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The Dictionary of National Celebrity

As Miles Kington recently complained in his Independent column newspapers are increasingly full of unfamiliar names: ¿Ant and Dec Carol Smillie Jordan Simon Cowell Nasty Nick the Coughing Major Davina McCall. ¿Who are these horrible people?¿ asked Mr Kington. ¿There should be a Dictionary of National Celebrity to keep us informed.¿ Indeed. For those who have no idea as to the true identity of say Maureen from Driving School Charlotte the Harlot or Foxy Coxy help is at hand!

The Dictionary of National Celebrity consists of some 300 A to Z entries running the gamut of today's celebrity culture from Jade Goody to Simon Cowell from Lord Brocket to Emma Bunton from Vanessa Feltz to Michael Flatley from Christine Hamilton to Lady Victoria Hervey from James Hewitt to Paris Hilton and from Ricardo the Queer Barber to Richard and Judy. The volume will also include entries for a small number of seminal historical figures ¿ Icarus Boudicca Lady Godiva ¿ who may fairly be said to have blazed a trail for today¿s celebrities.

In addition to these biographical articles there will also be short articles on some key words and phrases in the celebrity lexicon some key issues for the today¿s Celebrities (¿celebrity handholding¿ ¿cracking the American market¿) and on some fascinating Celebrity phenomena (including ¿Celebrity air rage¿). Furthermore special feature entries detailing Celebrity faux pas will be accompanied by Celebrity ¿top ten¿ charts displaying the ups and downs in popularity of various household names.

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  • Classification : Reference
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Page Extent : 272
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9780304368051
  • Price : INR 725
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