Oh yeah, that would explain it. I've had modded story progression since before World Adventures came out (in the early months of the game, EA Story Progression sometimes just wouldn't, so all my townies would do nothing until they died of old age, and leave me in an empty neighborhood.) It didn't even occur to me that NRaas Story Progression changed my celebrity rules because I've never known it another way.
I looked up how unmodded games work, and I rescind my earlier position. Without mods, and without other celebrities in town to schmooze, your wannabe movie stars are gonna be in for a bad time.
