Celebrity Journalism

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.

Who Are You Calling a Tabloid?

Lara Cohen | Posted 05.05.2008 | Media


Lara Cohen

At Us Weekly we know that every celebrity breakup has two sides -- yet the news media failed to apply that same basic due diligence to the Wright story.

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.

Behind The Red Carpet: Working For A Small Station

Kristen Reeves | Posted 01.10.2008 | Entertainment


Kristen Reeves

At the 2007 Emmy's, we were electronic crew number 127 out of 128. Second to last, people! Do you think every big celebrity made it through 128 crews?

TMZ TV Is A Legit Hit

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media


The early success of "TMZ," a new syndicated television show based on the popular Web site of the same name, illustrates just how valuable the celebri...

Finke: Women Make The Best Reporters In Hollywood

Elle | Lisa Chase | Posted 10.10.2007 | Media


"I've always thought that if I wrote a novel about Hollywood," says Nikki Finke, "it would start, '"That bitch!" the studio mogul cried, but the secre...


 

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