Why Do We Like to Believe the Celebrity Hype?

What is so good about gossip? Why do we like hearing it or reading it so much, and why do we like feeding into it? Gossip is defined as idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. It is actually one of the oldest and most common means of sharing unproven facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and other variations into the information transmitted (wikipedia.com)The word gossip also carries implications that the news passed along usually has a personal or trivial nature, unlike that of normal conversation. In a sense, gossip isn't completely bad, being that it has the intent of fostering and building a sense of community with shared interest and information. Which brings me to the purpose of my blog. My blog followers and I share a common interest, which is celebrity news. While doing research on the topic I wasn't really able to find information on exactly why celebrity gossip is so important or interesting. I guess the reason is because as regular people, it makes us feel like we have some sort of gateway into the personal lives of our favorite celebrities. We can't personally know them so we do the next best thing which is to find information on the Internet or in magazines or television shows so we can know things about them. It makes us feel as if we have some sort of insight to their lives.

Timbaland Says "Thanks Chris, but your services are no longer needed..."

So apparently Chris Brown's vocals on a track entitled "The One I Love" was cut from Timbalands album due to the "drama" that surrounds him. Well that's not surprising at all! Timbo's manager is saying that the drop was a mutual creative decision by both artists and that there is nothing against Chris. In fact, they still love him.

(Pause.) Right. I believe that just as much as you guys do. I wonder if he also meant to release his album the same day as Brown's (December 8). Ouch. That was another low blow Tim!

What Happened Janet "Miss Jackson if you're Nasty"??

Ok so, I watched the AMAs...TOTALLY hyped for the 8 minutes of Janet performing. Sadly this wasn't the case after I watched it. I don't think her performance sucked, I just think it was...a bit tired. Her dance moves are always on point, but I was more excited watching her at the VMAs doing a tribute to her brother with the Scream video. In case you didn't catch that SHAME ON YOU! But here's a clip of it :)

Death of Daytime

Oprah is cancelling her show in 2011. It will be 25 years worth of gift giveaways down the drain.

FYI....

PSA:

I am SICK and TIRED to DEATH of all this New Moon crap. That is all =)

DON'T MESS WITH MIKEY!!

Mikey's at it again. Just great. On November 11 the former heavyweight was at LAX with his wife and daughter when he assaulted a photographer who kept bothering him for a picture. Now Tyson is waiting to find out whether charges will be filed against him or the pesky photographer by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. The picture man is claiming that all he wanted was a photo of the boxer but got a nasty cut on the forehead instead. Meanwhile, Tyson's representative is sticking to his claim that Mike was being followed and intentionally provoked from terminal to terminal by the photographer. Both men were taken into custody that night but Mike was released after posting $20,000 bail.

Countdown to Doomsday....

2012 is a big box office hit grossing $65 million this weekend. The movie circles the fate of the planet in about 2 years. Apocalyse, ha! Like that'll ever happen....or will it? I think I'm scared :-/

Only in select theaters, other big hits in theaters this weekend were Precious ($6.1 million) and Fantastic Mr. Fox ($260,000).