Hollywood Virgin (eBook)

Breaking Into and Out of Show Business

Jason Felts (Autor)

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2025
237 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-32385-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Hollywood Virgin is more than a tell-all memoir about the business of show business from the founder and CEO of Virgin's entertainment company-it's about hustle, risk-taking, sudden success, insider realizations, self-discovery, breakdowns, and walking away before you lose everything... alongside plenty of behind-the-screen shockers, celebrity stories, and yes, a bathrobe or two.

Growing up in small-town Texas, Jason Felts dreamed of being in Hollywood. He made his way to California, started his own production company at 23, was named to Variety's 'Top 10 to Watch' list, rubbed elbows with famous faces daily, and rose quickly to build and lead a multi-million dollar entertainment company for Virgin, one of the world's most respected brands-so why did he walk away at such a young age?

Jason recounts how he diligently pursued opportunities in the entertainment industry, quickly working his way up from small-time, thankless jobs serving the most powerful, to becoming a key industry player himself, making incredible things happen behind the scenes that no one ever knew-until now. Join him as he spills never-told-before tea, sharing how he lost his Hollywood virginity by:

• Creating and producing the first show that put a Kardashian on TV
• Turning access into authentic relationships and partnerships with stars such as Jessica & Ashlee Simpson, will.i.am, Justin Berfield, among many others
• The origin story behind founding and running an award winning Virgin branded company-and having Sir Richard Branson as a mentor
• Pitching films and shows with names such Halle Berry, Courteney Cox, and Oliver Stone
• Being tapped as the youngest CEO (only after Branson himself) to ever run a Virgin company
• Coming out of the closet to take action publicly as a founding board member of the PULSE foundation in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting
• Planning and joining the Obama's on their first post-presidency vacation the day they left the White House, and taking the former President's life changing advice
• Alongside more misadventures, hijinks, hits and flops, and hiding from bad headlines...

Hollywood Virgin is Jason's journey of discovering what happens when you achieve more than you imagined and find that the excess isn't enough. With no stone unturned, this raw and real insider look provides a peek behind the scenes of an industry very few really know.

Jason elegantly removes the concealer off the powerful, fake, and dishonest power players at the same time he equally shines light on the authentic, selfless, or lesser known stories in Hollywood. For all those working hard towards fulfilling their dreams, learn and be inspired from his anything-but-straightforward career.

JASON FELTS is an entrepreneur and brand marketing strategist who co-founded and served as CEO of Virgin Produced and Virgin Fest from 2009 to 2020. Before retiring from Hollywood at age 45, he co-produced over two dozen successful films and television series, including Limitless, Bad Moms, 21 & Over, and more, and has been profiled in Forbes, Bloomberg, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Hollywood Virgin has captured hearts, headlines, and high praise around the world not just for its Hollywood insider revelations, but for its raw honesty, relatability, and universal truths about ambition, identity, success, and knowing when to walk away. From small-town Texas to Hollywood power tables, Jason Felts chronicles his meteoric rise through the cutthroat entertainment industry creating films, shows, and music festivals, launching global brand campaigns, building a Virgin-branded entertainment empire, while rubbing elbows and butting heads with A-listers before walking away at the height of it all. Jason elegantly removes the concealer off the powerful, fake, and dishonest power players at the same time he equally shines light on the authentic, selfless, or lesser-known stories in Hollywood. This wildly entertaining and deeply honest book is packed with jaw-dropping celebrity encounters, untold industry stories, and hard-earned lessons on ambition, identity, and staying human in an industry that rewards anything but. Felts shares his rollercoaster ride of hustle and reinvention, revealing how he: Launched the very first show to feature a Kardashian Became the youngest CEO (after mentor, Sir Richard Branson) to run a Virgin company Built and ran a multi-million-dollar global company for Virgin Worked and built relationships with Bradley Coooper, Courteney Cox, Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Jessica & Ashlee Simpson, Halle Berry, will.i.am, Oliver Stone and dozens more Came out publicly and helped found the PULSE foundation in the wake of tragedy Joined the Obamas on their first post-White House getaway and received life-changing advice from the former President And that s just the beginning. Hollywood Virgin is a story of ambition, fame, identity, burnout, reinvention and learning that success isn t always what it seems. More than a behind-the-scenes memoir from the founder and CEO of Virgin s entertainment company, it s a bold, unfiltered crash course in how to make it, take it, lose it, and leave it all behind before it costs you everything. Raw, hilarious, and unflinchingly real, this book is for anyone chasing a dream, surviving a grind, or looking for the courage to rewrite their own script.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2025
• Vorwort: Richard Branson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Advertising • Autobiography • brand differentiation • Branding • business memoir • Celebrity biography • celebrity gossip • celebrity memoir • client management • Coming of age story • content production • entertainment business • entertainment industry memoir • Entrepreneurship • Equality • fame memoir • famous memoir Hollywood • film industry • film industry biography • film industry memoir • hollywood autobiography • Hollywood biography • Hollywood memoir • inclusivity • Integrity • LBGTQ+ • Live Entertainment • Live Events • Motivation • movie business memoir • movies and television • movies memoir • philanthropy • production company • Pulse nightclub shooting • Richard Branson • Show Business • Strategy • Success Story • tell-all celebrity memoir • Transparency • value oriented brands • Virgin companies
• ISBN-10: 1-394-32385-9 / 1394323859
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-32385-2 / 9781394323852