the obsession with celebrity gossip and hollywood scandal



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Edited by Israh S.

SOURCES

Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide
Dish by Jeannette Walls
Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England by Nicola Parsons
Scandal or [redacted] crime? Gendered privacy and the celebrity nude photo leaks by Alice E. Marwick
Celebrity gossip blogs and the interactive construction of addiction by Rebecca Tiger
Exposing Celebrity Scandal: How Journalism, Fame, and Audiences Coincide by Ilana Hanukov
The “Cocaine Kate” Scandal: Celebrity Addiction or Public Addiction to Celebrity? by Ilana Hanukov
The work of humour in affective capitalism: A case study of celebrity gossip blogs by Anne Graefer

How the Pandemic Made Gossip Essential Again


https://www.apa.org/monitor/apr06/latest
https://time.com/5680457/why-do-people-gossip/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gossip-stress-exploitation-heart-rate_n_1211207

Boys gossip just as much as girls, study shows


https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22164190/deuxmoi-instagram-celebrity-gossip
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deuxmoi-is-the-mystery-gossip-queen-exposing-celebs-during-the-pandemic

https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/deuxmoi-interview-2022/
https://www.theringer.com/2018/12/13/18138512/blind-item-revealed-how-a-scorned-form-of-gossip-changed-hollywood
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deuxmois-big-hbo-deal-is-changing-the-celeb-gossip-game

0:00 – intro
6:03 – why gossip
8:23 – the history of the hollywood scandal
20:07 – the scandal, today
28:49 – surprise guest

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