Comments on: The End of Celebrity?

By: Moral Panics and Music Journalism | GLOBAL MUSIC STAR

Moral Panics and Music Journalism | GLOBAL MUSIC STAR — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:08:55 +0000

[...] In the words of author and American urban studies theorist Richard Florida, “Not so fast.” With regards to Michael Jackson’s passing and many news outlets proposing the end of celebrity in our culture, he had this to say: [...]

By: celebs

celebs — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:05:26 +0000

Keep working ,splendid job!

By: Marius

Marius — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:58:44 +0000

Does roots still exist?

By: Social media the death of celebrity? I think not.

Social media the death of celebrity? I think not. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:18:50 +0000

[...] Celebrity in this day and age of global and instant information exchange through social media is something quite different than it was even a generation ago. And with successive introductions of new technology and mediums for creative types to use and abuse there have come successive warnings of the death of celebrity. This once again is what the Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger presumes when he informs us that celebrity has lost its meaning, and that the golden age of mega stars being previously clubbed into a coma by Anna Nicole Smith, has officially died with Michael Jackson . How many more weeks before we can stop mentioning MJ in a blog btw? But Richard Florida thinks quite otherwise. According to Florida: [...]

By: Clyde Smith

Clyde Smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:17:44 +0000

In the trenches of web publishing, we’re all seeing a huge shift to celebrity coverage. So many bloggers cover celebrities because that’s what brings in the traffic.

In hip hop blogging the shift has been incredible over the last five years.

Barack is the biggest current world star and the mixed race angle is interesting but, generally speaking, the biggest world stars of my lifetime have been black, Muhammed Ali, Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan, though Michael Jackson’s identity as a black man gets complicated due to whatever he was up to cosmetically.

But, if you want to discuss the first celebrity, I’d suggest looking at religion and warfare. Buddha, Jesus, that God guy, Alexander the Great. Unless, of course, you define celebrity in a certain way that leaves out such figures.

Maybe you guys are talking about celebrity in a way that cuts out Buddha.

Since you’re playing the academic card here, you should share your definition from the beginning, otherwise you end up with a relatively intelligent barroom exchange.

In the pseudo academic world of Wikipedia:
“A celebrity is a person who is famously recognized in a society.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity

So Buddha gets my vote!

By the way, M.I.A.’s relatively minor in the world of celebs. But she’s cool anyway!

By: Mike L.

Mike L. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:13:35 +0000

You can make a lot of money out of being “The Last of …”.
Remember Sophie Tucker? The “Last of the Red Hot Mammas”? And “The Last of the Blonde Bombshells” and even “The Last of the Mohicans”!