The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World Paperback - 2013
by Nancy Jo Sales
In time for the 2013 film "The Bling Ring" directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson: an in-depth expos of the exploits of the infamous Hollywood "Bling Ring"--a band of beautiful, privileged teenagers who were caught breaking into celebrity mansions.
From the rear cover
The true story that inspired the Sofia Coppola film
Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, jewelry, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of crimes in recent Hollywood history? Meet the Bling Ring: a band of club-hopping teenagers from the Valley with everything to lose.
Over the course of a year, the members of the now infamous Bling Ring allegedly burglarized some of the biggest names in young Hollywood. Driven by celebrity worship, vanity, and the desire to look and dress like the rich and famous, these seven teenagers made headlines for using Google maps, Facebook, and TMZ to track the comings and goings of their targets. Many of the houses were unlocked. Alarms disabled. A "perfect" crime-- celebrities already had so much, why shouldn't the Bling Ring take their share?
As the unprecedented case unfolded in the news, the world asked: How did our obsession with celebrities get so out of hand? Why would a group of teens who already had so much, take such a risk?
Acclaimed Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: they did it because each stolen T-shirt or watch brought them closer to living the Hollywood dream . . . and because it was terrifyingly easy. For the Bling Ring the motivation was something deeper than money--they were compelled by a compulsion to be famous. Gaining unprecedented access to the group of teens, Sales traces the crimes minute by minute and details the key players' stories in a shocking look at the seedy, and troubling, world of the real young Hollywood.
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- Title The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World
- Author Nancy Jo Sales
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher It Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2013-05-21
- Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780062245533 / 0062245538
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.43 x 0.68 in (20.32 x 13.79 x 1.73 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Burglary - California - Los Angeles County, Burglars - California - Los Angeles County
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.162
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Citations
- People Weekly, 06/17/2013, Page 64
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