Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group of unknown and unremarkable people submit themselves to the brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera, House Arrest. Although it mentions modern day celebrities such as Cyrus, Kardashian, Trump etc, it explores the distant history of celebrity from the Roman Empire up to the golden age of cinema. Entretenido de leer, con una visión muy anglosajona y con un montón de anécdotas; recuerda a los guiones del podcast que dirige el autor, "You are dead to me".

It explores the factors that have led to celebrity as a status, and gives historical examples that are amusing, sometimes a bit shocking, but also interesting.The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. We tend to think of celebrity as a fairly modern phenomenon but in Dead Famous, Greg Jenner sets out to prove that our obsession with the lifestyles, love lives and scandals of the rich and famous is something that's been going on for a long old time. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. London is an ancient city built upon the bones of its ancestors, with a rich history founded on the fascinating people who have shaped its future, forgotten yet immortal.

The novel is dedicated to the contestants of the first Big Brother series in the UK, the second Big Brother series in the UK and the first Big Brother series in Australia. He also teaches occasionally at his alma mater, the University of York, where he studied for 4 years before abandoning plans for a PhD to instead go into the TV industry. On TV, he co-hosted BBC2's INSIDE VERSAILLES discussion programme for two series, and was one of the expert panellists on BBC2’s THE GREAT HISTORY QUIZ (broadcast on Christmas Eve 2015), joining team captains Lucy Worsley and Dan Snow. The special books in this collection are based on certain groups of people, such as Inventors and Authors.I enjoyed the read and would recommend it to anyone interested in celebrity, silent movies and popular culture. He has written two previous books - A MILLION YEARS IN A DAY and DEAD FAMOUS: AN UNEXPECTED HISTORY OF CELEBRITY. You have to do something explosive to be remembered by history - so read on to find out what these dead exciting, dead famous folk did! The killer is revealed on the final night of the show to be the show's producer, who had set up the murder to attract increased ratings for the show, faking the video footage of the killer leaving the sweat-box with the aid of her deputy producer; Detective Coleridge, an amateur actor, provokes a confession by creating fake video evidence of the producer's rehearsal murders.

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