Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Celebrities - what is it?

By Anne Ahira

Our society is obsessed with celebrities. We cannot seem to get enough of who they are dating, what they are buying, and what trouble they are getting into. Why are we so interested in celebrities and how do they become celebrities?

Well, it seems like you may get famed for less and less these days . It used to be that celebrities were truly movie stars and singers. These persons were well-known as a result of the performance that they performed . Today movie stars and singers are still amongst a number of the most wanted celebrities.

Nonetheless, that is not where our curiosity in celebrities ends. As professional sports has progressed , we have seen the athletes have turned into celebrities in their own right.

They pull down hundreds of thousands of dollars for each competition that they join , and we cannot get enough of watching how they spend their money and how they use their lives .

A recent development seems to be celebrities who are more media created without really having any discernible talent. There are socialites who are being shot into public view for no other reason than the fact that they are rich, young, and beautiful.

The famed super stars may provide hours of entertainment by judging what they wear , who they have an appointment, and even wonder why they are prominent in the first place.

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