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Origin of celebrity
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin celebritās multitude, fame, festal celebration, equivalent to celebr- (stem of celeber) often repeated, famous + -itās-ity
According to CNN, it’s the first time a celebrity has had his name on a menu item since the McJordan in the 90s.
Travis Scott Is the First Celebrity Since Michael Jordan to Get McDonald’s Meal Named After Him|Jaya Saxena|September 4, 2020|Eater
When people think about working at the airport, they often think of the romance of being a pilot or a flight attendant—traveling for free, being paid decently, maybe meeting a few celebrities in first class.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night|matthewheimer|August 30, 2020|Fortune
Although much of the initial influencer work for Rock the Vote was done to promote its virtual event, the organization still hopes the online celebrities will help it get the word out about voting until the election.
Rock the Vote enlists Instagram influencers to get young people to the polls|Danielle Abril|August 30, 2020|Fortune
It also has its own celebrities, a kind of priest class of influencers with YouTube channels and Patreons who promise to show their fans the way.
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead.|Abby Ohlheiser|August 26, 2020|MIT Technology Review
She also finds out why celebrities like Woody Harrelson are playing a starring role in conversations about this technology.
What happens in Vegas… is captured on camera|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 12, 2020|MIT Technology Review
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the excuse, in 2008 we were all subjected to Celebrity Apprentice.
Donald Trump Fires Woman For Not Calling Bill Cosby|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her first celebrity beef began when Snoop Dogg started Instagramming some pretty vile things about her, seemingly unprovoked.
Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year|Amy Zimmerman|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But these pictures attain no celebrity because the public admire them, for it is not to the public that the judgment is intrusted.
The Poetry of Architecture|John Ruskin
For her own part she felt that she could not face Keith Rickman and his celebrity.
The Divine Fire|May Sinclair
She sketched for him as she had sketched for Tanqueray the horrors brought on her by her celebrity.
The Creators|May Sinclair
It had hurt her; but Stephen's celebrity was a dressing to her wound.
The Tree of Heaven|May Sinclair
To them Spain owes the culture of silk; they gave to Xeres and Malaga their celebrity for wine.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2)|John William Draper