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Pretty much the only blogs I actively check quite frequently are celebrity/gossip blogs. I know they seem meaningless and superficial, but that is also why they are so entertaining. Some of the bloggers who write these blogs are hilarious personalities themselves, and alot of the fun of seeing new pics and videos of famous people is reading what the bloggers have to say about them. Blogs such as Perez Hilton, TheSuperficial, Just Jared, What Would Tyler Durden Do, and X17 Online are my favorites, besides the commercial site TMZ. It is pure entertainment and these sites are all about people's personal lives rather than their actual work. Their lives are way more fun to watch than some of their work. Everyone knows their work. Without these kinds of blogs and the media attention, some popular stars today would not be so popular.

Perez Hilton scrutinizes many celebrities in a hilarious and often cruel way. He trashes on people like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, while he gives high praises to other people that he personally loves, such as Amy Winehouse and other musicians. He gives no mercy to famous people, and will not hesitate to call them out, which makes for a fun read. With constant new pictures and videos, his site is really interactive and thousands of readers post comments every day. He writes in a very casual style, but he still writes in proper form (alphabetizing and punctuation). TheSuperficial and What Would Tyler Durden Do are blogs by straight guys who like to post pictures of mostly female celebrities and comment on them from a male point of view. They also include other interesting tabloid stories about other famous people, but mostly it's them commenting either favorably or negatively on Hollywood stars that catch their eyes. Just Jared is somewhat of the same, but is instead written by a gay male, who admires female celebrities and likes to post pics and stories about male celebrities that he likes (such as young Zac Efron). These blogs are written fairly casually, and often include links to their sources. One of my favorite celebrity blogs is a strictly paparazzi site called X17 Online. X17 is an actual paparazzi agency, and they upload all of their pictures and unedited video footage immediately, so you can see what celebrities are doing every day. It is definitely overload, but they can capture a story fast and post it first with footage to back it.

I know that the whole celebrity gossip blog phenomonon is petty and meaningless, but it is now a huge part of pop culture and it makes for great material to talk about on entertainment shows. I am doing another radio show this semester for KSFS every Tuesday at 12pm called "The Scoop @ Noon", where my co-host and I talk about what we find on the gossip blogs and we play alot of the music that is associated with them (such as Britney's new song or Kanye West's latest after he threw a tantrum backstage at the VMAs). Anyway, I think I will probably end up blogging alot about the stuff I find on these sites and my take on everything, because it's fun and it does not involve me personally!

And now, here is Britney's trainwreck performance that has had the world talking all week long...