Celebs in the News
July 30th, 2007Musings, Problogging, Rants, Writing.
The news has been littered with celebrities being jailed and DUI for the past few weeks. You got Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, Nicole Ritchie, and yep Britney’s in the news again. One would think it would end with Paris’ jail stint, but it seems to have become a bandwagon. Do they give out ‘I Went to Prison’ patches now?
While flipping channels and looking for a relaxing movie to watch, I saw news that Lohan is also in trouble. Kids are also watching TV and they are exposed to more celebrity news than adults are. Schmotlight, spotlight, turn off the limelight. I don’t link to the news articles because it will just fuel those articles. They are already very famous, do they really need to bang the pot that much?
Does being in showbiz mean that you have to be in the news everyday? Does it mean if you can’t be in the news for something good and worthwhile, you have to create controvery and try to catapult new of yourself into the headlines? They do seem to be doing a great job.
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3 Responses to “Celebs in the News”
- 1 Pingback on Jul 30th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Weng - It’s not just the celebrities - I wish there was another word for those who are not really true celebrities - maybe I’ll coin a term that truly describes them - anyway, you hit the nail on the head with your ’schmotlight, spotlight, turn off the limelight’. I can remember when actors and actresses comported themselves with decency and were looked up to because they deserved acclaim. I hold the media responsible for foisting upon us every moment a movement of these ‘wanabies’. This behavior is rampant - look at the sports stars - Michael Vick, Terrell Owens, etc. Could you imagine them acting this way if Vince Lombardi, Mike Ditka, Hank Schramm, Bill Cower, were their coach? I suppose that the only way we, as the public, going to stop this type of behavior, is to not see their movies, buy their CD’s, purchase their clothing lines, etc. Yet, I know this will go on as the kids now days have more buying power than those in the 30-50 age range and that’s a sad thing to report. Enough.
Interesting thoughts, Morgan. The kids have so much buying power, now, that they are even considered a market segment. They can coerce parents to buy stuff for them and even influence other kiddies so that it creates a chain of ‘mom, buy me this’ or ‘dad, buy me that’ trends.