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Going Off Script
Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections | Giuliana Rancic
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"Giuliana Rancic is best known for interviewing A-listers on the red carpet and E! News, skewering their shocking style choices on Fashion Police, and giving viewers a front row seat to her marriage and family life on her reality show, Giuliana & Bill. What fans may not know is that she learned English from Eddie Murphy, got her American citizenship so she could be a beauty queen, and used to have a bad habit of stealing cars for fun. Giuliana bares this and so much more in her hilarious, warm, and inspiring memoir, Going Off Script. From a young age she dreamed of being a TV anchorwoman but, because of her inclination toward mischief and away from schoolwork, her path to her dream job was far from straight. After a fateful (and mortifying) encounter with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, she learned that Hollywood news was where she belonged. Thankfully for readers, this epiphany led her to a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe) and an entertaining behind-the-scenes perspective on what our favorite celebrities are really like. In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana c
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I thought this was going to be a bubbly, fizzy read, and it was; however, there's also a ton of heart here. Giuliana comes off very relatable, girl-next-door and humble. I'm truly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading about her childhood, how she "made it" and what she's going through today.

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"Guys who drink too much are high on my list of turnoffs. At the top are guys with no real ambition... Next would have to be mama's boys, especially the ones who ask their mothers for advice about you, and then actually take it, even when they know it's wrong."