title: Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom
author:  Adrienne L. McLean 
description: "McLean's argument is complex, coherent, and eminently readable. Through meticulous research, she productively opens up the notion of star as worker."
zlib_text: Media Darling
  
  
  
  
  
  Hayley Carpenter has always dreamed of being a famous screenwriter, but dreams
  don’t pay bills and LA living isn’t cheap. So when a temp position at a
  celebrity gossip magazine becomes available, she goes after it.
  
  
  
  
  
  Emerson Sterling has been acting since she was little, but a rough patch as a
  teenager has given her a bad rap in Hollywood. Just when she thinks her dream
  role can turn around the public’s image of her, a conflict with her co-star
  and America’s Sweetheart, Rachel Blanche, puts her on the front cover of every
  magazine, the villain once again.
  
  
  
  
  
  Rumors swirl that the starlets’ feud started in the bedroom, and Hayley
  accidentally overhears a conversation between Emerson and Rachel that could
  lead to the biggest scoop of her career. Will Hayley follow the story, or will
  her irresistible attraction to Emerson and the secrets Emerson is desperate to
  keep buried ruin both their careers...and their chance at love?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Praise for Fiona Riley
  
  
  
  
  
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