Survey about celebrities

[Giggly]

Anonymous poll.

Who here is interested in celebrities lives? What makes people interested in their lives?

 

[SD45T-2]

I liked Celebrity Survey on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

 

[Giggly]

I answered "No, but when it's shoved in my face sometimes I read about them." (which probably works out to be about once every couple of months for 15 or so mins - damn yahoo mail).

To be honest, I would be fine with never reading about them again, but today I am pondering what makes a person even interested in them? I have read/watched them with interest before but I can't quite pinpoint what it is that made me interested. I think it's a little bit more than your run of the mill nosey-ness or boredom.

 

[skylights]

"Only when something of interest to me happens to them."

I like a few celebrities whose talents I appreciate, who do good humanitarian things, or whose style I would like to emulate. Sometimes I flip through the magazines when I'm in line at the supermarket and they have articles about celebrity weddings, since I have a pet interest in wedding planning. So I'll look them up and read a little when I'm drawn to something related to them.

But for the most part celebrities seem fairly irrelevant to my life.

 

[Rasofy]

Cheating and partner changing episodes sometimes get me interested, but my primary interest is human behavior.

 

[Nicodemus]

I read about people I am interested in for as long as I am interested in what I read about them; and if they are not celebrities, I talk to or stalk them.

 

[Giggly]

Cheating and partner changing episodes sometimes get me interested, but my primary interest is human behavior.

Me too.

 

[EJCC]

I answered "Only when something of interest to me happens to them", i.e. if a headline catches my eye, or if a celebrity of interest is wrapped up in something that piques my interest, to the extent that I want to see how the saga ends.

Generally, what makes me more interested in particular celebrities is 1) them being crazy/messed up/in a bad situation; or 2) them being really cool, down-to-earth people. Re: #1, I followed Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Winehouse, and Charlie Sheen, during their respective downward spirals, because I wanted to know if they'd get better (or, in Joaquin Phoenix's case, to see if it was a publicity stunt -- which it was, in the end). Re: #2, I think Jennifer Lawrence is awesome and I find her extremely refreshing.

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To be honest, I would be fine with never reading about them again, but today I am pondering what makes a person even interested in them? I have read/watched them with interest before but I can't quite pinpoint what it is that made me interested. I think it's a little bit more than your run of the mill nosey-ness or boredom.

I've read that it has something to do with a clan/group instinct, where we feel personally invested in those who are prettier/more athletic/more charming/generally "superior", because they're like our leaders? Or at least, our gut tells us that they're our leaders, and we should keep track of them.

Dunno where I read that, though.

 

[garbage]

Many celebrities become celebrities and maintain celebrity status because they're celebrities. I don't know how that makes any sense, but that's what happens--they're self-sustaining systems.

There are multiple shows about celebrity diving contests. Y'know, literal diving.

Couldn't give a damn.

To be honest, I would be fine with never reading about them again, but today I am pondering what makes a person even interested in them?

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