Ascribed celebrity/achieved celebrity

... INTRODUCTION Flip through the pages of the most widely read magazine or newspapers and there it is; stories of celebrities, they have taken over the news, magazines and television. The influence of celebrity has become a significant part of what constitutes news today, look through the internet and one would see that it is littered with all sorts of websites that adores celebrity thus promoting the celebrity industry to much greater heights. A trip down the streets of Los Angeles and you are greeted by series of billboard strategically placed in major places in the city, that is to say that there is a whole city which is dedicated and known as the home of celebrities. Gone are the days when you open a newspaper and see the captions of the children/relations of famous people or royal family, though still respected and talked about but at a minimal level. In this

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