| It's a pastime for many, a career for others and just | | | | know who is seeing who and whose heart has been |
| plain fun to do. Keeping up with Hollywood gossip, | | | | broken. They want to know about babies, |
| however, can be a full-time job with all the comings | | | | pregnancies, break ups and more. Heck, information |
| and goings of big name stars. | | | | about vacations and favorite destinations can even |
| Faster than an industry magazine, speedier than a | | | | be found running around the gossip mill. |
| television newscast and loaded with more up-to-date | | | | * Current/upcoming projects. Star watchers want to |
| information than 10 sets of encyclopedias combined, | | | | know what's coming out, when and who will be cast |
| the Internet is one of the best places to go to hear | | | | in certain roles. Even those not in to normal "gossip" |
| all the juicy gossip out of Hollywood. Loaded with | | | | follow this stuff. It's fun to know where your |
| more fodder for gossip than a family reunion, | | | | favorite actor or actress will appear next. Or, what |
| Hollywood is ripe with stories that break at all hours | | | | project your favorite writer, producer or director is |
| of the night and day. | | | | planning to take on. Or even who is going to be cast |
| From movie stars and rock stars to soap actors, | | | | in the next big blockbuster. |
| producers, writers and more, those who make | | | | * Arrests. It's always big news, tabloid and beyond, |
| Hollywood their home have done so at a price. By | | | | when a star gets arrested. Somehow it makes them |
| stepping into the spotlight, these people have opened | | | | seem "more real," more human and more like the |
| up their lives for their fans. Their day-to-day comings | | | | rest of the world. |
| and goings are the things headlines are made of. | | | | * Political statements. Since the McCarthy era and |
| People want to know who they're seeing, what | | | | beyond Hollywood has been known for its various |
| they're doing, what they look like without their make | | | | political leanings. People want to know what the stars |
| up and more. | | | | think about issues as far reaching as world hunger, |
| Considering the sheer popularity of the Hollywood set | | | | AIDS, wars, taxes and so on. With stars becoming |
| and the glamour they exude, it's little wonder the | | | | spokespeople for the likeminded, Hollywood activism |
| gossip surrounding them is so prevalent. From | | | | has taken on a life of its own. |
| pregnancies and break ups to who's getting paid | | | | These topics and more can all be found online in an |
| what to be in which movie, the amount of | | | | abundance that will make some people's heads spin. |
| information on stars is unbelievable. | | | | When it comes to gossip, the Internet is afire with it. |
| For those interested in gossip out of Hollywood, | | | | Since the ability to update news sites, blogs and |
| here's a basic run down of the kinds of information | | | | more is so fast, if it happened 10 minutes ago it can |
| they'll be able to find online, in newspapers and even | | | | already be on the web. |
| magazines: | | | | Whether pursuing Hollywood gossip is simple interest |
| * Dating/marriage and family issues. This is perhaps | | | | or an obsession, fans will find no shortage of |
| one of the hottest areas of gossip. People want to | | | | information on stars, their activities and beyond. |
