Beyond the Red Carpet

Beyond the Red Carpet

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  • Author: Dionne M. Muhammad
  • Publisher: CPAI
  • ISBN: 9781418466725
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 136

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Red Carpets & White Lies

Red Carpets & White Lies

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  • Author: Lea Black
  • Publisher: Beaufort Books
  • ISBN: 0825307023
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 561

In a city known for its never-ending parties, Miami socialite Leigh Anatole White hosts the most extravagant party of them all. Her annual Charity Ball, a star-studded benefit for troubled teens, is the most highly anticipated event of the season, and Leigh pulls out all the stops to ensure it doesn’t disappoint. This year—the tenth anniversary of the Ball—Leigh has decided to give Miami one last blowout before relinquishing her title as hostess. Suffice it to say, the pressure is on: this year’s Charity Ball simply must be the best yet. With help from her committee, a few close friends, a masterful personal assistant and her supportive husband, Leigh is poised to deliver. Even the dirty secrets and entanglements of her friends and pseudo-friends—the good-hearted, hard-drinking gossip queen Dixie Johnson; drag queen extraordinaire Diva Elaine Manchester; and bronzed, botoxed and backstabbing Katie Parker, to name a few—can’t slow her down. When an influential art dealer shows up, offering to provide high-end artwork for the Charity Ball’s auction, Leigh is thrilled. This is just what the gala needs to set it apart from previous years’, and after all of Leigh’s hard work, it looks as though the last Charity Ball may just live up to the hype. But as always in the world of Miami’s rich and shameless, a scandal is never far off...and this one hits everyone close to home.


Just Like Us

Just Like Us

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  • Author: Caitlin E. Lawson
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • ISBN: 1978830939
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 150

In Just Like Us: Digital Debates on Feminism and Fame, Caitlin E. Lawson examines the rise of celebrity feminism, its intersections with digital culture, and its complicated relationships with race, sexuality, capitalism, and misogyny. Through in-depth analyses of debates across social media and news platforms, Lawson maps the processes by which celebrity culture, digital platforms, and feminism transform one another. As she analyzes celebrity-centered stories ranging from “The Fappening” and the digital attack on actress Leslie Jones to stars’ activism in response to #MeToo, Lawson demonstrates how celebrity culture functions as a hypervisible space in which networked publics confront white feminism, assert the value of productive anger in feminist politics, and seek remedies for women’s vulnerabilities in digital spaces and beyond. Just Like Us asserts that, together, celebrity culture and digital platforms form a crucial discursive arena where postfeminist logics are unsettled, opening up more public, collective modes of holding individuals and groups accountable for their actions.


Beyond the Red Carpet

Beyond the Red Carpet

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  • Author: Francine Brokaw
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781937458225
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

"What really goes on behind the scenes at the Oscars? Which actors are funny, and which ones are boring? What's it like to interview Madonna, Robin Williams, and Pierce Brosnan? All of these questions (and many more) are answered by veteran writer Francine Brokaw. With a delightful mixture of wit and honesty, Francine gives readers an uncensored view of life as an entertainment journalist" --p.[4] of cover.


Manufacturing Celebrity

Manufacturing Celebrity

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  • Author: Vanessa Díaz
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • ISBN: 1478008881
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 207

In Manufacturing Celebrity Vanessa Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their favorite stars.


Stargazing

Stargazing

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  • Author: Kerry O. Ferris
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136828664
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 229

The sociology of fame and celebrity is at the cutting edge of current scholarship in a number of different areas of study. Stargazing highlights the interactional dynamics of celebrity and fame in contemporary society, including the thoughts and feelings of stars on the red carpet, the thrills and risks of encountering a famous person at a convention or on the streets, and the excitement generated even by the obvious fakery of celebrity impersonators. Using compelling, real-life examples involving popular celebrities, Ferris and Harris examine how the experience and meanings of celebrity are shaped by social norms, interactional negotiations, and interpretive storytelling.


Hollywood's 100 Leading Actresses

Hollywood's 100 Leading Actresses

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  • Author: Hseham Amrahs
  • Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 524

The Hollywood 100 is a carefully curated list that spans generations, genres, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry. Each actress selected for this collection has not only graced the screen but has also left an indelible mark on the cultural zeitgeist. From the luminosity of the Golden Age to the dynamism of contemporary cinema, these women have transcended the screen, becoming beacons of inspiration for aspiring actors and audiences alike. Behind the glamour and glitz, each actress's journey is a tale of passion, perseverance, and the pursuit of excellence. Whether they emerged from humble beginnings or were born into the limelight, their stories are threaded with the common theme of dedication to their craft. From auditions that tested their mettle to roles that defined careers, these narratives unfold like a script, revealing the raw, unfiltered reality that exists behind the scenes.


Innovative Design and Creation of Visual Interfaces: Advancements and Trends

Innovative Design and Creation of Visual Interfaces: Advancements and Trends

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  • Author: Falchuk, Ben
  • Publisher: IGI Global
  • ISBN: 1466602864
  • Category : Computers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 397

Computer graphics and digital design have come a long way in recent years, and it is difficult to keep up with the latest trends in software development and output.Innovative Design and Creation of Visual Interfaces: Advancements and Trends offers the cutting-edge in research, development, technologies, case studies, frameworks, and methodologies within the field of visual interfaces. The book has collected research from around the world to offer a holistic picture of the state of the art in the field. In order to stay abreast of the latest trends, this volume offers a vital resource for practitioners and academics alike.


Fashion Forecasting

Fashion Forecasting

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  • Author: Lorynn Divita
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 150133865X
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 823

"It's a great, strong read. Lots of information if you don't have background knowledge of this topic." Carmen Carter, El Centro College, USA "The text is a thorough view of fashion forecasting that helps students understand this segment of the industry as well as identify the steps and skills required to pursue a career as a fashion forecaster." Amy Harden, Ball State University, USA Learn how to anticipate emerging trends and how to prepare and present your own fashion forecast. Three new chapters on fashion eras, world cultures, and subcultures show you influences on fashion innovation yesterday and today, so that you can spot those of tomorrow. New Influencer profiles focus on trend creators, rather than trend popularizers, to show you how to find key people from many creative fields who shape popular fashion. A new appendix covers how to create a fashion forecast and a streamlined chapter organization is concise without sacrificing depth. Includes 125 color illustrations.


ALT•4•1

ALT•4•1

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  • Author: Michael A. Occhionero
  • Publisher: AOS Publishing Inc
  • ISBN: 1999110528
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 265

In the turn 2099, the world has become starkly divided between the progress-obsessed Metropolis, and the isolated, exploited outside. In the Metropolis, the Users have become entirely dependent on their ever-expanding grid. Sustained through Poplar Corp.’s updates, the technologically enhanced Users work in unison toward their final end, ALT•4•1- an update that will alter the User in ways unimaginable. However, after a lifetime building Poplar Corp. and the Metropolis from the ground up, Dr. Mulligan has had an epiphany. With Beall’s help, Dr. Mulligan has rallied an organized pushback against the Users. The outsiders will not go down without a fight, even if they don’t know exactly who, or what they are fighting against… Exploring humankind’s relations with technology, ALT•4•1 is an inquisition into what it truly means to be human.