Posts Tagged "film studies"

Centre for Media & Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 4th Anniversary

Posted by on Aug 7, 2017 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Celebrate Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 4th anniversary and join our pre-conference meet-and-greet at Sheraton Times Square Hotel on August 30! Thanks to our board and media for worldwide support since our launch on in August 2013. Details of our NYC conference at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism & Perth conference at University of Western Australia are given in our 50th newsletter http://bit.ly/2f474Nr – share widely! Special thanks to Celebrity Studies (Routledge), keynotes, chairs, and committee members for the upcoming conferences. Have a great month and see...

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Highlights of Bridging Gaps Chat

Posted by on Oct 14, 2016 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Last night, I had the privilege of joining Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) panelists and hosting our inaugural Bridging Gaps Twitter chat! It was 8:30 pm EST. Just wish we met over cocktails at that hour of the night or had morning coffee in Australia / Asia at that time 🙂 It is with this thought that we started our live public chat and what a powerful and memorable conversation we had! As I posted on Twitter and Instagram, I cannot believe how time flew and there were so many fascinating questions to further consider! You can now visit...

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Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies – Join Live Chat (Thursday, October 13)

Posted by on Oct 12, 2016 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

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Not-so-female Hollywood?

Posted by on Oct 3, 2016 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Published in The Political Film Blog https://politicalfilm.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/not-so-female-hollywood/ The lack of sexual diversity in Hollywood has been a critical issue that gained wide attention among movie lovers and researchers. But, as a recent University of Southern California report shows, a real change in the industry is still required. In particular, Dr Katherine Pieper points out “raised voices and calls for change are important, but so are practical and strategic solutions based on research.” So how can we implement solutions based on research, such as the one that USC...

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Bridging Gaps Live Chat – October 13

Posted by on Oct 1, 2016 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Can’t believe it’s October already! There is lot of exciting news coming up 🙂 Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) will be hosting its first Twitter chat event on the international conference theme “Bridging Gaps.” We will be focussing on Hollywood filmmaking while speaking on the use of media. This exclusive conversation will take place on October 13 (8:30 pm EST / 5:30 pm PST). Mark the date and join us with friends and colleagues. Can’t wait to see you on October 13 – counting down! In the meantime, connect on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  ...

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