A self-proclaimed "carnivore of pop culture," Jamaican-born George Wayne is known for the snarky and inappropriate questions he lobs at celebrities in his brash q&a column for Vanity Fair magazine. Anyone Who's Anyone collects 44 of those jousting matches. After telling Tony Curtis that most of his films are "unwatchable," Wayne asks him if he's had a testicle tuck. Curtis cops only to a nose job, "for a deviated septum from too much cocaine."
Wayne asks brawny model Fabio the measurement of his "third arm" and tells egocentric film producer Robert Evans, "You haven't had a hit movie for years!" He asks Milton Berle, "Do you still have orgasms?" His first question to Kate Moss is "What do you say to your critics who call you a chain-smoking anorexic supermodel?" But he often gets some candid responses--including Jackie Collins saying, "I don't read the Bible, but I feel that religion is responsible for all the ills in the world." It's also fun when Wayne meets his match with Kathleen Turner, Charlton Heston and Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello, who don't allow themselves to be insulted, misrepresented or corralled into cattiness.
Perhaps to remove some of the sting from his questions, Wayne always refers to himself in the third person (as "GW") and tries to get his subjects to talk about themselves the same way. Stargazers and gossip fans will enjoy this waspish collection of irreverent and engaging conversations. With each interview running a quick four to six pages, it's an enjoyable guilty pleasure. --Kevin Howell, independent reviewer and marketing consultant