How to Track Down a Celebrity

Series Summary

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Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Eric White. Today we're going to find out how to track down a celebrity. Now I have to say I don't condone stalking of any form whatsoever but being a healthy fan of anyone is OK in my book. I happen to be a fan of Patrick Stewart and I think the best place to track down what's going on with Patrick Stewart is to search for him on the Internet Movie Database or IMDB. Now the best way to do that is just go to Google and type in "IMDB" and then a space and then the actor's name, Patrick Stewart. I did that and that got me the IMDB page for Patrick Stewart. Now I can come in here and I can see the day he was born, a little mini biographies and trivia, the awards he's received. I can come in here and I can see all the films he's done and I can even see what's in production and what he's currently filming. This is the best way to go look after track down a celebrity. You can also go, let's say they're not an actor, but they have their own website, if you can find the website for the person you're trying to lookup, most of them will have an e-mail address that you can send an e-mail to. More than likely you're getting their agent or some press, somebody in the press who handles their publicity or whatever. But good luck in hunting down your celebrity and that's all you need to know."