Could be considered to be a concept or perhaps an illness or condition.

It is important to distinguish between someone who is just famous and someone who is a celebrity however, the two are not mutually exclusive. Someone who is famous is merely well-known whereas a celebrity is someone who engages in celebrity behaviour, for example, appearing in “Celebrity” magazines such as OK and Hello in pictures designed to show how fabulously wealthy/good looking they are; appearing in magazines under such articles titles as “How I lost 50 pounds in 4 days!” or “How I overcame some kind of heartbreak!” like any evolved, thinking person gives a shit. For Christ’s sake, how insecure are these people.

Celebrities are confused. They have lost sight of what important in life i.e. spiritual fulfilment and well being of all people, and now cling to their own celebrity status as though it is that which keeps them alive. It has become the sickly sweet teat from which they must be constantly nourished in order to feel like a functioning member of society whereas in fact they are a plague on the society they crave acceptance from or a feeling of belonging to. We would all be better off if they just went away.

Theirs is indeed a cruel fate: their status suggests to them importance and acceptance yet they are simply one of too many soulless ciphers existing in some kind of sub-human circle of self-perpetuating self-promotion.

In a sense I agree with all of the definitions here. However, a distiction must be drawn between celebrities and actors/musicians. Actors/musicians work relatively hard to become succesful in there chosen profession, and despite all the contests that provides lazy TV execs with reality TV, very few actors/musicians make it big. A celebrity on the other hand is somewhat opposite, i.e. they are famous without trying very hard to earn fame.

1. A person who goes on "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here", but is not in the slightest bit famous.

2. A person who is payed a disproportionately large ammount of money, but does a disproportionately small ammount of work. (Note that some jobs, fall under this catagory but are not celebrity)

Someone who gets to ride around in a Zamboni.

A celebrity is someone who is popular and is usually in entertainment industry. Celebrity can also be used for people in other fields like scientists, doctors, fashion designers, writers who are usually at the top of their field and like to give interviews to the media and usually have a relatively strong social presence compared to other top people in their field. Celebrities usually have a dedicated fan base.

Someone who is shown on TV often, is shown in the magazines you see while waiting in lines in grocery stores, or discussed by middle and high school preppies. These people are solely for making money for people who exploit them. 99% of them do not do anything impressing or good at all, they either do something effortless (like bad acting) or something horrible (like computerized singing) I mean AT ALL. Don't believe me? Check out the list

A Person who Thinks they're better then everyone else on the planet because They've played in a couple of Movies Or They've been on the cover of a few Magazines. 30% Of the Media only has Really cool Celebs Like Cillain Murphy Or David Bowie

A slang term used in restaurants for a table full of black people wearing bling, with grills, and/or whoreish/thuggish clothing. It is widely assumed and usually correct that on a ticket of $100 the server would be lucky to make $5 as a tip even though they will table up your entire section all night.

A person who works hard to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized and complains when asked for an autograph.