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A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention therefore, one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued. On the other hand,mass entertainment personalities such as soap opera actors or music stars are likely to become celebrilies, even if the person deliberately avoids media attention.
Each culture and region has its own independent celebrity system, with a hierarchy of popular fim, television, and sports stars, Celebrities who are very popular in one country might be unknown abroad, except with culturally.related groups, such as within a diaspora. in some cases, a country-level celebrity might command some attention outside their native country, but not to the degree that they can be considered a global celebrity.
Subnational entities or regions, or cultural communifies (linguistic, ethnic, religious) also have their own "celebrity systems", especially in linguistically or culturally-distinct regions such as Quebec and Wales. Regional radio personalities, newscasters, politicians or communitly leaders can be considered as local or regional celebrities.
A local celebrity can be more of a household name than a national celebrity and may often experience the same type of attention from the public as a national celebrity albeit in the confines of their particular region, For examplein New York City, fashion designer Marisol Deluna ls well known for her design work to the Park Avenue set, but perhaps would not be recognized as easily in Greenwich Village, a nearby neighborhood in Manhattan.In a smaller country, linguistic or cultural community, a figure will be less likely to gain a broader celebrity. For example, Spanish actors Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who were country-level celebrifies in their native
Spain, were able to become global celebrities only after they became Hollywood aclors in English-speaking films English-speaking media commentators and journalists will sometimes refer to celebrities as A-List, B-List, C-List, D.List or Z-List. These informal rankings indicate a placing within the hierarchy. However, due to difering levels of celebrity in different regions, it is difficult to place people within one bracket. An objective method of placing
celebrities from any country into categories from A-Llst to H.List based an their number of Google hits has been proposed, but while this method is quantitative, it only works for individuals with distinctive names, e.g. JasonMewwes, not Kevin Smith.
In the 1970s, academics began analyzing the phenomenon of celebrity and stardom. in Bob Greene's article "The New Stardom That Doesn't Require Paying Any Dues," he argues that for "most of man's history.. people of talent would work to create something - something writlen, something painled, something sculpted, somethingacled out - and it would be passed on to audiences." With the rise of realily TV shows, Greene poinis out that audiences have been tured into the creators, Hie argues that the "alleged slars of the realily shows "Survivor" and Big Brother' have become farous not for doing, but merely for being."
Celebrities often have fame comparable to that of royalty. As a result, there is a strong public curiosity about theiiprivate affairs. Celebrities may be resented for their accolades, and the public may have a love/hate relationship with celebrities. Due to the high visibility of celebrities' private lives, their successes and shortcomings are often made very public. Celebrities are alternately portrayed as glowing examples of perfection, when they garner awards
or as decadent or immoral if they become associated with a scandal.Clive James, the Australian writer, broadcaster and performer, wrote a book on the phenomenon of fame in the 20ticentury. He contends that true fame was almost unknown before the 20th century, because of the lack of alobamass media, and the first true media celebrity was Charles Lindbergh, initially because of his aviation teats and latebecause of the tragic kidnapping and murder of his son.
James points out that celebrity eventually became distinctly different from fame, resulting in the phenomenon of people who are famous for being famous. He cites Elizabeth Taylor as an early example, whose private life made her more of a celebrity than her film career had. He also contends that fame sometimes backfires on those whoseek it by depriving them of their privacy for life, a point ilustrated by the rise of the paparazzi and their fanaticdesire for pictures and personal stories about celebrities.
1.By citing the example of "diaspora", the author indicates that diaspora
A. don't have the condition to foster celebrities since they scatter all over the world.
B. belong to a cosmopolitan community that shares the celebrity of their own culture
C. don't have their own independent celebrity system in their community.
D. hold an exclusive culture whose celebrities are difficult to be accepted by others
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