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Radar Magazine asks “Who Killed The Movie Star?“.  It’s an article that ties in pretty well to one I wrote about the newest and most important type of celebrity of the modern era, The Tabloid Star.  Radar Magazine [...]

Paris Hilton and Tabloid Stars

For all the flak Paris Hilton gets, deserved and undeserved, I give her credit for one thing; she has basically created a new type of celebrity: the tabloid star.  The tabloid star is not the old model of stardom where someone appears in the tabloids because of movie, music, television or fashion stardom.  This type [...]

The Difference Between Style And Fashion

New York women are among the most fashionable women on the face of the earth. They are also among the least stylish. Confused? If so, you aren’t alone. You’re just among the many people who confuse stylish with fashionable.
To have a personal style is to have a statement you want to make with your clothing. [...]

Bobby Fischer Is Dead - An Analysis

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Somewhat sad news.  Chess champion Bobby Fischer is dead.  The story of his life is one of great triumph followed by great tragedy:
Fisher went on to become a bizarre, shadowy figure (hence the irony of the title of the 1993 movie about a child chess prodigy, Searching [...]