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'''The Wave of Celebrity in the Grand Theft Auto IV Era '''is the term used to describe the sudden influx of celebrity and gossip media in the fictional [[Grand Theft Auto World]]
The [[Grand Theft Auto]] series has always strongly relied on satire of popular culture, but a strong influx of parodies of '''celebrity'''/gossip culture can be noticed from [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] onwards.
 


==Pop and Tabloid Culture==
==Pop and Tabloid Culture==
GTA IV's media is sprinkled with references to its own fictional pop culture universe, which parodies the 2000s-era wave of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television#2000s reality television] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_for_being_famous "famous for being famous"] celebrities. Many of the celebrities have turbulent friendships or loose associations with each other, much like their real life counterparts; For example, Brody Jenner and Kim Kardashian are half-siblings, and many other celebrities are socially linked together via New York's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_the_Sacred_Heart_%28New_York%29 Covenant of the Sacred Heart] Catholic school.
GTA IV's media is sprinkled with references to its own fictional pop culture universe, which parodies the 2000s-era wave of [[wp:Reality television#2000s|reality television]] and [[wp:Famous for being famous|"famous for being famous"]] celebrities. Many of the celebrities have turbulent friendships or loose associations with each other, much like their real life counterparts; For example, Brody Jenner and Kim Kardashian are half-siblings, and many other celebrities are socially linked together via New York's [[wp:Covenant of the Sacred Heart (New York)|Covenant of the Sacred Heart]] Catholic school.




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| style="vertical-align: top;"|'''[[Kayla Paulo]]'''
| style="vertical-align: top;"|'''[[Lyle Cleethorpes|Lyle Cleethorpes V]]'''
| style="vertical-align: top;"|Casino heiress
| style="vertical-align: top;"|Historic family heir
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| style="vertical-align: top;"|Josh Astor, David Mayer de Rothschild
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'''[[Lyle Cleethorpes|Lyle Cleethorpes V]]'''
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Historic family heir
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Josh Astor, David Mayer de Rothschild
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| style="vertical-align: top;"|Actor
| style="vertical-align: top;"|Actor
| style="vertical-align: top;"|Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio
| style="vertical-align: top;"|Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio
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|'''[[Diva Starr]]'''
|Singer
|Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Beyonce Knowles
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| style="vertical-align: top;"|'''[[Al Di Napoli]]'''
| style="vertical-align: top;"|'''[[Al Di Napoli]]'''
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