Essays On Entertainment

Through rich, sensory details with flowing, enjambed lines, “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner, the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions, Ruark portrays the […]

An uneasy feeling ran through my veins. Lying down upon the soft duvet, various thoughts took over my feet. The deadly silence pierced my ears. Suddenly I found myself at the front of the Victorian bay windows. Rays of light beamed thought the multicoloured leaf shaped windows, creating patterns in the deadly air. The moon […]

Every day of my life, I have written this statement not once but many times in my head. I have tried to find words that can be enough to express my feelings but no words can really bring out how I feel. It was my 17th birthday when I decided to go and celebrate from […]

SYNOPSIS It is a known fact that the best endorsements achieve an eclectic balance between the product (brand) and the celebrity. Giving a brand a ‘face’ is more than just a marketing strategy to increase sales or gain market share, it is a decision that can change the future of the brand forever. Choice of […]

Martha Stewart, and Michael Jackson are more than just names of celebrities we all know so well. Upon mentioning these names the general public would automatically associate their names with the stories of their being plastered throughout the media from talk shows, magazines, and even clothing. The media has become such a dominant part of […]

Do you have your favorite star? How often do you focus on her? Is this kind of worship influence your daily life? If so, be careful, you may have celebrity worship syndrome. “Celebrity worship” is not uncommon these days. General speaking it is an obsessive and addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved […]

Driven by a sophisticated media with purely profit driven motives, a large segment of societies around the world become consumed with the persona of a celebrity. The issue of celebrity worship becomes tasteless when learning about some of the real concerns surrounding our lives that you have discussed. However, fans become so absorbed in worshipping […]

The media plays are large roll in how many celebrities live their lives, from what their wearing to which parties they go to, and it’s how many journalists and budding photographers make their money. By following, or in many cases, stalking, people that are classed as “famous”, whether they have talent or not, if they’re […]

In this essay, I will examine the subject of celebrity culture, and discuss the role that celebrities play in contemporary societies. It is not envisaged that the essay will act as an exhaustive expose on celebrity roles, but rather, it will address specific issues that demonstrate what are arguably some of celebrity’s most significant functions. […]

We live in a culture highly obsessed with the celebrity, they play a large role in the lives of individuals, whether subconsciously aware of this or not. The space they occupy in our lives has been for the most part, unexplored. This essay attempts to explore the ways in which celebrities exert a gatekeeping control […]

In British television (www. bbc. co. uk), Sam Brenton, author of “Everyone’s A Winner,” reports that there are currently at least five extremely popular reality shows. I also find that we are not just subjected to our own versions of these reality TV shows, but we must also endure the American ones also. American Idol, […]

According to Friedman & Friedman (1979 p.63) “a celebrity endorser is an individual who is known by the public for his/her achievement in areas other than that of the product class endorsed.” This investigation examines the use of celebrity endorsement as a method of enhancing a brands image & identity. The subject at hand will […]

Nowadays, it is quite common to witness the phenomenon of celebrity endorsement. The focus has shifted towards the usage of products by popular figures. Previously, emphasis was placed on the product’s specifications and features as a means of attracting customers. However, customer awareness has grown, and there has been a shift towards promoting admired individuals […]

Using celebrities in advertising is based on the notion that they hold a distinctive cultural significance due to their image being crafted across multiple media platforms. In attributing the star with the merchandise, the product or brand inherits unique implications. Celebrities have exclusive amalgamations of meanings, pertaining to dynamic attributes such as allure, attractiveness, and […]

The pedestal on which we have put movie stars, sports figures, and famous people could give some people neck strain. We idolize them, follow their every move, and treat them as modern gods. There is a giant media subculture around the cult of personality. Gossip and news about the rich and famous is big business. […]

Now when you walk into a newsagents or a shop, what do you see? Books, magazines, newspapers which all have the news and the latest dramas of celebrities’ lives. People think that celebrities’ work hard and are great, whether they are good or bad, fake or true. But I’m here to tell you why I […]

Celebrities are branded as icons for the masses. They are usually the people whom ordinary citizens idolize. They usually set the standards when it comes to fashion, attitude and belief towards life. Through the celebrities such as artists and models, trends in different industries such as the latest and most reliable hand phone in the […]

A celebrity and a hero are definitions which are poles apart and which give distinct meanings in its use. A celebrity is portrayed as a person who has developed a “star” image. On the other hand, a hero has decided to do something which does not originally present any opportunities at self-advancement. Though many use […]

To protect celebrities from unwanted invasion of their privacy, stricter limitations should be imposed on paparazzi. These photographers are willing to go to extreme lengths, disregarding the celebrity’s emotions and even endangering their own lives, just to capture a valuable photograph. A paparazzo is a self-employed photographer who relentlessly pursues famous individuals to capture candid […]

Reaching fame is one of the most desired achievements for many people nowadays. In fact, since childhood, children identify themselves with the celebrities they see on television and they aim to be as popular as their idols. Even though, sometimes, children (and also adults) are not aware of the fact that fame can bring either […]

Citizens in a modern form of democracy are able to access more political information than ever; this information has fused with their established political knowledge and attitudes, which reflects the overall political view on the political world. Thus media has built an interactive communication approach between the government and society. This interactive communication approach can […]

Celebrities are famous people who earn a lot of money and live luxurious lives. They often have problems with paparazzi and journalists who always find out about their lives and chase them. Journalists think celebrities don’t have a right to privacy because however celebrities argue that they are normal people and therefore need privacy too. […]