A quick scan of the news shows that there is always a lot going on in Hollywood. Whether it's new film releases, the usual who-hooked-up-with-who or who-dumped-who stories, or stars engaging in some form of debauchery, Hollywood has always been in the news.
I am fed up with all of this, and here is why.
First of all, I fail to understand how every minute detail of celebrities' lives are considered world news. Why should I care if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly splitting up? What difference does it make about what dress Julia Roberts wore to some awards show? Why does this all matter? As a journalist myself, I know what real news is, and it certainly isn't any of this rubbish. Real news deals with important world issues, like the Haiti earthquake situation, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and things happening in our community. You may have your own definition(s) of what real news is, but that is what I believe it is. I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks that the kind of dress someone wore to an awards show and how much it cost is major news.
And then there's the celebrities themselves. I hate to generalize, but a great many celebrities in Hollywood are very fake. Every day, I'm treated to stories like Heidi Montag getting 350 surgeries in 15 minutes, or something of that ilk. Why would someone want to do such a thing? I know that there appears to be a huge demand for perfection in Hollywod. If even the smallest thing looks out of place, it's time to go under the knife. These surgeries cost thousands of dollars, and these celebrities throw that money around like it's candy. In addition to that, some celebrities have extremely poor attitudes. We see it on TV and in the print media all the time. I'm sure by now we've all seen Mel Gibson's profanity-laced tirade against a reporter at least 400 times. Granted, the reporter might have set him off on purpose, but he could have handled that situation a lot better. Just because you're famous, it doesn't mean that you have adopt this whole "holier than thou" attitude and throw a temper-tantrum any time something makes you angry.
Lack of originality in the film industry is another thing that I find to be irritating. It seems that almost every movie released these days is a re-make, re-do, or re-imagination of a previous film. Sometimes, it's the third or fourth time this has happened. My 82-year-old Hungarian grandmother and I were discussing this at length last month, and we both agreed that there is almost no originality in Hollywood anymore. I recently heard that George Lucas wants to re-release all 48 of his Star Wars films again. They're great films and all, but is it really necessary to re-release all of them all over again? Have the idea wells really dried up, or are these screenwriters, directors, and producers just plain lazy? Kudos to people like James Cameron for giving us an exciting, original film with Avatar. Films like that are a breath of fresh air these days.
I'll stop ranting now and open up the floor for discussion. Do you think that the daily antics of celebrities in Hollywood should be conisdered as world news? Is the film industry really lacking originality these days? What do you think?
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