The facination with fame

[Buckeyemange]

TomKat getting married. Britney and "KFed" in hot water. Some one gains 10 pounds or gets a nose job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite frankly, who gives a (Kitten)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people buy things like "US Weekly"? Why do people care about Tom Cruise getting married? At the same time, there are hundreds of normal couples getting married. Oh, someone is getting nose work done! Who cares?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is this facination? Is it because their lives are worse then your own? Is it because it's cool to see them slandered? Does it make you feel bad when you see these pictures of a wedding more expensive then what most make in 5 year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people read about these things? Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

[BlueLancer]

 

 

 

What is this facination? Is it because their lives are worse then your own? Is it because it's cool to see them slandered? Does it make you feel bad when you see these pictures of a wedding more expensive then what most make in 5 year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You just described an average human. People don't change much over the course of history, most humans are still the descendants of the same people that enjoyed seeing people get slaughtered in an arena by lions and have their guts ripped, thousands of years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, some people just want to get away from their boring lives so they enjoy the failures of others, want to nose in their lives, as a form of entertainment. Gossip has been the food of the masses since humans have been able to talk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've yet to meet any "truly" intelligent people that read gossip and sensation magazines. No offense but just their covers reveal that they are clearly marketed to milk money from morons. "SHOCK! ANISTON SPILLED TEQUILA!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"PITT: I LOVE MY DOG MORE THAN MY WIFE!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Anesthesia]

My fiancee reads gossip magazines. If I'm going to the shops and she asks me to get her one I refuse. I also mock her for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost all of the people in those things wouldn't be 'famous' if it weren't for magazines like that. Almost all of them have done NOTHING to deserve fame. They are simply there for the same of being there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being famous for nothing at all is worse than not being famous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death to jade goody. The stupid bint doesn't deserve capital letters.

[Loge_05]

My fiancee reads gossip magazines. If I'm going to the shops and she asks me to get her one I refuse. I also mock her for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I applaud you for doing so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cringe everytime I see these so called celebrities on a TV chat-show, talking about their recent reality-TV program. I can't understand what's so interesting. I'll pick a good book over these tarty magazines anyday.

[Buckeyemange]

I'll pick a good book over these tarty magazines anyday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indeed

[cadburys_egg]

Almost all of them have done NOTHING to deserve fame. They are simply there for the same of being there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say this alot. I blame it on reality TV. "OMG I WAS ON BIG BROTHER!!!1 GIV ME FAEM NAO?!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a wedding, then yes, i'm sure many are happy to know of a wedding.

 

 

 

But I really don't like it when it's on the news. The news is a place for important current affairs like the war in Iraq or if a new legislation is passed and not for something as frivolous as someone who was in a film getting married.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that if a celebrity is not in anything big, i.e. a soap opera or a movie, they should lose their celebrity status. Just putting some celebrity from 20 years ago into Big Brother is just them saying "We wan bak on tv plz i du nefin". Same applies to the jungle one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've actually taken a Heat magazine out of my friends hand, ripped it and thrown it in a bin. I didn't want their brain to melt and/or rot.

[ctp080188]

I agree with you Buck, there's nothing I can stand more than those magazines that are like "Oh look, Beyonce has a sweat patch!". For God's sake. People are becoming "famous" over nothing these days, and these people then calling themselves celebrities. Don't even get me started on Rebecca Loos, or Big Brother for that matter. All of these reality celebrity shows, does anyone even know who those celebrity's are?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One thing that saddens me is the desire for people to become famous. Not to be an actor, singer, doctor or any job for that matter, but to become famous. It shows in things like X Factor and similar programs. When Simon Cowel tells the contestant, you're a back-up singer they cry. Why? Because although a back-up singer is a decent job, you can sing behind real artists and earn decent money, the contestant wants to be FAMOUS before doing a job they just enjoy.

[Anesthesia]

There's something ironic about those celebrity reality shows - not one of them is a celebrity. They are ex-celebrities, nonebrities and relations of celebrities. They are all either washed-out or non-starters.

[ctp080188]

There's something ironic about those celebrity reality shows - not one of them is a celebrity. They are ex-celebrities, nonebrities and relations of celebrities. They are all either washed-out or non-starters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ugh yeah that gets to me. I remember my boyfriend watching one of these shows, I asked who one person was, it turned out she was a step-daughter of some singer who had divorced her mother a good few years ago. Sorry, but WHAT THE...?

[jackattack]

TomKat getting married. Britney and "KFed" in hot water. Some one gains 10 pounds or gets a nose job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite frankly, who gives a (Kitten)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people buy things like "US Weekly"? Why do people care about Tom Cruise getting married? At the same time, there are hundreds of normal couples getting married. Oh, someone is getting nose work done! Who cares?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is this facination? Is it because their lives are worse then your own? Is it because it's cool to see them slandered? Does it make you feel bad when you see these pictures of a wedding more expensive then what most make in 5 year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people read about these things? Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because their hot! :3> :D

[BlueLancer]

There's something ironic about those celebrity reality shows - not one of them is a celebrity. They are ex-celebrities, nonebrities and relations of celebrities. They are all either washed-out or non-starters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's about time somebody makes a petition to ban this stuff. In fact, I'll make one out of spite. .com/tvpetit1/petition.html]Here :lol:

[Viktorkrum77]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, I'm too lazy to read the whole thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They do it for the same reason some people like to watch reality TV shows, and see movies, they want to remove any though of their depressing real life from their mind, so they in gulp themselves in someone else's life, because, while it makes them feel bad (jealous, envious), it also makes them feel good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also agree, I hate people who still think they're famous, or think they're famous just because they were on 1 show. You have to work for fame, it doesn't come easy until you're well enough known. Alot of Hollywood actors and actresses are in like one or two movies, than you never see them again. They think it's easy to be scouted by a casting scout to audition for a movie. But it's not. You have to go out there, with your agent, and find movies, try out, until you find one that you like or are accepted in. It's like the whole, I want to be a singer/play in a band when I grow up. But what people don't realize is this takes time, lots of it, and the ratio of it happening is very small. I also hate the fact that I learn of a new music artist every single day. They have 1 good song, and I never hear them again.[/rant]

[cadburys_egg]

Because their hot! :3> :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sure that there are much "hotter" people getting married out there somewhere, but because they haven't been on TV/movie they aren't special enough to be in a magazine.

[ctp080188]

 

TomKat getting married. Britney and "KFed" in hot water. Some one gains 10 pounds or gets a nose job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite frankly, who gives a (Kitten)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people buy things like "US Weekly"? Why do people care about Tom Cruise getting married? At the same time, there are hundreds of normal couples getting married. Oh, someone is getting nose work done! Who cares?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is this facination? Is it because their lives are worse then your own? Is it because it's cool to see them slandered? Does it make you feel bad when you see these pictures of a wedding more expensive then what most make in 5 year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why do people read about these things? Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because their hot! :3> :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So we should base all our judgements on looks? I'm sorry, but intelligence prevails and should be rewarded greater than having a pretty face.

[supermonk]

I HATE when people are like "Oh my god! Pam Anderson's son died!"

 

 

 

How many people die a day? How many people are starving and on the edge of death every day? How many millions of people have lives 500 times as worse as hers?

 

 

 

Do you see a huge story every time someone dies? They fail to realize we're all the same.

[issy2]

I really, really don't care about all this 'celebrity' stuff. It's a waste of time, I've got better things to do.

 

 

 

(And I hate Big Brother. I just don't get it.)

[darkmage099]

Most people think it's entertaining. I don't, but a lot of people who have nothing better to do enjoy gossiping about different people.

[knives669]

:P I watch VH1 a lot, but I don't really care about the lives of celebrities. I've got my own life to be concerned with.

[Zonorhc]

Because their hot! :3> :D

 

 

 

So are AV Idols. They don't get much mainstream attention. Explain that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm okay with celebrities up to a point. I'll watch the movie or I'll pirate the music, but I'll be damned if I pay to read some talentless hack's travesty of an article on them walking down the street or having more than one eyeball.

[jgrazotis]

if a famous couple have a baby, ok put it in a magizine, but only a small clip not a double page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

papirazzi must have the most boring job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

id hate to be fomous with all them watching wherever u go

[Adam007]

My only guess is that the general majority of people are born followers. They love to worship idols. It seems built into the human state to be that way. These celebrities become false idols, and people just tend to want to know everything about their living and walking gods. They're just engrossed with learning about what happened to a celebrity because they don't seem like regular people. They seem like immortals because of their fame and status. So they love seeing regular day events happen to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know. Just guessing. Ignore my tone if it seems like I know what I'm talking about.

[lawrencekill]

Because that's how people behave, how some people want to behave.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead focusing on helping themselves or other people, they rather put down other people with gossip to make themselves feel better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because they never think of anything better to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of learning advance algebra and teaching your kids/niece/nephew/etc. that, you'd rather talk to them about something stupid and not practically used in real life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because it is something they think is common talk and everyone knows it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of talking about when Napolean(think I spelled it wrong...) came to power and his battle tactics, people gossip because it is exciting, new, and may relate to them. I mean would you learn about how battle tactics evolved or how cute some celebrity's new baby is?

[Zonorhc]

Instead of talking about when Napolean(think I spelled it wrong...) came to power and his battle tactics, people gossip because it is exciting, new, and may relate to them. I mean would you learn about how battle tactics evolved or how cute some celebrity's new baby is?

 

 

 

The former, but certainly not from a hack like Napoleon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to be fair, algebra is not something that you would use often in everyday life unless you have a career in some specific fields.

[lawrencekill]

 

Instead of talking about when Napolean(think I spelled it wrong...) came to power and his battle tactics, people gossip because it is exciting, new, and may relate to them. I mean would you learn about how battle tactics evolved or how cute some celebrity's new baby is?

 

 

 

The former, but certainly not from a hack like Napoleon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to be fair, algebra is not something that you would use often in everyday life unless you have a career in some specific fields.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well Napoleon's actions were not what you would call admirable...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just giving an example. How about essay writing, or biology, or whatever you want to think of?

[jackattack]

 

Because their hot! :3> :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sure that there are much "hotter" people getting married out there somewhere, but because they haven't been on TV/movie they aren't special enough to be in a magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotter than britney, jessica simpson,angelina jolie and jenifer aniston?

 

 

 

no i dont think so. :shame: