Going Beyond Below The Belt

Movie stars are talented, highly respected and largely professionally trained actors. Tabloid stars are punchlines and grab onto whatever shtick they can to maintain fame. Modern day celebrity obsession has made tabloid stars more newsworthy than real movie stars. And we love it. We do. Admit it. It's constant material and entertainment. It makes for a perfect hour-long pop culture radio show (The Scoop @ Noon, on KSFS The State). Hollywood is out of control, and we cannot get enough.

So, what is the 'scoop' as of today?? Brit seems to hit rock bottom on a daily basis. She has been dropped by her latest manager because she is 'unmanageable', her expensive divorce lawyer quit, and now reports are saying that she WILL lose custody of her (as Sarah Silverman refers to them) "adorable little mistakes", Sean and Jayden. How can things get worse for the fallen pop tart? Sure, there was her lackluster performance last weekend at the VMAs, which many of us watched online over and over again, because we can't take our eyes away from the trainwreck in front of us. It's like it was so bad that it's totally awesome. Brit croon's "gimme more" in her new slow-charting single, and we actually do want just that...MORE britney! She knows she screwed up, and she knows she's a media joke. But she won't listen to anybody! Brit, your lawyer quit your case because you're out of your mind and your management dropped you because you're, once again, out of your damn mind! Based on what we the public see in the media and read on the gossip blogs, you should absolutely lose custody of your lil' K-Feds. When Kevin looks like a Greek God compared to you, you are in trouble. And it's been like this for almost a year now. Ever since she split with Kevin and started making the rounds on the Hollywood party scene, with Paris and her legion of whores. Who would have thought that innocent teenage TRL Britney would become America's hooker trash, living on fast food and Red Bull, and firing people around her left and right because they can't keep her happy. She is completely off the deep end! But you know what is hilarious...I'll still get her album. Millions of people will. It is the nature of the tabloid star. She has kept herself in the press nearly every day for so long now, how can people not be interested in her new album? She finally has something to show for her over-exposure and constant late night trips to Carl's Jr. And you have to admit, "Gimme More" is not that bad.

There is so much going on in tabloid-land. The never-ending feud between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag of MTV's "The Hills" is a press magnet. Yah, the spoiled blonde chics from Southern California who have a show about getting lattes, shopping, going to nightclubs, and fighting about pretty douchebag boys. It's MTV's highest-rated show! No surprise there. It's such an easy target, but at the same time, I still can't stop watching. It's television escapism at its finest. I'm just waiting for Whitney to finally tell one of the other girls to grow up. We can only hope. Anyway, Lauren launched a new clothing line on the same day as her arch nemesis and former-BFF Heidi's 21st birthday, on which Heidi debuted her new single (yes, music) at LAX nightclub at the Luxor is Las Vegas (the nightclub where Britney hosted its initial launch party!). God, this stuff is good. Lauren's clothes are a bore and overpriced, while Heidi even being allowed to have a pop star career is hilarious. But she's probably better than the Britster right now. Want more? Look below...
Heidi performs her new single "Higher" at LAX, Las Vegas


Oh, and pretty boy 19-year old Zac Efron landed back in LA after his European press tour. He reunited with his 'girlfriend' (co-star in Disney's sugar-coated "High School Musical") Vanessa Hudgens, who experienced a media storm over her released nude photos, that she publicly apologized for. I bet they had a lot to talk about at their McDonald's date...I give these kids 2 years, then they'll be on the Lindsay Lohan bandwagon, partying late night at Hollywood clubs and snorting cocaine with Paris and the like. And we will be watching it all.