{"product_id":"the-bling-ring-how-a-gang-of-fame-obsessed-teens-ripped-off-hollywood-and-shocked-the-world-nancy-jo-sales","title":"The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World - Nancy Jo Sales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn time for the 2013 film The Bling Ring directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson: an in-depth exposé of the exploits of the infamous Hollywood \"Bling Ring\"-a band of beautiful, privileged teenagers who were caught breaking into celebrity mansions and stealing millions of dollars' worth of valuables\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet the Bling Ring: six club-hopping LA teenagers accused of stealing more than $3 million in clothing and jewelry from the likes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson and other young members of the Hollywood elite-allegedly the most audacious burglary gang in recent history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDriven by celebrity worship, vanity, and the desire to look and dress like the rich and famous, the Bling Ring made headlines in 2009 for using readily available sources-like Google maps, Facebook and TMZ, to track the comings and goings of their targets. Seven teens were arrested for the crimes, and instantly became tabloid fodder. The world asked-how did the American obsession with celebrity get so out of hand? And why did a band of ostensibly privileged LA teens take such a risk?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVanity Fair reporter Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: they did it because they could. And because it was just that easy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor of the acclaimed Vanity Fair story on the Bling Ring \"The Suspect Wore Louboutins,\" Sales gained unprecedented access to the Hollywood thieves, and in the process uncovered a dark world of teenage arrogance, greed, obsession, and delusion. Now, for the first time in a full book length work, Sales details the Bling Ring crimes up close and in depth, and reveals the key players' stories in a shocking look at the seedy world of the real young Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published September 10, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43306905534558,"sku":"78006224533","price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/16248269.jpg?v=1789089858","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-bling-ring-how-a-gang-of-fame-obsessed-teens-ripped-off-hollywood-and-shocked-the-world-nancy-jo-sales","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}