Kim Kardashian: Reality TV Star

Kim Kardashian: Reality TV Star

Author: Joanne Mattern

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1614784418

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This title examines the fascinating life of Kim Kardashian. Readers will learn about Kardashian's childhood, family, education, early interest in fashion, and rise to fame. Colorful graphics, oversize photos, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text that explores the Kardashian family's deal with Ryan Seacrest to film the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians that made the family famous. Kardashian's appearances on popular television shows, including Dancing with the Stars, CSI: NY, and How I Met Your Mother, her thriving career as a model and a spokesperson, and her business ventures are also described. Also discussed are Kardashian's high-profile romances with rap singer Ray J., NFL running back Reggie Bush, NFL wide received Miles Austin, and NBA star Kris Humphries, the charities important to her, and her philanthropic efforts. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and fun facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


Kardashian Konfidential

Kardashian Konfidential

Author: Kourtney Kardashian

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0312628072

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An authorized, three-way confessional by the reality television celebrities shares fun facts about their shared childhoods, presents beauty and style secrets, and reveals family insights that sustain their professional lives.


Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West

Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West

Author: Monique Vescia

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1508188890

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Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West may be the world's most ambitious power couple. Kim was already a reality star and successful businesswoman when her relationship with Kanye hit the tabloids. His talent as a rap artist and songwriter has earned Kanye many awards. Together they have amassed billions of dollars and dominated social media by courting controversy, and kept their global fan base fascinated and entertained. In this engaging and illuminating biography, readers will discover how Kim and Kanye leveraged beauty, talent, ego, and sheer audacity to become two of the most talked about people on the planet.


Dollhouse

Dollhouse

Author: Kourtney Kardashian

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0062063847

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Dollhouse is a first fiction collaboration by the fabulous Kardashian sisters— Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé. Fans will love this novel which reveals the inner workings of a glamorous, high profile, and complicated family which, at the center of their universe, is one with a huge heart and a lot of love. The novel offers a dramatic peek into the lives of a trio of sibling celebrities who are not always as they appear in the Hollywood gossip magazines.


Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Author: Dennis Abrams

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2018-07-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0766092070

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With more than 50 million followers on Twitter and an additional 92 million on Instagram, Kim Kardashian is an American phenomenon. Through ambition, drive, and a masterful use of social media, Kardashian has become a television star, successful businesswoman, and tech entrepreneur with a net worth estimated at close to 150 million dollars. Readers who think they know everything about this pop-culture giant may be surprised to learn how Kardashian turned infamy into fame to become one of the most photographed, talked about, and richest women in the world.


A Companion to Reality Television

A Companion to Reality Television

Author: Laurie Ouellette

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 1119325196

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International in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the study of reality, factual and nonfiction television entertainment, encompassing a wide range of formats and incorporating cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory. Original in bringing cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory into the conversation about reality TV Consolidates the latest, broadest range of scholarship on the politics of reality television and its vexed relationship to culture, society, identity, democracy, and “ordinary people” in the media Includes primetime reality entertainment as well as precursors such as daytime talk shows in the scope of discussion Contributions from a list of international, leading scholars in this field


Kim Kardashian West: Selfish

Kim Kardashian West: Selfish

Author: Kim Kardashian West

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0789332809

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The newly updated book dedicated to the selfie photography of Kim Kardashian, featuring sixty-four new pages of the latest snaps of Kim’s children, her immediate family, and some of the world’s most prominent figures. From her early beginnings as a wardrobe stylist, Kim Kardashian has catapulted herself into becoming one of the most recognizable celebrities in Hollywood. Hailed by many (including Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci) as the modernday Marilyn Monroe, Kim has become a true American icon. With her curvaceous style, successful reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, DASH clothing store, makeup and perfume lines, and workout DVDs, she has acquired a massive fan following in the multi-millions. Through Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Kim connects with her legions of fans on a daily basis, sharing details of her life with her selfie photography. Widely regarded as a trailblazer of the selfie movement—a self-portrait for the digital age—Kim has mastered the art of taking flattering and highly personal photos of herself. This updated volume presents 64 new pages of some of Kim’s favorite selfies—from her favorite throwback images and current ultra-sexy glam shots to newly snapped selfies with Serena Williams, Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama—Selfish provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look into this larger-than-life star. This revised and expanded edition features previously unpublished images of her children and immediate family.


Reality Television

Reality Television

Author: Tyler Stevenson

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 153456764X

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Reality television grew to massive popularity in the early 2000s, as the medium exploded into what it is today. It seems as if every channel now has multiple reality programs, broadcasting for hours each day. Readers discover the roots of this genre and the controversies surrounding it. Presented alongside the main text are detailed charts and in-depth sidebars to educate readers about one of the most popular genres in television. The question of whether reality television can ever be more than just a guilty pleasure is also addressed, and readers are prompted through discussion questions to form intelligent opinions about it.


Scholastic Book of World Records 2012

Scholastic Book of World Records 2012

Author: Jenifer Corr Morse

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0545331498

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A reference guide includes records in the realms of politics, sports, the environment, nature, space, and popular culture, and includes a section of United States records.


Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand

Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand

Author: Amanda Scheiner McClain

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0739177168

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The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain explores the Kardashians’ brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of their hit reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, social media utilization, and popular press coverage. This triangulated study allows insight into contemporaneous American culture: societal norms, values, and ideologies, as well as structural and cultural aspects of cross-platform brand creation. The television series examination finds intrinsic paradoxes of sexuality/conservatism, family/business, beauty/unhappiness, narcissism/celebrity, intimate/transgressiveness, and traditional/nontraditional gender roles, as well as materialism and public vs. private spheres themes. In addition, a study of the Kardashian blogs and Twitter use finds that their careful participation amplifies celebrity and unifies the overall brand into a single, sellable image across media. Through interactive media and just being themselves, the Kardashians renovate banal status updates and hackneyed reality television into character-constructing building blocks of brand, celebrity, and profits.