Edited by Swapnil Rai and Brandy Monk-Payton IN FOCUS The Celebritization of Politics in Global Media Culture 144 Introduction: The Celebritization of Politics in Global Media Culture by Swapnil Rai and Brandy Monk-Payton 149 Modi vs. Wild: Celebritized Politics and the Mediations of a Spiritual Strongman by Swapnil Rai 156 “He Is a Total Sweetheart”: UK Reality TV and Technologies of Populist Publicity by Francesca Sobande 162 “Look at My African American”: On Authoritarian Populism, Blackness, and Celebrity by Brandy Monk-Payton 169 Populist Iconicity: The Contradictions of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a Political Celebrity by Julia Sonnevend 176 From Military Prestige to Fragmented Prestige: Jair Bolsonaro and Authoritarian Populism in Brazil by Joseph Straubhaar 183 Populist Fandoms and Anti-fandoms: Politics, Polarization, and Celebritization in Turkey by Şebnem Baran