carrie fisher

Would the run-up to the Oscars even exist without the three-time Academy Award-winning legend?

"I think we would have lost Carrie long ago, long before if it hadn’t been for Billie.”

The Assistant Novel tends to be a gleeful “Gotcha” of the publishing world — a parting shot from a former assistant to the famous boss who made their life hell (the 2003 novel “The Devil Wears Prada” is the gold standard of the genre). But even though “A Star is Bored” by Byron Lane (Henry …