Celebrity Obsession

DEBATE: Americans Have An Unhealthy Obsession With Celebrities

Posted 03.30.2012

Has our obsession with celebrities become unhealthy? When we buy that weekly magazine, or click on that juicy headline, are we indulging a bit of h...

Americans Do Not Have An Unhealthy Obsession With Celebrities

Liz Smith | Posted 05.28.2012

Liz Smith

Gossip and celebrity are the great luxuries of true democracy. They're the tawdry jewel in the crown of free speech and expression. Gossip about the famous or infamous is for leisure, for fun, for entertainment, for relaxation.

Media Intrusion: Tough Laws Needed, Not Press Controls

Dan Ehrlich | Posted 01.26.2012

Dan Ehrlich

The answer is not press controls, but stricter laws, both national and international, to police illegal activities from intrusive and threatening paparazzi to phone hackers working for the media.

Jackson Funeral Won't Convince Followers He Is Dead

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Elvis, the social pathos and obsession with celebrities has grown more than a hundred-fold, and this King of Pop will never be laid to rest or allowed to rest in peace.