{"product_id":"i-want-to-be-famous-when-everybody-and-nobody-is-a-celebrity","title":"I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sharp, funny examination of fame in the digital era and what makes our hunger for it equally alluring and embarrassing--from the podcasters behind \u003ci\u003eWho? Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eI Want to Be Famous\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a Regal Cinemas rollercoaster pre-show ride through the history of celebrity, then pulls gems of insight and humor from the garbage dump of our strange present. Lindsey and Bobby are not-so-secretly my generation's smartest close-readers of the contemporary pop culture paradigm.\"--Jia Tolentino, author of \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile being photographed in 1966, Warhol reportedly said, \"Everyone wants to be famous.\" (To which his photographer Nat Finkelstein responded, \"Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy.\") Warhol was right then, and he's right now. Fifteen minutes be damned, all you need is the drive--or desperation--and a singular spark. But if you're not careful, you'll end up a Who. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is a Who? In \u003ci\u003eI Want to Be Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, the journalists behind the pop culture podcast \u003ci\u003eWho? Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, distill celebrity into two categories--\u003ci\u003eWhos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThems\u003c\/i\u003e--transcending the snarky, antiquated judgment of the \"A-listers\" to \"D-listers.\" If you come across an allegedly famous face you've never seen before and are compelled to utter \"Who?\", well, there's your answer. (Can you picture Rita Ora, Ava Max, or Hilaria Baldwin without googling them?) If the subject elicits something along the lines of, \"Oh, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e,\" there you've found the opposite (Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise). It's the fundamental binary of fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet, as more Whos spawn, the path to Themdom narrows. We've entered an era where accessibility to fame is within everyone's grasp, though only a select few can crack the algorithm \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e hold our ever-diminishing attention spans. Celebrities have taken desperate measures to stay relevant--from the makeup, supplements, and alcohol they peddle to the Notes app apologies they post--as the media who cover them compete with celebrities breaking their own news on social media and as \u003ci\u003ePopCrave\u003c\/i\u003e decides who \"stuns\" next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending juicy pop culture history with the authors' signature wit, \u003ci\u003eI Want to Be Famous\u003c\/i\u003e argues fame no longer means ubiquity and examines what the future holds for those seeking our collective attention.","brand":"Lindsey Weber, Bobby Finger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47485068345580,"sku":"9798217088324","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798217088324.jpg?v=1775683124","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/i-want-to-be-famous-when-everybody-and-nobody-is-a-celebrity","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}