Celebrities have always had a huge spotlight on them but the quickness with which news of celebrity scandals move has increased with the advent of the internet and websites like tmz.com and perezhilton.com. Perez Hilton, for example, makes his entire career out of discussing the lives of celebrities on his blog. The blog is updated constantly so people can have the most up-to-the-minute coverage of every detail of celebrities' lives. The fact that a celebrity can be at a club at 11:50 and a picture of them at the club can appear on the internet by 11:51 through the use of cellphone cameras and wireless internet, means that the average person has constant access to the world of the rich and famous. In a way, I think this also makes people feel like they are above celebrities somehow, because they feel omnipotent. Also, as evidenced with the popularity of reality TV, voyeurism sells and celebrity voyeurism sells even better. Also, while celebrities' careers usually depend on the fact that people want to know about them, this has come back to bite some celebrities, like Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan. These two are constantly being stalked by paparazzi and I can see how that would make you crazy, but at the same time, as a famous figure, you have to take the good fame with the bad fame. Personally, I am getting tired of hearing about these two and many of the other 'celebutantes', but at the same time, I was shocked when I heard that Britney Spears' little sister was pregnant- even though teens get pregnant every day. People feel like they know celebrities personally, so they feel like they are allowed to make judgments on them...but very few people have even met many of the celebrities that they are so quick to criticize. I don't really see any end coming to this celebrity obsession, because as access to their lives becomes easier and easier, people want to know more and more. Here are the websites:
1. www.tmz.com
2. www.perezhilton.com
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