How to Be a Hollywood Star


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Confidential: For Stars’ Eyes Only Worried that your air kisses lack panache? Afraid to go to a Lakers game lest you sit too close and annoy Jack Nicholson? Wondering why you don’t have a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame? Relax! You hold in your hand the fabled How to Be a Hollywood Star, the top-secret guide to managing the details of your fabulous celebrity lifestyle. The ultimate primer for Tinseltown newbies, it’s been passed down through generations of Hollywood’s elite. And now you’ve got your very own copy. Baby, you have arrived. Useful tips include: • Dating and romance for the rich and famous • Daily diva affirmations • Six surefire ways to spot a stalker • Ten tasks stars should delegate to their assistants • Negotiating the Cannes Film Festival • How to sell out discreetly • Choosing a Hollywood home, yacht, and car that suit your image • Selecting the trendy religion that is right for you • What to pack for rehab and how to hire a prison coach Whether you’re already a huge star or just wish you were, this helpful, often hilarious manual explains the nuts and bolts of Hollywood stardom—from outrunning the paparazzi to mastering the art of the onscreen kiss. Taken from interviews with the stars, the members of their entourage, their nannies and personal assistants, and the countless employees who make the whole thing look effortless, here is your road map to navigating the top-secret world of the stars.




How to be a Movie Star


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A narrative account of Elizabeth Taylor's career, with particular attention paid to how the consummate movie star influenced and crafted her image over the years.




Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star


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Our Drama Queen is back and still battling with Dellwood's most popular teenager, Carla Santini - this time for a walk-on part in a Hollywood film!With school finishing for good, Lola vows to end her long-running rivalry with Carla Santini and concentrate on her future career in theatre. But then a Hollywood film crew comes to Dellwood to make a film and Carla gets a walk-on part. Refusing to let Carla have the last laugh, Lola embarks on a number of madcap schemes to get herself noticed by the director (including sneaking into his hotel room and hiding in his closet!). Her boyfriend Sam and best friend Ella are getting seriously tired of her antics - but Lola can't give up until she's landed herself a part and wiped the self-satisfied smile off Carla's face once and for all. A fast-paced, nutty comedy sequel to Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.




A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame


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If you could get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for anything at all, what would it be? This writing assignment, given out in Ms. Hart's tenth-grade creative writing class, sparks a group of nine students to tell his/her own story. Readers are introduced to Jake and Shante's interracial romance, Carlos' fear of deportation, and Sunday's determination after being sexually assaulted. These teens persevere through hardship and heartache, laughter and love, and in the end, their voices shine through inspiring journal entries that answer the question in unusual and unexpected ways. Once again, Brenda Woods shows a keen understanding of the teenage psyche, as she did in Emako Blue, winner of the 2005 IRA Children?s Choice Young Adult Fiction Award.




Gods Like Us


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With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs In this captivating history of stardom, Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can now become famous simply for being famous? With brilliant insight and entertaining examples, Burr reveals the blessings and the curses of celebrity for the star and the stargazer alike. From Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant), Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, to such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity, Gods Like Us is a journey through the fame game at its flashiest, most indulgent, occasionally most tragic, and ultimately it's most culturally revealing.




Hollywood Walk of Fame


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More than 2,000 celebrity biographies containing their stories, movies, songs, inventions, and achievements that earned them everlasting fame. Hundreds of original quotes, secret passions and revealing anecdotes offer insight to their true personalities. Whether or not you can visit in person, with this book in hand you can enjoy "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" star by star! More than 1,000 photographs (many never before published)! Complete map indicates the location of each star. Learn: -- How to nominate your favorite star -- How Hollywood became the film capital of the world -- Why 15 million tourist visit "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" each year!




Raised by the Stars


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This collection of interviews, all conducted by the author, focuses on the children of Hollywood legends. Each child (and, in one case, grandchild) talks about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight. While some were significantly influenced by their famous parents and chose a career in entertainment, others felt no attraction toward the glamour of Tinseltown fame. Among the interviewees are the offspring of such major stars as Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell, as well as such prominent supporting players as Jack Elam, Gene Lockhart, Billy Barty and Jesse White. The collection also includes a list of books and/or websites published by the children of the actors featured.




Hollywood Stars


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The Actress


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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.




Classic Hollywood Stars


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Celebrities.