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The NEW YORK POST's page 6 gossip columnist offers a hip guide on how to find your 15 minutes of fame. Delving into the ploys of publicists and big-name players, Froelich stresses cultivating your special talent--even if it's being the best housekeeper in town. "Stars are made, not born," she says. The star here is multiple award winner Anna Fields. In her reading, she conveys the super ego, cynical humor, and no-nonsense advice of the author, even when it's mundane. This is better listened to than read, with Fields, your private guru, intimately revealing the secrets of success. M.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

May 2, 2005
As a columnist for the New York Post's "Page Six," Froelich has seen careers made by savvy PR players, derailed by their oversexed celebrity clients and often rebuilt by said PR managers. Here she offers advice on how to craft your own career-whether you aspire to be the best cake decorator or the next Nicole Kidman (who, Froelich confides, is sweet and professional). Though her advice doesn't amount to much beyond what your mother could give you-"Find your talent and do it"; "Never be mean to waiters"-what makes this such a delicious listen are the juicy morsels she throws in about celebrities and their long-suffering managers. Was Tom Cruise a victim of overexposure? Who's the PR genius-Paris Hilton or her mother? Fields delivers the material beautifully, her tone containing just the right mix of world-weariness and amusement. With her lively narration-and Froelich's insider perspective-this audio is bound to keep listeners entertained, even if it doesn't catapult them to the top. Simultaneous release with the Miramax hardcover.