Sentences with phrase «obsessed celebrity culture»

Craig Gillespie's (The Finest Hours, Lars and the Real Girl) biopic makes the assault on Kerrigan its centerpiece, but it also examines Harding as a larger symbol of how classist, sexist, and image - obsessed celebrity culture can be.

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Yesterday, when I spotted Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdene on the cover of People Magazine with the headline «THE HUNGER GAMES» in bold white letters, I couldn't help but wonder if Suzanne Collins set all of this up to remind us of how closely our culture can resemble that of The Capitol — what with our excess, our reality shows, our glorification of violence, and our compulsive need to shove every good story through our celebrity - obsessed media machine.

In addition to the expected human drama that comes along with any reality gameshow, the StartupBus is also a fascinating look at a modern pathway to (relative, at least) fame in a culture obsessed with celebrity.

And it is growing in the developing world, far from the celebrity - obsessed American culture, through the faithful work of both men and women who are committed to yielding to this Spirit of grace.

to a celebrity and physical appearance obsessed culture?

This unique milestone in our celebrity - obsessed culture inspires us to consider how their marriage beat the odds.

There is little need for another novel satirizing the narcissism and superficiality of our celebrity - obsessed culture, but what distinguishes Beha's book is the insight that modern people, now deprived of being the apple of God's eye, must create elaborate and dramatic false idols to satisfy the human need to know that someone, anyone, is taking stock of their lives, however contrived and superficial they may be.

Even if you couldn't care less about the shenanigans of celebrities and politicians, it's hard to totally escape it in our celeb - obsessed culture; this is often what passes for news nowadays.

Yet today — more than 60 years since Einstein's death, despite living in possibly the most celebrity - filled and fame - obsessed culture in human history — where are all the celebrity scientists?

A wicked satire of our selfie and Instagram - obsessed culture, «Ingrid» features a knockout performance by indie comedy goddess Plaza as a woman who uses a $ 60,000 inheritance to move to LA and stalk an online celebrity (Olsen) with an equally vacuous existence.

Deadpool breathed new life into the superhero genre for me thanks to Ryan Reynolds just OWNING his character, and Popstar held a mirror to everything that's ridiculous about our celebrity - obsessed culture, in true Lonely Island style.

David Cronenberg forges both a wicked social satire and a very human ghost story from today's celebrity - obsessed culture.

Five years later, after all the dust has settled, what's left is a deeply strange, occasionally unsuccessful, yet never uninteresting examination of narcissism in a celebrity - obsessed culture.

His Dr. Sam Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) is a venal, fame - obsessed character, who has used his connection to serial - killing Michael Myers as a springboard to fame (a decidedly postmodern comment on celebrity culture).

What made the film so brilliant and compelling despite its theoretically repellent cast of characters is that instead of going for cheap shots or silly attempts at psychological insight, Coppola simply observed them in ways that helped inspire a certain understanding into their mindsets and how they had been shaped and influenced by a celebrity - obsessed culture that overwhelms them on a daily basis.

For her imminent solo exhibition «I Rose Madder» at John McAslan + Partners (5 October to 10 November), Trish casts herself as the hero, putting a post-feminist twist on the Country & Western movie genre from the point of view of a female artist living through an era of celebrity culture obsessed with the perfect female image.

Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical (re) production, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century.

The use of such a high volume of minute images creates a mosaic - like effect that is part monument, part defance of our celebrity - obsessed, attentiondemanding, often vengeful culture.

Most of the swill that the media obsesses over — boring pop culture, boring television, boring celebrities, boring horse - race political coverage, boring Sarah Palin, boring social media fluff... boring, boring, boring.

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