Hollywood Clown: An inside look into the competitive and political world of children's birthday parties of Hollywood's rich and famous

by Jason Lassen

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Grand Prize Winner - 2014 Hollywood Book Festival. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world move to Hollywood, with nothing more than their hopes and an irrational sense of romanticism and fairness, to pursue their dreams of fame and fortune. Rather than wait tables, struggling actor Jason Lassen opted to perform at children's birthday parties and quickly found out how competitive and political they are. One moment finding himself at Steven Spielberg's house, hoping against hope to be discovered while sweating through a Teletubbies costume, and the next dressed as a faux-Honey Bear with a gun to his head in Compton. During his wildly event-filled journey, he discovers it doesn't matter how much money or fame you have, true happiness comes from within.… (more)

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Hollywood Book Festival (Non-Fiction – 2014)

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Grand Prize Winner - 2014 Hollywood Book Festival. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world move to Hollywood, with nothing more than their hopes and an irrational sense of romanticism and fairness, to pursue their dreams of fame and fortune. Rather than wait tables, struggling actor Jason Lassen opted to perform at children's birthday parties and quickly found out how competitive and political they are. One moment finding himself at Steven Spielberg's house, hoping against hope to be discovered while sweating through a Teletubbies costume, and the next dressed as a faux-Honey Bear with a gun to his head in Compton. During his wildly event-filled journey, he discovers it doesn't matter how much money or fame you have, true happiness comes from within.

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