| You only have to step into a local shop and look at | | | | are so different and more extravagant than ours. |
| the rows and rows of glossy magazines to see that | | | | We are naturally fascinated by the unknown and |
| we are a nation that is obsessed with celebrity. Heat | | | | unfamiliar. However, this curiosity can be a |
| magazine is one of the biggest selling magazines in | | | | double-edged sword. We are fascinated by the |
| the UK with a circulation of over half a million, and | | | | seemingly perfect lives of celebrities but at the same |
| this is only one of a long list of celebrity gossip | | | | time we are always waiting for something to go |
| magazines that is produced each week. | | | | wrong. |
| The title of the ultimate British celebrity magazine | | | | We do not always want to hear how well someone |
| should probably go to Ok! magazine. It is a favourite | | | | is doing and it is a well known fact that scandal |
| of many celebrities who will turn to the magazine to | | | | always sells more than good news. Sometimes it |
| reveal any revelations or scandal in their lives. Ok! | | | | takes someone else's bad news to make us feel |
| covers more celebrity weddings, pregnancies and | | | | better about our lives. Of course this seems a |
| engagements than any other magazines. Most | | | | twisted logic but it is a fact, and the magazine |
| celebrities will use Ok! as a platform to promote | | | | circulation numbers back this up. People are much |
| something good in their lives and it is well known that | | | | more likely to want to read about a married |
| they will receive a hefty payment in return. Ok! | | | | footballer's sleazy affair with a page three model |
| magazine was first published in 1993 and since then | | | | than the good news that a pop star is set to break |
| there has been a huge influx in rival magazines all | | | | America. Just look at the current Cheryl and Ashley |
| claiming to be the first port of call for inside celebrity | | | | Cole situation. The bottom line is: scandal sells. |
| gossip. | | | | Each week the media churn out pictures of flawless |
| But what is it about celebrity that fascinates us so | | | | celebrities that have been air-brushed thus setting an |
| much? In my opinion there is more than one reason. | | | | unrealistic goal for the likes of you and me. This is |
| For some people it is simply a case of lifestyle envy. | | | | why when a celeb is spotted without her makeup |
| Celebrities appear to have it all: money, looks, a | | | | we feel better because they are instantly put on a |
| fabulous lifestyle and worldwide recognition. They | | | | level with the average person. An element of |
| seem to live a magical lifestyle that some of us | | | | normality is created. We rejoice in seeing a celeb |
| aspire to achieve. Celebrities have become a new | | | | looking bad because it makes us feel better about |
| form of god figure and we allow ourselves to | | | | our bad hair days and so-called fat days. ` |
| fantasise that our lives could one day be like theirs. | | | | A way of feeling closer to our favourite celebrities |
| Some people even feel that proximity to celebrities | | | | and idols is to collect memorabilia associated with |
| will elevate them from a normal person to celebrity | | | | them. If we own a piece of signed memorabilia it is |
| status. Or perhaps they think that maybe they can | | | | as if we have some sort of connection or are paying |
| befriend a rich celeb and that they will share some of | | | | homage to them in some sense. Avid fans often |
| their wealth with them? Either way this is a pretty | | | | keep large collections of items associated with a |
| deluded state of mind. It is very unlikely that a | | | | certain celebrity and invest a certain amount of |
| celebrity will allow an average Joe to ride on the coat | | | | emotion into their collection. If you or someone close |
| tails of his or her success. | | | | to you is looking to add to their collection or perhaps |
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| human beings. Essentially we are pretty nosy | | | | boasts a collection of over 6,000 signed articles to |
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