Born in Rye, New York, Justine Bateman has an impressive r sum that includes Family Ties, Satisfaction, Arrested Development, and many more. As an actress, she has been nominated for a Golden Globe and two Emmy awards. An advocate for net neutrality, Bateman holds a degree from UCLA in computer science and digital media management. Her film producing credits include Easy to Assemble with Illeana Douglas and Jared Drake's Z. Bateman wrote her directorial film short debut, Five Minutes, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival, and her follow-up film short is the drama Push. She is currently in preproduction for her directorial feature film debut of her own script, Violet. Her writing has been published by DAME, Salon, and McSweeney's.
"I thought my ideas about fame were intractable until Justine
Bateman took them apart with her relentlessly truthful and
engrossing investigation. She mines the subject with bracing
honesty, and by including herself in the whole experiment she makes
it hard for the reader to avoid examining their own ego, their own
social agenda. Justine's voice is fresh: she throws down with a
free-associating slam that you won't expect but can identify with,
and the searching and sometimes profane rant that accompanies each
idea is one you can't help but trust. She distills it all into the
questions: Why do we value this person over that one? And why do we
ultimately resent the ones we overvalue? An honest and eminently
quotable rumination by a qualified and intellectually formidable
source."
--Mary-Louise Parker, actress, author of Dear Mr. You
"A smart, unflinching, touching, riveting, one-of-a-kind hybrid of
memoir and cultural analysis. Fame in its contemporary form is
strange and powerful and deeply American; so is Fame."
--Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland
"A raw look into stardom and how notoriety got to now with a style
that would make Bukowski proud. Justine gives us a vivid, sharp and
forceful read."
--Jerry O'Connell, actor
"Justine Bateman's new book Fame grabs you by the lapels. A raw,
raging blast of honesty aimed squarely at what 'being famous' is,
does, and means; the absurd gravity of it, and the myriad public,
personal, and private distortions it precipitates. This is a
bracing read."
--Jon Cryer, actor and author of So That Happened
"Bateman mixes personal stories of the hazards of experiencing fame
at an early age with a sociologist's eye for what makes Americans
so fascinated with celebrity, and delivers it all in a rat-a-tat
style that makes you feel like you are right there with her on the
red carpet."
--Rachel Dratch, author of Girl Walks into a Bar
"I met Justine Bateman in 1988, when she was one of the most famous
women in the world. For over three decades we have walked through
this life together. Fame is a socio-pop culture frontline
must-read, told by one of the funniest, most powerful and elevated
women I have ever met in my life."
--Kelly Cutrone, fashion publicist, author of If You Have to Cry,
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