18 April 2004
For some delicious scandal, check out the A-List. Warning: if you're one of those who prefer blissful ignorance about celebrities, avoid this site. Of course, everything on that website ought to be taken with a grain of salt, but it really raises the question of how much of it--and Hollywood-- is true and false?
These days the American public is spun in so many different ways it's a wonder we manage to stay on our feet. The tabloids tell us that so-and-so has a cocaine problem! and is sleeping with their houseboy! and has had massive plastic surgery! Then the weekly glossies do exactly as their names imply--they gloss Hollywood over, cover it with sparkly packaging and incite envy with their endless pictures of celebrities glammed up. Between these two, how are we supposed to know the truth?
Recently I read some magazine where they interviewed Jennifer Garner and she said she loved libraries and that she was really a big band geek, and I couldn't help but love her. But a part of me kept thinking, okay, Christine, you're crazy. Just because she's in your favorite show and because she said she loves libraries (which have been your favorite place to be for so long) you can't BELIEVE her. And besides, she's a CELEBRITY. You'll never get to know her--why does it matter if you like her or not?
I told Andres about how I liked her because of this interview, and somehow we got onto the topic of other celebrities, and at some point, I mentioned the rumors of Jennifer Aniston's pot usage. Andres surprised me by shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Every celebrity does cocaine and drugs." I wasn't surprised by my own reaction, though. I merely agreed, sighed, shook my head. Such cynicism!
These days the American public is spun in so many different ways it's a wonder we manage to stay on our feet. The tabloids tell us that so-and-so has a cocaine problem! and is sleeping with their houseboy! and has had massive plastic surgery! Then the weekly glossies do exactly as their names imply--they gloss Hollywood over, cover it with sparkly packaging and incite envy with their endless pictures of celebrities glammed up. Between these two, how are we supposed to know the truth?
Recently I read some magazine where they interviewed Jennifer Garner and she said she loved libraries and that she was really a big band geek, and I couldn't help but love her. But a part of me kept thinking, okay, Christine, you're crazy. Just because she's in your favorite show and because she said she loves libraries (which have been your favorite place to be for so long) you can't BELIEVE her. And besides, she's a CELEBRITY. You'll never get to know her--why does it matter if you like her or not?
I told Andres about how I liked her because of this interview, and somehow we got onto the topic of other celebrities, and at some point, I mentioned the rumors of Jennifer Aniston's pot usage. Andres surprised me by shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Every celebrity does cocaine and drugs." I wasn't surprised by my own reaction, though. I merely agreed, sighed, shook my head. Such cynicism!