Celebrity Gossip

To Force the Paparazzi to Clean up Their Act, Turn the Cameras on Them

Peter Scheer | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media


Peter Scheer

Photographers who stalk celebrities to give us the latest image of Britney Spears' cellulite are just voyeurs with a telephoto lens, not First Amendment heroes. Nonetheless, anti-paparazzi laws are a bad idea.

The Facination with Celebrity Women in Crisis

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Our culture is obsessed with celebrity and when famous women are in crisis, our interest is only heightened. But don't you think we've had enough?

Amy Winehouse Punches Fan (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment


Full-time tabloid star and occasional musician Amy Winehouse is known for her outrageous behavior. Recently, she was the talk of celebrity gossip fans...

Cutting The Celebrity Gossip Chord

Rachel Mosteller | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living


Rachel Mosteller

Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...

The Other Side of Cannes

Karin Badt | Posted 05.27.2008 | Entertainment


Karin Badt

Have you ever wondered at the origin of those celebrity papers you see in supermarkets? The AmFAR gala was a celebrity-sight-seeing event for fashion journalists and paparazzi.

The Oscars: A Lesson or Just a Bad Show?

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

There is simply too much competition for the show's unique selling principle to remain star-gazing, gown-rating and gossip-mongering.

Gossip Detox: Part 2

Erin Gates | Posted 02.12.2008 | Living


Erin Gates

If I ever catch myself becoming ensnared in the vice grip of dirty, glittery gossip, I know that a two week detox works to bring me back to news watching, book reading normalcy.

Gossip Detox: Part 1

Erin Gates | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living


Erin Gates

I can defend my celebrity gossip addiction by comparing it to other far more harmful habits-say, drugs, excessive drinking, shop lifting or semi-automatic weapon smuggling.

LAPD Beginning Paparazzi Crackdown

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Blankstein | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment


As paparazzi become ever more competitive in their quest for the perfect tabloid photo, complaints about their tactics are intensifying. TMZ.com reg...

Will Smith Got the Farrakhan Treatment with Hitler Quip

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.26.2007 | Entertainment


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Smith learned the hard lesson that the road to Hell may be paved with good intentions, but that road can't include a reference to Hitler, at least by a noted African-American.

The Rise Of TMZ & The Celebritification Of Media

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 11.09.2007 | Media


Anastasia Goodstein

I read Jon Fine's column about the insane growth of TMZ and couldn't help but ponder what this obsession with celebrity screw ups means to youth culture.

We Have Mighty Hearts We Just Don't Have the Money and the Power Anymore

Leslie Griffith | Posted 11.02.2007 | Media


Leslie Griffith

If the media corporations don't inform but instead create more chaos because there are no first hand accounts--this fragile democracy will become even more uninformed, fragmented, racist, homophobic, xenophobic and celebrity obsessed.


 

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