Posts Tagged "stars"

Fame and the Cities

Posted by on Sep 21, 2015 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

New York City is like a star. It is either hyped or criticized. My experience of NYC was nothing like I thought. It wasn’t the mediated version of Sex and the City which, by the way, I adore. I was fortunate to be in the Upper West Side in between Central Park and Riverside Park that was eclectic, charming, calm, and vibrant at the same time. And it was there that the exciting journey of my debut book Fame in Hollywood North started. After a pre-launch reading of the book at America’s first conference on celebrity culture, it is now being presented at exclusive media events in...

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Lucky Star?

Posted by on Dec 10, 2012 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

It was Sunday morning, December 9, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. I woke up around 4:30 am with thoughts of re-birth. In Canada, my place of birth, it was my birthday. In celebrating a higher path, birthdays can be symbolic sites of re-birth. You can embrace changes that are aligned with your path. Every moment then becomes a ‘birth’ day…and every soul crossing that path is an angel. You can read my previous blog on why I did my PhD on celebrity culture in Western Australia and how gifted souls crossed my path in serendipitous ways. While reading the blog, you may have observed what I would call...

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