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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "new rogue genre" #144152 06/19/05 10:03 AM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 C carpathian OP member OP carpathian member C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 Two Top Guns Shoot Blanks By FRANK RICH New York Times, June 19, 2005 Extract: "The Cruise-Holmes antics, not to mention the concurrent shenanigans of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, add yet another variant to this mix, shrewdly identified by Patrick Goldstein of The Los Angeles Times as "a new rogue genre in which celebrities act out their own reality show, free from the constraints of a network time slot or a staged setting, like a boardroom or a desert island." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/opinion/19rich.html?hp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter runaway pandering #144153 06/19/05 10:10 AM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 C carpathian OP member OP carpathian member C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 Runaway Bride, Hero Hostage to 'Tell-All' By DANIEL YEE, Associated Press Writer San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, June 19, 2005 Extract: "One woman broke the law. The other helped catch a suspected killer. Both are selling their stories and could make millions in the process. Representatives of Ashley Smith � whose 911 call led police to courthouse shootings suspect Brian Nichols � and runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks made deals for their stories with publishing houses in the past week. ---------- The women likely received advances of about $500,000 for story rights that could turn into a windfall of millions of dollars should movies on their lives be made, entertainment experts said. "Experts say the sky is the limit when millions of people want to know your story. "The demand is unprecedented," said Steven Beer, an entertainment attorney from the New York law firm Greenberg Traurig who has represented Britney Spears. "We're living in this media culture where general audiences crave personal stories of people who were once like them but now ... are thrust into the public eye. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 458 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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