (novel) (Didion), 40, 44, 101, 104, 108
Playland (J. G. Dunne), 198
Plunket, Andrea, 150, 288. See also Reynolds, Andrea
Polanski, Roman, 50, 76
Pollock, Sue, 138, 140, 152
Polo Lounge, 86–87, 100
Poltergeist, 117, 163
Poole, Bob, 209
Pop Culture Review, 231
Powell, Dick, 37
Prashker, Betty, 88, 114–15, 138, 267, 289
“Primetime Justice,” 189
Princeton University, 25, 191
Pringle, Paul, 209
Puck, Wolfgang, 117
Pudney, Gary, 285
Rader, Dotson, 61, 79–80, 122
Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 74, 77, 83
Raging Heart (Weller), 212
Rand, Robert, 5–6, 177, 187, 189, 284
Ransohoff, Joan, 227, 244
Ransohoff, Martin, 244
Razor’s Edge, The (Maugham), 110
Reagan, Nancy, 36, 37, 82, 98, 114, 123, 135, 171, 172, 173, 174, 206–7
Reagan, Ronald, 36, 37, 82, 114, 123, 126, 134, 171
Red White and Blue, The (J. G. Dunne), 151
Reed, Rex, 61
Reiner, Ira, 89, 225
Resentment: A Comedy (Indiana), 228
Reynolds, Andrea, 142–43, 144, 146, 147, 148–49, 163, 168, 169, 181. See also Plunket, Andrea
Rice, Luanne, 11
Ritz Paris, The, 243, 247
Robert Montgomery Presents, 24–26
Roberts, Markham, 281–82
Robertson, Cliff, 22, 86–87
Robinson, Jill, 173
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 173
Rodgers, Mary, 283
Rooks, Susan, 226
Rosenman, Howard, 47, 48, 49, 59, 90
Ross, Diana, 76, 79
Rossellini, Roberto, 76
Rounick, Judith Mazor, 169
Royal Ballet of England, 44
Rubell, Steve, 116
Run of His Life, The (Toobin), 227
Rutten, Tim, 186, 198, 228, 262
Ryan, Harriet, 271
Safra, Edmond, 256–58, 260
Safra, Lily, 256–57, 259–60, 263, 269. See also Watkins, Lily
Salvador (Didion), 118
Sansum, James, 281–82
Santa Monica Evening Outlook, 118, 119, 127
Saturday Evening Post, 52, 60
Scandia, 51
Scarborough, Chuck, 169
Schatzberg, Jerry, 53–54, 55, 56
Scheiff, Henry, 255
Scheinbaum, Stanley, 204
Schiller, Lawrence, 220–22, 227
Schrader, Paul, 60
Schumacher, Joel, 59–60, 61, 68
Schwartz, Jack, 58, 67, 71–72, 280. See also Tramont, Jean-Claude
Season in Purgatory, A (novel) (D. Dunne), 112, 177–79, 181, 219, 230
Season in Purgatory, A (TV), 219–20, 232
Sebring, Jay, 33, 35, 40, 50
Secrets of a Hollywood Super Madam (Gibson), 273
Sellers, Peter, 75, 79
Selznick, David O., 29, 35
Sentinel, 212
Serpentine Galleries, 164, 218–19
Sessums, Kevin, 181, 246
Shakespeare, Andrea, 180, 240, 252
Shapiro, Joseph, 119, 126, 132
Sherman, Mickey, 242, 250–51, 255
Sherman Square, 53
Shipp, Ronald G., 211–12, 213–14, 251–52
Shore, Dinah, 15
Shriver, Sargent, 12–13, 201
Signorile, Michelangelo, 247
Silver, Joel, 260
Simon & Schuster, 93, 94, 101, 105, 109, 111, 112
Simpson, Eunice, 213–14, 216, 286
Simpson, Jason, 225
Simpson, Nicole Brown, 117, 198, 200, 202, 210, 211, 212, 216, 219, 221, 238, 244. See also Brown, Nicole
Simpson, O.J., 34, 166, 198, 200–203, 204–15, 219–22, 223, 224–27, 235, 238, 239, 243, 255, 262, 263, 272, 285–87
Simpson Baker, Shirley, 213–14, 216, 226, 286
Simpson Durio, Carmelita, 213–14, 216, 226, 286
Sinatra, Frank, 25, 27, 32–34, 54, 153, 176, 259, 285
Sinatra, Tina, 285
Skakel, Julie, 240
Skakel, Michael, 177, 180–81, 233, 238, 239–40, 242, 249, 250, 252–53, 255
Skakel, Rushton, 12–13, 177, 181, 233–33
Skakel, Tommy, 177–78, 180–81
Smith, Chris, 245–46
Smith, Jaclyn, 90, 111
Smith, Liz, 25–26, 88, 139–40, 151, 181, 228, 243, 259–60, 291
Smith, William Kennedy, 176–77, 180
Smyth, Judalon, 184, 193–94, 195
Snowdon, Lord, 280
Social Register, 24
Solo Act, A (D. Dunne), 267–68, 283, 288. See also Too Much Money
Sondheim, Stephen, 19–20, 57, 90, 139, 289–90, 291
Spectavision, 74
Spector, Gary, 276–77
Spector, Louis, 276–77
Spector, Phil, 166, 263, 270–77, 285, 287
Spector, Rachelle, 274
Spelling, Aaron, 33, 88–89, 91, 95, 134, 219–20
Spy, 181–82, 260
Stamford Advocate, 178, 181
Star Is Born, A (1954), 45
Star Is Born, A (1976), 83, 97, 106
Stark, Fran, 82, 97, 106
Stark, Ray, 82, 84, 87, 92, 96, 97, 106, 110, 114, 132, 134, 205, 228–29
Stark, Wendy, 83, 92, 96, 97, 106, 109, 134, 205, 228–29, 265, 291–92
Stein, Doris, 77, 96
Stein, Jules, 77
Steinberg, Saul, 169
Stephanopoulos, George, 292
Stewart, Martha, 262–63
Stewart, Rod, 96, 287
Stiefel, Arnold, 86–87, 93, 95, 99, 106, 109
Stompanato, John, 31, 153
Stonewall Riots, 50
Streisand, Barbra, 83, 85
Studio, The (J. G. Dunne), 52
Sutton Associates, 181, 232–33, 235, 241–42
Sutton report, 232–35, 237, 239, 240, 241–42, 251, 253
Sweeney, John, 3, 116–18, 119, 121, 126–29, 131, 140, 177, 186–87, 220, 236, 272, 275
Taki, 269
Tanen, Ned, 56–57, 62
Tapert, Annette, 169
Tate, Sharon, 41, 50, 134
Tatler, 120
Taubman, Alfred, 169, 228, 260
Taylor, Elizabeth, 63–64, 65–71, 72, 101, 103, 144, 207, 227, 228, 248, 274, 280, 281
Teeman, Tim, 283
Terrail, Patrick, 118, 119, 132
Terrien, George, 180
Terrien, Paul, 180
Thomas, Michael M., 44
Time, 58, 60, 228
Time to Smell the Roses, A (D. Dunne), 83–84, 254
Tipping, Mike, 127, 128, 129
Tobias, Andrew, 88
Todd, Liza, 68–69
Toobin, Jeffrey, 201–3, 208, 210, 215, 222, 225, 227, 262
Too Much Money (D. Dunne), 112, 288, 292. See also Solo Act, A
Torrente, Vivian, 258
Tracy, Spencer, 27, 282
Trader Vic’s, 82
Tramont, Jean-Claude, 58, 63, 67, 71–72, 89, 94, 160, 280. See also Schwartz, Jack
Tripp, Linda, 241
Tropicana, The, 80–81
Truscott, Lucian IV, 88, 114
Turner, Lana, 27, 31, 153
Twentieth Century Fox, 37, 44, 53, 99, 103
Twin View Resort, 100, 102, 108, 110
Two Mrs. Grenvilles, The (novel) (D. Dunne), 25, 138, 142, 152, 188, 255. See also Mrs. Grenville; North Shore
Two Mrs. Grenvilles, The (TV), 112, 139–40, 152, 162, 173, 219
Tyrnauer, Matt, 182, 267, 282
Universal Pictures, 56, 77, 78
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 187, 229
Users, The (novel) (Haber), 89
Users, The (TV), 89–90, 91–93, 100–101, 111
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 22, 169
Vanity Fair, 3, 120, 121, 127, 132–36, 143, 148, 150, 169, 172, 176–77, 181–83, 186–88, 190–92, 194–96, 203–4, 206, 208, 215, 218, 221–22, 232, 238, 242, 245–48, 250, 253, 255–60, 263, 265–68, 270, 272, 276, 279–82, 284–85, 287
Van Susteren, Greta, 226–27, 284
Variety, 105
Venice Film Festival, 62
Versace, Gianni, 228
Vidal, Gore, 17–18, 26, 40, 104
Vietnam War, 52, 63
Vignale, Raymond, 66, 70
Visconti, Luchino, 65, 281
Vogue, 35–36, 52, 60, 207, 245
Volney Hotel, 53, 54–55
von Auersperg, Alexander, 144–45, 150
von Auersperg, Alfred, 142, 144
von Auerspberg, Annie-Laurie, 144–45, 150
von Bülow, Claus, 115, 140, 141–48, 150, 163, 168–69, 181, 184, 191, 201, 204–5, 228, 275, 287, 288
von Bülow, Cosima, 144, 145, 163
von Bülow, Sunny, 115, 140–43, 146, 148, 203, 287
von Dassanowsky, Robert, 229–30
Wadler, Joyce, 142, 144, 146, 147
Wald, Connie, 41, 96, 97, 280
Walker, Robert, 174
Wall Street Journal, 86, 236, 264
Walters, Barbara, 196–97, 248
Warhol, Andy, 64–65
Warner Bros., 35, 39
Washington Post, 86–87
Wasserman, Steve, 228
Watch Mr. Wizard, 24
Watkins, Lily, 256. See also Safra, Lily
Waugh, Evelyn, 18, 239
Way We Lived Then, The (D. Dunne), 36, 253–54, 267
Webb, Clifton, 90
Weeks, Bonnie, 174
Weeks, Steven, 238
Weisberg, Stanley M., 4, 6, 186, 194, 197
Weld, Tuesday, 49, 58–59, 155, 159
Weller, Sheila, 212, 213
Wesleyan University, 17, 18
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, 105
White, Edmund, 243
White, Peter, 47–48, 157
White Album, The (Didion), 8, 52
Whitman, Caroline, 109
Wiatt, Jim, 245
Wide Wide World, 25
Wilder, Audrey, 34, 98
Wilder, Billy, 36
Wilkie, Angus, 281
William Morris Agency, 58
William Morrow and Company, 241
Williams College, 18–20, 146
Williams Record, 19
Williwag (Vidal), 17
Willoughby, Bob, 36
Willwerth, James, 207, 223, 227, 229
Wilton, 95, 102
Winn, Kitty, 54–56, 158
Winners, The (D. Dunne), 113–14, 132, 138, 170, 179–80, 205, 222. See also Joyce Haber’s “The Users,” Part 2
Wintour, Anna, 245
“Woman Who Knew Too Little, The” (D. Dunne), 135–37
Women’s Wear Daily, 36, 93, 168–69, 170
Wood, Natalie, 34, 37–38, 50, 51, 156, 174
Woodward, Ann, 25, 78, 115, 255
Woodward, Billy, 25, 115, 255
Woodward, Elsie, 115, 122, 123
Wyckes, Mary, 39
Yale University, 12, 14
Young, Loretta, 36, 139
Young, William Baldwin, 247–48, 261
Young Man with a Horn (Baker), 37
Zanuck, Darryl F., 38, 53
Zanuck, Richard, 53
Zipkin, Jerry, 98, 171, 172, 173, 228
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
1 - Father and Sondheim
2 - Marriage and Puppets
3 - Mengers and Disaster
4 - Begelman and Purgatory
5 - Capote and Suicide
6 - Didions and Murder
7 - Bloomingdales and Videotapes
8 - Von Bülow and Comas
9 - Novels and Payback
10 - Kennedys and Cover-Ups
11 - Menendez and Lies
12 - O.J. and Parties
13 - Princess Diana and Breakdowns
14 - Skakels and Wills
15 - Fuhrman and Libel
16 - Apologies and Memoirs
17 - Safra and Paranoia
18 - Editors and E-mails
19 - Spector and Sons
20 - Clinics and Sondheim
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
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