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You Are What You Eat
At only 5 foot 1 inch and weighing in at a frightening 19 stone, Michelle McManus was not your average pop star. Yet since winning the ITV hit talent show Pop Idol in 2003, the 24-year-old Glaswegian defied critics and piled on a further 3 stone. In 2005, Michelle decided enough was enough and agreed to subject her eating habits to Gillian McKeith's tough-but-fair analysis, and to overhaul her entire approach to food - and booze. The programme was the highest-rated YAWYE episode ever, with over 3.5 million people tuning in (a 23 per cent share). Now, having shed nearly half her body weight, Michelle is back on Channel 4 with a Christmas YAWYE update, a new album and a new single out in January. This is the no-holds-barred diary of her year, by turns moving, shocking and full of the fun, feisty, straight talk for which she is famous, as well as featuring exclusive meal and exercise plans, so you can follow her diet at home. It is an inspiration for anyone who struggles with their weight.
Fame: At Any Cost
Is winning worth everything? Has the nation has reached saturation point with TV talent shows? This gripping exposé describes what really happens to reality TV contest winners and losers. TV writer, Keeley Bolger, examines the highs and lows of being a star of reality television and the price people are willing to pay for fame today. Exploring all the major UK TV talent contests and featuring the contestants, record label executives and some of the established pop stars, who were challenged in the charts by the newcomers.
I Want to Change My Life
Competition talent shows have been among the most popular on television in the 21st century. The producers of these shows claim to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities to change their lives by showcasing a specific skill leading to a new career trajectory. Most participants will claim that they entered to get a big break and to develop a career they have always dreamed of. To what extent do these shows deliver on such promises? Following through what happens to leading contestants in singing, entertainment, modelling, cooking and business entrepreneur competitions, this book shows that few go on to achieve lasting success in their chosen career. Many return to obscurity or to the...
Framing Celebrity
Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives – perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American ‘quality’ television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery film (David/David Beckham), the concept of carto...
A History of Human Beauty
If Cleopatra's nose had been half an inch longer, neither Caesar nor Mark Antony would have fallen in love with her. It: A History of Human Beauty treats outstanding physical attractiveness as a quality or possession, comparable to power, intelligence, strength, wealth, education or family, that had a marked effect on history. Beauty in men and women opened opportunities to its possessors not available to the ordinary looking or ugly. While in the past women have had to use the lure of sex to achieve power or wealth, epitomised by royal mistresses or the Grandes Horizontales of the nineteenth century, modern film stars (male and female) can acquire great wealth simply by the use of their images, while attractiveness on television is an essential modern qualification for power, as shown by Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair.
The Embodiment of Disobedience
The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the West's efforts to impose imperatives of slenderness and mass market fat-anxiety.
Billboard
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
The Easy Quiz Master
This is a book designed for Quiz Masters and aspiring quiz presenters alike. It provides you with a WHOLE YEAR'S worth of questions, arranged in sets of five rounds (Ten questions per round) so that you have a ready made quiz for you to present. The book is arranged by month so that you will generally have some 'topical' rounds to entertain your fans. THIS BOOK TAKES ALL THE PRESSURE OFF WHEN YOU HAVE A QUIZ TO COMPILE - WE'VE DONE THE HARD WORK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
Susan Boyle, Professional Singer: The Third Six Months
This book is the third in a series chronicling the significant daily occurrences in the public arena of the Susan Boyle world as she pursued her dream of becoming a Professional Singer and became an International Singing Sensation. The information was gleaned from available public sources and the Forum at Susan-Boyle.com for the six months from July 1 thru December 31, 2010. The absolute highlight of this six-month period, July 1 to December 31, 2010, in Susan's professional career, and, as a devout Catholic, of her life, was performing at the Papal Mass and meeting Pope Benedict XVI at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on September 16. Other highlights include the publication of her memoir, The Woman I was Born to Be; the release and incredible success of her second album, The Gift; her music video of Perfect Day; plus many interviews and performances in the United Kingdom and United States.
Adele - The Biography
Adele's powerful voice and breathtaking songs have seen her top the charts around the planet, collect millions of admirers and win dozens of top awards. When she became a mother, in 2012, her fans rejoiced n a fairytale moment for a young woman who has known so much pain in her personal life. At last, it seemed, she had it all. But who is Adele? Adele: The Biography traces her story from a humble childhood in London, where she began singing at the age of four, through to the phenomenal success of her first two albums, 19 and 21. It then brings her remarkable story up to date, examining her health scare, motherhood and triumphant comeback, singing Skyfall at the 2013 Oscars ceremony. Along th...
