Celebrity Health

Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and naïve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. In Bad Advice, Paul A. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation.

In this inspiring and candid book, Jane Fonda, number one best-selling author, actress, and workout pioneer, gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. Covering sex, love, food, fitness, self-understanding, spiritual and social growth, and your brain. In Prime Time, she offers a vision for successful living and maturing, A-to-Z.

Kim Campbell was a fresh-faced 22-year-old dancer at Radio City Music Hall when a friend introduced her to Glen Campbell, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated entertainer. The two performers from small Southern towns quickly fell in love, a bond that produced a 34-year marriage and three children. In Gentle on My Mind, Kim tells the complete, no-holds-barred story of their relationship, recounting the highest of highs - award shows, acclaimed performances, the birth of their children, encounters with Mick Fleetwood, Waylon Jennings, and others.

As a semi-famous internet creator, Josh Sundquist knows what it's like to chase fame, but he also knows that more fame usually means more stress. So he set out on a pseudo-scientific investigation to find out if there is any way for fame and happiness to overlap.

Aiming High is the astonishing story of sports and celebrity agent Darren Prince, who battled addiction while representing some of the most iconic figures in the world. After a drug overdose, many demoralizing nights, and mornings where he couldn't get out of bed without a prescription in hand, Darren hit rock bottom - and in the process discovered the true meaning of success.

A hilarious look at the eating habits of the fit and famous - from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail egg concoctions to Jackie Kennedy's baked potato and Beluga caviar regimen - Rebecca Harrington leaves no cabbage soup unstirred in her wickedly funny, wildly absurd quest to diet like the stars. Elizabeth Taylor mixed cottage cheese and sour cream; Madonna subsisted on "sea vegetables;" and Marilyn Monroe drank raw eggs whipped with warm milk.

Sam Delaney was Jack the Lad. He was confident, loud and funny; an absolute legend, to be honest. Or at least that was what he pretended to be. But when he reached his thirties, work, relationships and fatherhood started to take their toll. Like so many blokes who seemed to be totally fine, he often felt like a complete failure whose life was out of control; anxiety and depression had secretly plagued him for years. Turning to drink and drugs only made things worse.

Once upon a time in Hollywood, we thought that celebrities carried around secret potions and sacred secrets to how they keep their skin fresh, firm, and gorgeous for years on end. However, we are here to tell you that the fairy tale can be yours to have too! With all of the expansive interviews on skin care and numerous explorations that celebrities have undergone to keep their youthful skin glowing for eons on end, we have finally been able to gather it all up and find the common denominators that you and I can include in our own skin care routines.

Why are we fascinated by celebrities we’ve never met? What is the difference between fame and celebrity? How has social media enabled a new wave of celebrities? The Psychology of Celebrity explores the origins of celebrity culture, the relationships celebrities have with their fans, how fame can affect celebrities, and what shapes our thinking about celebrities we admire.

Celebrities mesmerize us, enchant us with glamor, and make us wish we lived the seemingly magical lives that they do. You see all kinds of rumors about celebrities plastered across the covers of gossip magazines and in the news headlines with very vague and incorrect answers to the questions we all want to know: What are they doing to stay so damn gorgeous?

Jane Fonda, numeber-one best-selling author, actress, and workout pioneer, is an icon for generations of women. In this inspiring and candid book, she shares her wisdom on making the most of your later years. Combining stories from her own life and from the lives of others with new research, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be the time when you truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled person you were meant to be.

Born into one of Britain's most famous theatrical families, Redgrave was a shy girl who grew up in a storybook atmosphere complete with devoted nannies, elegant country estates, gala opening nights, even meetings with royalty. But this childhood came with a storybook villain, too: an inner voice that Redgrave called "Fat Ogre", a voice that urged her to take comfort in food whenever she felt sad or hurt or insecure, a voice that was not silenced even by her acting successes.

Mixing memoir, a wellness program, and inspirational advice, Randy Jackson's book is a work of personal passion.

The American Idol judge's struggles with his health and weight have been well - documented; he's tried every diet, spent countless hours in gyms, and even had gastric bypass surgery in 2003. Now, he's taken all that he's learned throughout these trials and codified their strengths into an easy-to-follow, super-useful maintenance regimen, filled with meal plans and exercise routines.

How do the stars get so thin? How many times have you been convinced that you are more beautiful or in better shape than a Hollywood personality? How many times have you thought their hair or their skin looks much worse than yours? For some of us Hollywood is just an almost surreal far-away land that we can only catch a glimpse of through movies or advertisements. You can break the barrier and make these feelings thoughts of the past by taking action and purchasing this book today!

In typical Caulfield manner, it isn't enough to simply interview experts and read the current studies (which he does). He tries celebrity-recommended beauty routines and diets. After attending a modeling competition, he enrolls in an assessment/audition for a modelling agency in Hollywood. In his quest to understand the relationship between celebrity and culture and our individual health choices, he follows celebrity Twitter feeds, scans gossip blogs, and forces himself to read every issue - cover to cover - of People magazine, for an entire year.

Everyone knows that the process of ageing is apparent externally, for example in wrinkles, thin skin and age lines; inevitably, it also affects us internally, leaving the body in a progressively fragile state. But what can we do to slow down this process? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Nirdosh shows that ageing can be controlled and even reversed using her unique face and body programme, which surges anti-ageing hormones back into you and puts an out-of-control body back in control of itself.

When you download Natural Beauty Tips, you'll discover the best-kept nutrition secrets and a quick nutrition guide to healthy skin. Stop harming your skin with harsh beauty products and following unhealthy fad diets - it's time to give your body what it needs! Natural Beauty Tips offers you a huge amount of specific information on skin care - from natural honey and fruit acne face masks to DIY exfoliation recipes for glowing skin! Your favorite celebrities are human, just like you!

Richard ponders his diet of fried chicken, sweets, and beer, and comes across a kindred spirit in a takeaway one night. This is an hilarious episode from Richard's new book, How Not to Grow Up.

In my short book, you will learn all you need to know about the Sirtfood diet that every celebrity seems to be doing. I will be explaining, and you will be learning step by step, what it is, the pros and cons of this diet, a list of food that you should eat, recipes and how to be successful losing an incredible amount of weight! I will walk you through what you need to do to get started - step by step. Nothing is left out!

Are you feeling bullied at school or on social media? Being made to feel like you don't fit in? That you are "too different" from everyone else? Made to feel like you can never achieve your dreams? Well, you are not alone. It might surprise you to know that many of the biggest celebrities have also faced the same challenges. This book includes advice from actors, musicians, journalists, business owners, TV presenters, performers, tribute artists, magicians, mentalists, drag queens, and more.