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A. Ashley Hoff is the author of With Love, Mommie Dearest, Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game, and My Huckleberry Friend: Holly Golightly and the Untold History of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. He previously worked for talent agencies in Chicago and Los Angeles and has written articles on Hollywood for The Advocate and Films in Review. He has been interviewed on numerous pop culture subjects on The Nick Digilio Show on WGN Radio, The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius XM, Feast of Fun on iTunes, in magazines such as Closer Weekly, and on various local talk shows and podcasts.
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How ‘Mommie Dearest’ Took a Rocky Road to Cult Classic
IT TAKES A DIVAWhen his wife Anne Bancroft was still in the running to play Joan Crawford, Mel Brooks saw right away the movie would be camp catnip. No one else did.