Cheryl - Brossura

Smith, Sean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847372791 ISBN 13: 9781847372796

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Cheryl Cole was catapulted into the media spotlight in 2002 when, as a member of girl group Girls Aloud, she won the first series of ITV 1's talent show Popstars: The Rivals. With a record-breaking 18 consecutive Top 10 singles and five platinum albums (including a number one), Cole and her band mates have gone on to become one of the most successful British pop groups of the decade. And Cole, frequently voted as one of Britain's sexiest women in FHM magazine's annual poll, has always garnered more than her share of the attention. High-profile sponsorship deals, allegations of a nightclub assault in 2003 and marriage to England footballer Ashley Cole in 2006, as well as her role as the newest judge on ITV's X Factor, have all made Cole one of the most in-demand and talked-about celebrities today.
Now, the UK's leading celebrity biographer, Sean Smith, casts his expert eye over this most remarkable star to explore the woman behind the public persona. New research follows Cole from her childhood years as a competition-winning dancer and model to that big break and the instant stardom that lay beyond. Smith assesses how an ordinary girl from Newcastle managed to cope with such a weight of media attention and in particular with the highly publicized heartbreak that surrounded allegations of her husband's infidelity. Fully illustrated, this promises to be the hottest celebrity biography of the year.

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‘The truth behind 5 celebrity myths’
‘For the past year I’ve been writing about Girls Aloud singer and X-Fcator judge Cheryl Cole. Hers will be my eighth celebrity biography in as many years, a sequence that began with JK Rowling in 2001... When I work on a biography I travel with a blank notebook and an open mind, not looking for scandal, just the private person behind the public face. I start each biography by disregarding what I have read about the subject previously’
Interview in The List, Financial Times 1/8
‘Beauty’s junkie former lover tells how he put star through hell’
Extract, News of the World 30/8
‘A new, unofficial biography of the singer has revealed more about the childhood events that helped make her who she is today’
Woman 7/9
‘Sean Smith has produced a first-rate biography of a working-class girl who turned herself into a star but at heart remains a woman who isn’t prepared to forget her roots’
Sunday Express 18/10
‘In his revealing book Sean Smith gives a remarkable account of her struggle to the top’
Four stars, International Express 27/10
[Sean Smith’s] biographical note tells us that “he specialises in meticulous research, leaving his west London home to go ‘on the road’ to find the real person behind the star image”. What he tells us about Cole – the brothers in prison and the drive to succeed – shows how charm can survive and he is suitably star-struck. Smith does keep her achievements in perspective’
Recommended showbiz books for 2009, Telegraph 28/11

L'autore

Sean Smith is the UK's leading celebrity biographer and the author of the number one bestseller Cheryl, the definitive biography of Cheryl Cole. His books about the most famous people of our times have been translated throughout the world. His subjects include Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston and J.K. Rowling. Described by the Independent as a 'fearless chronicler', he specializes in meticulous research going 'on the road' to find the real person behind the star image.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847372791
• ISBN 13: 9781847372796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile