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Filtering Through Celebrity Gossip Lies And
Truth
Everyday new celebrity gossip stories
hit the front pages of the entertainment sites but how does
one separate the truth from fiction? Of the popular news
media outlets some of the more established like People
Magazine, tend to be more reliable sources, confirming
stories as much as possible before publishing. This tends to
make these outlets trusted sources but at the same time
often slow to come out with controversial news that's harder
to confirm and that might cause backlash. After all if a
story reflects poorly on a celebrity, they and their reps
are not likely to confirm and may in fact blatantly deny
until totally cornered. They may also be reluctant to
co-operate with that media outlet in the future.
There are also many media outlets that are more daring and
will go forward with publishing a story pretty readily if
they believe it's based on truth, even if the gossip is
based on circumstantial evidence. These types of stories
require the most detective work to weigh the validity of the
story. New couple alerts are a good example. Celebrities are
often spotted 'looking cozy' together all the time.
Sometimes these types of stories have some supporting photo
evidence, other times it's based on hearsay third party
witnesses. Many times these stories are just planted by
reps. and the celebrities themselves for publicity purposes.
Jennifer Aniston is forever being linked to every leading
man she works with, especially since her splitting from Brad
Pitt. Fans want to see Jen find love again and tabloids are
anxious to deliver to sell magazines. Two thirds of those
stories or more are false of course. When Jen was initially
linked with John Mayer, frankly I was skeptical. The
funny/sad thing was, when Jen broke up with Mayer, she was
immediately linked with another hot new guy. This rumor
which should have made anyone highly skeptical soon proved
to be false but that's the nature of this business. Without
going into a whole manifesto here, another type of story
example that's usually hard to get confirmation on is
celebrities stricken with health issues. It was 'The
National Enquirer' that broke the news on the Patrick Swayze
cancer story, which was confirmed by his rep. after the
actor was 'outed'. Meanwhile stories like, Paul Newman's
alleged battle with cancer has never been officially
confirmed.
Many gossip news outlets fall into a third category.
Seemingly under the gun to crank out new articles,they throw
in a few 'trash gossip' stories in the mix of each
publication. Most of these fiction based stories are not
malicous, and based on some shred of truth, that I call
'progression stories'. A celebrity dating the same person
for a while, is reported to be, breaking up, cheating or
planning their wedding. A celebrity known to drink, is going
to rehab. A celebrity is photographed with a new ring, there
engaged. A couple weeks before Jennifer Aniston split up
with John Mayer she appeared on two magazine covers on the
same week. One reporting she was planning her wedding, the
second saying she was already making plans to have a baby.
My biggest pet peeves in the truth and lies game is twofold:
Media outlets and websites that deliberately publish
malicious 'false stories' for the sake of publicity. Many of
these stories capitalizing on celebrities misfortunes and
are attention grabbing but often based on nothing more then
conjecture or just imagination. A recent trash story, that
had my blood boiling, claimed that Christina Applegate was
going to put off treatment for breast cancer so she could
have a baby! The tabloid picked up on the fact that:
'Christina told an interviewer that she didn't want to wait
until her mid-forties to have a baby, and that her
biological clock was ticking.'We learned 5 days later that
Christina Applegate had already had a double mastectomy
performed to remove the cancer.
Likewise media outlets that turn their back on certain types
of stories because they don't want to get their hands dirty
or offend their audience. Recently the NY Post's famous Page
Six published under their 'blind items':
'Which hunk in a summer movie is a violent, closeted
homosexual? The heartthrob snuck into his ex's apartment a
few months ago and raped him so violently, the ex ended up
in the hospital - and the actor paid him $500,000 to keep
his mouth shut.'
Well I guess you can see why they might be a bit reluctant
to name, names. It's not unusual for one of these blind
items, which are posted frequently to eventually be reported
with names by more daring publishers.
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Michelle Obama will make a cameo appearance on an episode of
"Iron Chef America" filmed at the White House, the Food
Network announced.
The first lady introduces the secret ingredient for the
challenge, which pits White House Chef Cristeta Comerford
and Iron Chef Bobby Flay against Iron Chef Mario Batali and
Emeril Lagasse.
The White House approached the Food Network about filming
"Iron Chef America" at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as a way to
reach those people who haven't heard yet about the first
lady's efforts to curb childhood obesity through healthy
eating and exercise, the New York Times reports.
Obama reveals that the secret ingredient for the challenge
is anything grown in the White House garden, the Food
Network said. The chefs harvest ingredients from the
1,100-square-foot garden before facing off in Kitchen
Stadium.
The episode, which airs on Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. on the Food
Network, features Jane Seymour, Nigella Lawson and Olympic
swimmer Natalie Coughlin as judges.
More...
American First Lady Michelle Obama has
teamed up with Iron Chef to continue raising awareness about
the importance of healthy eating.
The Food Network’s hit show filmed an episode using the
White House garden produce with two teams of chefs competing
for top honors: the White House’s executive chef Cristeta
Comerford with Bobby Flay against Mario Batali and Emeril
Lagasse.
During the episode, scheduled to air January 3, 2010,
Michelle Obama reveals the secret ingredient the chef’s will
be using in their meal preparation – from the White House
garden of course – and spent time discussing her Healthy
Kids Initiative.
More...
Michelle Obama will make a cameo
appearance on an episode of "Iron Chef America" filmed at
the White House, the Food Network announced Wednesday.
The first lady introduces the secret ingredient for the
challenge, which pits White House Chef Cristeta Comerford
and Iron Chef Bobby Flay against Iron Chef Mario Batali and
Emeril Lagasse.
The White House approached the Food Network about filming
"Iron Chef America" at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as a way to
reach those people who haven't heard yet about the first
lady's efforts to curb childhood obesity through healthy
eating and exercise, the New York Times reports.
Obama reveals that the secret ingredient for the challenge
is anything grown in the White House garden, the Food
Network said. The chefs harvest ingredients from the
1,100-square-foot garden before facing off in Kitchen
Stadium.
Last...
When Michelle Obama guest stars on the
season premiere of Iron Chef America on January 3, she’ll be
doing it for a cause. After she reveals the show’s star
ingredient—an item plucked from the White House garden,
natch—she’ll talk about her mission to end the growing
problem of childhood obesity in America. The White House
executive chef, Cristeta Comerford, and Bobby Flay will then
battle it out against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.
Based upon the Japanese cult sensation, Iron Chef America
carries on the legend of Kitchen Stadium and the famed
"secret ingredient." Each week, world-class chefs battle the
legendary Iron Chefs of America: Bobby Flay, Mario Batali,
Masaharu Morimoto, Cat Cora and Michael Symon. Alton Brown
serves as Commentator and Mark Dacascos is Chairman.
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