Ragged 1 month ago under: Britney Spears, Frank Sinatra, Paris Hilton, Abject Female, Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winehouse
Source: msn.com
From Lindsay Lohan to Frank Sinatra, a look at some of the stars who've run afoul of the law.
LONDON - We're fascinated by Britney's meltdown, Lindsay's drink and drug arrests, Amy's rehab struggles.
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Some academics think we do, and dozens of them met to discuss society's fascination with what they termed "train-wreck" female celebrities such as Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse.
The topics for the one-day symposium Wednesday at the University of East Anglia mixed tabloid talk and academic argot. Papers included "Britney's Tears: the Abject Female Celebrity in Postemotional Society"; "Hooker, Victim and/or Doormat: Lindsay Lohan and the Culture of Celebrity Notoriety"; and "Just Too Much? Heather Mills and Celebrity Transgression."
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"The massive coverage these women draw is only a little bit about themselves," said Negra, a professor of film and television at the host university in Norwich, 115 miles northeast of London. "These women operate as lightning rods for a lot of other concerns."..." msn.com
Laura
I do believe too much is given and too much is harsh!!
R u kidding..that is wher they r maikin the bucks...both sides...dito
someone finally catches on to what I've been saying for months...LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! - and I think them calling her a train-wreck is bullshit & insulting, since when you boil it down, the media is why she's a train-wreck to begin with
I very much agree.
All these young-uns are train wrecks... why??? because their parents have had them in training to live out their dreams and make them rich since birth and they're all losing all their self control. the way most "child stars" are raised borders on abuse. it makes me sick, i would never make my daughter support me from age 5 or 6 to adulthood.
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Don't they have better things to meet and talk about these days???