Ep: 1786 Nikki Nash - Collateral Stardust

At fourteen, longing for excitement and something of her own, Nikki Nash 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 18 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 on, broken finger in a glass 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, she pursues a vibrant career as a TV 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. She ended up becoming an Associate Director on a variety of shows including, Soul Train, Love Connection, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan.