<div dir="ltr"><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that the October 2015 edition of <i>Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry</i> has been published.  </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 0pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><div style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><u>The October 2015 edition includes</u></b><b>:<br></b></font></font></div><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">CMCS Board &amp; Media<br><br></font></b></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Celia Lam has joined CMCS as an Advisory Board member and media expert. Dr Lam is a lecturer in digital media at Notre Dame University in Sydney. Her <i>Celebrity Chat</i> interview with Associate Professor John Rees can be viewed here: </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03f9yRTpxBc" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03f9yRTpxBc</font></a></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">CFP </span></b><b>3rd International Celebrity Studies Conference: Authenticating Celebrity</b></font></font></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://celebritystudiesconference.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://celebritystudiesconference.com/</font></a></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Call for <i>Celebrity Chat</i> video series</font></b></p><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://cmc-centre.com/celebrity-chat/series/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://cmc-centre.com/celebrity-chat/series/</font></a></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p></li><li style="font-style:italic;font-weight:normal"><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>CFP for inaugural issue of <i>CrossBridge</i></b><i> </i></font></font></p><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://waterhillpublishing.com/periodicals.html" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://waterhillpublishing.com/periodicals.html</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">An International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Progressive Research <br> by CMCS associate press WaterHill Publishing</font></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Media Coverage</b> <br><br> CMCS <span lang="EN">Advisory board member and media Dr Anita Krajnc featured in UK’s Metro, Canada’s <i>Halton Insider </i>television news, and <i>Huffington Post</i></span></font></font></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Book Release</font></b></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Professor David Marshall and Associate Professor Sean Redmond published <i>A Companion to Celebrity</i> </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Celebrity-P-David-Marshall/dp/1118475011#immersive-view_1445596161620" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Celebrity-P-David-Marshall/dp/1118475011#immersive-view_1445596161620</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 36pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">CMCS board member Dr Robert S. Caine published <em>Teaching Compassion </em>for higher education professionals and humane educators </font></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Compassion-On-Behalf-Animals/dp/0993993826" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Compassion-On-Behalf-Animals/dp/0993993826</font></a><i><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></i></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here: </font><a href="http://eepurl.com/bDBy15" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://eepurl.com/bDBy15</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><div style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, sign up </font><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=c0075e3a74" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">here</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. To join and share contributions with our growing research network, contact us at </font><a href="mailto:info@cmc-centre.com" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">info@cmc-centre.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. Visit our website (</font><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">www.cmc-centre.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) for further information. </font></div><div style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"></span></b><br></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">Dr Samita Nandy &amp; Dr Jackie Raphael</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> <br> Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS)</span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><br>The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) is an international organization and research network that helps coordinating academic research and media commentaries on celebrity culture. CMCS carries a pedagogical philosophy that inspires integration of research and media skills training in academic and public discourses of fame.  The centre believes in intellectual, aesthetic, and ethical values of bridging gaps in higher education and media. With this view, CMCS helps coordinating research, publications, creative productions, and media commentaries to restore artistic and ethical acts for social change.</font><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div></div>