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Celebrity Spotting at Spinning in Los Angeles

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Exhibition, Fame, Freedom, Inhibition, Paparazzi, Exercise, People Watching, Balance, Celebrity, Spinning, Class, Privacy, Living News
Lisa Guest

When Ms. Celebrity entered the mirrored room, I was stunned. It's only because she's been famous her whole life that most people would recognize her.

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Hot Celebrity Gossip!

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fame, Friends, Celebrity, Primates, Research, Social Networking, Entertainment News
Michael Kaplan

Our partners, our relatives, our neighbors and friends may not be glamorous or wealthy, but they can offer something that Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise never can: they actually care about us.

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Individualism Run Amok

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Criticism, Success, Fame, Free-Market, Individualism, Fortune, Democracy, Self-Loathing, The Balanced Life, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I was surprised to read the other day that in some cultures if you are asked 'how are you?' the answer never begins with the pronoun 'I' but rather with a 'we' as in 'we are fine or not fine'.

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Why Do We Want to Be Famous?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Princess Di, Dignity, Dignitarian Society, Nobody, Malnutrition, Oscar, Marilyn Monroe, Fame, Malrecognition, Elvis, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Somebody, Rank, Rankism, Emmy, Living News
Robert Fuller

When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.

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A Weak Script Leaves Fame Players Out There On Their Own

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kelsey Grammer, Fame, Bebe Neuwirth, Dance. Vocals, Performing Arts, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

This new cast sings and dances its heart out but to no avail. In the end you won't even remember their names, and that's a shame.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Circle, The O'Jays, Imogen Heap, The Adventures, Janis Ian, Cate Bros., Rubicon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Woody Guthrie, Eric Burdon, REO Speedwagon, Otis Redding, Now That's What I Call Country, Matt Hires, Mark Schultz, Jack Ingram, Smile Empty Soul, Roy Hargrove, Billy Ocean, Cheap Trick, Rory Gallagher, David Guetta, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Matisyahu, Robert Glasper, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Cass Elliot, Neil Diamond, The Casualties, Roberta Gambarini, Patton Oswalt, George Benson, Elvis Presley, Phil Stacey, Tim Buckley, Delores O'Rioran, Carmen Appice, The Mamas & the Papas, Al Jarreau, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Entertainment News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Dukes, Paul Revere & the Raiders, 16 Horsepower, Collective Soul, Fun., Alan O'Day, Pilot, Now That's What I Call Music, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Da Housecat, Teddy Pendergrass, The Subdudes, James Carter, Adam Ant, Colbie Caillat, Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Golub, Jackie DeShannon, Island Records, Fame, Woodstock, Sounds of Blackness, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Smokie Norful, Irma Thomas, Mew, Tanya Stephens, Brian Bromberg, Willie Nelson, Jack Wagner, The New City Ramblers, Mott the Hoople, Love and Theft, New Releases, Deryl Dodd, Cross Country, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Kenny G, Jet, Niti Sawhney, Vander Graaf Generator, Sally Shapiro, John Denver, Jason Aldeean, Smokey Robinson, Taking Woodstock, Vandaveer, Najee, Selah, Needtobreathe, Latoya, Strawbs, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Advocate, Lgbt, Sony Legacy, Verve Records, Roberta Flack, Leonard Bernstein, Grammy, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Gramma Awards, Saturday Night Live, Wbai, Wnew, Miami Vice, Dar Williams, Birthers, Fox News, Cher, Teabaggers, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Mel Torme, Death Panel, Nina Simone, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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Morphing Into Celebrity

Candy Spelling | Posted 08.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Reality Shows, Fame, Game Shows, Us Weekly, L.A. Times, Aaron Spelling, Celebrities, Media News
Candy Spelling

The coverage of Janice Min's resignation from Us Weekly was particularly intriguing because she did so much to change the definition of "celebrity."

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No Limelight For Me, Thank You

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Reality TV, Fame, Celebrity, Humor, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Gliding along indistinctly through the everyday world is something I've learned to do well. A friend once said, "You're the kind of person who spends a lot of time below the radar."

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Misplaced Priorities: The Dangers of Celebrity Worship in a Dangerous World

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fame, Society, Celebrity, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News
Jeff Schweitzer

Modern media have created the false impression that we know our celebrities, but all we really know is an image. We are mourning the creation of our own imagination.

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This Isn't About Michael Jackson

Jane Devin | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tabloids, Michael Jackson, Fame, Sexual Molestation, Child Abuse, Poverty, Wealth, Culture, Entertainment News
Jane Devin

Why do we so often scramble to make excuses for the bad acts of celebrities when we wouldn't do the same for our neighbors?

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Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Medical Ethics, Michael Jackson, Dangerous Controlled Substance, Drug Addiction, Roadkill, Physicians, Celebrity Culture, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Doctor Shopping, Beverly Hills, Self-Esteem, Justice Department, Prescription Painkillers, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Just Say No, Fame, Opiates, Drug Enforcement Administration, Deepak Chopra, Drug Abuse, Heath Ledger, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Hippocratic Oath, Celebrities, Hollywood, Black Box Warning, Entertainment News
Gary Cohan

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

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No One Who Was Normal Ever Made History: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

James Arthur Ray | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Normalcy, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Jesus, Geniuses, Michael Jackson Dies, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genius, Death, Life, Icon, Fame, Tribute, Entertainment News
James Arthur Ray

Michael's life, when considered within the broader scope of highly creative people throughout history, was not really that unusual after all.

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Michael Jackson: Why He's More Adored than Shakespeare

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Fame, Michael Jackson Dies, Rudolph Valentino, Umm Kulhtum, Elvis Presley, Thriller, Entertainment News
Ahmed Rehab

Our love for entertainers is but a reflection of how deeply we cherish our personal memories, moments played against a soundtrack provided by those we then grow to love.

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A Happy Medium

Una LaMarche | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fame, Acting, Personals, Movies, Comedy, Comedy News
Una LaMarche

I have always wanted to be discovered in a supermarket. Notice I say "discovered"--I have always wanted to be famous but have never wanted to try for it, stuck as I am in an ever-vacillating battle between fear and laziness.

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Trailer Watch - Fame, The Stepfather, and 2012

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fame, Roland Emmerich, Scott Mendelson, News, Movies, Trailers, Terry O'Quinn, 2012, The Stepfather, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Between The Fifth Element, Deep Impact, and now 2012, must the president be black every time the world is about to end?

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Fame Fatale

Brooks Peters | Posted 07.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Femme Fatales, Paris Hilton, Michael Jackson, Celebutante, Fame, Hollywood, Follies, Style News
Brooks Peters

You see their boldface names and bald numb faces in the tabloids, and on all the glitzy infotainment shows (if you can bear to watch them). They are the nouveaux reachers, the celebutantes, the Cling-ons.

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Michael Jackson Springs into Summer with Santa (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris Hilton, Easter, Michael Jackson, Carolwood Sunset, Lindsay Lohan, Fame, Madonna, Britney Spears, Holmby Hills, Linda Whelton, Christmas, Star Maps, Star Homes, Michael Jackson's New House, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

The magnifying glass under which Michael Jackson has lived his entire life has exacted an obvious price. Still as we berate him we can't stop watching him -- no matter how often we think we've seen it all.

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Where Did You Go, Mia Sara?

Alex Remington | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Mia Sara, Timecop, Fame, Aging, Film, Actresses, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

Her fade into obscurity isn't a grand tragedy, just a quiet one: "it" girls have an awfully short shelf life, and once Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan took over the world, there wasn't a lot of room left in the A-list.

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The Sarah Palin Boogie

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Fame, Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Beauty Queen, Katie Couric, Caroline Kennedy, Sarah Palin Spotlight, Sarah Palin Media, Sarah Palin Media Coverage, Media News
Maggie Van Ostrand

I thought we'd heard the last of Palin's reedy voice, but no, the media plays The Sarah Palin Boogie over and over.

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"Fame" Remake A Go

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 01.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Film, Fame Remake, Fame, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth, Debbie Allen, Entertainment News

Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been tenured. The quintet has been chosen to fill out the admi...

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A Scathing Look at "Celebrity"

Colleen Perry | Posted 12.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Woody Allen, Fame, International Adoption, Mia Farrow, Children, Joaquin Phoenix, Raising Children, Celebrity Mothers, Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Celebrity, Celebrity Kids, Celebrities, Style News
Colleen Perry

It dawned on me: this is why celebrities have trouble giving up "celebrity." They're so accustomed to someone hanging on their every word; ready to fulfill every wish and desire.

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American Idolatry and Sarah Palin

Fred Goldring | Posted 10.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ruben Studdard, Fame, Taylor Hicks, American Idol, Clay Aiken, Sarah Palin, Idol, Entertainment News
Fred Goldring

Just like most of those forgotten media-manufactured celebrities who became "famous for being famous," the clock is now ticking, and the real question is whether Palin deserves more than fifteen minutes of America's time.

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The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: John Adams, Founding Fathers, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, Benjamin Franklin, Fame, Alexander Hamilton, Virtue Valor and Vanity, Celebrities, Media News
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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