Variety: An Illustrated History of the World from the Most Important Magazine in Hollywood

An illuminating view of the world as seen through the tinted lens of Hollywood’s most important chronicler of entertainment newsand show business. Variety is not only a fascinating look at the history of entertainment as reported by the world’s most highly regarded commentator of show business news, it is also a history of American popular culture and a record of the influence and confluence of art, life, and Hollywood. Illustrated with hundreds of front pages, its articles chronicle everything from Debbie Reynolds’s opinions of 1960s youth to how Steven Spielberg and Jaws transformed the movie business.