What constitutes as a celebrity now?

Question

Remember the days before google when another person mentioned a celebrity and you just knew who they were? And in the instances when you weren't familiar with the celebrity mentioned the person would name some of the celebrity's work and then you would say "oh yeah, they were in..." then comment if they were good in it or not or how you heard them on this other thing, or how you hadn't seen any of their movies but saw a trailer they were in, or happen to catch a story about them the other week on TRL or ET etc. Remember that?

I ask because I'm trying to find out if that was actually a thing, if it's actually true, or am I just making this all up. Because it seems like at least once a week I'm told about some celebrity that I have never heard of and people give me this where have you been look, when I say "oh okay what do they do", and they can't tell me about any of their work.

Is not knowing who someone like Addison Rae is mean I've been under a rock or are there just too many famous people now?

Answer 1

Madhatter920 | 293 opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic.

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There are too many famous people now, thanks to the internet. A celebrity is simply someone who is known by a lot of people. Television, movies, and music used to be the only places for celebrities. Thanks to the internet, they can be found all over the place, giving you an endless amount of options for shows, mid or small budget movies, songs the radio would have never exposed you to, etc. This has caused there to be far more celebrities and too many artistic or otherwise creative works for any single person to take in.

It used to be possible to see "every" movie and listen to "every" song. That is not so anymore. So it is likewise not possible to know every celebrity. There's just too much. And that's a good thing. More options means more niche content to fit your specific tastes.

Answer 2

genericname85 | 370 opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic.

Master

being a celebrity was always tied to certain fields. for example, if you don't read much, you probably don't know many celebrity writers. if you don't watch many movies, you don't know many celebrity actors. if you hate a certain type of music, you probably don't know celebrity musicians of that style.

the fields have just gotten more diverse. not the mechanisms of fame.

genericname85

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for me it happens constantly with celebrity politicians xD people are always like "what you don't know this guy who holds this office in government" and i'm like "yeah, sorry... i just don't give a damn".
OurManFlint

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Hm, I get what you mean. George Bernard Shaw and Norman Mailer certainly had celebrity in their own right though it didn't rise to the level of an entertainer, say Marlon Brando.

But aside from the president politicians feel very... different. Are there some famous/celebrity politicians, sure. I think many would argue JFK was the first celebrity politician. But they don't usually possess celebrity in the way that I meant. They often aren't as famous as they are infamous.

Answer 3

genericname85

for me it happens constantly with celebrity politicians xD people are always like "what you don't know this guy who holds this office in government" and i'm like "yeah, sorry... i just don't give a damn".

Answer 4

OurManFlint

Hm, I get what you mean. George Bernard Shaw and Norman Mailer certainly had celebrity in their own right though it didn't rise to the level of an entertainer, say Marlon Brando.

But aside from the president politicians feel very... different. Are there some famous/celebrity politicians, sure. I think many would argue JFK was the first celebrity politician. But they don't usually possess celebrity in the way that I meant. They often aren't as famous as they are infamous.

Answer 5

DizzyDesii | 1.9K opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic.

Master

Insta people are people i’ll never know. A lot of todays celebs are just “extras” and “plus ones” in my opinion. They aren't all that

Answer 6

Anonymous

Easy. A boob job and butt implants along with slutty clothes or no clothes. Take a pic and post to insta. BOOM. CELEBRITY

Answer 7

cnhinton

Xper 4

It is easier to be a celebrity these days.

Just say something outlandish, make a sex tape, post a pic on Instagram, make tiktok videos doing stupid dances.

In the old days, people had to have connections or sleep with the director to be celebrities.

Answer 8

AdithyaR | 189 opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic.

Xper 7

Basically I consider someone a celebrity if they've done some noticeable work in any field. Beyond that I don't really see people as celebrities.

Answer 9

darkcloud1945

Xper 6

they think by making an asshole statement about something they know nothing about makes them popular , when they should better learn their craft and keep their mouth shut until they learn what they are talking about. They are just parrots

Answer 10

Anonymous

It's pretty bad now.
I get most excited to see people from reality shows that I watch these days.

What constitutes as a celebrity now?

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