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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100063333813
ISBN-139780063333819
eBay Product ID (ePID)10072898159
Product Key Features
Book TitleHollywood Vampires : Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and the Celebrity Exploitation Machine
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicRich & Famous, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMakiko Wholey, Kelly Loudenberg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"The highly publicized legal showdown between former spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was contentious and fraught. Loudenberg and Wholey, who covered the trial in real time, aim to offer deeper nuance in Hollywood Vampires. What happened between the two doesn't mesh with the black-and-white dichotomies of abuse our society understands. If it's unclear what future generations will see when they look back on this case and time in history, Loudenberg and Wholey offer a much sharper picture for all." -- Booklist
SynopsisAn explosive new book on the infamous trial Depp v. Heard, Hollywood Vampires paints an intimate picture of what was really going on behind the viral headlines between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, with never-before-told stories from their inner circle. Celebrity romances have always captured the public's imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By the same token, high-profile trials can take over the mainstream media cycle, with both news pundits and the public picking over every detail to predict outcomes and cast their own judgements. Enter the union, dissolution, and hostile legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard--where these dual obsessions collided, creating a chaotic moment of true cultural fixation. Hollywood Vampires offers an inside account of one of the most controversial and consequential celebrity scandals of the internet era. Fueled by viral clips, reaction videos, and endless online debates, the trial became more than a legal battle. It became a public spectacle, dividing audiences worldwide. Kelly Loudenberg and Makiko Wholey were journalists on the ground for the Depp v Heard trial. Having closely followed Johnny, Amber, and their camps, they spent the years leading up to and following the trial interviewing the couple's closest allies as well as their managers, lawyers, agents, business associates, publicists, assistants, and personal staff. The result is a page-turning Hollywood epic full of revealing details that tell a wider tale about the celebrity-industrial complex, modern fandom, inflammatory culture wars, and contemporary feminism. Turning the lens around, Hollywood Vampires questions how the celebrity exploitation machine, strengthened by the forces of social media and legacy media alike, blurs the lines between fact and fiction, comedy and horror. It forces us to ask ourselves why we take celebrity culture so seriously in the first place--and who wins and who loses when Hollywood becomes the vehicle for our own personal and political causes., Amber and Johnny Danced their First Dance to "When I Get My Hands on You," a ballad written by Bob Dylan and performed by the New Basement Tapes. They held each other closely and looked into each other's eyes, lit by the videographer's bright white box light and the sporadic flashes of cameras, the slow song punctuated by animated and elongated "whoops" and "yeahs" from guests looking on. At the end of the dance, Amber held her fist up to Johnny's face and pretended to punch at him, smiling. Amber changed into a silver lamé slip dress and donned a crown made of flowers. She swung Johnny's son, Jack, around the dance floor. He smiled awkwardly in a black Spitfire Wheels hoodie. Johnny's daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, didn't make it to the wedding. Betty Sue, Johnny's mom, who was being treated for aggressive cancer in Los Angeles, couldn't come either. Johnny danced with Amber's mom, Paige, who looked frail but happy, to "I'm on Fire" by Bruce Springsteen. Amber appeared effusive and joyful, Johnny detached and withdrawn.
