Men Who Would Be King（ISBN=9780547520278）

　　For sixty years, the lineup of Hollywood’s major studios varied little. Then came the Circus Maximus created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg (who gave the world The Lion King). Nothing in decades had approached the excitement surrounding the empire called DreamWorks, where hype and glory gave way to blowups, battles, and betrayals worthy of The Godfather.
　　Nicole LaPorte reveals for the first time the delicious truth of what happened behind the scenes. Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte’s fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood’s bizarre rules of business. We see the clashes between Spielberg’s troops and Katzenberg’s warriors, the debacles and disasters, and also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan. We see Geffen seducing investors and watch as the studio burns through billions while its rich owners get richer and everybody else suffers. Here is Hollywood—up-close, glamorous, and gritty.

　　NICOLE LAPORTE is a former reporter for Variety, where she covered the Hollywood movie industry for several years. She wrote "The Rules of Hollywood" column for the Los Angeles Times Magazine and has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times, the New York Observer, and W Magazine. She is currently a West Coast reporter for the Daily Beast