Collateral Stardust, Nikki Nash
Collateral Stardust, Nikki Nash
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Collateral Stardust
Chasing Warren Beatty and Other Foolish Things

Author: Nikki Nash

Narrator: Nikki Nash

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2026

Synopsis

WARREN BEATTY WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR . . . In this offbeat memoir, Nikki Nash tells the story of an obsession that starts with a young girl's movie-star fantasy. At fourteen, longing for excitement and something of her own, Nikki fixates on superstar Warren Beatty. She's determined to find him and have him in her life forever. She creates a solid plan that she initiates four years later at the age of eighteen when she gets a job as a restaurant hostess where Beatty frequents. A year later, on a warm Sunday evening in April, after breaking a finger in a judo class and looking her worst—dirty hair pulled back, no make-up, broken finger in a glass of ice—Warren Beatty walks through the door and her plan comes to fruition. In this entertaining and genuine account of the inner workings of Hollywood, Nash pursues a vibrant career as a television associate director, comic, writer, and actress. Her celebrity-infused journey is also a dance with drugs, religion, Hollywood culture, and other volatile mysteries in the city of angels, including her own metamorphosis.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristina on March 04, 2026

-Coming of Age in Hollywood Chaos -Celebrity Fixation -Famous Adjacent Family Life -Behind the Scenes Hollywood -Funny, Vulnerable, and Real Hollywood memoir? Say less. Warren Beatty? Ummm… hello?! I was locked in from page one. Nikki Nash writes like she’s curled up next to you on the couch with an iced......more

Goodreads review by haslerroberson on March 12, 2026

Hot take: I think memoirs should be audio only. Reading this memoir proved difficult for me, as I didn’t know who Nikki Nash, Warren Beatty, or almost anyone else in this book was, for that matter. Despite this, I found the story as a whole to be interesting. It definitely felt slow at parts, and th......more

Goodreads review by Mostly Bookish Mel on March 06, 2026

Nikki Nash’s story of growing up in Southern California surrounded by the chaos and creativity of a bohemian Hollywood household was both entertaining and insightful. Her youthful mission to meet Warren Beatty adds a unique thread to the narrative, but the book ultimately becomes something deeper: a......more

Goodreads review by Teresa Brock on February 24, 2026

Here is how to get me to read a memoir - tempt with Mr Warren Beatty and Old Hollywood ! First of all I looked up Nikki Nash just to get a feel of her path and who she was before I started the book, then immediately devoured this story. It is heartfelt, encouraging, fun and genuine. I cannot imagine......more

Goodreads review by Laura on February 16, 2026

I received this review copy from Book Sparks as part of a review tour. While I felt the premise was interesting, the delivery didn’t quite work for me. I think this will be more popular for an older age group who are more connected with the celebrities that Nikki orbited- she’s lived a very interest......more

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