SITTING DOWN WITH THE STARS REVIEWS

Nob Hill Gazette

Five Questions: Ruthe Stein’s Hollywood

Jennifer Blot January 6, 2022

Ruthe Stein spent 50 years covering Hollywood’s boldfaced names as a staff writer and freelancer for the San Francisco Chronicle, settling into a niche early on as its celebrity interviewer. While she would pen many movie reviews and become the paper’s movie editor, it’s the in-person encounters with screen stars (hundreds of them!) that inspired her new book, Sitting Down with the Stars: Interviews with 100 Hollywood Legends. Faced with downtime while sequestered during the pandemic at the Russian Hill home she shares with her husband, former San Francisco Planning Director Dean Macris, Stein initially came up with 10 short recollections of her conversations with memorable luminaries, including Cary Grant and Al Pacino. It didn’t take long to get local publisher Grizzly Peak Press on board for a project that highlights 100 actors, while also reflecting on the days when both Hollywood and journalism had a bit more star power. Viewing the book as her memoir, Stein, who recently turned 76, puts a new spin on original interviews by adding anecdotes and often poignant P.S. notes — thanks to the beauty of hindsight.

https://nobhillgazette.com/five-questions-ruthe-steins-hollywood/

KNEWZ

This Lucky Reporter's Career Encompassed 'Interviews With 100 Hollywood Legends'

Richard Horgan December 1, 2021

https://knewz.com/this-lucky-reporters-career-encompassed-interviews-with-100-hollywood-legends/

LOCAL NEWS MATTERS (BAY AREA)

Pass the Remote: Strong women at the center of fascinating films and a book on movie stars

Randy Myers November 16, 2021

San Francisco veteran movie journalist Ruthe Stein has hobnobbed with some of the most notable celebs, and she has the moxie to ask the burning questions we’re all interested in hearing get answered. In her addictive book “Sitting Down With the Stars: Interviews With 100 Hollywood Legends,” Stein delivers the behind-the-scenes deets about stars from both Old Hollywood (Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn) and New Hollywood (Jennifer Hudson, Timothée Chalamet). You can order the book or pick up a copy when Stein, who is also the founder of the Mostly British Film Festival, appears onstage at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Smith Rafael Film Center for a conversation. A 20th anniversary screening of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” will be shown as well. (https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/ruthe-stein/)

https://localnewsmatters.org/2021/11/16/pass-the-remote-strong-women-at-the-center-of-fascinating-films-and-a-book-on-movie-stars/