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From Elvis to Madonna, Rock Star/Movie Star explores why rock stars have been useful for movies, and why movies have been useful for rock stars. This in-depth history traverses how rock stars' screen performances have served motion picture and recording industries as well as offered new potentialities for movie stardom.
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Landon Palmer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He studies and teaches film, media, and popular music, particularly as they intersect with histories of media industries and stardom.
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From Elvis to Madonna, Rock Star/Movie Star explores why rock stars have been useful for movies, and why movies have been useful for rock stars. This in-depth history traverses how rock stars' screen performances have served motion picture and recording industries as well as offered new potentialities for movie stardom.
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Having thoroughly research his subject, Landon Palmer has created a fascinating account of how essential pop stars took their own unique paths to movie stardom. The author's stories are so engrossing that I found myself becoming obsessed with careers I thought I already knew everything about. I couldn't put it down.
