How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) on Netflix
Sidney Young runs a failing polemical magazine and tries to get into a party held by Clayton Harding of Sharps. He takes the job in New York, where his colleagues scorn him.
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Plot summary
Sidney Young edits Post Modern Review, a failing magazine about pop culture, and has spent years admiring celebrities from the outside. He tries to get into a party held by Clayton Harding, the head of Sharps, and gains his sympathy. Clayton offers him a job at the magazine, and Sidney moves to New York, where his rudeness and vulgarity earn him the scorn of colleagues, among them Alison Olsen and his manager, Lawrence Maddox. Interviews with famous performers are arranged by the publicist Eleanor Johnson, who restricts what may be printed. Sidney is drawn to her client, the rising actress Sophie Maes.
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- Kelly Jo Chargeas Apollo Awards Presenter
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
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- Toby Young, the journalist whose memoir the film is based on, was banned from the set at Kirsten Dunst's request after she overheard him critiquing her performance in a scene to a producer; he still appears briefly in the background of a party scene.
