Celebrities In Popular Culture

Introduction

I would walk into my local Shoppers Drug Mart to pick up some items. As soon as I stand in line to cash my items, low and behold I would see rows and rows of glossy magazines and they would have captions like “ Kate Middleton under attack by the royal family.” or “ Why did Jennifer and Ben Affleck break up.” I could hear the magazine whispering in my ears saying, “Raquel, come read me. You know you want to.”

We are part of a generation that is obsessed with celebrity culture. Celebrities are distinctive. Media and consumers alike invented them to be a different race of super beings: flawless, divine and above all the real moral world. In a 1995 New York Times article “In contrast, 9 out of 10 of those polled could think of something

The act of gossiping, sharing your darkest secrets and talking about your daily lives can bond your friends together and form a special friendship that could potentially last forever. Few individuals look up to celebrities for fashion advice, relationship goals and success stories on how to better your lives. According to Linda Carroll msnbc.com contributor, “A little bit of gossip is healthy. It's what keeps the culture going, greasing the social machinery.” People do enjoy hearing, reading and viewing celebrities downfall. People feel good about themselves knowing that their life is in a better place and stronger dose of emotions. Furthermore, when individuals love certain celebrities because they identified themselves with them on celebrities likes or dislikes and hobbies they enjoy on their spare time. Lastly, you have to keep in mind to moderate yourself with the latest’s gossip there is such thing as too

Many factors on why we are so obsessed with today’s celebrities are the fact that there is nowhere else in our culture with such rich and readily accessible stories. We are famed obsess culture where technology have made it a lot easier to get the juice at a click of a button. Whatever the motivation is, people all over the world will continue to search out the latest information and gossip about our favourite idols.

Despite us being so obsessed with the celebrity culture, fascinated by their every move and being glued to our mobile devices, it somehow begs the question do we love celebrities because they are all around us? Do we demand information about them? Do we watch them because we like their opulence lifestyle, or forced to aspire to be like them? What do you