Audio only
Oscar Wars
A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and TearsBy Michael SchulmanNarrated by Charlie ThurstonLength21h
About this audiobook
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama.
America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have chased the elusive Oscar. What began as an industry banquet in 1929 has now exploded into a hallowed ceremony, complete with red carpets, envelopes, and little gold men. But don’t be fooled by the pomp: the Oscars, more than anything, are a battlefield, where the history of Hollywood—and of America itself—unfolds in dramas large and small. The road to the Oscars may be golden, but it’s paved in blood, sweat, and broken hearts.
In Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas—some iconic, others never-before-revealed—that have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their dreams fulfilled or dashed.
Featuring a star-studded cast of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today and yesterday, as well as outsiders who stormed the palace gates, this captivating history is a collection of revelatory tales, each representing a turning point for the Academy, for the movies, or for the culture at large.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (6.4K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreOther, History
Length21 hrs
Narrated byCharlie Thurston
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
More from Michael Schulman
Mere ChristianityC. S. Lewis7h 7m4.4 (519.7K)$24 · $0.00
Her Daily BreadKate Wood12h 57m4.6 (153)$33 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 SamuelKing James2h 13m4.8 (1.6K)$3 · $0.00
The American Standard Bible — The Gospel of MatthewMatthew3h 56m4.7 (3K)$2 · $0.00
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m4.7 (2.8K)$24 · $0.00
The King James Audio Bible New Testament CompleteChristopher Glyn20h 2m4.7 (2.6K)$12 · $0.00
Faiths CheckbookCharles Spurgeon12h 44m4.7 (3.2K)$11 · $0.00
Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental HealthDr. Billy Garvey4h 53m4.7 (2.4K)$20 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
The Chosen Book OneAmanda Jenkins, Kristen Hendricks, Dallas Jenkins3h 8m4.6 (4.9K)$10 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of LukeJ.C. Ryle27h 13m4.7 (536)$18 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Brain Training for RidersAndrea Monsarrat Waldo5h 56m4.7 (550)$19 · $0.00
My Effin' LifeGeddy Lee17h 11m4.6 (13.1K)$40 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
The Elementia Chronicles #2: The New OrderSean Fay Wolfe11h 17m4.6 (841)$29 · $0.00
The ActsLuke2h 55m4.6 (19.7K)$12 · $0.00
New Testament - Easy NavigationWorld English Bible19h 35m4.6 (1.3K)$1.30 · $0.00
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m4.6 (3.2K)$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m4.6 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m4.6 (9.8K)$40 · $0.00
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m4.6 (2.5K)$29 · $0.00
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 (Annotated)Alexis de Tocqueville17h 25m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
All the Gallant MenDonald Stratton, Ken Gire5h 55m4.6 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Saint Joan (Annotated)George Bernard Shaw6h 20m4.6 (1.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
Medgar and MyrlieJoy-Ann Reid10h 52m4.5 (27.8K)$29 · $0.00
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Annotated)Thucydides24h 3m4.6 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Where the Birds Never SingJack Sacco10h 31m4.6 (3.8K)$29 · $0.00
Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS SoldierJamie Pennell5h 51m4.6 (452)$24 · $0.00
You may also like
The Elections That Changed the WorldDana Bash9h 59m4.0 (1.2K)$29 · $0.00
The French RevolutionThomas Carlyle32h 11m4.0 (3.3K)$6 · $0.00
America’s Great DepressionMurray N. Rothbard10h 5m4.4 (2K)$20
Rights of ManThomas Paine10h 12m4.2 (15.6K)$20
The Annals & The HistoriesTacitus28h 25m4.4 (2.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Abbatial Crosier; or, Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval AbbessEugène Sue5h 21m$2 · $0.00
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen, Ramsay Traquair, Arthur E. Henderson, Walter S. George8h 35m4.4 (38)$1 · $0.00
The American Revolution & The French RevolutionCharles Downer Hazen, John Fiske28h 24m$2 · $0.00
Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1690Scotish Parliament6m$2 · $0.00
The Grey Friars in OxfordA. G. Little18h 5m$2 · $0.00
My Memoirs of the Reign of King George the ThirdHorace Walpole50h 7m4.0 (28)$2 · $0.00
Peace and Reform (1815-1837)Various3h 42m$1 · $0.00
The American & The French RevolutionJohn Fiske, Charles Downer Hazen29h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891Ireland) Trinity College (Dublin12h 43m$1 · $0.00
Politics, Reform and DemocracySantiago Machain9h 10m$29 · $0.00
His Majesties Declaration DefendedJohn Dryden1h 27m$2 · $0.00
Magna Carta, and Other AddressesWilliam D. Guthrie8h 17m$2 · $0.00
The History of King George the ThirdHorace Walpole38h 53m4.0 (28)$1.99 · $0.00
Son ChristopherHarriet Martineau4h 49m$2 · $0.00
A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals, Herbert A. Grueber7h 57m$2 · $0.00