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Reviews three 1997 books that attempt to unravel the origin, process, or consumption of 20th-century celebrity: Herbert G. Goldman's 'Banjo Eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom,' Leonard Leff's 'Hemingway and His Conspirators: Hollywood, Scribner's, and the Making of American Celebrity Culture,' and P. David Marshall's 'Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture.' Goldman's biography and Leff's analysis of Hemingway focus on the production of stardom, but Goldman ignores the dense cultural interplay of ideology and commerce that supports and disseminates fame. Marshall's elaborate theorizing cannot support his claim that audiences appropriate and reconceptualize Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, and New Kids on the Block. Greater periodization is needed to further the exploration of celebrity begun by these works.

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The Internet is setting a new standard for celebrity. Fame is no longer about getting "15 minutes"; it's about becoming famous to 15 people. "> text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

The Microfame Game There's a new class of celebrity powered by the Internet. The stakes are smaller, but the rewards are within anyone's reach. These are the rules Read more: The Microfame Game and the New Rules of Internet Celebrity -- New York Magazine http://nymag.com/news/media/47958/#ixzz0YQDD9oYB

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CELEBDAQ is a celebrity stock exchange game. Instead of shares in companies you buy shares in celebrities. The aim of the game: to make as much profit as you can by buying and selling 'shares' in listed celebrities.

Newspaper columnist Walter Winchell coined the term 'celebutante' in 1939, referring to socialite Brenda Frazier and other quasi-celebrities of the day. The creation of blogs has morphed the word, resulting in the proliferation of the use of the prefix 'celebu-.' New words created with 'celebu-' have been used on the Internet and in other media to describe a variety of persons with celebrity-like status, including Paris Hilton, thus illustrating the linguistic impact of blogs.

An Internet celebrity, cyberstar or online celebrity is someone who has become famous by means of the Internet. Such fame is based less upon raw numbers, as with traditional media. Instead, the wide reach of the Internet allows people to reach a narrow audience across the world and so become famous within a particular internet community. Many millions of people write online journals or weblogs. In many cases, they write anonymously or their focus is upon a specialist topic. But if the author has or develops a distinctive personality, their fame will derive from this as much as from the content of their blog.

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Eonline.com - The source for entertainment news, celebrity gossip and pictures. Get the latest fashion trends, TV, music and movie reviews, online video and more.

Since 2004, Hollywood's most hated website has been delivering the juiciest celebrity gossip. The blog is The go-to source for daily happenings in Hollywood. Written by the internet's most notorious gossip columnist, Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira).

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From penniless bloggers to geek entrepreneurs, these are the biggest and brightest stars on the Web. © Getty Images The Face of fame is changing. The ranks of the world's celebrities used to be dominated by millionaire actors, athletes and musicians, but the Internet has leveled the playing field. A kid with a video camera has access to as large an audience as the biggest Hollywood star. A mom with a blog can attract more readers than a best-selling author. And an opinionated entrepreneur can become a guru to millions.

Discusses the role of the press agent in the early 20th century in maintaining public illusions about theater celebrities. The rise of cheap daily newspapers looking for sensational news and human interest stories increased the demand for publicity. This need for news gave rise to false stories designed to enhance the image of the star performer, who often was more than willing to present a certain personality to the public. Publicity for Sarah Bernhardt's 1906 tour was an example of the rising importance of the press agent in the early 20th century.

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At first glance, Dirrty Glam resembles any trendy online magazine. It features famous faces like Lilly Allen and Sienna Miller on its cover, and combines fashion, film and music reviews with celebrity interviews. There is just one thing: Dirrty Glam's entire team, from editor in chief to public relations manager, is between 19 and 22 years old. The magazine, based in Paris, was started three years ago by Alie Suvelor, then 18 and now editor in chief. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]