In fact, it wasn’t a celebrity at all. It was a magazine. Entertainment Weekly, to be precise.
Now, I admire the magazine as much as the next follower of the cult of celebrity. I read it. I count on it. I believe it.
But, in its August 31 edition, I think Entertainment Weekly may have stretched its credibility a bit.
True, this is the slowest entertainment news week of the year. Movie numbers are low, television numbers are low and CD sales are low.
So, it is understandable that a magazine might lean on a gimmick cover story this week, and Entertainment Weekly responded with “THE SUMMER OF SCANDAL!”
Not a bad idea, as gimmick cover stories go, but I would like to know who voted on the list of THE 25 BIGGEST SCANDALS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS?”
Was Sinead tearing up a photo of the pope really the third biggest scandal of the last 25 years? Was Gibson’s meltdown really worth a number 2 rating? And does Janet Jackson’s exposed breast during the Super Bowl warrant the top spot? Weren’t there other more serious scandals during the last 25 years? Didn’t a few people actually get killed during that time?
The magazine’s choices expose how trivial celebrity news has gotten. I wonder what numbers 26 through 30 would have been if Entertainment Weekly chose to expand its list? I could venture a guess.
26. Paris Hilton breaks a nail on a Sunday and can’t get help until Monday morning!
27. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie walk down a street and are not photographed!
28. Britney Spears does nothing bizarre for an entire week!
29. Lindsay Lohan drives sober!
30. Young Hollywood sneezes and nobody cares!
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