Beverly Hills Diary: Close Encounters with the Stars is a fast-paced intimate account of meetings with luminaries and legendary individuals in the 1970s who shaped and influenced the history of the arts, film, literature and culture on a national and global scale both before and after the 1970's. The setting centers around the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel. The Hotel is an architecturally iconic gem that maintains a tradition going back over 100 years. The Hotel's historic Polo Lounge remains a place where leaders and celebrities of varied fields meet to socialize and make deals to this day. In Beverly Hills Diary you will meet fascinating culturally diverse individuals (some of whom were also villains) including Jack Nicholson, Orson Welles, Coronel Sanders, Sir Laurence Olivier, Mel Brooks, Ben Vereen, Farah Fawcett-Majors, Anthony Quinn, John Travolta, Clare Booth Luce, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Michael Landon, Curtis Mayfield, Johnny Cash, Rita Hayworth, Bill Cosby, Rick Nelson, Adnan Khashogghi, Richard Harris, Connie Stevens, Margaux Hemingway, Chuck Norris, Halston, Angelica Huston, Patricia Hearst, Chevy Chase, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Peggy Lee, Eva Gabor, Bob Denver, Rich Little, Linda Carter, Chuck Barris, Jim Henson, Victoria Principal, Evel Knievel, Sally Struthers, Bo Diddley, Graham Kerr, Pat Boone, Burgess Meredith, Dyan Cannon, Jimi Hendrix, Burt Reynolds, Dave Clark, Louis L'Amour, President Jimmy Carter, and other historic personalities.