Celebrities...Hollywood is out of hand!!!

[sweete81]

I was watching Access Hollywood the other day, and it made me think about the thingsthat celebrities are willing to do just to stay in the limelight and promote a failing career. In this year alone, you have had two "wardrobe malfunctions", Janet Jackson and Tara Reid, Paris Hilton's numerous antics (the latest being her flashing the paparazzi), Brit Spears numerous antics, Got divorce?!?, P. Diddy flashing folks, (Mind you, the Tara, Paris and Diddy incident happened at the same time, Diddy's birthday bash) , Star Jones' hoopla wedding (that is another thread in itself) and the Queen of cheap publicity stunts, Anna Nicole being under the influence of something at the AMA's yesterday. I understand that Hollywood is fickle and exposure is the key to lasting in Hollywood, but people are taking it to new levels!!!

Question/Opinion

Do you think that it is really necessary for celebrities to throw decorum out the window just to be on the frontpage of the paper (I mean, have you ever seen Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Phyllica (sp) Rashad or Audrey Hepburn flash anyone to promote their careers)?

[Senusret I]

It's absolutely ridiculous.

I think one major problem with Hollywood is that now, more than ever, there are a lot more C-list stars. There are still excellent people who rose through the ranks, got formal training, or otherwise just busted their hump to earn their fame: Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, you name it. They kept their noses clean and made wise decisions about their roles.

But then you have "notorious" and "infamous" celebrities now.....celebs behaving badly. For example, Anna Nicole was (and is) a nobody....she was a a poor southern girl who became a model and B-movie actress. THEN she married a 300 year old billionaire. Now how in the H-E-double-hockey-sticks does that qualify her to get a reality show and present at the AMA's?

And another thing...REALITY SHOWS. It makes no sense how damn near everybody on reality TV does it as a launch pad for an acting career....and it never works!

Hollywood's old guard needs to do what it can to keep people like the Hiltons, Smiths, and anybody related to a Mark Burnett or Bunim-Murray production off the red carpet.

Except Melissa Howard, I love her! www.princessmelissa.com

[33girl]

Originally posted by sweete81
IDo you think that it is really necessary for celebrities to throw decorum out the window just to be on the frontpage of the paper?

It is if they have zero talent.