Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?

How the famous sell us elixers of health, beauty & happiness

Timothy Caulfield, Beacon Press, 2015 Bvn 613 CAU

Canadian law school professor

• p13 crash diets (ie cleanses), 15 years later, only 6% remained 5% lighter
• p27 pans supplements and vitamin D
• p33 pans organic
• p35 pans gluten-free for non-celiac
• p60 "... among actors, smoking seems to be the norm" ... including Paltrow
• p67 Beverly Hills dermatologist Rhonda Rand
  • retinoids (Vitamin A) stimulate collagen
  • resurfacing (ablation, controlled damage) reduces wrinkles
  • fillers ( collagen, hyaluronic acid)
  • over-the-counter: dilute and ineffective
• p94 Attractive, blond is 15% more earnings
• p99 2002 study, 100 $$$ films, female actors 20-39, males 30-49

• p130 "... average income for an independent musician in Canada is $7228/y" (March 2013. Canadian Independent Music Association) full time, average age 39, audiences > 700

• p131 out of 43,000 submissions to major labels each year, 20 make it through a multiple-album deal
• p132 indie is 1 in 477,000
• p133 American Idol, 50,000 to 100,000 auditions per season, perhaps 9 resulted in career
• p138 25 TV roles for 20,000 child actors in LA
• p140 8% of professional actors get minor roles
• p144 20,000 fame slots for 4,000,000 seekers
• p173 J.K. Rowling 2013 published "The Cuckoo's Calling" under pseudonym Robert Galbraith - solid reviews but 500 sales