"Romancing the Stone" is one of my favorite movies. Of All Time. It is a movie that I own, and a movie that I can watch, at least once a week, until I'm dead. The movie introduced me Cartagena, Columbia, mudslides, chained crocodiles and Danny de Vito driving a tiny car through tall fields of something, while smoking a cigar.

It also introduced me to Kathleen Turner, who I greatly admired for her ease with a machete, no-nonsense approach to treasure hunting, and ability to throw back some tequila. I have seen most of her movies, favoring "The Man With Two Brains", and "Body Heat".

Kathleen has recently written, what sounds to be a fantastic "tell all" about her life, and doesn't hold back on the good stuff.

"Send Yourself Roses" dishes about Kathleen's "life, love and leading roles":

I love any book that has the potential to make a significant portion of Hollywood wince in anticipation.

William Hurt (co-star in Body Heat) -

"Working with Bill Hurt was - shall we say - enlightening. In those days, he was pretty wild. He drank a great deal and took a lot of recreational drugs - he loved those magic mushrooms. He loved women, too; I don't know how many he went through during filming."

Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, War of the Roses) -

"I hadn't known Michael (who was then estranged from his first wife, Diandra) before we started filming, but we bonded from the start and I soon found myself falling in love with him.

Being with him certainly helped me to portray my character's growing sexual awareness, though the romance ended when his wife decided she wanted him back."

Nicolas Cage (Peggy Sue Got Married)-

"...everything Francis (Ford Coppola) wanted him to do, he went against - to show that he wasn't under his uncle's wing. Which was ridiculous. Oh, that stupid voice of his and the fake teeth! Honestly, I cringe to think about it."

Burt Reynolds (Switching Channels)-

"...the producer hired Burt Reynolds.

For whatever reason, the first thing Burt said to me was: 'I've never taken second billing to a woman.'"

Ugh. Gross.

Ms. Turner just tells it like it was, which takes...can I say "balls"? Something she may have picked up from playing Chandler's drag-queen father on "Friends".

The book will be available on February 7. Just in time for Valentine's Day! Buy yourself "Send Yourself Roses". Does that sound redundant?