A-list

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For other uses, see A-list (disambiguation) .

An A-list actor is a major movie star , or one of the most bankable actors in a film industry .

The A-list is part of a larger guide called The Hot List , which ranks the bankability of 1,400 movie actors worldwide, [1] and has become an industry-standard guide in Hollywood. American entertainment journalist James Ulmer , the guide's creator, has also developed a version including directors, the Hot List of Directors . [1] The Ulmer scale categorizes the lists into A+, A, B+, B, C, and D listings. Similarly, in India, there is three-tier strategy, tier-1, tier-2 and tier-3, which are based on the saleability and box office collection capability of a star. [2]

Popular usage [ edit ]

In popular usage outside the film industry, an A-list celebrity is any person with an admired or desirable social status. [3] Even socialites with popular press coverage and elite associations have been termed as A-list celebrities. Similarly, less popular persons and current teen idols are referred to as B-list celebrities ? and the ones with lesser fame as C-list ones. [4] In 2000, Entertainment Weekly interpreted a C-list celebrity as "that guy (or sometimes that girl), the easy-to-remember but hard-to-name character actor ". [5]

The D-list is for a person whose celebrity is so obscure that they are generally only known for appearances as celebrities on panel game shows and reality television . In the late 20th century, D-listers were largely ignored by the entertainment news industry; for example, Paul Lynde , by this point in his career best known for being on the daytime game show Hollywood Squares , went largely unnoticed by the supermarket tabloids , and his homosexuality (which would have drawn attention for bigger celebrities) went largely unreported. [6] Kathy Griffin , an American comedian who became widely known for her frequent appearances on such programs, used the term in a tongue-in-cheek manner for her 2005 TV special The D-List and her 2005 TV series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List . The term "D-list" is derived from the lowest rating used for the Ulmer scale. Other successive letters of the alphabet beyond D, as in the terms E-list and Z-list , are sometimes used for exaggeration or comic effect but effectively have the same meaning as D-list . [7]

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "About The Ulmer Scale" . The Ulmer Scale. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "What's the story behind star-rating meter in Kollywood?" . The Hindu . June 4, 2019.
  3. ^ American Heritage Dictionary Archived October 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Encarta Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine , Webster's New Millennium Dictionary . Archived October 31, 2009.
  5. ^ Podolsky, Erin (November 10, 2000). "C-list celebrities ? Three sites with information on 'that one guy' you see in movies from time to time" . Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 25, 2009 . Retrieved April 14, 2009 .
  6. ^ "TV Stars Who Ruled the 70s" . Archived from the original on May 1, 2017 . Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
  7. ^ Blalock, Meghan. "The 50 Most Infamous D-List Celebrities of All Time" . stylecaster.com . stylecaster.com . Retrieved September 2, 2016 .
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