A look into the world of gossip bloggers and their growing influence By: Arielle Schwarz On Friday April 8, 2011, the celebrity media caught wind that 89-year-old Betty White had lashed out at Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, calling them “terribly ungrateful” and “unprofessional” for their repeated public bad behavior. […]
The Top Gossip Sites in the Fame Game By: Arielle Schwarz While there are dozens of gossip blogs, some blogs have found a formula that gains them loyal followers and strong reputations, while others fizzle out after just a few months. At the end of 2009, Viralogy, a site dedicated […]
The story of how a Jamaica native charmed his way to the granddaddy of reality TV By Arielle Schwarz For fans of MTV’s “The Real World,” the show’s opening theme can be recited by memory. Each episode of the show’s now-25 seasons begins by introducing the cast members as […]
The rise and fall (and rise again) of a teen queen By Arielle Schwarz Most American audiences first laid eyes on her on October 23, 1998. The first image of her on video is permanently emblazoned in pop culture history, an artifact of the time. It started with the strike […]