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Her star power in demand on a hit Broadway play, Hollywood teen starlet Kaitlin Burke packs up her entourage (ok, her showbiz family, friends, assistant, and publicist, but not the dreamy boyfriend) and moves to the Big Apple for the summer. Kaitlin is the toast of the town and she hits... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kaitlin Burke: A famous teen actress who is making her live theater debut
- Austin: Kaitlin's boyfriend who plays lacrosse
- Liz: Kaitlin's best friend
- Sky: Kaitiyn's friend who used to be her enemy
- Nadine: Kaitlin's personal assistant
- Rodney: Kaitlin's personal bodyguard
- Dylan: Kaitlin's theater co-star
- Riley: one of Katlin's fellow actresses in "the Meeting of the Minds", who doesn't like her very much
- Ava: a celebrity-wanna-be who used to be Kaitlin's friend, but is now her enemies, friends with Lauren
- Lauren: a celebrity-wanna-be who used to be Kaitlin's friend, but is now her enemies, friends with Ava
- Laney: Kaitlin's Publicist
- Andie: Add a description of this character.
- Matty: Kaitlin's Brother
- Amanda
- Seth
- Kates
- Leo
- Hallie
- Paul
- Keiran
- Jenny
- Allison
- Brooke
- Kaidin
- Josh
- Charlie
- Addison
- Patrick
- Tom Pullman
- Meg Valentine
- Caitlin
- Justin Timberlake
- Andy Samberg
- Cathy
- Prada
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“Where is a Dylan and where can I get one?”
Paul
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER ONE: Premieres don’t start till the stars are seated—whether that’s ten minutes late because you’re talking to Access Hollywood or two hours late because your names are Brad and Angelina and you have to get your ever-expanding brood to bed first. Movie premiere start times are figurative. If the stars are scheduled to appear, no one from the studio will start the film till they arrive.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER FIVE: Riley may have her theater terms, but we movie actors have our terms too.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER SEVEN: People always want to know how it’s possible for celebs to gain a few pounds when they have trainers, personal chefs, and money for any vegan/organic/gluten-free diet they want to try. My latest trainer, Olga Emegen, isn’t afraid to tell the cold hard truth to anyone who asks: you can work celebrities to the bone, give them all the perfectly portioned packaged meals in the world, and tell them every workout and diet trick in the world, but you can’t watch them 24/7.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER THREE: I don’t know about Broadway show posters, but when it comes to movie and TV posters, everything you see on that one-sheet is deliberate.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER EIGHT: Saturday Night Live is actually taped in front of a dress rehearsal audience and then airs live in front of a different studio audience a few hours later. The dress rehearsal audience sort of serves as last-minute testers of each skit—if the number gets no laughs, or bombs, then it could be pulled entirely.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER THIRTEEN: Even if you make twenty million dollars a movie, you will make peanuts doing live theater. Stars who take the stage do it to broaden their acting range and for the prestige that comes with having your name in a Playbill. They don’t do it for a paycheck. Most stars, even big ones, are lucky to bring home three thousand dollars a week. A lot to the rest of the world, but not those who spend their disposable income on Louis Vuitton luggage.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER SIXTEEN: When you watch a sitcom and see in the credits the line: “shot in front of a live audience” that means the show really was taped in front of a live audience. But unlike the morning talk shows that air live in real time, these shows are taped live, but they aren’t taped within actual time constraints. It could take hours to film a half-hour sitcom in front of a live audience. Sometimes they have to do scenes over and over from every angle. Sometimes they botch a take. Sometimes the audience laughter is (shhh… ) dubbed in.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER ELEVEN: Pay or play offers are pure gravy deals in Hollywood. When an actor, director, or producer is offered this, it means that you’re wanted so badly for the project that they’ll pay you regardless of whether the movie ever gets made. They’ll even pay you if you get replaced before production begins. It’s a big deal.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER FOURTEEN: Sky may do her own Twittering, but not all celebrities do. Some of them are so eager to get in on the ego-obsessed Twitter craziness that they have their personal assistants handle their accounts for them. Are you really surprised? Even some stars’ “official website” blogs are handled by outsiders who are paid to write their daily entries for them.
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HOLLYWOOD SECRET NUMBER FOUR: Some people get to see next fall’s shows before the rest of the world. Every spring, the five major networks roll out the red carpet in New York City and fly in their biggest talent to show off their new schedules to advertisers, media elites, and network affiliates. They put on this big production to do it, throwing parties and airing clips from their newest shows. It’s basically a schmooze-fest, but it’s also a lot of fun.
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York City: Kaitlin Burke is finally leaving for the Big Apple to star in a broadway play called Meeting of the Minds.
- Los Angeles
- Hollywood
- Texas
- Manhattan
- Jordan
- Disneyland
- Calou
- Vancouver
First Sentence edit
"I'm Chatty Cathy from Inside Hollywood-your source for all things Hollywood-and tonight I'm at the premiere of Pretty Young Assassins.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 6 in Secrets of My Hollywood Life. (standard series)
Preceded by Paparazzi Princess, and followed by There's No Place Like Home.
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- Jen Calonita (Author)
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