The Leak (2022) – CMCS Media Production
Welcome to THE LEAK (2022)! Official page: http://cmc-centre.com/film-theleak/ They started dating based on lies, but they liked each other even more when they found out.The Leak is a romantic comedy with a few twists! Extended Summary Mona is stressed and in a hurry. What is she running away from? A lawyer with a secret. Richard is out of his game and appears suspicious. A plumber who is not who he claims to be. Two lies. Simple communication. True love. All with an empty fridge. And a leaking tap. In The Leak, the protagonists Mona and Richard connect...
Read MoreLIVE Talk June 25 – “Working Actors in Hollywood”
2021 CMCS Live Talk: Working Actors in Hollywood When: Friday, June 25 2021 – 9 am PDT / 11 am CST / 12 pm EDT / 5 pm GMTWhere: CMCS social media channels Facebook: www.facebook.com/celebrity.studiesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/samitanandy Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) invites you to join and engage with rising actors in Hollywood on Friday, June 25! This talk particularly aims to inspire and engage film & TV audience, journalists, and scholars learning about artistic approaches, creative...
Read MoreAcademic Models in Hollywood
– By Samita Nandy (selected names are hidden for security) Academic Models in Hollywood Do fashion models need a Ph.D.? Some certainly do — especially when it comes to walking their talk, so to speak, in critical studies of fame and fashion. Gaining a practical understanding of the Hollywood industry rather than simply studying the runways can provide deep insights into academic models: academics who choose to represent their fashion in media and public relations including communication through social media. As a certified actor from the American Academy of Dramatic...
Read MoreAid Celebrities and the Tropes of Celebrity Humanitarianism
Join video conversation with Dan Brockington, Lisa Ann Richey, and Maha Rafi Atal: More: https://cbs.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=bca18ad5-7fff-4ca7-82ca-ac2c00d9c9ee George Clooney is sad. What might an Oscar winning multi-millionaire have to be sad about, you ask? He’s “surprised and saddened” he says, to learn that Nespresso, the coffee brand for whom he has been a public spokesman since 2006, uses child labor at its plantations in Guatemala. That is particularly embarrassing for Clooney, whose brand endorsement has included advocating for...
Read MoreEd 73 Hollywood and Board News – Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS)
From Samita Nandy Hope 2020 started well! I am pleased to announce that Elliot Pill joined the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) editorial board. As the Director of International Development at Cardiff University (UK) and former celebrity publicist for David Beckham, his specialty in promotional culture will be insightful for media and celebrity studies. Read more: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/192014-pill-elliot Also, CBC music host George Stroumboulopoulos named CMCS board member & celebrity activist Anita Krajnc as one of the most influential...
Read MoreCFP Celebrity Studies Special Issue: Hugh Grant
From Eleonora Sammartino <eleonora.sammartino@kcl.ac.uk> CALL FOR PAPERS Hugh Grant Special issue of Celebrity Studies Journal, edited by Alice Guilluy (London Film Academy) and Eleonora Sammartino (Imperial College London) Deadline for proposals: 18th January 2020 Since his breakthrough role in Maurice (J. Ivory, 1987) and his rise to fame with 4 Weddings and a Funeral (M. Newell, 1994), Hugh Grant has been one of the most popular British actors in the public imaginary. His continued collaboration with Richard Curtis in the 1990s...
Read MoreCFP Mina. The Voice Of Silence: Presence and Absence of a Pop Icon
By Giulia Muggeo, Gabriele Rigola, Jacopo Tomatis MINA. THE VOICE OF SILENCE: PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF A POP ICON International Conference Organized by Giulia Muggeo, Gabriele Rigola, Jacopo Tomatis Università degli Studi di Torino March 23-24 2020 Organizing committeeDAMS, CRAD (Actor and Star Studies Center), Sylvia Scarlett Gender MediaLab of the University of Turin, in collaboration with the University ofGenoa, University of Pavia – branch of Cremona, RAI Teche, MuseoNazionale del Cinema of Turin Scientific committeeClaudio Bisoni (Università di Bologna),...
Read MoreCFP Stars and Stardom in Eastern European Cinema
From Gabor Gergely <GGergely@lincoln.ac.uk> This is a reminder that there are six days left to submit abstracts for this special edition of Studies in Eastern European Cinema on Stars and Stardom. Please see below for details.CALL FOR PAPERS – Stars and Stardom in Eastern European Cinema. A special issue of Studies in Eastern European Cinema edited by Gábor Gergely (University of Lincoln). A significant body of scholarship since Dyer’s groundbreaking work on stars (1979; 1986) has challenged the view that stardom was limited to Hollywood (e.g. Vincendeau 2000,...
Read MoreCFP AR/VR: Deepfakes: Celebrity
From Feona Attwood PORN STUDIES CALL FOR FORUM PIECESOur Forum section is a space for pieces that are shorter than the usual academic article, usually somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 words, and they can take a variety of forms, including short articles, reports, interviews, commentaries and roundtable discussions. Forum pieces are peer reviewed. Previous Forum topics have included porn panics and public health; Ireland, porn and sex education; feminist porn; fashion and porn; porn and music; porn in the classroom, and surveillance and porn. We are currently seeking Forum...
Read MoreCFP Teaching Celebrity
From Joshua Morrison <morr1512@umn.edu> CFP from Teaching Media Quarterly‘s upcoming special issue: Teaching CelebrityDeadline: January 1, 2020 Teaching Media Quarterly is an open-access journal dedicated to sharing approaches to teaching media topics and concepts. Please consider submitting a lesson plan to our current call: Teaching Celebrity. You can access our journal HERE, and please note that we also have an ongoing open call for lesson plans. Information about the latest call is below. Please share with friends, colleagues, and grad students who...
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