Stardom and Celebrity:
In the Spotlight
Study Day
UEA School of Film and Television Studies
Monday 28th February
Morning Session Elizabeth Fry 1.01
10:00-11:15 Nationality
Su Holmes, '"Riveting and Real - a family in the raw"': (Re)visiting
The Family (UK,
1974) after Reality TV'
Rayna Denison, "Japanese Celebrity-stars: The Role of Celebrity within
the Creation of Japanese Film"
Eylem Atakav, "Reframing La Binoche: Transnational Stardom and National
Cinema"
11:15-11:45 Coffee and Tea
11:45-13:00 Television
Rhys Thomas, "The Freak Incubator: Big Brother as Carnival"
Helen Warner, "From CNN to E! News: Fashion, Celebrity and Entertainment
News"
Elizabeth Rawitsch, "Silence Isn't Golden, Girls: The Cross-Generational
Appeal of 'America's Grandma' Betty White"
13:00-14:15 Lunch
Afternoon Session Elizabeth Fry 1.34
14:15-15:30 Technology
Pippa Parnell, 'Ashton Kutcher, movie stardom and the tweeting celebrity'.
Keith Johnston, "'It's like Avatar with Boobs': 3-D Technology and
Stereotopic Stardom"
Heather Wintle, "Following Diesel: Transmedia Stardom and the Negotiation
of Vin Diesel's Liminal Persona"
15:30-16:00 Coffee and Tea
16:00-17:00 Scandal
Shane Brown, "Scandal and Excess in Silent Hollywood: Jack Pickford - a Case
Study"
Tom Phillips, "'Think how much p***y you're going to get!': Celebrity and
Social Responsibility"
Melanie Kennedy, "When Disney Princesses Go Bad: The Mediation of Female
Teen Disney Star Scandals in the News"
17:00 Study Day Ends
Prof. Mark Jancovich
Head of School
Film and Television Studies
University of East Anglia,
Norwich, NR4 7TJ,
United Kingdom.
Tel: 01603 592787
Email: (m.jancovich /at/ uea.ac.uk)
