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A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized (famous) in a society and commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin celebritas, itself from the adjective celeber meaning 'famous, celebrated'. While fame is generally considered to be the major prerequisite for celebrity status, it is not always sufficient. There has to be a level of public interest in the person which may or may not be connected to the reason they are famous. For example, a public figure such as a politician, industry leader etc. may be famous but not a celebrity unless something else triggers public and mass media interest (e.g. Virgin Director Richard Branson attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon). Other types of fame, particularly those connected with mass entertainment are almost guaranteed to lead to celebrity even if the person deliberately avoids media attention. Examples of these are performers such as actors and musicians and athletes.
Celebrity structure
Each nation or cultural community (linguistic, ethnic, religious) has its own largely independent celebrity system, e.g. individuals who are extremely well known in India, might be unknown abroad, except with the Indian diaspora.
Subnational entities or regions will also have their own 'celebrity system'. This will be largest and most independent in distinct regions such as Quebec and Puerto Rico. Locally, regional newscasters, politicians or community leaders could be considered celebrities: for example, Lin Sue Cooney is a well known television reporter in Arizona, but she is not that well known in other areas. Singers, actors (especially working in their native language) and other media celebrities from say the Netherlands are much more likely to be famous in equally Dutch-speaking Flanders, and vice-versa, than anywhere else.
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Pa Won't Like It
A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, "Hey Willis, forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I'll help you get the wagon up later." "That's mighty nice of you," Willis answered, "but I don't think Pa would like me to." "Aw come on boy," the farmer insisted. "Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but Pa won't like it." After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset." "Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is he?" "Under the wagon."
The Living Statues
Two statues stood in a city park: one female and the other male. These statues faced each other for many years. Early one morning, an angel appeared before the statues and said, "Since the two of you have been exemplary statues and have brought enjoyment to many people, I am giving you your greatest wish. I hereby give you the gift of life. You have 30 minutes to do whatever you desire." And with that command, the statues came to life. The two statues smiled at each other, ran toward some nearby woods and dove behind a couple of bushes. The angel smiled to himself as he listened to the two statues giggling, bushes rustling, and twigs snapping. After fifteen minutes, the two statues emerged from the bushes, satisfied and smiling. Puzzled, the angel looked at his watch and asked the statues, "You still have fifteen minutes. Would you like to continue?" The male statue looked at the female and asked, "Do you want to do it again?" Smiling, the female statue said, "Sure. But this time YOU hold the pigeon down and I'll crap on its head!"
Snoop Doggs Teeth...
How does Snoop Dogg keep his teeth white? BLEEEEEE-YATCH!
Engineering In Hell
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place." So, the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After awhile, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day, God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?" Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next." God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten down there; send him up here." Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him." God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue." Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
Close Enough For Government
Three young boys were fighting over whose dad was the best. "My dad is so good he can shoot an arrow, run after it, get in front of it, and catch it in his bare hands." "My dad is so good that he can shoot a gun, run after the bullet, get in front of it and catch it in his bare hands." "I've got you both beat. My dad's so good because he works for the city. He gets off work at 5:00 and is home by 4:30."
Chef Clown
How do you know if the head chef is a clown? When the food tastes funny.
Baldwinization Centers of America - Surgical centers transforming customers into the Baldwin brother of their choice.
Meta Description: [ The Official Site of the Baldwinization Process! ]
Big-Headed Pygmies - Rants about the height of various stars.
Celebrities Eating - Totally uncut photographs of celebrities enjoying their favorite foods.
Celebrity Primer - Advice for would-be celebrities.
Meta Description: [ advice for becoming a celebrity. ]
CelebrityBattles.com - Pit your favorite celebrities against each other in head to head battles. You help ranks celebrities in battles such as who would win in a fight, which girl or guy is hotter and who is the dumber political figure.
Meta Description: [ Rank your favorite celebrity pictures in head to head battles! ]
CelebrityHateList.com - Chronicles the famous and their bad attitudes.
Chretien or Pumpkin? - Devoted to the Prime Minister of Canada. Features pictures and polls.
Citizens against stupid celebrities - Funny and original pics of celebrities like:leonardo, Hanson, N' Sync, and also a lot of games to play on the site.
Dirty Remarks - News and commentary, featuring facetious bulletins and stories.
Distortions - Fun with image editing on famous faces.
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Elvis Hunter - Features sightings, information and the conspiracy.
Fansonline - Photos of Dutch and International personalities.
Fat Lane Online - Collection of altered images of Anna Nicole Smith.
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Funny Celebrity Pictures - A collection of Photoshop spoofs, police blotters, mugshots, and what-ifs.
Meta Description: [ Celebrity Pics - priceless funny pictures funny videos, cartoons, and famous quotes. ]
George Clooney's Ass - A rare photograph of this movie star.
Go Fug Yourself - Commentary on celebrities with unfortunate dress sense.
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IanMeets.com - Photographs of the eponymous Ian with celebrities and ordinary people.
MugShots.com - Mugshots featuring celebrities, sports personalities, hardened criminals and unusual looking people.
Meta Description: [ Largest collection of mugshots on the Internet. From famous celebrity mugshots to old gangster mugshot ]
Pear Harbour - Lampooning films and movie star lives.
Meta Description: [ A website about the film PEAR Harbour ]
Police Mugshots Of Celebrities - Features incarceration photos of Hollywood and sports stars.
Meta Description: [ Even celebrities make mistakes.... and we've got the police mug shots! From NFL mug shots to Hollywood mug shots - they're all here! Celebrity mugshots, criminal mugshots at Mugshots.net ]
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Popped Clogs - Free obituaries of recently deceased celebrities, delivered by e-mail.
Snarkywood - Catty comment about famous people.
Spacky Races - Steven Hawking and Christopher Reeves battle it out. Interactive.
Meta Description: [ Spacky Races: two famous spackers race it out on the open highway. ]
Star Wars - US and European celebrities go head-to-head to see who is the hottest.
Stupid Australian Personalities - Analysis of small and big-time Aussie stars from television, music, broadcasting and sport. Visitors can also add comments.
Meta Description: [ Australian personalities don't have any personality. Learn more about television and national personalities here., Stupid Australian Personalities from the world of broadcasting, humour, song, acting, singing, sport and more. Comedy Web site. ]
Subversive Celebrity Dossier - A list of modern stars are reviewed in a McCarthy-like fashion.
The Des Lynam Page - A collection of Des Lynam quotes and jokes.
The Donald Sucks - Satrical examination into the live and business of Donald Trump.
Meta Description: [ The Donald Sucks is your guide to why not to like Donald Trump, The Apprentice, his ego and his lifestyle ]
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The Gorskys Celebrity pictures - Pictures of The Gorskys with some of the worlds most famous celebrities.
The Just Plain Strange Column - Letterman, Leno and others pitched head-to-head to come up with the best quotes.
The Scriptorium - Guide to Samuel West films and a collection of stories about British actors.
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Films, satirical film reviews, parodies, and gushage. ]
They Died in Florida - Guess which of these celebrities died in Florida.
Meta Description: [ Guess which celebrity died in Florida. An interactive game. ]
Weird Images Celebrities - Funny pictures of celebrities with strange diseases like Big Head Syndrome.
Meta Description: [ original funny pictures of celebrities fake bloody pictures of celebs and movies, leonardo decaprio and kevin sorbo both have a strange disease check it out ]
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