I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism

by Kate Coyne Narrated by Kate Coyne

Overview

The Executive Editor of People Magazine provides a "rollicking, anecdote-filled, star-studded recap of her career sprinkled with celebrities, red carpets, photo shoots" (Parade.com)--and also hilariously awkward run-ins--reflecting on the nature of celebrity, and what it says about our culture.

As a journalist and editor, Kate Coyne has had her fair share of celebrity run-ins. From her time with the NY Post's Page Six, where A-listers avoided her like the plague, then to Good Housekeeping, where celebrities grudgingly appeared on the cover, and finally to People magazine, where everyone (well, almost everyone), would kill to be featured, Kate has seen and heard it all. While she never thought her Oxford training would lead her to become a celebrity journalist, she's doing what she loves--talking to people of the moment and their huge influence on popular culture.

Her stories are funny, breezy, and self-deprecating. They feature Robert Downey Jr., who makes a thirteen year old Kate's heart me< Michael Douglas who warned her about a life of gossip mongering; Tom Cruise, who will surprise you; Tom Hanks and yes, he is as wonderful as you think; Wynonna Judd and chocolate cola cake; accidentally stalking Mariska Hargitay; and other great stories with cringe-worthy moments.

A vivid writer, with stories of people we are all obsessed about, Kate Coyne takes readers on an "honest, funny, and insider-y" (Good Housekeeping) tour of celebrityland.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Kate Coyne's funny, warm-hearted stories about her dances with the stars is a delectable, candy-coated treat. From a gut check about Monica Lewinsky to lavish lunches with Wynonna to stern admonishments from Michael Douglas and long days with Kate Gosselin, Coyne emerges as a wry, knowing guide through our celebrity-obsessed culture. If you, like me, have a lifetime subscription to People and a lifelong obsession with boldfaced names, pick this up, and you'll become Kate Coyne's biggest fan."—Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author, Who Do You Love

"Candid, hilarious, and juicier than any tabloid. Kate Coyne will have you flipping pages and begging for more."—Jenny Mollen, New York Times bestselling author

"Brims with stories about [Coyne's] funny, surreal, and occasionally bungled encounters with stars."
—Entertainment Weekly

"Coyne lends a warm, wry voice to her stories....If you want to know what it's really like to work as a celebrity journalist and act as the link between stars and the public who clamors for news about them, [her] memoir is just the one for you."
—Bustle.com

"[A] rollicking, anecdote-filled, star-studded recap of her career sprinkled with celebrities, red carpets, photo shoots and close encounters with movie, TV and music A-list-ers."
—Parade.com

"Kate Coyne tells all in I'm Your Biggest Fan, her honest, funny, and insider-y new memoir of her years chasing stars....You'll want to dig into all this dish!"
—Good Housekeeping

"Always hilarious."
—People

"With humor, heart, and acknowledgement of the absurdity of it all, Coyne...shares behind the scenes stories...just made for beach reading."
—Real Simple

"A breezy collection of stories about Hollywood stars...[that] also gets into the nitty-gritty of the tabloid world—from a look behind-the-scenes at the tawdry Page Six to how far magazines will go to get a star on their cover...the book is best when Coyne mixes the media inside details with bizarre anecdotes about celebrities."—The Washington Post

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173808059
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	06/14/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged

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