Gods Like Us On Movie Stardom And Modern Fame.

WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS How--and why--do we obsess over movie stars? How does fame both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars' images altered over a century of cultural and technological change? Do we create celebrities, or do they create us? Ty Burr, film critic for The Boston Globe , answers these questions in this lively and fascinating anecdotal history of stardom, with all...