Demi Moore
The Most Powerful
Woman in Hollywood
"This is a story of fame. It is a story of celebrity and its consequences. There are no villians here, no twisted plots and no whodunit ending. Although Demi Moore may well be the most photographed, written and talked about Hollywood star, she is also the most misunderstood..."
- From the Introduction
Demi Moore was one of Hollywood's most important players, an actress who had demanded respect and admiration. Now you can read about her fascinating, sometimes controversial, career in this first-ever biography of one of the most powerful and formidable woman in Hollywood history.
From her Hollywood debut at the age of nineteen to her little-known indie, Passion of Mind, and falling out of the limelight for almost five years, this intimate and revealing biography traces the events and circumstances that have shaped Demi Moore's fiercely independent personality and propelled her from soap to movie star.
With new insights into her troubled childhood raised on trailer parks in Roswell, where Aliens were supposed to have landed, and surrounded by alcohol and abuse, this compelling and graphic account uncovers the real Demi Moore. It charts with fascinating detail, how the former model and daytime soap star became the highest paid actress of her time, and how with husband Bruce Willis, they became Hollywood's most formidable couple.
Here, for the first time, is a book that cuts through the rumour, gossip and hype to provide a revealing story of the woman who once held Hollywood in the palm of her hand, despite the bout with drug and alcohol addiction, her stepfather's suicide, her up-and-down, off-and-on, finally failed relationship with Emilio Estevez and her alleged affair with Titanic heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio.
With behind-the-scenes information from the sets of movies like Ghost, Indecent Proposal and Striptease, and the history of Demi's nude appearances, both on-and-off screen, the book also includes a complete filmography with fees and box-office, stage and television appearances, nominations and awards - and dozens of photos from candid shots to movie stills and never before seen family album pictures. For Demi Moore fans, and for anyone interested in the definitive account of the chequered life and career of one of the screen's most glamorous women, this book is a must.
Reviews
"Although she hasn't had a blockbuster recently, Demi Moore undeniably ranks high among the Hollywood elite. Although Nigel Goodall never interviewed the actress for the book, she will likely be pleased with his evenhanded, up-front telling of her troubled, unstable childhood; her rise from model and soap actress to the highest-paid female movie star; the birth of her three daughters and her ultimately incompatible marriage to Bruce Willis."
- Publisher's Weekly
"Even though Demi didn't authorise this book or take an active part in the writing of it, Nigel Goodall has still managed to sum up her career and in some respect capture her personality with, I think, admirable accuracy. To me this book is as true to the facts as can be, or seems to be anyway. The image I have conjured in my mind seems to fit rather nicely with the one Goodall has drawn up. So Either I am way off base, or he has indeed captured the "real" Demi Moore without succumbing to the notion that stars are not just regular people. Suffice it to say that regardless of whether you want to find out more about Demi, or just look at some glossy pics of her - this book is probably for you."
- Kjell Gunnarsson, Demi Moore Org
"This biography attempts to separate myth and fact in order to paint as clear a portrait of Demi Moore as possible. Clearing away the detritus of gossip and hype, the author conjures an objective a portrait as possible of the controversial star. The book isn't an officially sanctioned publication, so fawning isn't on the agenda, so Ms Moore's good and bad characteristics leap from the pages."
- Nerys Lloyd-Pierce, Ladies First Magazine