My second option for a title was: 'How to teach masculinities by looking at pictures of handsome men.' (Note: this photo was sent to me as a humor-gift from one of my students...I didn't do it myself!)Feminist Ryan Gosling, a website featuring photos of actor Ryan...
After hearing that former Fugee and musical star Wyclef Jean is running to be the President of Haiti (despite not having lived there for decades and apparently not actually speaking French very...
Among the insights of New Yorker's analysis of Obama's campaign" is this interesting discussion of "celebrity blowback": "In July... a McCain ad compared Obama to Paris Hilton. What seemed to...
A while ago there was some discussion on this blog about the definition of "celebrity" activism for the purposes of empirically studying the entertainment industry's role in advocacy campaigns. A...
Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from his role as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics to protest China's policy towards Darfur. Seemingly, yet another example of "celebrity activism" around human security issues. I blogged about this before. As I continue to think about the role of celebrity activism in human security campaigns, I've been pondering who actually counts as a celebrity? Performers clearly do. But what about other well-known members of the entertainment industry - writers, producers? What about well-known figures who perform public, rather than media roles? In a digital...
From USA Today: “Darfur Benefit Party Brings Celebs Out in Force” While Forest Whitaker chatted with a refugee, his wife, Keisha, worked a table selling her line of lip gloss, with money going to the IRC. Her top seller: the shade she named Forest. Whitaker, who arrived directly from the Toronto set of Repossession Mambo, said issue-oriented films remain high on his agenda. In March, he'll shoot Hurricane Katrina-related The Patriots, to be directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four). Shopping for jeans and dresses, Heather Graham said she was disappointed "that our country isn't doing more for...