Table of Contents

1. Introduction: ‘Get a life, ladies. Your old one is not coming back’: ageing, ageism and the lifespan of female celebrity Deborah Jermyn 2. ‘Women rule Hollywood’: ageing and freelance stardom in the studio system Emily Carman 3. ‘Get off your asses for these old broads!’: Elizabeth Taylor, ageing and the television comeback movie Susan Smith 4. ‘Glorious, glamorous and that old standby, amorous’: the late blossoming of Diane Keaton’s romantic comedy career Deborah Jermyn 5. Channel hopping: Charlotte Rampling in French cinema of the early 2000s William Brown 6. Reality (celebrity) check: fat, death and the ageing female body Brenda R. Weber 7. Pride and prejudice: celebrity versus fictional cougars Betty Kaklamanidou 8. The uses and fictions of ageing celebrity war reporters Tim Markham 9. Nothing less than perfect: female celebrity, ageing and hyper-scrutiny in the gossip industry Kirsty Fairclough 10. From Old Media Whore to New Media Troll: The Online Negotiation of Madonna’s Ageing Body Kristyn Gorton and Joanne Garde-Hansen

About the Author

Deborah Jermyn is Reader in Film and Television at Roehampton University, London, UK. She has published numerous articles on contemporary celebrity culture and is the author of Sex and the City (2009) and Prime Suspect (2010).