When did young people decide they wanted their celebrities to be so boring?
Taylor Swift’s fans don’t like her new boyfriend and Jenna Ortega’s hate that she smokes. Back in my day famous…
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How the tabloid media turned on Anna Nicole Smith
Smith’s life, death and now – thanks to a new Netflix documentary – after-life was a spectacle.
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We have lost Russell Brand
This once-sexy communist has become an American culture wars pundit.
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Michael Parkinson: “The BBC’s future is being debated in a destructive, binary fashion”
The veteran talk-show host on broadcasting’s halcyon days, car-crash interviews and today’s “charlatans in high office”.
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The degradation of Marilyn Monroe
In death as in life, the actress has been used, abused and commodified. Netflix’s film Blonde is just the latest…
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It’s high time we saw Pamela Anderson as a person, not a punchline
In a new documentary and memoir, Anderson asks that we see her fame from her perspective.
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The Wagatha Christie trial is over. But it lives on in our hearts
Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney. This irresistible feud will entertain scholars of British culture for…
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Memeifying the Depp-Heard trial is a dangerous game
We’re trivialising and tribalising issues which cut deep.
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