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 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...
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