Celebrities - Topics

Why are celebrity feuds so fascinating? Why do we enjoy gossip about celebrities? Why do celebrities start beauty brands? Being related to someone famous changes how strangers treat you. Why do courts seem to go easier on famous defendants? The strange loneliness of being recognized everywhere and truly known by no one A lot of famous people are broke and a lot of rich people are complete nobodies. Being the famous one in a family changes every dinner conversation forever. Why reality television produces celebrities with no trade to fall back on The exact moment a private citizen becomes public property Publicists who bill more per hour than the celebrities they represent Getting famous at fifteen ruined my ability to make friends my own age. How much does a celebrity actually get paid to show up at a club for twenty minutes? Celebrity lookalikes who make a full-time living just by resembling someone else Why are so many people famous for absolutely nothing? Why we still call someone by a nickname they dropped decades ago What happens backstage in the ninety seconds after someone wins an award? Do you tell a famous friend that a rumor about them is everywhere? Paparazzi economics: who actually pays for the photograph How do you become famous on purpose when you have no talent and no connections? What it costs to keep a famous person's private life private for a year A star on the Walk of Fame costs a fee and requires the celebrity to attend. What a celebrity endorsement contract really buys How social media let celebrities bypass magazines and talk shows A celebrity registry office wedding that nobody found out about for three years What happens when two artists claim the same nickname How celebrity publicists build a persona that survives bad press The comeback playbook: how a faded star rebuilds a career What happens to a child star after the cameras stop The A-list B-list C-list hierarchy explained by someone who has been on all three How many people does it take to run one celebrity's life? Whose job is it to tell a celebrity what the internet is saying about them?