Fame Stories

***THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON JULY 15t!*** Kelsey Harris, a young chef moving to LA, struggles with work, the glamour of the hollywood scene, and a new romance with mega-celebrity Ethan Glenn. ***** Kelsey Harris is heading to LA to begin her new career as a sous chef, and she's excited to work under a prestigious mentor and feed fabulous celebrities. She also meets Ethan Glenn, a movie star with doubts about his career, on the plane. But when she settles in, she learns that her new job is more intense than she expected, and her roommate is acting strange. When they happen to be on the same movie set, Ethan and Kelsey begin to grow close, though their friendship is immediately put under scrutiny by friends and the media. A romance begins, but the delicate facade of Hollywood is slipping, and Kelsey has to decide if she wants to escape the photographers and screaming fans, or if she wants to be with Ethan and put up with the consequences. [[Wattys 2018 Shortlist]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

"I'm sorry Sel, but you're stuck with me." ⋆｡‧˚ʚ🪩ɞ˚‧｡⋆ in which ... selene brown moves to london searching for something more and somehow ends up finding harry lewis instead. or harry lewis meets a girl who laughs at all the same stupid things he does and suddenly can't seem to leave her alone. are they better as friends or something more? ⊹ slow burn ⊹ friends to lovers ⊹ real life x social media tw : themes of emotional abuse & domestic violence throughout | reader discretion is advised x

Belle Morte is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Wattpad Original Edition and the Wattpad Books Published Edition upon purchase. Thank you so much for your support! ***** Renie Mayfield volunteers as a blood donor for the Vampire House where her sister disappeared, when she's drawn to the smouldering vampire Edmond Dantès. ***** It's been ten years since vampires came out of the coffin, and now they are the world's biggest celebrities. Renie Mayfield is a new live-in blood donor assigned to the most famous vampire House - Belle Morte. Unlike the other donors though, Renie isn't here for fame and fortune. Her sister disappeared inside the Belle Morte House, and she wants to know why. But she isn't prepared for Edmond Dantès, a smouldering vampire who sets her blood racing. She can't deny their mutual attraction, and their dangerous dance begins. With each step into darkness Renie is drawn further into Edmond's influence, and closer to uncovering Belle Morte's secrets. If she has to choose, would she rather lose her heart or her humanity? (Book 1, the Belle Morte Series) [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] The sequel, Revelations, is now in Paid: https://www.wattpad.com/story/97728300

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

Isabella Cano has built her life around everything Los Angeles has to offer - designer clothes, late nights, exclusive parties, and a camera always ready to capture her next adventure. At twenty-one, she's the girl everyone knows. Except for one person. Hayden Christensen has spent years trying to escape the noise of Hollywood. After his divorce, he finds comfort in his quiet life on a Canadian farm, raising his thirteen-year-old daughter and staying far away from the spotlight. The last thing he expects is to meet Isabella. She's loud where he's quiet. She's spontaneous where he's careful. She loves the chaos he spent years running from. And the strangest part? She has no idea who he is. She doesn't know about *Star Wars*. She doesn't know about Anakin Skywalker. She doesn't care about his fame. To her, he's just Hayden - the quiet, kind man with a farm, a love for coffee, and a smile she can't stop thinking about. But when their unlikely romance becomes Hollywood's newest obsession, the world has plenty to say. She's too young. He's moving on too quickly. She's just a party girl. He's having a midlife crisis. Everyone thinks they know their story. But they don't know the girl behind the Instagram posts. They don't know the man behind the fame. And they don't know that sometimes the person you least expect is the one who makes you feel at home.

When viral NYC rapper Lani Dior enters the Baddies house, the energy immediately shifts. She's pretty, confident, funny, and not afraid to finish what she didn't start. As friendships form, tensions rise, and secret hookups spark, Lani quickly becomes the girl everyone's watching. But when disrespect crosses the line, hands start flying - and nobody is safe... not even Natalie. Money. Drama. Fights. Sneaky links. Welcome to the baddest season yet.

Los Angeles, 1978. By twenty years old, April Bellamy already understands how the entertainment industry works. She knows how quickly talent becomes a commodity. How easily ambition can be mistaken for worth. How often people are rewarded for performing versions of themselves that have little to do with who they actually are. When her career brings her into the orbit of Michael Jackson, she expects another industry friendship-pleasant, temporary, and ultimately transactional. Instead, she finds someone who understands. Their friendship grows in recording studios, family kitchens, Hollywood parties, darkrooms, late-night phone calls, and long drives through Los Angeles. Beneath the glamour, success, and spectacle, both are struggling with the same question: what remains of a person when their image belongs to everyone else? While the world watches a star being manufactured in real time, April witnesses the private cost of perfection, the labor hidden behind performance, and the loneliness that can exist inside extraordinary success. At the same time, she finds herself confronting her own history, her family, and the role she's been playing for so long she no longer knows where the performance ends. When the Lights Go Out is a coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, exploitation, and survival in an industry built on consumption. It is a portrait of two young people trying to remain human while the world turns them into something else.

You've been a shy girl all your life. No friends, no ambitions, and lots of free time called *sigh* loneliness. Although your parents loved you and worked to get you anything you needed, they were almost never around. You also been bullied for being smaller than most girls in your school, but you never told your parents since they had too much on their hands already. Deep inside, although you were ok with the norm, you wished that there was someway your voice would be heard. One fateful day, your graduation day to be exact, you were given a concert ticket to a popular rock band that would change your life forever. Three hedgehogs: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver, thought of you as someone worth getting to know, but this leads you to become the person God knew you could be. Will you find your voice? Can three rockstars help you mold into the true person you are? Who knows? Love or loss could happen through the 'Song of Life'.

Actor x Influencer Can two broken people love each other without breaking again? One careless game. One Instagram DM sent as a joke. A message that was never meant to be taken seriously, except it was. Ira Verma is building the life she once dreamed of brands, awards, flashing cameras, a name the internet loves. Every smile is curated, every moment documented. She is rising fast, but somewhere between success and silence, she starts losing pieces of herself she never meant to give away. Ryaan Raichand lives under a different kind of spotlight. Charming, adored, untouchable. He knows how to keep things light, how to walk away before feelings grow roots. Their story doesn't begin with destiny. It begins with a dare. Late-night texts turn into voice notes. Conversations stretch past midnight. Long drives become confessions. They never label what's growing between them, because naming it might make it real, and real things can break. A slow-burn romance about unspoken feelings, emotional intimacy, rising fame, and a connection that started as a joke... but felt dangerously real. ~ Tropes ~ • ActorxInfluencer • Slow burn • Second chance • She fell first but he fell harder • SunshinexSunshine • Emotional dependency • Parental estrangement • Mental exhaustion & burnout • Fame pressure • Soft angst • Emotional vulnerability

She had everything people dreamed of. The awards. The red carpets. The cameras. The perfect relationship everyone envied. From the outside, her life looked flawless. Then one invitation changed everything. When Hollywood's biggest actress crosses paths with the world's biggest superstar, an unexpected friendship begins-one built on late-night conversations, quiet moments away from the cameras, and a connection neither of them saw coming. But when your heart already belongs to someone else... what happens when it starts beating for someone new?

"What does it matter if I lie to you?" - The 1975 Louis has always been the typical "straight guy." He's been in a relationship with Eleanor for years, and he's never wanted to change anything. Harry, in contrast, was much more into exploring himself a bit. Even with the restrictions of a boyband and fame, he's been learning to accept parts of himself. When Harry and Louis' early days of messing around in the band begin to resurface old feelings on Harry's end, Louis has to navigate his relationship with Harry while challenging everything he's ever known about himself.

April, 1988. Loretta Wes flies to Las Vegas expecting to write about a hotel. She leaves with a story no magazine could ever publish.

He was supposed to be just another arrogant star I would never let get close to me. Instead, he became everything I shouldn't have wanted - until he proved that I had been right from the very beginning, because even though he called me his for a little while, I was never truly his to keep.

Bellingham joins the well-known Borusia Dortmund club in Germany, where he meets the rising star Haaland. Follow their journey, related from Jude's pov. a story about friendship, football and what fame can do to one. The first chapters aren't really the best, but the more you read, the better the story gets! Enjoy! !!!!! SPOILER!! this fanfic contains romantic actions between them, but not sexual. read it only if you don't mind them being shipped in a romantic way. !!!!! please do not sexualise them, since they're both real people who have girlfriends! i wrote this story in a respectful way! english is not my first language, so please excuse any mistakes. this is my first ever fanfic, so please be respectful. j still have a long way to go and i will try my best to improve :)

Adrian Vale has memories of another life and one impossible goal: make 1990s Hollywood remember his name. But in a town ruled by favors, grudges, scandals, and ambition, every audition is a risk, every role is a battlefield, and fame can destroy a man before it makes him a star.

Saanjh | n. (Discontinued) Dusk An emerging cricketer. An aspiring filmmaker. A reunion. The morning had its own charm, and was a subtle shade of soothing. He was her morning. The night had its own calm coexisting with chaos. It was beautiful in its adorable restlessness. She was his night. Venkatesh and Meher had lived in the same city and gone to the same school. Yet destiny had always kept them apart. Until now. Witness a journey full of friendship, fun, and fame.

"The world only remembers the woman I became. It never met the girl who almost gave up." Aria Laurent has always believed in impossible dreams. While everyone else saw an ordinary girl from an ordinary town, she saw fashion runways, sold-out stadiums, movie premieres, billion-dollar businesses, and a future she refused to let anyone take away. The problem? Nobody else believed she belonged there. Bullied for dreaming too big. Judged for never being "good enough." Constantly reminded that success was for other people. But every cruel word became another reason to keep going. As Aria fights to build the life she's always imagined, she discovers that success isn't just about talent-it's about sacrifice, resilience, and learning who you are when the world tells you to become someone else. Because behind every glamorous dream is a story no one sees. And before the diamonds... There were tears. A coming-of-age story about ambition, resilience, friendship, feminism, body image, bullying, first love, and the price of chasing greatness. Sometimes the brightest stars are born from the darkest nights. And sometimes... Diamonds don't cry. Written by: Emily

Years later, Bella's a top recording artist and sold over 2 albums across the US. Before working on her 3rd album, she gets shocking news that'll impact her and Paul's relationship. Pregnancy. She found out she's pregnant with two twin boys. Their names are Justin & Jason Walker. The J names are in honor of her late grandpa who died in 1991. Meanwhile, things get a little shady between the family once her mean cousin Rochelle returns. (I know I didn't upload the first story but I'll add the introduction)

𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ Forty miles north of London, local barmaid Blair Carney is guiltily dreaming of a life beyond the tight confines of her hometown. Slightly less than forty miles north of London, on those same icy British roads, a sleek black car - worth more money than Blair has seen in her lifetime - spins violently out of control. 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚

❝ when he laughs at all my jokes and he says i'm so american oh god, it's just not fair of him to make me feel this much i'll go anywhere he goes and he says i'm so american oh god, i'm gonna marry him if he keeps this shit up i might just be in lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love ❞ jude bellingham x fem! oc