Tells the colorful story of how the two most visible branches of American celebrity-the presidency and Hollywood-came together in a marriage of pop culture and

It didn t take long for Barack Obama to make his mark as the biggest political star to ever occupy the White House. Over the course of his two terms in office,

It didn t take long for Barack Obama to make his mark as the biggest political star to ever occupy the White House.

Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture, the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots. In this book Antoine Lilti shows that the mechanis

American presidents and Hollywood have interacted since the 1920s. This relationship has made our entertainment more political and our political leadership more