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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. 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"The Winner Stands Alone" follows serial killer and wealthy Russian entrepreneur Igor as he resorts to extreme measures to win back the affections of his ex-wife Ewa. Through a cast of stunning models, movie moguls, wannabe starlets and jaded hangers-on, the Brazilian said he had written "not a thriller, but a crude portrait of where we are now." A regular visitor to the annual film festival, the 61-year-old author of "The Alchemist" set out to try to understand why visitors behaved as they did in Cannes. People with beauty or big bucks or both descend on the Riviera resort each year and fret over coveted party invitations, lose sleep over what to wear and dream of being spotted as the "next big thing" in the world of entertainment. "I said 'My god, these people are here, spending fortunes, and where is the fun?' That was my question," Coelho told Reuters in a telephone interview. "And why do they behave like this? That was the starting point of writing a book on fashion and celebrity and values, because it is also a book about values." Having sold tens of millions of books, and with The Alchemist due to be made into a movie produced by Harvey Weinstein, Coelho, to an extent, is part of the world he seeks to dissect in The Winner Stands Alone. But, he said, there was a difference between earning fame and fortune through a talent or passion like writing, directing or performing, and wanting celebrity as an end in itself. "Today this has become a kind of sickness," he said. "Everybody now wants to be famous for the sake of being famous, not because they have something important to present or because they have something to share." DESPERATE CHARACTERS The Winner Stands Alone is an unflattering account of celebrity, and more particularly Cannes, where a desperate cast of characters reveal what really goes on behind the veneer of red carpets, luxury yachts, designer clothes and chic parties. Maureen has waited three years to get a meeting in Cannes with a movie magnate she hopes will get her film to screen. Gabriela is thrilled to be called for an audition, and her agent sends her a text message reading "Accept whatever they offer." Human folly is exposed and dreams are more often than not dashed as the powerful seek to exploit young hopefuls. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Efron is footloose but song-free in "17 Again" Also On Reuters Blog: These pirates shouldn't be punchlines Tech magazines shift from gadget glitz to survive India Election: World's largest democratic exercise More Entertainment News Madden's football broadcasting draws to a close Man jailed for damaging Jamiroquai star's Ferrari "American Idol" judges spare finalist Matt Giraud Efron is footloose but song-free in "17 Again" | Video Journalist plays cop in hard-to-believe thriller More Entertainment News... 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