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Michael Jackson: Victim of the Media & Entertainment Complex

Monday, 29 June 2009 9:28 A GMT+01

The death of singer Michael Jackson at the age of 50 was greeted with genuine sadness, but without great surprise. Individuals who enjoy immense celebrity and success in America so often pay a terrible price. MJ encapsulated this exploitation.

Emperor Obama [Don't Believe the Hype]

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 8:59 A GMT+01

Politics has merged with celebrity, which is reinforced by 24/7 TV news cycles. Some like the President of France marry celebrities. Others like Barack and Michelle become celebrified, sparking adulation and fostering unrealistic expectations.

Susan Boyle: Psychologically Abused by Corporate Entertainment

Wednesday, 3 June 2009 9:05 A GMT+01

We live in a world in which the ephemeral is real and the real is, for many, hopefully only ephemeral. There's a religious obsession with celebrity which governs everything in our lives from the way we see others to the way we see ourselves?

Can It Be? Celebrity Websites Are Attacking Rich Capitalists

Monday, 16 March 2009 10:10 A GMT+01

They're covering uses of taxpayer money at country clubs, private airports and glamorous retreats and, in so doing, explicitly tapping into a fierce populist anger at corporate America, and even pressuring Congress to hold companies accountable.

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Is Gwyneth Paltrow's Blog the Future of Journalism?

Friday, 6 March 2009 9:29 A GMT+01

Her weekly e-newsletter and blog, Goop, which offers earnest advice on how to improve our tasteless, unstylish, ignorant lives, has 150,000 subscribers (an astronomical number for a new blog) and climbing, and she's already been offered a book deal.

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America's Corporate Elite: Overpaid, Undertaxed

Monday, 16 February 2009 10:12 A GMT+01

While workers across America were losing jobs, homes and health insurance, Merrill Lynch paid nearly 700 employees more than $1 million each in bonuses last year, amounting to a $3.6 billion bonus bonanza while Merrill lost $27 billion.

To Porn or Not to Porn

Friday, 6 February 2009 10:18 A GMT+01

Remember Andy Warhol's mantra about a future where we'll all have 15 minutes of fame? Being a porn actor is one way to claim celebrity, especially if a happy childhood means you can't expose yourself as an Oprah guest or a Survivor contestant.

Celebrities Who Smoke Weed

Thursday, 5 February 2009 9:50 A GMT+01

Last weekend, a picture of Michael Phelps smoking a bong was made public. What's the big deal? It's not like he's the first (or last) celeb to toke. This morning on "The View", Elisabeth Hasselbeck got her knickers in a twist over Phelps' bong hit.

Celebrity Gossip: Dishing the Dirt [1]

Sunday, 11 January 2009 10:33 A GMT+01

Hi, everyone. I'm Sophie Durant and I'll be around here for a while. My role? To deconstruct celebrity culture. To diss all those awful self-absorbed dimwits who make complete asses of themselves. So, lets get the needles out and do the voodoo!

Noam Chomsky: The Selling of Obama

Friday, 5 December 2008 10:05 A GMT+01

When advertisers turn to selling a candidate they want uninformed consumers, you know, uninformed voters to make irrational choices based on the success of illusion, slander, and effective body language or whatever else is supposed to be significant.

Celebrity Culture: From Andy Warhol to "American Idol"

Tuesday, 2 December 2008 10:19 A GMT+01

His work seemed to predict a superficial society obsessed with fame. Warhol mattered mainly as a pop culture 'brand.' “Andy” is easily Warhol’s single greatest creation - still present at every new craze, from Paris Hilton to reality TV.

Liberal Hollywood & Same-Sex Marriage

Friday, 28 November 2008 10:30 A GMT+01

After the passage of Proposition 8 [banning same-sex marriage], some in liberal Hollywood are calling for boycotts, blacklists, firings or de facto shunning of those who supported Proposition 8. Others worry about free speech rights being trampled.

What Makes America Tick? Consumed by 15 Minutes of Fame

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 9:39 A GMT+01

Luxurious lifestyles make celebrities symbols for consumption itself. They themselves are commodities. As consumer goods whose lives are laid out for us to enjoy, celebs are (nothing but?) objects to be bought and sold - and eventually discarded.

Jean Baudrillard to Britney Spears: Is Low the New High Art?

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 6:57 A GMT+01

A fervent postmodernist might call Britney Spears a 21st century conceptual artist. Creative people, from Oscar Wilde to Andy Warhol, have turned their lives into art forms. Is Britney so different? She captures the new perception of pomo culture.

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American Mindset: It's All About "Me" [Classic Video]

Tuesday, 14 October 2008 8:46 A GMT+01

You know what's wrong with America? I mean, besides a headache medicine that you apply to your forehead? Our national obsession with "me." Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Nobody ever thinks about "us" anymore. It's all about "me". "You" are on your own.

Brad Pitt's Photo Of Jolie Breastfeeding [Flog the Blog]

Monday, 13 October 2008 8:17 A GMT+01

1. Jolie Photo: Creepy & Hypocritical 2. New Trailer for Oliver Stone's W 3. Obama Attempts to Buy the Presidency 4. Worst Week for Global Markets Since 1929 5. Robbing the Poor to Help the Rich 6. Amazing Move: America to Nationalize Banks

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Britney Spears' MTV Comeback: Rebranding Britney [Flog the Blog]

Tuesday, 9 September 2008 1:28 P GMT+01

1. Relaunching the Britney Brand 2. America's Financial Crisis Deepens 3. Storm as Oprah Says No to Palin Interview 4. Fannie & Freddie: Capitalism Bailed Out 5. Obama Can't Connect with the Working Class 6. Palin and McCain?s Shotgun Marriage

Pop Culture Cuts [5]

Monday, 8 September 2008 10:16 A GMT+01

1. Sarah Palin: A Lesbian's Wet Dream 2. Republican Teens Forced to Wear Chastity Belts 3. Jesus Christ! He's Got an Erection! 4. OMG! What a Hot Nude Photo! 5. David Duchovny & 'Sex Addiction 6. The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Celebrity

Celebrity Sex: This Summer's Nipple Watch

Wednesday, 27 August 2008 8:27 A GMT+01

In a salute to the women who aren't afraid to take their tops off for their adoring public - whether they know their adoring public is looking or not - here are some celebrity nipple sightings. When famous boobs call, who can't help but listen?

Celebrity Politics: Obama, McCain & the Entertainment Industry

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 9:06 A GMT+01

To the entertainment industry, the accusations of 'celebrity' is ridiculous: Of course both Obama and McCain are celebrities, as every ambitious politician on the scene these days hopes to be. Modern day politics in America requires it of them.

Pop Culture Cuts [1]

Monday, 11 August 2008 8:47 A GMT+01

1. Obaman! A Comic-Book Hero for Naive America 2. Paris Hilton's Awesome Campaign Video! 3. Tyra Banks Poses As Michelle Obama 4. Miley Cyrus Sells Safe Sex? 5. Brangelina Twins: $14m Photos

Paris Hilton's Awesome Campaign Video! [Flog the Blog]

Friday, 8 August 2008 8:40 A GMT+01

1. Paris for Prez! 2. Was Mary-Kate Olsen Heath Ledger's Pusher? 3. Turn Politically Left for Economic Growth 4. China, The Olympics & Western Propaganda 5. Exposeing US & UK Treachery in Run-up to Iraq War 6. Guantánamo Detainee's Show Trial

Carla Bruni: Marketed in America

Thursday, 7 August 2008 8:32 A GMT+01

Sarkozy faced growing criticism over his stalled reforms, flashy style, and stormy divorce. The last straw should have been his whirlwind remarriage to an Italian heiress, ex-model, and singer who had past liaisons with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.

Brangelina Twins: First Photos [Flog the Blog 08.04.08]

Tuesday, 5 August 2008 7:50 A GMT+01

Meet Vivienne & Knox Jolie-Pitt Mudslinging McCain Depressed, Repressed, Objectified: Are Men the New Women? Proof! Just Six Degrees of Separation Between Us Capitalism is Reeling Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism

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Will Barack Obama Win "American Idol?"

Tuesday, 5 August 2008 7:48 A GMT+01

The GOP has auditioned many negative adjectives for Obama: effete, liberal, radical, Weathermen-loving, flip-floppy. But few have stuck. With the introduction of "hubris" and its variants, however, the GOP seems finally to have broken through.

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