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    advertising was integrated into this media outlet . Radio shows like Amos n' Andy, became a nationwide hit. The advertising industry grew with the emerging industries of mass culture, especially radio and cinema. For the first time, from coast to coast, Americans experienced the same shows and used the same advertised products due to mass culture. The first commercial radio station aired in 1920 and broadcast music to a few thousand listeners. By the end of the decade, thirty-three

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    Beginning a theme of taking older films and recreating them in his own style, ‘Planet of the Apes’ was based off Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel and a 1968 film version. The premise was about an American man that landed on a planet ruled by apes, which was released in 2001. Although the film has a rather shaky reputation, it forever changed Burton’s life. While filming, actress Helena Bonham Carter, who was playing one of the lead characters, caught Tim’s eye. The two would later start a professional

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    The 1980s saw a shift in the presentational style of television. John Caldwell termed this new style televisuality. Televisuality presents a type of television that flaunts style rather than just using it to communicate ideas and content (Caldwell, 5). There is more value placed in the excessive style of television programs. Through televisuality, many shows have come to establish signature production styles that set them apart from other programming on the air. Changes in the television industry

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    In 1994, at 32 years of age, he traveled to the United States of America, where he scored his first significant role two years later. In 2004, he was named as the new host of The Late Late Show, making him the perfect example of the American dream. Prior to making the journey to America, Ferguson spent the majority of his life struggling to get by in the United Kingdom. His woes were worsened by a dependency on alcohol, which he has openly spoken about in recent years. According to

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    There is no doubt that Hollywood is an industry based on selling movies and what sells movies better than the marketing of a Hollywood star. An actor or actress can not only make movies successful, but in addition their images are also profitable. The Hollywood Star System has been very profitable for Hollywood and contributed to saving Hollywood in the late 1920s and 1930s when studios found it financially hard to survive. Once Hollywood realized their star’s had financial power there was no stopping

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    Dogeaters is Jessica Hagedorn’s first novel. The author returned to her native Philippines in 1988 to write the work, and it was published in 1990 when it received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The novel reflects the eclectic life of its author whose experiences have included acting, singing, songwriting, and writing poetry, drama, and fiction. For the most part, Dogeaters has been well received by critics and scholars who commend its experimental nature and innovative

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    standards vary from one culture to the next and it is difficult to establish a universal principle of what is considered beautiful. Many countries’ ideals contrast one another and, as a result, allow for stereotypes to emerge. This is the case between American

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    genre. It is in effect a contrast to imaginary to refer to the existence world in contrast to the fantasy world. Bignel (2005, P:61) clarified that“ The artificiality of the scenario in some reality Tv programmes is countered by their use of non-actor participants, no-scripts and a temporal progression which is close to the linear unfolding of lived daily time. Also, Television reviewer Kerrie Murphy has a broader

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    at the age of 17. She then started her career on radio also at the age of 17. At the age of eight years old, Betty White played the part of an adopted orphan on the soap opera “Empire Builders” (imdb.com/ Betty White). She began writing plays in grammar school. Before Betty White was a comedian/actor, she was a member of the American Women’s Voluntary Services (which is where she drove a PX truck) during World War Two. Betty White also worked as a disc jockey at KLAC. KLAC is a radio station in the

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    crisis lasted for years. An entire decade was shaped by this event and so were its people. Because of the effects of the Great Depression, essentially everyone had to change their lifestyle and their daily routines. Because of these tough times, the American outlook on life was grim, the Great Depression lasted for over a decade and no one knew when it was going to be over. Entertainment was a way for people to forget about their troubles and problems they had in their own lives, however due to the financial

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