The Science of Celebrity...or Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? cover art

The Science of Celebrity...or Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Science of Celebrity...or Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?

By: Timothy Caulfield
Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Previously published as: Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?

Over the past few decades, celebrity culture's grip on our society has tightened. For Timothy Caulfield, a health science expert, this trend has had a measurable influence on individual life choices and health care decisions.

In typical Caulfield manner, it isn't enough to simply interview experts and read the current studies (which he does). He tries celebrity-recommended beauty routines and diets. After attending a modeling competition, he enrolls in an assessment/audition for a modelling agency in Hollywood. In his quest to understand the relationship between celebrity and culture and our individual health choices, he follows celebrity Twitter feeds, scans gossip blogs, and forces himself to read every issue - cover to cover - of People magazine, for an entire year. In this fun, factual book, Caulfield separates sense from nonsense and provides usable and evidence-informed advice about what actually works and what is a waste of money and time.

©2020 Timothy Caulfield (P)2020 Viking Aging & Longevity Beauty, Grooming & Style Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Hygiene & Healthy Living Medicine & Health Care Industry Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences
All stars
Most relevant  
I found this audiobook both informative and easy to listen to. Caulfield explains how celebrities and celebrity branding can misrepresent science and offers an insightful perspective on the realities of beauty, dieting and fame. Fully recommend.

Informative and entertaining

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Still relevant nearly 15 years after its first publication. Fantastic description of social phenomena and overall respectful. Had a few laughs with the self deprecating stories. Brilliant listen!

Excellent, informative and even hilarious!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.