What being famous looks like in 2014

By Clem Bastow
Updated December 10 2014 - 10:08am, first published December 5 2014 - 1:19am
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney.  Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney. Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney.  Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney. Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney.  Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney. Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney.  Photo: Mark Metcalfe
Grinning and bearing it: Harry Styles, of One Direction, is mobbed by smartphone-wielding fans at the ARIAs in Sydney. Photo: Mark Metcalfe

For a long time, the most compelling argument against fame was, in fact, fictional: upon repeat viewings, Richard Curtis' allegedly heart-warming Notting Hill reads more and more like a blistering screed against the agony of life in the celebrity gossip panopticon.

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