The Cult of Celebrity: What Our Fascination with the Stars Reveals About Us

America’s fast-growing religion is—let’s face it—celebrity worship. From gossip magazines to entertainment TV, from blogs to ads featuring famous faces, the stars are our new gods and goddesses. But why are we so quick to put them on pedestals? Why are we even more spellbound when they topple back down to earth? The Cult of Celebrity is the first book to explore this phenomenon comprehensively and yet in eminently readable terms. In a compulsive read, Cooper Lawrence maps out the psychol

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A funny look at people and celecrities who do anything to get or stay famousWoody Allen’s portrait of the celebrity life–as seen through the eyes of a newly divorced couple–is a black-and-white, New York-style La Dolce Vita that’s a chillier flip side to Allen’s earlier New York valentine, Manhattan. Despite a few missteps, though, it’s an admirable (if dark) and worthy addition to the Allen pantheon. Kenneth Branagh and Judy Davis (both boasting American accents) star as the once-marrieds, e

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• A reporter (Kenneth Branagh) assigned to the celebrity beat finds himself on a collision course with four of the most outrageous people he”s ever met: a sensuous starlet (Melanie Griffith), an-out-of-control movie star (Leonardo DiCaprio), an aspiring actress (Winona Ryder) and a sexy supermodel (Charlize Theron). Together they”re going to take him for an unforgettable walk on the wild side of fam

With an incredible all-star cast, this critically acclaimed comedy takes a hysterical look at the pleasures and pitfalls of fortune and fame! Following their divorce, the lives of a restless writer and his inhibited ex-wife take off in outrageously unpredictable directions! While Lee (Kenneth Branagh — HAMLET, OTHELLO) explores the wilder side of his newfound freedom, Robin (Judy Davis — DECONSTRUCTING HARRY) begins an improbable transformaiton from neurotic schoolteacher to high-profile T.V.

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