Just in time for awards season, join author Michael Schulman (The New Yorker, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep) for a signing of his new book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears—a page-turning, deeply informative guide to film’s biggest award show.  

Each of Oscar Wars’s eleven chapters takes a deep dive into a particular year, category, or conflict that represented a turning point for the Oscars, for Hollywood, or for the culture at large. The book features some of the biggest Hollywood players of the last century, including Bette Davis, Steven Spielberg, and Louis B. Mayer, while also examining some of the Oscars' most (in)famous moments, including Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan at the 1999 show, the plot against Citizen Kane (1941), the Hollywood blacklist, #OscarsSoWhite, and “the Slap.” 

Tickets are $40 includes access to the event and a signed copy of the book. You must have a ticket to attend the book signing. 

The book signing will be held on the Schwartz Mezzanine, outside the David Geffen Theater, on February 26 from 1pm to 3pm.