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COOPER LAWRENCE is an expert on celebrity culture and fame. With an M.A. in developmental psychology, years of research, and a doctorate near completion she is the fame expert on the new VH1 'Celebreality' TV show Confessions of a Teen Idol slated for 2009. Cooper hosts the nationally syndicated talk radio show, The Cooper Lawrence Show from Dial Global Cooper is a favorite guest of CNN Headline News's Showbiz Tonight, Fox News Channel, and The Tyra Banks Show as well as other shows including, The Today Show, The Early Show, CNN, The O'Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Hannity & Colmes, Fox & Friends, The Insider, and on E! Entertainment Television. She has been featured in print for the New York Post, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, IN STYLE, SELF, Parenting, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, OK! Magazine, US Weekly, Life & Style, Star Magazine, In Touch Weekly, The Huffington Post and CosmoGIRL!

Introduction Part 1: What is the Cult of Celebrity? Chapter One: Worshiping At The Altar Of In Touch WeeklyChapter Two: Love, Hate, Awe-Our Perplexing Relationship with the StarsChapter Three: How Stars Are Created; The MachinePart 2: The impact the Cult of Celebrity has on our livesChapter Four: 14 Minutes and Counting Chapter Five: It's Not a Generation Gap, It's a Freakin' RavineChapter Six: Spending HabitsChapter Seven: HealthChapter Eight: Social Awareness and ResponsibilityChapter Nine: Attitude Toward Personal FailureChapter Ten: Attitude Toward RelationshipsChapter Eleven: Self-imageChapter Twelve: Personal LivesConclusionAbout The Author