After a Short Hiatus…
Dear Readers, I hope 2014 is going well! After a short hiatus, I am back to writing this blog where I document commentaries on fame and journey in exploring celebrity culture. The hiatus does not mean time stopped. On the contrary, I had abundant moments filled with travels, talks, readings, choreography, writing, publications, and gifts that I would love to share! To be honest, I don’t know where to start as I am always in the middle of a journey, literally and metaphorically. Maybe I will start with a serendipitous moment that I still embrace with honour and dignity – the moment when our...
Read MoreTAJ Brings Dazzling Light to Canadian Art
Dear Celebrity Culture Readers, The royal fame in dance-theatre TAJ carries a burning passion of love. The production also adds a dazzling light to Canadian arts and meaning of stardom. It is with honour and pleasure that I have written about this production and it has been shared by Scully Love Promo. Founded by Christine Bode, Scully Love Promo works primarily with touring musicians, singer-songwriters, and authors and is proud to count Grammy winners, Juno winners and Canadian Folk Music Award winners among her clientele. Starring Kabir Bedi and Lisa Ray, TAJ is currently on a tour...
Read MoreWalking with Lou Reed on the Wild Side
Dear Readers, It has been a while since I posted my personal thoughts on fame-based practices. Before I share my latest journey in critical studies of fame, let me speak a few words on Lou Reed who we lost yesterday. As you may know, Lou Reed has been an iconic figure in rock n’ roll. As Christine Bode (www.scullylovepromo.com) highlights, his group Velvet Underground caught attention of icons such as Andy Warhol, The New York Dolls, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, and U2. In his famous song “Walk on the Wild Side,” Reed documented journeys of iconic...
Read MoreCall for Papers on the Academy Awards 2013
From Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) CALL FOR PAPERS: All About Oscar, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Academy Awards A special themed issue of Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA-PGN Deadline for abstracts: 8th January 2014 The 85th Academy Awards, held on Sunday 24th February 2013, was watched by 40 million Americans and hundreds of millions more in over 200 countries worldwide. It is the biggest media event of the year, blasted by some as nothing more than self-indulgent nonsense, praised by others as an important cultural...
Read MoreCFP ‘Film Festival Activism: Actors, Spectators, Social Change’
Dear Celebrity Culture Readers, Our understanding of stable forms of identity and relations often occurs during the production and reception of blockbuster films and fame-based practices. Dr Sonia Tascon and Dr. Tyson Wils appropriately point out that film festivals were originally established to subvert the dominance of Hollywood, promote national cinemas, and empower social change. Tascon and Wils prompt us to consider critical engagement with the idea of ‘social change’ in human rights / activist film festivals and ask: how do these film festivals encourage the spectator...
Read MoreThe Exotic ‘Other’ in Hollywood
Dear Readers, As you may know, Pitbull has teamed up with former Miss World and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra for new single ‘Exotic’. For some, Marshall McLuhan’s “global village” may appear closer to a reality in this world. However, a close reading of the video reveals that the production imagines breaking the world into pieces. Bollywood is a cultural construct in which the place ‘Bombay’ and its lived experiences often disappear in global formats of productions. It appears to be changing in unique ways that favour multiculturalism. At the...
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