2008 Woodie Awards
Can celebrities be judge? YES
Celebrities are in the media too often for their personal lives to be ignored
By: Lydia Kim
Issue date: 10/7/04 Section: Insight
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The public has certain rights to information about lives of their favorite celebrities. It is because of the citizens that they are celebrities in the first place.
Celebrities would not be in the position they are in now if it weren't for the public's adoration. Because we gave celebrities their status, the public is entitled to know what they are doing.
The public is introduced to aspiring actors, and if the public becomes fond of them and grows to like them, the public will nurture and nourish these aspiring actors until they can stand on their own.
Celebrities cannot say that the public did not help them gain anything. But from time to time, it seems that celebrities forget who got them there in the first place.
Celebrities should actually be grateful that the public is even interested in their lives, because once the interest of the citizens is gone, they can no longer have the status that the public gave them.
Celebrities shouldn't complain about the public being interested in their lives because the public also gave the celebrities the lifestyles they are currently living.
It is because of the public that they are making millions for every movie; because of our interest in them, they are able to do the things that they are doing.
For example, the movie, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie was the No. 1 movie at the box office last weekend. Law, Paltrow and Jolie's statuses as actors went up and with their status rising, they are offered more money the next time they make a new movie.
Celebrities cannot say they did not know that their lives would be public when they went into the business; if they didn't know long ago, they certainly do these days.
They also shouldn't complain about having no private lives because it was their decision to be in the public eye. If they didn't want their lives watched, then they shouldn't have chosen this career.
Celebrities would not be in the position they are in now if it weren't for the public's adoration. Because we gave celebrities their status, the public is entitled to know what they are doing.
The public is introduced to aspiring actors, and if the public becomes fond of them and grows to like them, the public will nurture and nourish these aspiring actors until they can stand on their own.
Celebrities cannot say that the public did not help them gain anything. But from time to time, it seems that celebrities forget who got them there in the first place.
Celebrities should actually be grateful that the public is even interested in their lives, because once the interest of the citizens is gone, they can no longer have the status that the public gave them.
Celebrities shouldn't complain about the public being interested in their lives because the public also gave the celebrities the lifestyles they are currently living.
It is because of the public that they are making millions for every movie; because of our interest in them, they are able to do the things that they are doing.
For example, the movie, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie was the No. 1 movie at the box office last weekend. Law, Paltrow and Jolie's statuses as actors went up and with their status rising, they are offered more money the next time they make a new movie.
Celebrities cannot say they did not know that their lives would be public when they went into the business; if they didn't know long ago, they certainly do these days.
They also shouldn't complain about having no private lives because it was their decision to be in the public eye. If they didn't want their lives watched, then they shouldn't have chosen this career.