When thirteen-year-old actor William Henry West Betty arrived in London from Ireland, crowds mobbed theaters and camped outside his home.

In the early days of the film industry, the fanzone was full of men and boys. Then the studios chased them all away.

The sale of celebrity memorabilia increases in the weeks following their death.

Social media has made constant exposure a common experience. To learn how to deal with the attention, maybe we should look to the first celebrities.

Many of our current celebrities are famous for being famous. Charles Dickens, the first self-made global media star, would've had a lot to say about this.

When YouTube entered the scene in 2005, it made sharing amateur entertainment both instantaneous and global.

The idea of a President Oprah has sparked excitement rather than ridicule. Americans value symbolism as much as political experience; while Oprah has little of the latter, she is practically made of the former.

We may want to support the #MeToo victims, but many of us also feel allegiance to our favorite celebrity. And the internet is at the heart of that dynamic.

The term 'child star' is almost synonymous with dysfunction. We're familiar with TV and movie kids, but what about those made famous by social media?

Exploring the David Bowie/Oscar Wilde/French bohemian dandies connection.