Wired: the Short Life and Times of John Belushi - Bob Woodward

Hollywood screw-ups - the great and the not-so-great who crashed and burned spectacularly - have always fascinated us. Whether it's because of an inbuilt morbid curiosity or simply down to a "there but for the grace of God..." attitude, we just can't get enough of celebrity Armageddon, or "Hollywood Babylon", as one book put it. Perhaps we just like to sneer at those who had it all but felt compelled to spew it all away pathetically. Reasons aside, there was one man in recent times who set the gold standard for showbiz excess and self destruction, comedy performer and actor John Belushi. Belushi came to prominence in the U.S. in 1975 as one ...  Read the complete review