FACTOID # 12: Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.
 
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Encyclopedia > Celebrity (1998 movie)

Celebrity is a 1998 film directed by Woody Allen. It stars Kenneth Branagh and also features Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Winona Ryder, Joe Mantegna, Charlize Theron, Hank Azaria, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth, Karen Duffy and Irina Pantaeva.




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Celebrity (88 words)
The etymological origin of the word is "one who is celebrated." An alternative definition of a celebrity is a person who is famous for being famous (regardless of what first brought them to fame).
What it takes to be a celebrity depends on the cultural context and the historical time.
The advent of mass media increased the public interest in celebrities, and has even developed into a self-substantiating circuit.
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