A 35-year-old newly divorced film maker, Christine Chase is not down at the Manolo Blahniks but down in the dumps. Her life, she feels, is at an absolute standstill. She needs more than spice, she needs a spur. That impetus, she concludes, would be a "whatever happened to" type of documentary focusing on Richard Gault, a once top singer/actor who seems to have disappeared in the 1970s.

Equipped only with a few old magazine articles and a record or three, Christine begins her quest. It's a madcap tracking game as we come to know her ex, James, "a personal manager - mostly actors and actresses - though probably no one you've ever heard of." He's now involved with a woman Christine has dubbed "Psycho Girl" due to a proclivity for throwing fits. James covers his ears and ignores the screams because "he's convinced she could be the next Julie Christie."

We are also introduced to the nubile Jennifer, a Starbucks fan and celebrity groupie, a victim of the "Hollywood virus," whose physical attributes are a 10+. Christine initially views her as "...the kind of girl who could be at a table, seated across from the person who had just discovered the cure for cancer, and her opening remark would be: 'I love scientists. I hear Russell Crowe might play one in his next movie.'"