EP: 466 Inside Hollywood's Babylon System from a Child Actor Who Escaped with Todd Coconato
The stage where they hand out the Oscars sits on a plaza built to echo the Court of Babylon. Todd Coconato has been inside that world since he was eight years old, a child actor on studio sets who grew into the LA club scene and all the money and access that came with it. He says there is a reason so many of the people he ran with died young or lost their minds. Hollywood sells itself as the definition of success, and Todd got close enough to see what actually fills that void, and what never can.
Then came the night that changed everything. Stabbed nine times, once in the heart, he heard the…
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