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Growing Up Famous

Author : Sophie Bradley
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456643215
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Famous written by Sophie Bradley and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step Inside the Intricate World of Child Celebrities Are you intrigued by the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? Do the tales of child stars navigating fame pique your curiosity? Then prepare to dive deep into an insightful exposé on the complex dynamics and psychological implications that childhood fame brings. Growing Up Famous: The Psychological Complexity of Child Celebrities illuminates the glamorous world of fame while delving deep into the psychological realm of young, venerable talents. Craving a juicy read? Get ready to be captivated by industry revelations, celebrity tales twisted with rebellion, and the toll of fame on mental health. These intricately woven aspects serve as an underbelly to the flashing camera lights, designer clothes and the worldwide adoration that children celebrities seemingly enjoy. Explore the unsettling correlation between fame and rebellion, a spectacle we've seen play out with celebrities gone rogue. Uncover the hidden traumas of those who live their adolescence under the constant scrutiny of the world. Delve into the shocking instances of abuse that the industry hides behind its elaborate façade. The book also offers an intimate look at the role parents play in shaping, or sometimes exploiting, these tender careers. Interactions with Hollywood parents, deeply examined within, reveal the blurred lines between care and commercial gain. Growing Up Famous takes a balanced approach by focusing on the crucial psychological support needed for these young stars. It represents an urgent call for the industry to cater for the mental well-being of its young talents and breaks down the stigma around therapy. But it's not all grim. The book also captures courageous tales of resilience, navigating choppy seas of fame, and triumphing against all odds. Transitioning from a child star to an adult celebrity is an aspect that's given special emphasis highlighting examples of those who have mastered this often precarious path. The book is a rich blend of high-profile stories, in-depth research, and a deep understanding of child psychology, presented in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. Curiosity sparked? Give in to your curiosity and step inside the intriguing world of child celebrities!

Childhood and Celebrity

Author : Jane O'Connor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317518950
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Childhood and Celebrity written by Jane O'Connor and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has seen an explosion in the ways and means in which children can become part of celebrity culture. With the rise in popularity of reality TV, child beauty pageants, talent shows, and social media platforms, as well as more established routes to fame through TV, cinema, theatre and music, the number of children establishing a presence in public life continues to proliferate. Childhood and Celebrity brings together international scholarly writing and research about famous children, and representations of childhood, from a range of disciplines including Childhood Studies, Celebrity Studies, Cultural Studies and Film Studies in order to open up a theoretical space in which to explore and understand the complex relationship between contemporary childhood and celebrity culture. This unique collection includes detailed case studies of specific child performers such as McCaulay Culkin and Miley Cyrus, histories of child stars in the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood, analyses of representations of children in film and discussions of children as media creators and producers. Key themes of transgression, gender, ‘coming of age’, childhood innocence and children’s rights recur in the chapters and present a compelling argument for the emergence of the field of Childhood and Celebrity as an area of study in its own right.

Famous Father Girl

Author : Jamie Bernstein
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062641379
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Famous Father Girl written by Jamie Bernstein and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest daughter of revered composer Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centenary of his birth—illuminating a man, a city, and an era that defined modern culture—in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir reminiscent of Alexandra Styron’s Reading My Father and Richard Ford’s Between Them. The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and inveterate partygoer Leonard Bernstein was a massive celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, and perhaps the most talented musician in American history. To his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was all that and more; he was the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe that smelled of cigarettes, who sat late at night at the piano when he couldn’t sleep (he could never sleep). An incredible jokester, an incessant teacher, he taught her to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In public and private, Lenny was larger than life. In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family’s private world. A fantastic set of characters populate the Bernsteins’ lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Betty (Lauren) Bacall. An intoxicating tale, Famous Father Girl is an intimate meditation on a deeply complex and sometimes troubled man and the beautiful music that was the soundtrack to his life. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein’s beautifully written memoir is great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age.

To Me, He Was Just Dad

Author : Joshua David Stein
Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 1579659349
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book To Me, He Was Just Dad written by Joshua David Stein and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Those searching for a moving Father’s Day gift need look no further.” —Publishers Weekly Men like John Wayne and John Lennon, Nolan Ryan and Bruce Lee, Cesar Chavez, Christopher Reeve, and Miles Davis have touched the lives of millions. But at home, to their children, they were not their public personas. They were Dad. Maybe Davis didn’t leave the office at five o’clock to come home and play catch with his son Erin, but the man we see through Erin’s eyes is so alive, so real, so not the “king of cool” (he taught his son to box, made a killer pot of chili, watched MTV alongside him) that it brings us to a whole new appreciation for the artist. Each of these forty first-person narratives—intimate, heartfelt, unvarnished, surprising, and profoundly universal—shows us not only a very different view of a figure we thought we knew but also a wholly fresh and moving idea of what it means to be a father.

Childhoods of Famous People

Author : Tomás Tůma
Publisher : Albatros Media
ISBN 13 : 9788000059228
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Childhoods of Famous People written by Tomás Tůma and published by Albatros Media. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have all heard of famous people like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Cleopatra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William Shakespeare. But what do we know about their childhoods? Play a game and guess which celebrity is hidden on each spread. Clues from their childhood will help you to discover them! There are twenty-five celebrities waiting for you to uncover them. Rulers, inventors, scientists, musicians, and many others lead you through their childhoods and show you what life was like back then, what they liked to play with, and what their interests were--but they will keep their names to themselves. Each character gives hints to help you figure out who they are. Then lift the flap and find out whether you guessed correctly.

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream

Author : Karen Sternheimer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317689682
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Celebrity Culture and the American Dream written by Karen Sternheimer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today, retaining the first edition’s examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today’s celebrity culture. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society, to the changing nature of the American Dream, and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to courses on inequalities, celebrity culture, media, and cultural studies.

Growing Up

Author : Marilyn Vos Savant
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393325065
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Growing Up written by Marilyn Vos Savant and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, this lovingly written primer imaginatively combines the humor of Mark Twain with the practicality of Dr. Benjamin Spock. Includes hundreds of activities, skills, and experiences, for kids ages 3 to 18.

Children of Hollywood

Author : Michelle Vogel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786420464
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Children of Hollywood written by Michelle Vogel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in the shadow of a famous parent can have powerful effects, from professional opportunities to pressure so great it leads to suicide. Some children of stars are proud of their roots while others live in secrecy. This is a rare look into the private lives of the children (and, in a few cases, grandchildren) of these classic Hollywood icons, revealing the stresses and inspirations of living with great performers who may or may not have been great parents. Some movie stars protected their offspring, but others used them as publicity props or even made them into rivals. Despite their unusual upbringing, some of the children succeeded in the movies or elsewhere, but many never lived up to the public expectations. Many lost their parents, whether to the extremes of the celebrity lifestyle, to divorce, or to their careers. From the beautiful bedtime stories Harpo Marx and his wife told their four adopted children to explain where they'd come from, to the studded belt Bing Crosby used to punish his sons for not obeying the strict family rules, this work tells the best and worst of growing up in a celebrity home. Families covered include those of W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor, Mario Lanza, Ruth Hussey, Jerry Lewis, Douglas Fairbanks and Boris Karloff. Research is drawn from interviews with celebrity offspring, who also provided never-before-published snapshots of Hollywood legends at home.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Author : Beatrice Gormley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439113580
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis written by Beatrice Gormley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.

Althea Gibson

Author : Beatrice Gormley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689871872
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Althea Gibson written by Beatrice Gormley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Althea Gibson (1927-2003) was the first black tennis player ever to compete in the U.S. Open and at Wimbledon in England. This biography focuses on Gibson's spirited childhood and highlights the traits that later made her a champion. Illustrations.

Wilma Rudolph

Author : Jo Harper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439113335
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Wilma Rudolph written by Jo Harper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring story of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become a high school basketball player. A Childhood Of Famous Americans title.

The Last Lecture

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340978504
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

The Catcher in the Rye

Author : J. D. Salinger
Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Catcher in the Rye written by J. D. Salinger and published by ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, and identity through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The novel is set in the 1950s and follows Holden, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from his prep school, Pencey Prep. Disillusioned with the world around him, Holden decides to leave Pencey early and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning home. Over the course of these days, Holden interacts with various people, including old friends, a former teacher, and strangers, all the while grappling with his feelings of loneliness and dissatisfaction. Holden is deeply troubled by the "phoniness" of the adult world and is haunted by the death of his younger brother, Allie, which has left a lasting impact on him. He fantasizes about being "the catcher in the rye," a guardian who saves children from losing their innocence by catching them before they fall off a cliff into adulthooda. The novel ends with Holden in a mental institution, where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown. He expresses some hope for the future, indicating a possible path to recovery..

High on Arrival

Author : Mackenzie Phillips
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 073181536X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book High on Arrival written by Mackenzie Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long before her fiftieth birthday,Mackenzie Phillips walked into Los Angeles International Airport. She was on her way to a reunion for One Day at a Time, the hugely popular 70s sitcom on which she once starred as the lovable rebel Julie Cooper. Within minutes of entering the security checkpoint, Mackenzie was in handcuffs, arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. Born into rock and roll royalty, flying in Learjets to the Virgin Islands at five, making pot brownies with her father's friends at eleven, Mackenzie grew up in an all-access kingdom of hippie freedom and heroin cool. It was a kingdom over which her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, presided, often in absentia, as a spellbinding, visionary phantom. When Mackenzie was a teenager, Hollywood and the world took notice of the charming, talented, precocious child actor after her star-making turn in American Graffiti. As a young woman she joinedthe nonstop party in the hedonistic pleasure dome her father created for himself and his fellow revelers, and a rapt TV audience watched as Julie Cooper wasted away before their eyes. By the time Mackenzie discovered how deep and dark her father's trip was going, it was too late. And as an adult, she has paid dearly for a lifetime of excess, working tirelessly to reconcile a wonderful, terrible past in which she succumbed to the power of addiction and the pull of her magnetic father. As her astounding, outrageous, and often tender life story unfolds, the actor-musician-mother shares her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions. She overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles again and again and journeys toward redemption and peace. By exposing the shadows and secrets of the past to the light of day, the star who turned up High on Arrivalhas finally come back down to earth -- to stay.

I Am Famous

Author : Tara Luebbe
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807534455
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book I Am Famous written by Tara Luebbe and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiely is a celebrity and a diva, but can she nail her most important performance? Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it. She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans.

Louisa May Alcott

Author : Beatrice Gormley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689820259
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Louisa May Alcott written by Beatrice Gormley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the author of the well-loved stories of the March sisters, "Little Women" and its sequels.

Where Am I Now?

Author : Mara Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698407016
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Where Am I Now? written by Mara Wilson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." —NPR's "Guide To 2016’s Great Reads" “Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight.” —Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City Named a best book of the month by GoodReads and Entertainment Weekly A former child actor best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from what she learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer “cute” enough for Hollywood, these essays chart her journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. They also illuminate universal struggles, like navigating love and loss, and figuring out who you are and where you belong. Candid, insightful, moving, and hilarious, Where Am I Now? introduces Mara Wilson as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up female.