Tag: celebrity culture

• “Fake Famous” and the Tedium of Influencer Culture

  February 28, 2021

  These people have come to L.A., he explains, not to break from the hustle of everyday life, by relaxing and “taking in the sparkle of Tinseltown.” Rather, they are there… more ›

• Inside China’s Warring Online Fan Groups

  February 12, 2021

  Can love be quantified? Most people would probably say no, but China’s celebrity super fans disagree. They measure their devotion to their favorite stars by the hours they spend obsessively… more ›

• Deepfake porn is now mainstream. And major sites are cashing in

  August 31, 2020

  Hundreds of explicit deepfake videos featuring female celebrities, actresses and musicians are being uploaded to the world’s biggest pornography websites every month, new analysis shows. Up to 1,000 deepfake videos… more ›

• Yoox Net-a-Porter CEO: “We sit on a gold mine of data”

  July 8, 2019

  Almost 20 years after founding Yoox as an off-price e-tailer, and four years after a merger with Net-a-Porter that culminated last year with a €2. https://www.voguebusiness.com/companies/yoox-net-a-porter-ceo-federico-marchetti-ynap more ›

• July 3, 2019

  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/fashion/dior-chanel-van-herpen-couture-paris.html more ›

• What Does Putin Really Want?

  June 26, 2019

  This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On a warm late-May afternoon, I took a taxi to the outskirts of the Russian capital to the Moscow State Institute of… more ›

• Before Trump and the Kardashians, Gloria Vanderbilt Invented the Personal Brand

  June 20, 2019

  It used to be that the very rich avoided the spotlight at all costs. Then an heiress figured out how to sell her own story and changed all that forever.… more ›

• The Kardashian Decade: How a Sex Tape Led to a…

  August 16, 2017

  The Kardashian Decade: How a Sex Tape Led to a Billion-Dollar Brand » In 2007, an L.A. family’s unvarnished docuseries launched on E!, and reality television, female body image, social… more ›

• Paris Hilton Invented Everything You’re Doing in…

  May 15, 2017

  Paris Hilton Invented Everything You’re Doing in 2017, and She Knows It » No one but Paris Hilton knows the exact location of her old Sidekick cell phone. more ›

• Inside the elite, super-secret world of L.A.’s…

  March 15, 2016

  Inside the elite, super-secret world of L.A.’s coolest girls on Facebook » To gain entry into the most exclusive club in Los Angeles, there is no need to wear a… more ›