Fame: The Hijacking of Reality [Hardcover]

In a new book, As the title Bateman digs into the out-of-control nature of being famous, its psychological aftermath and why we all cant get enough of it. The Family Ties alum has written the rawest, bleakest book on fame youre ever likely to read. Batemans close-up of the celeb experience features vivid encounters with misogyny, painful meditations on aging in Hollywood, and no shortage of theses on social medias wrath. Bateman addresses the reader directly, pouring out her thoughts in a rapid-fire, conversational style. (Hunter S. Thompson is saluted in the acknowledgments.) . . . But her jittery delivery suits the materialthe manic sugar high of celebrity and its inevitable crash. Bateman takes the reader through her entire fame cycle, from TV megastar, whose first movie role was alongside Julia Roberts, to her quieter life today as a filmmaker. She is as relentless with herself as she is with others.