Famous: How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own explores the effects celebrities have on their impressionable audiences lives, from copycat suicides, to postfeminist hypersexuality, to taking questionable celebrity health advice, and more. Celebrity advocacy and philanthropy are analyzed as contributors discuss Brad Pitts rebuilding effort after Hurricane Katrina, Angelina Jolies recent casting controversy, and Colin Kaepernicks national anthem protest. Star brand building through social media and how that translates to the Broadway stage are also examined, as well as how the privacy laws demanded by celebrities can infringe on their own audiences First Amendment rights.