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The true history that motivated the Sofia Coppola film. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, rings, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of offences in recent Hollywood background? Meet the Bling Ring: a group of club-hopping teens from the Valley with everything to reduce. During the period of a year, the associates of the now infamous Bling Ring allegedly burglarized a few of the biggest titles in young Hollywood. Powered by celebrity worship, vanity, and the desire to look and dress like the wealthy and famous, these seven teens made headlines for using Google maps, Facebook, and TMZ to keep track of the comings and goings of their targets. Many of the houses were unlocked. Alarms impaired. A "perfect" criminal offense - stars already had so much, why shouldn't the Bling Ring take their share? As the unprecedented case unfolded in the news, the globe asked: How did our obsession with stars get so out of hand? Why would a group of teens who already got so much, take such a risk? Acclaimed Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales found the solution: they did it because each stolen T-shirt or watch helped bring them closer to living the Hollywood aspiration... and because it was terrifyingly easy. For the Bling Ring the inspiration was something deeper than money - they were compelled by way of a compulsion to be famous. Gaining unprecedented usage of the band of teens, Sales traces the offences minute by minute and details the key players' testimonies in a stunning go through the seedy, and troubling, world of the true young Hollywood.
