http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424385/Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley-cuts-lonely-figure-returns-hotel-Jason-Statham-amid-split-rumours.html "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley cuts a lonely figure as she returns to her hotel
without Jason Statham amid split rumours" Firstly, being a Victoria Secrets model comes with a wide fan base from both females and males (of course) so by using her name (proper noun) from outset insures plenty of interest. This is equally as influential when her love interest "Jason Statham" is later mentioned, to have split with such a sought after women can only mean more interest from public.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424458/Beyonc-spends-65-000-mansion-whilst-tour-Brazil.html "Beyoncé drops a staggering $65,000 to stay in an 18-bedroom mansion for 10 days
during Brazilian leg of world tour" Once again, using Beyoncé's famous name (proper noun) from the outset creates a crowd of interest. Then to follow that, a duet of 2 concrete nouns in large quantity's, for example 18-bedroom sounds extremely luxurious and some may arguable ridiculous, which would make the reader want to read to see what reasoning could possibly be behind such diva-ish behaviour.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424447/Golden-girl-Blake-Lively-steals-clinging-mustard-leather-dress-Gucci-event-Milan-Fashion-Week.html "Golden girl! Blake Lively steals the show in clinging mustard leather dress at
Gucci event for Milan Fashion Week" The pre modifier "Golden" in "Golden girl!" Sparks curiosity, who is this "golden girl"? Then we see yet another proper noun used to rouse interest by using a well known name. Another intriguing aspect of this headline is the use of the verb "steal", that has usual connotations of negativity where as, in this headline it has quite the opposite which equates to an engaging composition of a headline.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424236/Kim-Kardashian-gets-work-dressing-gown-filming-festive-special--resist-selfie.html "Kristmas come early! Kim Kardashian gets back to work in her dressing gown
filming festive special... but can't resist a 'selfie' " What's striking about this headline is the manipulation of the noun "Christmas" to a celebrity's last name, which happens to be a famous women that has just had a baby with her famous other half, what can be more interesting than that? ay?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424378/Katie-Price-confirms-police-arrested-somebody-theft-sexually-explicit-pictures.html "Katie Price confirms police made an arrest over theft of sexually explicit
pictures" Katie Price (proper noun) is a well known ex-page 3 model, which comes with a crowed of interest whatever she does, but to have an provocative noun in the headline( "sexually-explicit pictures") only rouses more curiosity from the public.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424198/Eddie-Murphy-model-girlfriend-Paige-Butcher-indulge-PDA.html "Surely you have a few rooms to do that in, Mr Millionaire? Eddie Murphy and
model girlfriend Paige Butcher indulge in PDA " Firstly, the 2 proper nouns of the famous names once again cause a certain amount of curiosity as to what they were doing that was so affectionate, secondly the collective noun "few rooms" intrigues the reader of Eddie Murphy's wealth. This is followed by the joke noun "Mr Millionaire" to give the reader just a clue of how rich he really is.
Hi you! Excellent analysis here, Louise! Good focus on proper nouns linked to the purpose of the articles!
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