
So now I'm a physical mess inside, dealing with it, and starring in a major motion picture. Actors use plastic surgery and anti-aging drugs. Hollywood's obsession with beauty made my actress-mother stay competitive. But when Lia's scripts speak for her and drama becomes her life, can she find the strength to run her own lines and shape her new role? Life is more complicated than a Hollywood story.įictional actress Liana Marie Michael writes her second memoir, Starlet's Run, as she suffers through the Five Stages of Grief. Let's face it: Hollywood's web entangles everyone. It turned out awesome until I learned the truth. I'm torn between going to church on Sunday and making a living from pop culture.īut experience builds perspective.

Dating super-hot Byron didn't help clear the confusion either. I knew he couldn't hurt me with my bodyguard so near, but his eyes.so I have trust issues.

I've been happy until lately.Įvan dumping me leveled me. I keep to myself and don't complain about my life. Celebrity is what it is: marketing a product. Sometimes.ĭiscover the Starlet Series for new adult & college readers and uncover the life of a talented actress caught in Hollywood's web of lies. What makes a star shine? Humility empowers the spirit. A novel about celebrity influence & teens in Hollywood. Not just for the teens in California, but for all of us consuming stories. The memoirs show the price of fame and question its social costs, His best friend is a talented teen actress from whichĬome the fictional memoirs Starlet’s Web, Starlet’s Run, and Starlet’s Humble girl-magnet smart athlete who hangs out with wealthy whiteĬelebrity teens. Starlet’s Man takes the reader inside Santa Monica High School from a Our actors are too thin and areĪs readers and viewers, let’s push for more layers in our stories. What are we doing about the actors on anti-aging drugs? CosmeticĪds tell us to buy products to look young. Requirement for success? We shame our athletes for taking illegal I wrote the Starlet Series to question our acceptance of what HollywoodĪnd the cosmetic industry tell us is beautiful.

The Golden Age of filmmaking, the curvy Marilyn Monroe defined beauty. Like to see smart, curvy women get their billionaire love-interests. I’d like to see more persons of color triumph above the antagonist. Book publishers stillĮncourage writers to develop the pretty white protagonist. Hollywood casting agents still push the white waif. But why do readers and viewers still want thin and beautiful characters? W e understand that theĮntertainment business is more profitable when its product shocks themedia. Hollywood glamour is expensive and time-consuming. We all know photos of celebrities are Photoshopped.
