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What Price Fame? - Where Egos Dare
What is celebrity? 'Where Ego's Dare' takes an inside look at the lives of the Hollywood A-list, exposing their narcissism, vanity and addictions. The programme examines the pressure of coping with fame and the media frenzy that first creates and then destroys celebrities. Exclusive interview with Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Cherise Leana Bangs, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Beyonce Knowles, Shakira, Madonna, Daniel Radcliffe and many more. What is celebrity? 'Where Ego's Dare' takes an inside look at the lives of the Hollywood A-list, exposing their narciss... more
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Fan-tasia (What Price Fame?)
Catch the full episode at:
http://www.xbb.tv/v2/hi/watch/premium...
Without the fans it's a short shelf-life for a celebrity. They buy the movie tickets, they watch the television shows, they buy the albums but they also eliminate the stars' privacy. Featuring the fans some call crazy and the stars who deal with them on a daily basis. 'Fan-Tasia' looks at the world of celebrity worship as we shine the spotlight on the media and its obsession with celebrity news and gossip. Catch the full episode at: http://www.xbb.tv/v2/hi/watch/premium... ... more -
What Price Fame? - Look Who's Stalking
When does a fan become a danger? Today anything goes and intimate access to a celebrity's life could, for some, blur the distinction between reality and fantasy. 'Look Who's Stalking' examines the increasing problem celebrities face from stalkers, and delves into the pathological minds of fans suffering from mental illness.
Check out the the full episode at:www.xbb.tv When does a fan become a danger? Today anything goes and intimate access to a celebrity's life could, for some, blur the distinct... more -
Kate Middleton auditions police protection officers
Kate Middleton is said to be trying out various police protection officers, to see who she feels most comfortable with.
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Ricky Gervais "feared fame"
In an interview with the Independent, Ricky Gervais talks about his thoughts on fame.
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Mega-Microcelebrity
Microcelebrity is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions but to a small group -- a thousand people, or maybe only a few dozen. This phenomenon is seen most prevalently in the online world of social networks, blogs, and vlogs. Aaron Krane was the marketing manager for Technorati and the former host of the web TV show Buzz! He's often recognized at tech events, knows how to pose for pictures, and obsessively counts how many photos have been tagged of him on Facebook - all factors that contribute to his microcelebrity status. We'll follow Aaron as he shows us how, in this era of global and internet communities, who's a celebrity and why, may not really matter - as long as you get your 15 minutes somehow. Microcelebrity is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions but to a small group -- a thousand people, or maybe onl... more
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Fame to be remade
28 hyear later, the movie Fame is to be remade. Apprently some of the original cast members may play teachers in the remake, and it will have 'all new songs' apart from the title theme tune. Phew. 28 hyear later, the movie Fame is to be remade. Apprently some of the original cast members may play teachers in the remake, and it wi... more
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Performing Arts H.S.
Learn a little bit about what it's like to attend a performing arts high school from actress Melonie Diaz who went to the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City.
Melonie can currently be seen in "Hamlet 2." Learn a little bit about what it's like to attend a performing arts high school from actress Melonie Diaz who went to the Profess... more -
Kurt Cobain Murdered?
From my investigation, the evidence points in that direction
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Perez Hilton sex tape! (chismetime.com)
Latina gossip queen, La Coacha wants to be famous so she turns to the Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton, for advice. He tells her that success these days comes from making a sex tape (ex. Kim Kardashian).
Visit www.chismetime.com for all the up-to-date Hollywood chisme! Latina gossip queen, La Coacha wants to be famous so she turns to the Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton, for advice. He tells her that ... more -
Emissioni CO2: le classifiche dei Paesi più inquinanti
Nei giorni scorsi il tema delle emissioni di CO2 nell'atmosfera ha avuto ampio risalto su ogni mezzo di informazione, anche perchè, insieme a quello della fame nel mondo, è stato trattato nel corso del vertice G8.
Affrontare un problema significa, innanzitutto, conoscerne i termini e, a partire da questi, risolverlo. Le classifiche dei Paesi più inquinanti ci restituiscono il quadro della situazione dal quale far emergere le migliori politiche per risolvere il problema delle emissioni di CO2 attraverso la loro progressiva diminuzione.
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Emissioni CO2
Emissioni di CO2 nell’atmosfera: e’ necessario ridurne drasticamente il quantitativo.
L’Europa e’ impegnata a ridurre del 20% le emissioni entro il 2020, il G8 ha raggiunto un’intesa per una riduzione del 50% entro il 2050. Quali sono i Paesi che oggi inquinano maggiormente? La graduatoria vede in testa la Cina con il 24% di emissioni di CO2 nel 2007. Gli USA sono al secondo posto col 21% seguiti dall’UE con il 12%. L’India si attesta al quarto posto con l’8% e la Russia al quinto col 6%. Nel resto del mondo le emissioni di CO2 ammontano al 29%. Questi i dati percentuali assoluti.
Quando si rapportano i dati assoluti di emissioni di CO2 al numero di abitanti la situazione cambia drasticamente: sempre nel 2007 la graduatoria vede in testa gli USA con circa 19 tonnellate di CO2 pro capite, il secondo posto spetta alla Russia con circa 12 tonnellate, l’UE 15 e’ al terzo posto con oltre 8 tonnellate, la Cina al quarto con 5 tonnellate e l’India al quinto con circa 1,5 tonnellate.
Rapportando le emissioni al PIL, prendendo come riferimento il 2004, la situazione cambia nuovamente: il primo posto e’ di nuovo della Cina con 1 Kg per ogni dollaro di PIL, segue l’India con 0,6 Kg/US$ PIL, gli USA con 0,5 Kg/US$ Pil, il Giappone e l’UE con 0,3 Kg/US$ PIL.
Notiamo che quanto piu’ un’economia e’ avanzata, tanto meno risulta essere inquinante in rapporto al PIL, ma nello stesso tempo quanto piu’ un’economia e’ forte, tanto piu’ contribuisce all’aumento dell’inquinamento in rapporto alla popolazione. Sembra quasi un cane che si morde la coda: prendiamo la Cina, risulta meno inquinante rispetto alla popolazione, ma piu’ inquinante rispetto al PIL. Ora ci troveremo, se e’ vero l’assunto iniziale (che sembra verificato dal caso degli USA), in una situazione in cui man mano che l’economia cinese si rafforzera’, si ridurra’ la sua capacita’ inquinante in rapporto al PIL, ma amnetera’ in rapporto alla popolazione. Vogliamo sostenere che il modello di sviluppo attuale, in buona sostanza, migliora le condizioni di vita per alcuni aspetti (per es. disponibilita’ di beni di consumo, comunicazioni, livelli culturali, ecc.) ma le peggiora per altri (per es. maggiori consumi = maggiore inquinamento). Sempre piu’ importante e’ l’attenzione che deve porsi sulla questione della sostenibilita’ dello sviluppo e sulla razionalizzazione dei consumi che non puo’ non significare anche una ridistribuzione del prodotto globale. I paesi ricchi, in qualche modo, devono ridurre i propri livelli di consumo a favore dell’innalzamento di quelli dei paesi piu’ poveri. Nei giorni scorsi il tema delle emissioni di CO2 nell'atmosfera ha avuto ampio risalto su ogni mezzo di informazione, anche perch... more -
Speriamo che il G8 non si riduca solo a questo!
Parlare, ma solo parlare? Mi auguro che tutti i partecipanti al banchetto (lo chiamano working lunch) stiano pensando a quanti, per lo più bambini, in Africa e in tanti altri Paesi poveri del mondo, muoiono di fame.
Mi auguro che dopo aver pensato agiscano e, comunque, noi tutti dobbiamo chiedere ed ottenere che il problema della fame nel mondo sia risolto al più presto. Parlare, ma solo parlare? Mi auguro che tutti i partecipanti al banchetto (lo chiamano working lunch) stiano pensando a quanti, per lo... more -
Miley Cyrus on Vanity Fair scandal: "It still hurts"
Miley Cyrus says she is still recovering from her topless Vanity Fair photo scandal.
"I was embarrassed ... but also it's like, every career thing that I do can't be perfect, and sometimes my decisions are wrong," she tells Billboard in a new interview. Miley Cyrus says she is still recovering from her topless Vanity Fair photo scandal. ... more -
Zombies creator OK with being "the jackass" on Facebook
Blake Commagere created the all the widgets you hate most on Facebook — the Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires and Slayers...
You'd think Blake would hide from publicity given his monstrous creations, but no... saying how "totally wrong" people are who (like us) say that Facebook apps should be useful instead of annoying:
"For people to say that only utility apps are going to rule on Facebook –- anyone under that impression is totally wrong. Because utility is boring. Looking for a job? Who gets excited about that? And who does it every weekend?..."
Blake would have a point if Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires and Slayers were anywhere near as fun as Hollywood or traditional videogames. But they aren't. They're more like spitting on the wall at the same times as your friend and seeing who's loogey reaches the ground first...
Our suspicion? That Commagere knows this and has intentionally created the most annoying things on the Internet since HampsterDance.com as some sort of Faustian deal with the devil. He even hinted at this in his interview:
"If I’m going to get remembered as 'you're the jackass that did that the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen,' I’ll still take that over falling into obscurity." Blake Commagere created the all the widgets you hate most on Facebook — the Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires and Slayers... ... more -
Ossa somale.
Ossa a fior di pelle immortalate da un fermo immagine nel video sulle conseguenze del conflitto somalo in cui sono morti circa 2000 civili durante l'anno. A richiamare l'attenzione su questo tragico scenario è l'ONG Medici Senza Frontiere. Ossa a fior di pelle immortalate da un fermo immagine nel video sulle conseguenze del conflitto somalo in cui sono morti circa 2000 ci... more
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FREE RICE: INGLESE E BENEFICENZA IN UN CLICK
Volete migliorare il vostro inglese e contemporaneamente aiutare a combattere la fame nel mondo? Allora visitate il sito FreeRice e testate la vostra conoscenza dei vocaboli inglesi. Per ogni parola che comparirà (random) sul sito dovrete scegliere il sinonimo o il significato corretto tra cinque alternative proposte. Ogni parola indovinata equivale a 10 chicchi di riso devoluti a popolazioni che soffrono la fame, 5 parole = 50 chicchi e così via. Perciò più giocate e più offrirete riso (quando si sbaglia un vocabolo il sistema dovrebbe automaticamente abbassare il livello di difficoltà).
Il riso dato in beneficienza è finanziato dalle aziende sponsor che compaiono con il loro banner nella parte inferiore della pagina e sarà poi distribuito dal Programma Alimentare Mondiale (World Food Program) delle Nazioni Unite che collabora con 75 paesi del mondo.
Idea semplice, utile e divertente.
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Fabio Miggiano & Nicola Cozzoli
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Welcome to the fame revolution
The elite ranks of the famous, usually reserved for broadcast or traditional media celebrities, are now being infiltrated by the likes of web celebs like Schultz.
"We made him, made them, famous," Weinberger said while showing photographs of the Star Wars Kid, Obama Girl, the home page of Turkish net fad Mahir and clips of YouTube's ubiquitous laughing babies. Weinberger went on to describe the current state of the fame game, saying that the traditional model of Hollywood megacelebrity is "based on alienation" -- a model, Weinberger says, that opens the door for us to reinterpret our notions of fame.
"[Hollywood celebrities] cease to be famous when we see them as they are," a concept he demonstrated by showing several gossip magazine pictures of celebrities without their makeup. "Blogging, however, is all about taking off the 'makeup.' They're exposing themselves as fallible human beings."
The same holds true for the rest of the web celebs. "What's famous on the web looks like it was done by a human hand," said Weinberger, while showing a Homestar Runner graphic. "They still feel like ours."
"It's not just the homespun quality of what's famous on the web. It's how fame works -- it's becoming much more DIY," said Weinberger. "Fame is now living in a long tail, or a long continuum of ways to be famous." The elite ranks of the famous, usually reserved for broadcast or traditional media celebrities, are now being infiltrated by the likes... more -
World's most whipped men ... ouch!!
Guy Ritchie is one, Eminem is another. Then there's Woody Allen, Rupert Murdoch, Ashton Kutchter, Michael Douglas and more ... GQ Magazine slideshows the 25 most whipped men on earth.
Michael Douglas has probably got the worst deal - his pre-nup apparently allows Catherine Zeta to bank $1.5 million for every year they're married and $5 million if he ever cheats on her. She appears way too smart for a Welsh woman ;-) Guy Ritchie is one, Eminem is another. Then there's Woody Allen, Rupert Murdoch, Ashton Kutchter, Michael Douglas and more ... GQ... more -
Fame At An Early Age Will Send You Knuts (Just Ask Britney)
by Nicole
Regardless of whether you're a man, woman or beast, it seems fame at an early age is not good for your mental health. The Daily Mail is reporting that Berlin Zoo's most famous resident, Knut, the once über cuddly polar bear cub, has grown up to become a "publicity-addicted psycho."
Knut and his twin brother were born in December 2006. Their mother, 20-year old Tosca, caught a serious case of post-partum depression, and rejected the cubs, who were subsequently rescued by zoo workers. Sadly Knut's brother died after just 4 days, but Knut survived, spending 44 days in an incubator before being hand reared by zookeeper Thomas Dörflein.
In March 2007 the German tabloid Bild-Zeitung carried a quote from Frank Albrecht, a radical animal rights activist, who claimed it would be better for Knut to die than be raised by humans "as a domestic pet." A massive public outcry ensued, and Knut shot to fame worldwide. 400 journalists showed up for his public debut, and the bear became the zoo's superstar poster child. Visitors increased by 30% after Knut graced the covers of newspapers and glossy magazines, such as the German edition of Vanity Fair, and merchandising, book and film deals followed. But fame took its toll on the impressionable cub.
"He is addicted to the whole show, the human adulation. It is not healthy," said Markus Roebke, who is a key member of Knut's human entourage. Roebke would like to see Knut enter rehab far away from the glare of the public spotlight. "Knut must go, and the sooner the better."
"We are not allowed to have contact with him any more and have received letters that if we breach this order our jobs are on the line. He is too unpredictable to play with now,' Roebke continued. "He actually cries out or whimpers if he sees that there is not a spectator outside his enclosure ready to ooh and aah at him...When the zoo had to shut because of black ice everywhere he howled until staff members stood before him and calmed him down."
It is estimated that Knut has earned his zoo over $12 million since his birth. That may seem like a lot, but Knut has a lot of catching up to do if he is to rival the earning power of fellow child star Britney Spears, whose economy is estimated by Porfolio.com to be worth $110 million to $120 million annually. Like Britney, Knut's dad is trying to get in on the action, with Neumünster Zoo (the conservators of Knut's father) threatening to file a lawsuit demanding a share of the spoils. Sadly, Knut and Britney have far too much in common. Perhaps they should hit group therapy together before they both turn into Gary Coleman (it'd break our heart to see Knut doing infomercials).
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Michael Jackson's family seek Devon hideaway
The family of Michael Jackson, the pop star, may move to Devon to escape the media spotlight...not so secret now...
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