The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood

For more than a decade,Dennis McDougalcovered Hollywood for theLos Angeles Times,chronicling celebrity courtroom dramas, including Art Buchwald v. Paramount--the landmark battle for the profits from actor Eddie Murphy's hit comedyComing to America.Buchwald v. Paramount exposed sleazy studio accounting practices and resulted in McDougal coauthoring the best-sellingFatal Subtraction: How Hollywood Really Does Business.McDougal, who was nominated for an Edgar Award forIn the Best of Families,has won more than fifty journalism honors, including the Knight Fellowship from Stanford University and the National Headliners Award. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Long Beach, California.