Celebrity gossip, rumours and buzz are served up daily in the media. How are celebrities created, promoted and consumed? Media personality Jill Singer and a panel of guests including John-Michael Howson discuss the cult of celebrity.
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Jill Singer is an award-winning Australian journalist, producer, columnist and television presenter. Currently she writes a weekly column for the Melbourne Herald Sun.
Fiona Scott-Norman is a satirist, deejay, stand-up comic, broadcaster, columnist, cabaret director, producer, arts journalist and tv sketch writer with a fascination for trash culture.
John-Michael Howson is a writer, entertainment reporter and producer who has been involved in the Australian entertainment scene for more than 40 years.
Kate Halfpenny is Executive Editor of WhoMagazine. She began her journalism career at the Herald Sun, where she became the daily gossip columnist at age 20.
Peter Craven is an established literary critic, journalist and editor. In addition to his literary criticism work, Craven has also published reviews and analysis of opera, film and television.
This panel discussion, held at the State Library of Victoria on 24 July 2007, was part of the program of events for the exhibition Famous: Karin Catt Portraits.
Where possible, a transcript or speaker's notes can be provided upon request.
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Kate Halfpenny, Jill Singer and John-Michael Howson
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