REBELS ON THE BACKLOT (Sharon Waxman) - January 21/06

Extremely entertaining and packed with tidbits, Waxman's book occasionally suffers from a sense of "who cares?" - particularly in terms of her tendency to offer up long descriptions of her subjects' childhood. But it's a very fast read and quite informative, though I could've done with less Being John Malkovich and Traffic stories. ***1/2 out of ****