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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:00 AM

The year in celebrity scandal

From attention-seeking celebrities to roving nut jobs with automatic weapons to the self-deluded editors of mean-spirited gossip rags, this is the year that media-savvy lunatics took over the asylum.

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  • Thursday, December 27, 2007 06:40 AM

    Finally..

    ...an article about celebrities I can read. I've always loathed our media obsessed culture. I haven't watched TV in years, never did I ever read the gossip mags, rarely anymore do I even go to the movies. The fact that someone is "famous" is boring. Although I am often drawn to the work others have done, whatever the famous do in their personal lives is of no interest. I've also lived long enough to tell the difference between genuine talent and mugging. I know many very talented and gifted people who have never been on TV, and never will. They are far more important than anyone in the celebrity mags. To all those who follow that garbage, I say, Get a Life!

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