*The following newsletter edition might be of interest to scholars examining on-screen and off-screen celebrities and fame. **P**lease feel free to share the newsletter with colleagues and students.* On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that CMCS has been covered in Sun Media’s 24 Hours twice this month and CMCS editorial board member Nidhi Shrivastava had her first cover story in ANOKHI Media magazine. As well, Professor Ellis Cashmore’s *Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption *has been published by Bloomsbury Press*. *More details on these and other resources can be found below. *The April 2016 edition includes*: - *Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption* by Bloomsbury Press - Celebrity culture and ethics of celebrity advice in Sun Media’s 24 Hours - Celebrity politicians and transnational fame in ANOKHI Media You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here: http://eepurl.com/bZg9sz If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, sign up here <http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&id=c0075e3a74> . Visit our website (www.cmc-centre.com) for upcoming announcements. We look forward to conversations with you on our Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Highlights of this month's conversations are available here: https://storify.com/celeb_studies/cmcs-april-2016 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 facilitates research, publications, creative productions, and media commentaries to restore artistic and ethical acts for social change. *Dr Samita Nandy*Director, Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies <http://www.cmc-centre.com/> @celeb_studies <http://www.cmc-centre.com/> Author, *Fame in Hollywood North*. Toronto: WaterHill Publishing (forthcoming) Reviewer, Routledge, SAGE Publications and Wilfred Laurier University Press PhD Curtin University, Australia (Media / Celebrity) MA and BA York University, Canada (Communication) URL <[log in to unmask]>: www.samitanandy.com @famecritic <http://www.twitter.com/famecritic> ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org