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  Who’s Stalking Whom: Eli Roth and the Blueberries

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  June 17, 2010

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  The chorus pronounces: I’m your biggest fan/ I follow you until you love me/ Paparazzi, and it remains ...
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  Cruise Control: The Battle Over the Celebrity Image

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  Erin Meyers Oakland University

  August 12, 2013

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  coverage of his private image. I’m not suggesting either one of these is the “true” Tom Cruise, but rather ...
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  The Black-list

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  Racquel Gates College of Staten Island, CUNY

  March 25, 2015

  gotta understand is I’m actually famous, you’re more Black famous.” The joke reveals an interesting ...
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  Contemplating the Franchise, the Fandom and the Celebrity Juggernaut of the Twilight Saga

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  Jennifer Stevens Aubrey University of Missouri

  July 02, 2010

  a life outside of the text. Edward and Bella’s story is scripted; Robsten’s “story” is not. Rumors about ...
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  Following the Tiger Trail: The Public Trial of Tiger Woods

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  Brandeise Monk-Payton Brown University

  May 19, 2010

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  Following the Tiger Trail: The Public Trial of Tiger Woods Tiger Woods tabloid scandal Nike celebrity Curator's Note Over the past few months, the Tiger Woods sex scandal has reached new heights of media frenzy in the amount of public scrutiny surrou ...
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  Relationships & Revenge: Why the Rob Kardashian/Blac Chyna Celebrity Feud Matters

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  Stefanie Davis Kempton Penn State Altoona

  September 20, 2017

  Institute, 1 in 10 women under the age of 30 have been threatened with the possibility of revenge porn. The ...
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  'Crying for Justin Bieber' and Negotiating Affective Fan Performance

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  Lindsay H. Garrison University of Wisconsin, Madison

  June 15, 2010

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  'Crying for Justin Bieber' and Negotiating Affective Fan Performance Justin Bieber fannish engagement fandom children celebrity Curator's Note The clip on the left features 3-year-old Cody, known for tearfully explaining her love for tween ...
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  Performing Proximity to Fame in RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me?

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  Justin Owen Rawlins The University of Tulsa

  July 29, 2019

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  Performing Proximity to Fame in RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me? podcast celebrity fandom music performance Curator's Note “This is RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me?,” begins Scott Aukerman at the outset of every episode of his co-hosted podcast, “the comprehensive ...
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  Already Out Queer Celebrity: Kate McKinnon’s Post-Closet Representational Politics

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  March 11, 2020

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  Already Out Queer Celebrity: Kate McKinnon’s Post-Closet Representational Politics queer LGBTQ television comedy celebrity Curator's Note The coming-out-as-media event dates to the 1970-80s, with pronouncements (by turns saucy and poignant) from such ...
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  We Want You: Transmedia Performances of Fan Devotion, Desire, and Domination

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  Louisa Stein Middlebury College

  June 18, 2010

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  We Want You: Transmedia Performances of Fan Devotion, Desire, and Domination twitter transmedia fandom fan video fan authorship celebrity Curator's Note Supernatural guest star turned series regular, Misha Collins, has used twitter to mobilize a voca ...

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