21-12-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

How the fame game changed in 2016

This year, old-fashioned talent and modern celebrity went head to head in the race to top the A-list. This is how they rewrote the rulebookThe battle for pop culture’s top spot was so convoluted and fiercely fought this year, and with so many intertwining cross-textual sub-plots, that it made Games of Thrones look like a game of KerPlunk.In June, we witnessed the celebrity world’s Red Wedding. This involved a series of connected spats involving Taylor Swift and Kanye West (the former
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