Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Celebutantes: lots of fun!

I just finished Celebutantes the first novel from Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper. It was a quick, fun read, in most ways standard chick-lit, yet it was not predictable in many ways.
Lola Santisi is a Hollywood princess. Daughter of an Oscar-winning director and former supermodel, the twenty-six year old has what she calls a chronic case of CDD, Career Deficit Disorder. Hopefully that's about to change. It's the month before the Oscars and her BGF, Best Gay Forever, Julian has asked her to be the ambassador for his small clothing line and find someone attending the Oscars to wear one of his gowns. Lola is a true fashionista, and knows that dressing people could be her perfect career. With her father nominated for Best Director, she could just ask her mother, who is also close to Julian. But Bianca is already promised to the internationally famous designer she always wears.
Lola's month of driving around Los Angeles for fittings with crazy musicians and actresses is hilarious! From an actress who speaks about herself in the third person, to the rock star who slices up a gown and then passes out, Lola is at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Chateau Marmot, and driving all the way out to Malibu, determined to find the right star or stars so this will not be another failed career. With support from her shrink, her brother and two best girl friends. Lola follows every possible lead but is constantly thwarted by her long standing nemesis, Adrienne Hunt, who is in LA working for Prada.
In addition to her rocky career path, Lola does not have a great track record with men. Dr. Gilmore has diagnosed Lola as an "actorholic". She chooses handsome, charming actors who are either in love with themselves or their careers. Since People's Sexiest Man in the Hemisphere dumped her, she is 153 days sober when the story begins. Being on movie sets and luxury hotels is for Lola what visiting a bar is for an alcoholic. There are too many handsome actors in these places! Just another speed bump on Lola's red carpet adventures.
Written by the daughters of Leonard Goldberg and Dennis Hopper, the satirical novel is chock-full of cut-throat agents, aspiring actresses, sycophantic entourages, Yoga masters, and big name celebrities. Each section of Celebutantes is a count down to the Ocars, so the reader knows exactly how much time Lola has left to fulfill her mission.
Director/Producer McG (Charlie's Angels, We are Marshall, and my favorite show, Supernatural) made a series of 4 short films to promote the book when it was released last year, and they're all on YouTube. I've put my favorite one here.
Celebutantes recently came out in paperback for those of us who are a little behind on fun new authors. Definitely try it if you need a good laugh.
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3 comments:

  1. sounds like a fun read! How've you been? HOpe all is well. I've been MIA and am just now getting out and about to reconnect. I've missed my blogging buddies so much!
    Hope your day is a great one! Hugs!

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  2. Hi, visiting from BPOTW. :)

    This sounds like a great book. I'll have to see if its available for Kindle so i can read it. Thanks!

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