15 Minutes of YouTube Fame

15 Minutes of YouTube Fame
Author: Ian McWethy
Publisher: Stage Partners
Total Pages: 27
Release:
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

The one where a kid falls on his butt and becomes a viral video a la Charlie Bit My Finger. A biting satire that explores the bizarre world of being a celebrity in the Internet age. Comedy One-act. 25-30 minutes 10-30 actors, gender flexible

15 Minutes of Fame

15 Minutes of Fame
Author: Frederick Levy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2008-06-03
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1440629277

How ordinary people become famous. Everyone gets a shot at the spotlight. Since its launch in 2005, YouTube has been a hub for users to upload and share their most interesting, intimate, exciting, or embarrassing moments with viewers all over the world. But how does one take advantage of YouTube's far-reaching resources and get a video seen? Here, Hollywood producer Frederick Levy addresses the interests and needs of the casual YouTube user as well as the serious web enthusiasts and video-makers who are looking to explore YouTube and its social and networking aspects in greater depth. Loaded with advice from established Hollywood gurus who've "been there, done that," this is the must-have guide for the wired and connected audiences of YouTube, MySpace, and Metacafe. Readers will learn how to: * Upload videos from a mobile phone * Capture video directly to the site from a Webcam * Embed videos into personal web pages or blogs, and much, much more!

Every Novel You Read in High School (in 25 Minutes or Less)

Every Novel You Read in High School (in 25 Minutes or Less)
Author: Ian McWethy
Publisher: Stage Partners
Total Pages: 30
Release:
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

The one where a theater group attempts ​ATTEMPTS​ to present all those novels you read in high school before school lets out for the summer. Pray for them. They're gonna need it and so are you. (If you like Shakespeare Abridged… consider Every Novel You Read in High School.) Comedy One-act. 25-30 minutes 10-30+ actors, gender flexible

The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame

The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame
Author: Daniel Howard Wilson
Publisher: Citadel Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780806528793

Geek-meets-chic in this stylish, informative guide to the most outrageous, brilliant, and fascinating mad scientists--both real and fictional--and their diabolical inventions.

Shameful Behaviors

Shameful Behaviors
Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780761840886

"What do Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Richard Gere, untalented American Idol singers, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, former baseball player Jose Conseco, "dead-beat" fathers, and drunken college students all have in common? They have all engaged in some type of shameful behavior." "Seemingly, an increasing number of people are acting rudely, displaying poor etiquette, and acting shamelessly in an increasing number of social situations. In fact, it appears as though there is a rising culture of shamelessness in the United States. Shameful Behaviors presents a unique look at American culture based on the premise that not only is there a rising culture of shamelessness, there is also a corresponding rise in formal and informal resistance against this trend." "Author Tim Delaney provides the reader with an informative and entertaining analysis of contemporary American culture."--BOOK JACKET.

15 Minutes of Fame

15 Minutes of Fame
Author: iMinds
Publisher: iMinds Pty Ltd
Total Pages: 5
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1921761296

Learn about the idea that everyone has 15 Minutes of Fame with iMinds insightful knowledge series. Commenting on the increasingly fleeting nature of celebrity, in 1968 artist Andy Warhol quipped: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." In a twenty first-century world of reality TV and youtube, it appears Warhol's prediction has come true. The changing nature of celebrity over time is an interesting backdrop to today's short-lived fame. In the Middle Ages, only the monarchy and high aristocracy could claim to have anything like what we would call fame today. But with the absence of mass communication, most people did not even know what the king looked like. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.

Two Ships Passing

Two Ships Passing
Author: Ian McWethy
Publisher: Stage Partners
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Meeting up is tough when your phone is dead, and even tougher when the lines of reality may or may not have evaporated. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. Comedy Short Play. 10 minutes 6 actors, flexible

The Day the Internet Died

The Day the Internet Died
Author: Ian McWethy
Publisher: Stage Partners
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

On a sunny day in the town of Bloomington, a devastating occurrence happens. No, it’s not famine, or floods, or loss of your basic rights. The internet has gone down! And it will continue to be down! For a week! A whole week! Pandemonium! In a world that is so dependent on the internet for shopping, mailing, and posting pictures of cute babies, how will society function? Not well as it turns out. The Day the Internet Died hilariously explores how inept we are at dating, research, and basic human interactions when we don’t have a screen to look at. Comedy One-act. 30-35 minutes 10-50 actors, gender flexible

How To Be Famous

How To Be Famous
Author: Caitlin Moran
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1443448524

Johanna Morrigan (aka Dolly Wilde) has it all: she is nineteen, lives in her own flat in London, and writes for the coolest music magazine in Britain. Her star is rising, just not quickly enough for her liking. Then John Kite, Johanna’s unrequited love, has an album go to number one. Suddenly John exists on another plane of reality: that of the Famouses, a world of rabid fans and VIP access. Johanna lacks the traditional trappings of fame (famous parents, mind-scorching hotness, exotic sandals, etc.), so she does the only thing a self-respecting Lady Sex Adventurer can do. She starts a magazine column critiquing the lives and follies of the Famouses around her. But as Johanna skyrockets to fame herself, she begins to realize that with celebrity comes sacrifice, and hers may mean giving up the one person she was determined to keep. For anyone who has been a girl or known one, who has admired fame or judged it, How to Be Famous is a big-hearted, hilarious tale of fame and fortune—and all that they entail.

The 16th Minute of Fame

The 16th Minute of Fame
Author: Darrell Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Fame
ISBN: 9781939447753

In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. Andy Warhol coined that prophetic line in 1968. Ironically, in today's modern society, Warhol's statement is arguably more famous than its author. Forty-plus years after he made his seemingly outrageous pronouncement, most people would probably agree that his prediction appears to have in fact, come true. It has become possible, in large part, due to the vast audiences of hundreds of channels of scripted television and unscripted reality TV shows, the new media digital revolution dominated by YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, countless blogs and seemingly infinite legions of websites. Author Darrell Miller characterizes fame as that defining point in your life or career-whether you are a celebrity or not-that has the potential and capacity to actually take you to a higher level of success and to reach your personal or business goals. Throughout his career as an entertainment attorney, the author has observed many celebrity artists, athletes and other high profile people who have achieved or exceeded their financial and personal dreams. As an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, he has worked with or studied many non-celebrities who became instantly famous as a result of being on reality TV, winning a lottery or getting a big promotion at their job. Miller's primary goal is to make people stop and give real consideration to some of these issues in an effort to motivate them to understand that once they have reached a certain level of fame and fortune, it is extremely important to spend quality time, energy and research on developing basic plans and strategies in order to sustain their success. As Mr. Miller writes, there are serious perils to blindly embracing and enjoying the fleeting fun of celebrity fame and fast money. The tabloids, newspapers, blogs and social media are littered with the ruins of shooting stars-celebrities, politicians, sports figures and executives-all have come and gone in the blink of the public's eye. The concept driving The 16th Minute of Fame is that it is vital to avoid embracing the superficial, popularized concept of fame. The core theme explored in this book will largely center on how a person can achieve and sustain fame in the entertainment industry. However, the issues of fame, fortune and success are universal, and they inevitably affect most professions. Miller uses the entertainment industry as the backdrop for much of the discussions in this book because that is the industry that he knows best. However, the information presented will also be directly applicable to most non-entertainment related athletes, professionals, business owners and entrepreneurs who are pursuing goals to advance their personal life and/or business.