Friday, January 4, 2008

The breakdown of a star

Britney Spears can't seem to stay out of the spotlight. All last year she was in the news for her "antics". A marriage disintegrating, kids endangered, and a woman imploding - and that's what "news" outlets called it - antics. What kind of world do we live in that the breakdown of a family becomes entertaining?

I admit to reading celeblogs. I enjoy reading about where they vacation, how the famous offspring is growing up and seeing what they're wearing. The problem comes when pictures of various naked parts (thank you Paris, Lindsey, Britney, et al), lurid details of suicide attempts (Owen Wilson), and complete mental breakdown (Brit again) are splashed everywhere. There are pictures of Britney restrained on the gurney being put into the ambulance. Whether it was drugs or some kind of mental break - she deserves some kind of privacy.

It's common decency. Unfortunately, I don't think that there is much of it laying around anymore.

Edited to add:

I guess I'm not the only one who sees this : Dad Gone Mad

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