Standing in line at the grocery store, one cannot help but let their eyes wonder to the over-the-top headlines on the weekly tabloids. We love to know who is saying what, who is sleeping with who, and (God forbid) who gained 20 lbs and is still wearing a bikini on the beach!? Sometimes I find myself so engrossed in the magazines that the checker asks me, “Paper or plastic?” four or five times.
I know I’m not alone. Celebrity news has become an industry capitalizing on our desire to be in the know. Twitter in part can attribute its success to our fascination with people we don’t know personally, but still want to know everything about. The lifestyle of any celebrity is so different from our “normal” lives, that we are drawn to what’s behind the tabloid cover. We are curious about it.
My roommate claims celebrity gossip is her escape from college reality. When this business major isn’t reading up on finance out of The Wall Street Journal, she is checking out what’s what in Hollywood. “I just like how is isn’t serious,” she says, “It’s a nice alternative to topics discussed in school.”
While is may seem a little silly to worry about which starlet is pregnant, one must just take celebrity news for what it is. It’s there for entertainment and Starbucks small talk.
My roommate gave me a few of her favorite sights to stalk the stars:
1)Â Â TMZ at http://www.tmz.com/
2)Â Â Access Hollywood at http://www.accesshollywood.com/
3)Â Â The Fab Life at http://www.thefablife.com/