Winona's Cult Status

Marilyn Monroe is a well-known legend and has been a public figure for several decades. Monroe was a distinguished model, actress, and singer, who quickly became known as a major sex symbol. Monroe starred in a large number of successful motion pictures during the late 1940s and early 1960s. She began her career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Throughout her career, Monroe's films grossed more than $200 million ("Marilyn Monroe Biography," 2013). Marilyn Monroe swiftly became more known to the public for her behavior and outlandish actions; she was eventually diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

However, instead of making money out in the form of a film, she was instead accused of being in cahoots with El Chapo, and an investigation was filed against her.

Marilyn started off being in movies but she was never really the “star” of the film until 1953 when the movie Niagara came out. This movie is a very drama filled film. In this film Marilyn “Rose” is on a trip to Niagara Falls with her older husband George, they meet another couple there, Polly and Ray. Once they get to know each other Polly thinks Ray and Rose have something going on between them. In the end Ray and Rose were planning on killing Rose’s husband George. This was Marilyn’s biggest movie that made her popular. In the same year Marilyn starred in a movie called Gentleman Prefer Blondes. This film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. This is a big accomplishment not just for the movie but also for Marilyn as a person. Marilyn Monroe was not just a star in movies, she also was the first Playboy Playmate in 1953.

“Being yourself never goes out of style.” The average person would think that some world changing person said this but nope. Elle Woods said this. Elle Woods as in “Woods comma Elle”, the main character in the movie Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde is my all-time favorite movie. Actually, every day I strive to Elle Woods. She is basically my role model in life. This may seem silly, but really behind all the pink, Elle Woods is actually a character that may people should take notes from. The Elle Woods, in the movie “Legally Blonde”, is so appealing to me because it she shows that women do not have to follow stereotypes and can do and be whatever they want; every woman should have the blonde ambition and independence that Elle Woods has.

happened, Her Dreams to be an actress are all but gone never to be fulfilled.

As Monroe’s career drug on she lit up every screen that she was on, becoming one of the most famous actresses of her time. She had over thirty well known movies and was continuing to work on more serious roles. In the 40’s 50’s and 60’s women were just stepping out into the business world, going from house wife to working girl. It was the time in which beauty couldn’t have brains in the media’s eyes. Marilyn was put into the stereotypical box of beauty without brains because of all the flirtatious dumb blonde roles that she had played. Though through the later years of her life she was trying to claw her way out of that box because nobody took her seriously. She had said she would never regret the roles she had taken because they got her to the high point in her life that she was at. She had commented, “In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty.”

     She was pretty all right and graced the covers of thirty-three magazines in 1945. When her husband returned from war in 1946, he found that there was no room for him and his wife divorced him in Reno in June of 1946. That same year she began doing pin-up and cheesecake pictures for covers of magazines. She had a photo session with Andre de Dienes and he asked Norma Jeane to marry him, but she was recently divorced, free, and independent. Nevertheless, he got her on covers of major magazines. Shortly after this, in July 1946, she got a short contract with Twentieth Century-Fox. Then she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn for the musical star Marilyn Miller and Monroe from her mother’s maiden name.

he has gained a lot of media attention for his indecencies. Actors have been following him for example Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, and Mike Farrell.

Next up for the young actor and a role on FOX’s new series 21 JUMPSTREET, at first he turned down the part. Depp thought it beneath him, or at least wrong for a serious artiste. But no one else was right for the part, so the producers asked Depp again and this time he took it. The show took off, with Depp as its most popular character. Very rapidly, he became a teen idol, worshipped for his looks, and was receiving 10,000 letters a month. From the start he did not like being a “Heart-throb” as he was dubbed by his largely female fans. He wanted out, but Depp was trapped.

First, she hosted a Playboy TV show featuring uncensored music videos, Hot Rocks. Then, Jenny co-hosted MTV dating show Singled Out. After that, she took part in some sitcoms, as well as movies like BASEketball, Scary Movie 3, Scream 3, Diamonds, Santa Baby, and Dirty Love. Her major movie role is in the first movie, BASEketball, staring also Matt Stone and Trey Parker. In Scary Movie 3, she parodied her role from Scream 3, along with the famous Pamela Anderson.

She claimed her fame when she was first spotted for her beauty at such a young age. She was 16 when a man named David Conover took a picture of her for a story for what women did while the war. At the same time she started acting lessons, her first dialogue was “hello.” in the movie Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay! which before the movie was released it was cut out of the movie.

A star’s image is a concept carefully molded by the celebrity himself or herself with the aid of many factors such as audience reception and current ideological trends. Star image, by definition, given by O’Shaughnessy and Stadler, is “the qualities, ideals, and values that a star represents, based on their films and other performances, and on media information circulated about them” (430). A change of star image encompasses the sum of everything we, as in the audience, affiliate with that star. That means changing the star’s body of work, promotion, publicity, and audience practices. These factors put together is also known as star text (Professor Josh Jackson, September 8, 2016, University of California, Berkeley). Jennifer Lawrence had a particular star text before she took on the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and was instead known for her role of Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone. This new role launched Lawrence into a different star text she was previously known for. Though it seemed like the change is solely based on her landing an already popular role, the change in her star text is still calculated in order for her to maintain a certain image that landed her at the top of the celebrity social ladder. This careful manipulation of a celebrity’s image as she takes on a role that guaranteed a big impact on her acting career demonstrates how a star’s image is important when it comes to maintaining what the celebrity, and everyone who is working with that

Kelly McGillis was born on July 9, 1957. She starred in many iconic movies during the 1980s. She is remembered for her role of a flight instructor ‘Charlie’ in Top Gun, the film responsible for launching the career of Tom Cruise. In 1985, she also starred in the film ‘Witness’ opposite Harrison Ford, which earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. She is also well remembered for her 1988 role in ‘The Accused’ opposite Jodie Foster. In 2009, McGillis came out as a lesbian. McGillis entered into a Civil Union with Melanie Reis, a sales executive, from 2010-2011. Currently, she is still acting in both films and television.

She also confirmed that being from a non-filmy background, she was kicked out of the films and the reason was someone else’s name was recommended to the producers by some higher authority.

Audrey Hepburn’s rise to fame was very slow. After World War II ended, when Audrey was fifteen, she and her mother moved to London. There she studied on a ballet scholarship and worked part-time as a model. Soon, she started playing little parts in British movies and taking acting classes. While filming her first good role, “Monte Carlo Baby” the famous French author of Gigi, Collette, discovered her. Audrey went on to play Gigi in the Broadway play, on November 24, 1951, which had a successful run of six months.