Interesting history.īut it is the behind the scenes machinations by studios and actors in their attempt to win the coveted Oscar which turned the honor into rather a joke. additional categories added through the years, etc. It covers the Academy Awards from 1927-1985 which really doesn't affect what the book is trying to accomplish.how are nominees chosen, how are winners selected. If you want gossip, try this book since it is full of it.
^ a b "Obituaries : Mason Wiley Wrote on Oscars".^ "Pop That Collar-Revisiting 'The Official Preppy Handbook' "."BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS 'PREPPY HANDBOOK' ". "Damien Bona Dies at 56 Creator of Guide for Oscar Buffs". Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. ^ "Person Detail: Mason Wiley - The NYSCA Literary Map of New York State and The NYSCA Literary Tree".On October 7, 1994, Wiley died from the complications of AIDS. Wiley also was a critic for such publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, Cosmopolitan, Time, Entertainment Weekly and others. In 1986, he and Bona wrote a year-by-year account of the Academy Awards that took 4 years of writing and research, with a fourth edition published in 1993.
As the only southerner among the writers, Wiley included Southern prep culture to offset the predominant New England vibes. He was one of the four authors of The Official Preppy Handbook, a humorous, best-selling reference book on prep culture published in 1980. While working for the Columbia Daily Spectator, he met future film critic and historian Damien Bona, who later became his writing collaborator. He attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia and graduated from Columbia University in 1977.
Wiley was born in Nash County, North Carolina on May 30, 1955. Robert Mason Wiley (– October 7, 1994) was an author who co-wrote The Official Preppy Handbook and Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards.
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