ENGLISH 1A: STARSTRUCK—FAME, CELEBRITY, AND NOTORIETY

DH De La O @ SJSU, Spring 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Celebrity News 05.07.13



  • Kristen Stewart just voted the "Least Trusted" American movie star (HollywoodLife)
  • Brooklyn playground renamed after late Beastie Boy, MCA (CBS News)
  • Justin Bieber rushed by fan onstage in Dubai (USA Today)
  • San Diego teens banned from prom over "twerking" video on YouTube (KGTV)
  • What's changed in Hollywood after Sandy Hook? (Rolling Stone)
  • The stars come out in force for the 2013 Met Ball (Vogue)
 
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Course Details

DH De La O, The Department of English & Comparative Literature @ San José State University

English 1A: Starstruck—Fame, Celebrity, and Notoriety

Section 01 (#22706): Mo/We 7:30 – 08:45 AM, DMH 354

Section 09 (#23517): Mo/We 9:00 – 10:15 AM, HGH 120

Office: FOB 111

Office Hours: Tu 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Phone: 408.924.5019

Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

Selected Posts

  • [Reflection 11: Holding Nothing Back—The Celebrity Sex Tape Phenomenon]
  • Close Read Essay: Paparazzi and Celebrity Photography
  • Descriptive Essay: Celebrity Inc. and Fame as a Commodity
  • Editorial Essay: In Cold Blood and the American Fasciantion with Crime
  • Expository Essay: Fame Junkies and Our Addiction to Fame
  • Process Analysis Essay
  • Reflection 01: Crossing the Line—Athletes Behaving Badly
  • Reflection 02: Political Stars—Celebrities and Politics
  • Reflection 03: Somebody Think of the Children—Celebrity Kids and the Paparazzi
  • Reflection 04: Like Wildfire—Understanding Viral Videos
  • Reflection 05: In It to Win It—Winning a Reality TV Competition
  • Reflection 06: The "Exclusive" Inside Story—Exploring Tabloid Magazines
  • Reflection 07: Doors Swung Open—The Ethics of Outing
  • Reflection 08: I Feel Pretty—Attractiveness in America
  • Reflection 09: Hey, That's Me!—Seeing Yourself in Popular Culture
  • Reflection 10: What's Hot on Telly?—Must-See TV from Around the World
  • Week 01
  • Week 02
  • Week 03
  • Week 04
  • Week 05
  • Week 06
  • Week 07
  • Week 08
  • Week 09
  • Week 10
  • Week 11
  • Week 12
  • Week 13
  • Week 14
  • Week 15
  • Week 16

Blog Archive

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    • ▼  May (5)
      • Thank you for a great semester
      • Celebrity News 05.07.13
      • Week 16
      • Reflection 11: Holding Nothing Back—The Celebrity ...
      • Celebrity News 05.01.13
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (13)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (9)

Syllabus

  • Spring 2013

Dropbox Documents

  • 1A Process Analysis Essay Rubric
  • Balancing Content and Style in PowerPoint
  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • MLA Style 101
  • Owen Noone and the Marauder: A Folk Playlist
  • Reflection Sample

eReader

  • "'In Cold Blood' A Cold Case Police Decide is Worth Digging Up" (Los Angeles Times)
  • "'In Cold Blood', Half a Century On" (Guardian)
  • "'In Cold Blood': A Legacy in Photos" (Lawrence-Journal-World)
  • "Creative Nonfiction: Where Journalism and Storytelling Meet" (The Writer)
  • "I Want to be Famous" (Guardian)
  • "One Night on a Kansas Farm" (New York Times)
  • "Ron Galella, King of the Paparazzi" (Time)
  • "So You Want to be Famous..." (Newsweek)
  • "Talking Pictures with Annie Leibovitz" (Independent)
  • "Why Do We Want to be Famous?" (Psychology Today),

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library [San Jose State University]
  • EasyBib
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations [Northern Oklahoma College]
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation [Duke University]
  • MLA Style Guide [Purdue University]
  • MLA Works Cited Page [Cornell Univeristy]
  • Online Writing Lab [Purdue Univeristy]
  • Writing Center [San Jose State University]

Celebrity News

  • BuzzFeed
  • Daily Mirror
  • Deadspin
  • Entertainment Tonight
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Gawker
  • Just Jared
  • National Enquirer
  • New York Post
  • People
  • PerezHilton
  • The Sun
  • TMZ
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