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Short and sweet - a straightforward look at what it takes to become famous (or at least well known) in your chosen field. This book will show you how to develop your charisma, promote yourself to the public, and harness your star-power. |
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How to Become Famous! |
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Fame is something that many people dream of and few people achieve. The importance of fame within our society has only increased in recent years, however. You only need to turn on the television for five minutes in the evening and you’re bound to seen snippets of one of the dozen shows that current offer a fast-track to fame for the starry eyed. We’re talking, of course, about American Idol, America’s Favorite Dancer, and their various other equivalents. There’s also a bundle of quiz shows like The Weakest Link that offer a sliver of fame, the fifteen minutes that everyone might well feel entitled to nowadays. Of course, you could also take a quick look at the magazine stand on your next outing to the supermarket. Hello, Star, and People magazine all glorify fame as they typically run down the rich and famous. Another marker of how highly our society rates fame is the pop culture term, “famous for being famous”. You don’t have to be talented in any way. It’s possible to be famous simply because, well, you are. Someone can attain celebrity status for no particular reason. And we’re not talking about just a handful of people here. Check out this list of men and women who attained fame well beyond their estimated capacity for it: First on the list might be the likes of Carmen Electra. What exactly made her famous? She once upon a time released a music album (who knew?). It was a critical and commercial flop according to just about everyone. After it’s release, however, she somehow managed to stay in the public eye. Her trick was to date a whole host of celebrities. Thanks to the likes of B Real, Dennis Rodman, and Dave Navarro Carmen Electra became a household name for no reason in particular. Another individual who cashed in on their romantic ties is the notoriously unpopular Kevin Federline. Even if he was talented, at this point, he hasn’t a hope of rewriting the reason for his fame. He was, of course, married to the pop-princess of the 1990s, Britney Spears. Despite being the father of her children and having tried a whole range of ventures flying solo, Federline – whether he wanted to or not – epitomized the slacker. Most famous people are famous for being famous tend to cash in on a relationship. Another couple of examples are provided by the likes of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Paris Hilton. While Paris is relatively new to the scene, Zsa Zsa’s name appears to have stood the test of time somewhat better than her sister’s. The sister of the actress Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa didn’t have much talent to speak of. She did, however, make several notable trips down the aisle. Paris Hilton is the granddaughter of the founder of the Hilton Hotels. She is also one of the only heiresses to capitalize on her name and turned the name into outright fame. She skyrocketed to the celebrity status when a former boyfriend released a sex tape in which she featured. Although the Hiltons tried suppressing the tape, the resounding publicity was enough to get the tabloids – and just about everyone else – interested in the apparently dumb blonde. Nicole Richie, another famous for being famous, positioned herself as the best buddy of Paris Hilton and hung on to her coat tails. It was a pretty shrewd stunt. The two may have fallen out, but that only added fuel to the fire of interest surrounding the airing of the reality TV series, The Simple Life. Another very good example of the rags to riches story was that of the late Anna Nicole Smith, also known as Vicky Lynn Marshall. The stripper turned celebrity when she married an incredibly wealthy oil tycoon, John Howard Marshall. Anna Nicole became the center of a heated dispute about the division of Marshall’s vast wealth when the eighty-nine year old billionaire died shortly after the marriage. Because Anna Nicole was twenty-six at the time of the marriage, intense speculation always played out wondering whether she had married him for money. Anna Nicole didn’t exactly disappear from the limelight even after her husband’s death and after the details of the inheritance battle became too complicated to sustain public interest. On the red carpet, Anna Nicole capitalized on the so-called “dumb blonde”, Marilyn Monroe type image. She was successful in this right up to her death in February, 2007. So what does it mean to be famous and why are people so driven to celebrity? The definition of celebrity is of a person who is widely recognized, commands a high degree of public or media attention, and is otherwise well known. The word celebrity comes from the Latin adjective, “celeber”, which literally means “famous” or, as you might guess by pronouncing the word, “celebrated”. A celebrity is therefore someone who is celebrated. Generally, a celebrity is celebrated for their talents, whether they’re an actor, a singer, a musician, a sportsperson, an artist, or a business person. That said, from the examples above it’s easy to see that a person can be celebrated just for being who they are. To be famous is to be celebrated. It is perhaps the reason that fame commands such interest and respect. Who doesn’t want to be celebrated en masse? Another famous definition of celebrity is worth looking at though. Daniel Boorstin, a cultural theorist defined celebrities as people who are well known for their “well-knowness” in his book, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America. Of course, the question that an unknown must ask and answer: how do I become known? If being known is the essence of being famous, all an unknown person needs to do is tap into how they can make themselves of interested to people. |
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