Joe Eszterhas’s tenure as the hottest screenwriter in town ended with two notorious 1995 flops: the NC-17 rated Showgirls (directed, like Basic Instinct, by Paul Verhoeven) and Jade (produced, like Sliver, by Robert Evans), We’ll analyze why these films failed to connect with audiences in 1995, and, more importantly, why the media at the time seized on them as major embarrassments for the industry.
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Sammy and Dino Episode 5: A Serious Man
Sammy and Dino Episode 4: Mr. Wonderful
Sammy and Dino Episode 3: Nothing But a Dollar Sign
Sammy and Dino Episode 2: Martin and Lewis, Sammy and Mickey and Frank
Sammy and Dino Episode 1: The Hustle
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Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (The Queens Are Dead, Episode 9)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (Interracial Panic and Confidential, Episode 8)
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Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (Sex and Shame in the 1950s, Episode 7)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (Witch Hunt, Episode 6)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (The Queer, Female Film Producer You’ve Never Heard Of, Episode 5)
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Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (The Feud, Episode 3)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons And Hedda Hopper (The First Lady, Episode 2)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (Small Town Girl, Episode 1)
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