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Social media influencers, content creators and micro-celebrities can be read as new forms of contemporary celebrity, and yet their rise to fame can be traced back to a century-old film star system. With this in mind, this introduction to the Special Issue on 'Social Media Influencers' offers a brief overview of pre-existing fame cultures, the importance of public curiosity and the significance of authenticity, or at least the perception of authenticity, to old and new forms of fame alike. The article concludes by offering an overview of each original contribution in the volume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ways in which celebrities speak about their experiences of pregnancy loss could provide a platform from which women in the audience can make sense of their own loss, and go some way towards helping, not the pain or grief per se, but the shame, silencing, guilt and loneliness that is often said to follow the experience. This article will examine the ways in which pregnancy loss is presented in popular celebrity listicles and, drawing on extant work from the fields of celebrity, gender and health studies, consider the ways in which they can be said to offer comfort and camaraderie to the 1 in 4 women who have experienced, or will go on to experience, a miscarriage. However, while the listicles might be applauded for drawing attention to an experience shared between female celebrities and their audience, these short-form articles routinely present miscarriage as a back story to a successful pregnancy outcome, with little health information or links to available support beyond these first-person accounts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although Meghan Markle has been both championed and challenged for negotiating extant representations of marriage and romance, race, class and feminism, more recently the former actress found herself at the centre of a debate over in/fertility and 'geriatric' motherhood. Using Markle as a case in point, the women's magazine, health, beauty and celebrity entertainment sector demonstrated concern for the high alarm strategies being presented in relation to older motherhood. With this in mind, this article will look at the gendered magazine sector and question the ways in which their narratives of advanced maternal age in general, and their commentary on Markle's successful royal pregnancy in particular can be understood as either a productive or problematic step in opening up a debate about advanced maternal age, pregnancy and age-related in/fertility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Portrayals of men, masculinity, and the male role are studied through a series of television advertisements for the Lynx brand of shower gel, deodorants, and antiperspirants in UK. These advertisements have been broadcast since mid-2000s. How the messages in the advertisements simultaneously match and dispute dominant depictions of masculinity is also discussed.

The stardom is a tactic to perform by adaptive response to the restrictions and the strains caused in performing in the mainstream cinema. Sharon Stone the famous actress from Hollywood had worked in various films earlier but achieved international fame only after her debut in the movie Basic Instinct.