Fame

Who Wants To Be a Celebrity Millionaire?

Candy Spelling | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


Candy Spelling

I'm always fascinated when "Parade" magazine publishes its annual "what people earn" report, and this week's issue was very interesting. Business mag...

Find the Cost of Freedom (of Speech)

Evan Handler | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment


Evan Handler

A recent film posits that it's the lack of immediate threat in the form of a military draft that keeps many people from forceful resistance. I doubt it's a complete explanation.

Toxic Hollywood

Steven Weber | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment


Steven Weber

The media's fixation with celebrity reflects a sick cycle of cannibalism; the young, ripe celebrity is flattered and fattened for his or her inevitable downfall and ritual slaughter.

A Culture of Fame

John Izzo | Posted 11.19.2007 | Living


John Izzo

I believe reality TV and a media culture obsessed with entertainment above all means that young people have come to believe that the path to happiness is having your fifteen minutes of glory.

The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media


Eric Burns

Alexander Hamilton was no less ambitious than Ryan Seacrest, but to Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers, fame was different then from what it is now.


 

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