Naomi Whittemore Professor Castelluber ENG105-Winter 6 March 2016 Evil in the Music Industry One of the oldest dilemmas that has plagued the music industry are rumors that it is controlled by evil. When hearing this, many people write it off as another crazy conspiracy theory, but is it really? Well, come to think of it, music does make up a huge part of our lives. It’s played in the car, on TV shows, commercials, serves as a mood enhancer or depressor, even our favorite movies have some of the…
In a society where celebrities are the star of the show and people care more about the number of likes they have on social media than showing the people they love how much they care about them, it is easy for anyone to forget the impact they have on our society. Every person was put on this planet for a reason bigger than we can imagine, but it is our job to put in the hard work and effort to make the most of ourselves. I constantly hear people making remarks like, ¨how am I going to make a…
Stars of the Silver Screen. Different than Andy Warhol Revisited’s exhibit of his well-known pop art collection, Stars of the Silver Screen invites exhibition goers to walk through the muses and memorabilia that fuelled Warhol’s fascination with celebrities. Like flipping through the endless pages of a scrapbook, watching home videos on repeat, taking photos of everything in sight,…
Activity #1: Gender & Sexuality: Pop and Pulp The magazines I chose to represent list one for this assignment are People and Cosmopolitan and representative of list two are Vibe and Relevant. People magazine is a weekly magazine that showcases celebrity and human-interest stories. Cosmopolitan is a monthly magazine for women that features articles on relationships, sex, beauty, health and more. Vibe is a strictly online magazine that highlights R&B and hip hop artists, actors, and other…
In the market, companies are always fighting to get new and more customers. These companies don’t sell the same products but there’s still a rivalry between them : who’s going to attract the most customers. That’s the case of these two companies : Apple and Activision, which both of them produce technology supplies to customers : electronic goods for the first company and for the second, video games. Both of these companies’s ad are videos, but they show different approaches of advertising.…
The musical Singin’ In The Rain was an enjoyable experience that had myself laughing and following along with the classical music hits. Being completely honest, I’m not a person who would go to a musical on my own freewill, plays just never had my interest. I remember as a kid, my best friend was into musical movies, so had to sit through Chicago and even Singin’ In The Rain and pretended to like them. However, viewing this musical in college with young students as the actors it seemed more…
TV show 'ShadowHunters' as Clary Fray. She has had good publicity and experiences as a celebrity. Many girls (including myself) look up to her. She is one of the many stars that have had many wonderful opportunities with…
Kid celebrities are people that make mistakes just like everyone else. “Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing, when the pressure's coming down like lightning, it's like they want me to be perfect, when they don't even know that I'm hurting.” state's Justin…
and/or physically unhealthy due to their idolization turns into a bad obsession. Wait, what about these overly obsessed people who go psychotic over one publicity stunt? What’s the answer to that? According to Mark D. Griffiths in “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” celebrities are the public eye figure to call these young generations on, causing them to make that their main focus. Due to the eye catching…
the image of the team and the game they can create. Players should be held to a higher standard because since they are celebrities they have the power to spread messages to their fans and society. In a website article called, “Are Athletes Good Role Models?” from Psychology Today by Frank L Smoll Ph.D, it says that “Athletes have an incredible opportunity to use their celebrity power to…