The fame game

memorabilia objects collected by fans because they're connected with the person they admire

commodity product which is bought and sold

Yes, a celebrity – someone famous - particularly someone in show business, that's the world of entertainment, theatre and film.

If we think of celebrity as the moment where someone's personality becomes a commodity

So, for Byron the fact that he was popular on this scale that had never been achieved before because his career had coincided with mass printing.

But something more than that, that there was a sort of a secondary industry of Byron stuff, you know, that there were Byron neck ties, people wanted to look like Byron.

I think that's what separates celebrity from the fame that had preceded that.

But something more than that, that there was a sort of a secondary industry of Byron stuff, you know, that there were Byron neck ties, people wanted to look like Byron.

So, for Byron the fact that he was popular on this scale that had never been achieved before because his career had coincided with mass printing.

Here (it) goes. Something is going to start.; I will start now.; I will do it now. I'm ready to start now. Here goes. Okay, it's my turn to kick the ball. Here it goes!

I knew you would love this. Right. Here it goes.

Lord Byron, a very famous English poet born in 1788, is considered by some experts to be the world's first modern-style celebrity.

If we think of celebrity as the moment where someone's personality becomes a commodity.