| Are you like millions of other people who are hooked | | | | accounts of the exploits of the likes of Clark Gable |
| on Hollywood gossip? Lucky for all of the Hollywood | | | | and Marilyn Monroe. |
| gossip junkies out there, you have many places you | | | | Why do we like seeing and hearing so much about |
| can go for your daily fix of what's hot and what's | | | | celebrities? The simplest answer is that it takes our |
| not when it comes to celebrities. | | | | minds off our day to day lives and lets us fantasize |
| In recent years, more and more sources that track | | | | about the extraordinary. Hollywood gossip, particularly |
| the comings and goings of our favorite stars have | | | | when it is about the infamous, lets us put aside the |
| become available; from online Hollywood gossip sites | | | | humdrum routine tasks of every day and peek |
| like and to Hollywood gossip magazines like US | | | | behind the curtain of those we think live glamorous |
| Magazine and People. In addition to the many online | | | | carefree lives. It makes us feel just a little bit better |
| and print sources, of course there are television | | | | about what we consider to be our boring lives when |
| programs that will keep you up-to-date. | | | | we see the troubles of those we think have it made |
| Entertainment Tonight has long been a favorite as | | | | splashed across the new headlines. |
| has Inside Edition. Much Hollywood gossip news has | | | | So is all this exposure to Hollywood gossip healthy |
| even crept into traditionally hard news programs like | | | | for us? Who knows? Curiosity about the lives of |
| Nightline and the nightly news. | | | | those we consider famous is human nature. The urge |
| Following the ups and downs of celebrities is nothing | | | | to get the inside scoop has always been there and |
| new. Since the days of the iconic Hollywood gossip | | | | probably always will be. And if it makes us feel better |
| reporters such as Hedda Hopper to institutions such | | | | about ourselves and our lives can it be all that bad? |
| as Robin Leach's Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, | | | | The truth is, it doesn't matter. We will continue to |
| people have always had an appetite for Hollywood | | | | read about and listen to Hollywood gossip because |
| gossip. Scandals are particularly delicious to Hollywood | | | | we want to. As long as we want it, Hollywood gossip |
| gossip fans and have been since the golden age of | | | | sources will continue to provide it to us. That's the |
| the movies. One can only imagine how people sat on | | | | law of supply and demand. |
| the edge of their seats waiting to hear radio | | | | |
