Tag: celebrity
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@RadioFreeBlood: James Evan Pilato on Limited Hangout
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood for the very merry month of May to talk about Bin Laden’s bookshelf, Letterman’s 33 years and phony filibusters + ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Radio Free Blood! Download/Subscribe
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.@EmWatson Touts #HeForShe Gender Equality Initiative at #Davos
from usatoday.com: Actress Emma Watson unveiled a new gender equality initiative in Davos Friday, saying the effort is aimed at bringing “an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally.” Watson, of Harry Potter fame, was tapped as the UN Women goodwill ambassador last July and has been championing the HeForShe campaign…
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Nicholas Cage visited Dracula’s castle to channel the ‘energy’
from independent.co.uk: In case you were wondering what Nicholas Cage gets up to of an evening, he sometimes likes to spend the night at Dracula’s castle. Idris Elba – who worked with the actor on 2007’s Ghost Rider – recalled the truly remarkable anecdote during a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything. “Nic Cage came back…
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Interview w/ Joan Rivers – June 27, 2014
Media Monarchy took the rare opportunity to talk to Joan Rivers about race, religion, women and money… Download/Subscribe
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Interview w/ Dr. Heather Mendick on ‘Celebrity Storylines’
These kids today… Can you believe they care more about Justin, Emma and Kim than Jesus, Judas and Zeus?! Dr. Heather Mendick of CelebYouth.org talks about her recent research project called, “The Role of Celebrity in Young People’s Classed and Gendered Aspirations.” Is it really all about authenticity – or is it just about ourselves?…
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Forget Jesus and Judas, Our Modern Morality Play Stars Justin Bieber and Emma Watson
from independent.co.uk: The novelist Catherine Aird once wrote the brilliant line, “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll have to be a horrible warning.”… Thankfully, research announced this week by the University of Manchester and Brunel University, on the effect of celebrity “storylines” on young people, seems to agree. Where once young people…
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‘Michael Jackson’ Hologram Sings, Moonwalks at Billboard Awards
from rollingstone.com: A hologram that looked like Michael Jackson performed the previously unreleased “Slave to the Rhythm” at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night. The performance began with a synchronized SWAT Team dancing until a curtain dropped and Jackson was seen sitting in a Dangerous-like throne. Then holo-Jackson (or someone impersonating MJ — it was…
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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on Hollywood’s Watergate
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to talk about the waves of abuse news coming out of the church, the state, celebrity state, the news business and, of course, Hollyweird + the headlines, ‘this day in history’ and more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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Lily Allen Releases Sheezus… and Everyone Misses The Point
from bust.com: The title track off Allen’s upcoming album, Sheezus, calls out everyone that’s tried to create unfriendly competition among women in the music industry. The media often pits women artists against each other, leaving only one number one spot. So it comes as no surprise that most of the media outlets reporting on Allen’s…
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Peaches Geldof “Non-Suspicious, But Unexplained, Sudden Death” At 25
from stuff.co.nz: Police searching Peaches Geldof’s house in the wake of her sudden death have found no evidence of hard drugs, no suicide note, and no visible signs of injury, British media reported. Model and media personality Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof and member of a talented, troubled family who…




