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posted by alms
on Dec 14, 2004 -
20 comments
Celebrities take large payments from charities. The LA Times (reg reqd) is reporting that celebrities have received enormous payments for making appearances at celebrity benefits, including David Schwimmer, Cher, Gerald Ford, and others. To me, it's a shocking new low, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
posted by MikeB
on Dec 15, 2003 -
33 comments
My Contemporaries Are Cooler Than Yours: Actually, it can become quite depressing to find out exactly who belongs to your generation. I mean, Howie Mandell, Bill Gates, Sandra Bernhard, Margot Hemingway, Kevin Costner and Joe Jackson? Give me a break. Which, thankfully,
WhoWhatWhen, an interactive timeline generator, does quite nicely. Perfect for paranoids who like beginning sentences with "Surely it's no coincidence that in that very same year..." [
Via LinkFilter.]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Jun 15, 2003 -
46 comments
Stop.
Selling.
Che. Doctor, Revolutionary,
Murderer? Whoever he was, it don't mostly matter when he's this generation and the last's favourite
rebelposterboy. Does it even matter, any more, the history behind such powerful brand semantics? It is, apparently, enough to be a symbol nowadays, even if in the end you're one of only ignorance. Is this the ultimate in simulacra? And will They ever stop
marketing our
martyrs? So
who was Che Guevara? And what does he want with our children?
posted by armoured-ant
on Mar 1, 2003 -
42 comments
Got a taste for quasi-celebrity schadenfreude? Then glut yourself on the promotional materials of C-tier entertainers at the
Hal Morris Museum. Care to slip down another couple of rungs on the ladder of fame? Have a look at the
Celebrities of Real Estate. (thanks, Misterpants!)
posted by MrBaliHai
on Feb 9, 2002 -
2 comments
