News tagged with celebrity
You can control your Marilyn Monroe neuron
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific first, researchers have been able to demonstrate the ability of humans to control the activity of individual brain cells.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (27) |
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Mirror mirror (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women are attracted to men who look like a masculine version of them, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2009 |
3.4 / 5 (10) |
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Study: Celebrity endorsements do not help political candidates
If you're running for office - and want to shore up support from young voters - you want Hollywood's support, right? Wrong. Two new studies from North Carolina State University show that young voters are not swayed by celebrity ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
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Celebrity journalism may contribute positively to consumer health behaviors: researchers
Celebrity journalism is often considered to be without merit, discounted due to its sensational details and lack of news value. MU researchers now say that celebrity journalism may be an underappreciated way to communicate ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2010 |
4 / 5 (2) |
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Benign envy sells iPhones, but malicious envy drives consumers to BlackBerries
People are willing to pay more for products that elicit their envy -- but that's only when they are motivated by a positive, benign form of envy, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2010 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
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Celebrity tracker 'app' for Android smartphones
Startup Scoopler was inviting owners of Android-powered smartphones to install an application that promises to alert them every time a celebrity is sighted nearby.
Apr 09, 2011 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top
(AP) -- Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.
Jul 04, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (2) |
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Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news
(AP) -- Taiwanese regulators have turned down an application for a television license from a Hong Kong company whose local affiliate conquered the Internet earlier this month with a fanciful video of golf ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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From Koogle to Yideotube, efforts to provide a kosher Internet
From a drab office in this ultra-Orthodox Jewish stronghold, three devout young women hunch over computers and surf the Internet - looking for pornography, celebrity gossip and a laundry list of other items banned by their ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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George Clooney or Saddam Hussein? Why do consumers pay for celebrity possessions?
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds some light into why someone would pay $48,875 for a tape measure that had belonged to Jackie Kennedy or $3,300 for Bernie Madoff's footstool.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Why more African Americans turn to Twitter
It doesn't matter if you're black or white. If you're interested in celebrity and entertainment news, you're more likely to start using Twitter, according to a new Northwestern University study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Sociologist: Tiger Woods' Example Neither Reflects Nor Threatens the Image of Marriage
(PhysOrg.com) -- University at Buffalo sociologist Sampson Blair says Tiger Woods' alleged rampant infidelities don't affect the status of marriage and the family because his lifestyle and wealth are regarded by most Americans ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
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Divorce is Costly for Women
From supermarket tabloids to the New York Times, the financial costs of divorcing are widely publicized with every celebrity split-up. Now a scholarly study has documented divorce’s significant impact on women’s ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2011 |
3 / 5 (1) |
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Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake quit networking sites
Singers Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake are among the celebrities who have decided to temporarily exit social networking websites to help raise money for needy children, local media reported.
Nov 29, 2010 |
2 / 5 (1) |
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NY Times, Huffington Post exchange barbs
The gloves are off between a pair of Old and New Media heavyweights. Bill Keller, executive editor of the venerable New York Times, and Arianna Huffington, founder of brash newcomer The Huffington Post, exchanged ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
1 / 5 (2) |
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Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. The term is synonymous with wealth (commonly denoted as a person with fame and fortune), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public. Celebrities are primarily individuals who work as film and television actors and actresses, athletes, musicians, and a host other media-based professions, particularly within the spheres of the sports and entertainment (e.g. music, film, television, radio, modeling, literature etc.).
Modern day celebrities are generally prominent media figures, especially within the fields of sports and entertainment, and to a lesser extent, politics and business. Though celebrities come from many different working fields and facets of everyday life, most celebrities are typically associated with individuals that come from the fields of sports and entertainment or a person who is a public figure in that is commonly recognizable in mass media.
Various careers are associated with celebrity status, predominantly within the fields of sports and entertainment that produce prominent athletes such as golfer Tiger Woods, hockey player Wayne Gretzky, or basketball player Michael Jordan or major entertainment figures such as models Sofía Vergara and Adriana Lima, authors J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter and Stephanie Meyer of Twilight, pop singers Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, radio personalities Don Imus and Howard Stern, political pundits Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, television talk show hosts Barbara Walters, Larry King and Oprah Winfrey, movie actresses Julia Roberts and Hilary Swank, television actors Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher, national television correspodents Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, and Meredith Viera or comedians Ellen Degeneres, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno and George Lopez.
While people may gain celebrity status as a result of a successful career in a particular field (primarily in the areas pertaining towards sports and entertainment, in other cases, people become celebrities due to media attention for their extravagant lifestyle or wealth (as in the case of a socialite) such as Paris Hilton, Ivanka Trump, or Kim Kardashian; for their connection to a famous person (as in the case of a relative of a famous person, such as Chaz Bono); or even for their misdeeds (as in the case of a well-known criminal such as Ronnie Biggs and Casey Anthony). Celebrities may be known around the world (e.g., pop star Michael Jackson), within a specific country (e.g., a top Australian rugby player); or within a region (e.g., a local TV news anchor).
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