On July 30th, Movie Addict HQ welcomes Susan Marg, author of Hollywood or Bust: Movie Stars Dish on Following Their Dreams, Making It Big, and Surviving in Tinseltown. This entertaining, award-winning anthology includes over 500 quips, quotes, and off-the-cuff remarks by everyone’s favorite actors, directors, writers, and others involved in the business. The list of names included is a WHO'S WHO of Hollywood history!  Film historian James Colt Harrison will co-host this special episode.

Susan's book contains many delicious surprises for movie fans. For example:

How does Harrison Ford define a movie star?

Why did Mel Brooks start out as a drummer?

What did Sandra Bullock learn from directing a film?

Why did Michael Caine want an Oscar?

What did Elizabeth Taylor have in common with the critics? 

Listen in and find out! And that's just the tip of the show-biz iceberg in Hollywood or Bust, which won First Place in the Compilations/Anthology category at the 2013 Beach Book Festival. 

Here are some of the other famous names quoted in this unique collection: Ben Affleck, Mae West, Kevin Kline, Woody Allen, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Kathy Bates, Jack Black, Nicholas Cage, Jim Carrey, Jackie Chan, Charlie Chaplin, George Clooney, Kevin Costner, Rita Hayworth, Russell Crowe, Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Pena, Morgan Freeman, Kristen Stewart, Marilyn Monroe.

Susan knows how to ask questions, spot trends and anticipate fads. Her interest in the entertainment business was honed during her years spent in advertising when knowing what was hot and who was “in” came with the territory. After fifteen years working in the telecommunications industry on the East Coast, she moved to Del Mar, California, and her interest in popular culture is stronger than ever now. She is also the author of Las Vegas Weddings: A Brief History, Celebrity Gossip, Everything Elvis, and the Complete Chapel Guide, published by Harper Collins.

On her lively thought-provoking blog, “The More Things Change…” Susan comments on “the quirky, crazy things we once said and did compared to the quirky, crazy way we live today.” Check it out at www.susanmarg.com.

“Hollywood or Bust” airs on BlogTalkRadio at 4 p.m. Eastern Time (1 p.m. Pacific Time) on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. During the live show, listeners are invited to call in and to participate in a chat. An archived segment will also be available.

CALL-IN NUMBER: 646-478-5668

HOST: Betty Jo Tucker

CO-HOST:  James Colt Harrison

PRODUCER: Nikki Starr

LINK TO LISTEN: Click here.