(posted 7750 days ago)Hungry for fame
A new play looks at why youngsters are obsessed with celebrities. By Helen Hague Helen HagueMonday January 06 2003
The Guardian
Celebrity may not be on the national curriculum, but is certainly whets young appetites for knowledge. The minutiae of lives - from micro-celeb to megastar - are picked over endlessly in the playground, fuelled by pop, football and, of course, reality TV, chronicled unstintingly by must-read mags such as Heat and OK.http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,869511,00.html