Celebrities

[Caribeing]

A celebrity is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great deal of public fascination, don't you think the word celebrity has been tossed around friviously during the last year. Have been watching Celebrity Mastermind and only recognised a few people, celebrity jungle took a bit of working out! Was watching programme today when Michael Parkinson interviewed real celebrities, Orson Welles, Muhammed Ali, Bette Davis etc, nowadays if you read the news or tell the weather you are a celebrity. Rant over!

[hc4361]

I agree. I think so many people are now famous simply for being famous but have no talent whatsoever that the word 'celeb' is used as a catch all for them.

Welles, Ali, Davis et al never behaved the way 'celebs' do these days, but then again many true icons of today don't appear on 'celebrity' reality programmes either.

When I see a programme titled Celebrity anything I switch off

[excelsior-1]

i concur.

[Scylax]

Modern celebrities are just adolescent fantasies. On reaching the age of maturity
they lose that status. 'Nonnies' is probably a better word for them.

[bundleone]

Roxy Hart in'Chicago' sings "I wanna be a celebrity, that's someone that everyone knows"

[albaqwerty]

Another over-used word is Hero, especially if it's attached to a footballer for example.

[Mick-Talbot]

I read the news. Want my autograph?

[AliceTickband]

celebrity is a word that is very much over-used and in the vast majority of cases mis-used.

[jd_1984]

The fascination for celebrities has always puzzled me. But, it is a multi million pound business that allows almost anybody to become a celebrity. Win Big Brother.... you are a celeb. Date a famous person.... you are a celeb. Even ex-criminals have become celebs. And as long as the uk public are intrigued by these people, buy the celebrity magazines, log into the websites etc. They will be in our faces forever! I say shove over and give talented people a chance!!

[weecalf]

I thought the word came from celebrate in most cases its do nowt but celebrate anyway .Prob comes from thinking they are on the telly or what ever so they must have money which would give em influence .Remember a man told me he told his boss ,you may earn more than me but that dont make you a better person than me .So like every thing else it boils down to money.

[Zeuhl]

I think 'Celebrity' has become a useful term and category in its own right.

Much better that, for examples, Welles is remembered as a great cinema artist, Ali as a great athlete, Davis as a great actress etc