Living ‘la vida nakakaloka’ with Paula Abdul
MANILA, Philippines—Quite a number of stars have agreed to become the subjects of reality TV shows like Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott, the Kardashian family, the Redgraves, and luminaries who join celebrity editions of “Survivor” or “Biggest Loser”-type challenges.
For weeks on end, cameras record their every move, both in private and in public as they temporary barter their privacy for a hefty fee and additional fame or notoriety, as the case may be.
At any price
Why do they do it? Well, the money helps, especially if stellar careers aren’t flying as high as before. And some stars just love publicity at practically any price.
Still, it would be discomforting to many of us to find cameras ogling and recording almost everything we say or do. Well, that just goes to show that there’s a great difference between some stars and their non-stellar counterparts.
This goes double for those luminaries who believe that the viewing public has the “right” to invade their privacy, as part of the unspoken “contract” between them and the fans whose avid patronage made them stars in the first place.
Other celebrities debunk this notion, pointing out that all they owe their public is a good and professional performance. The discussion continues to rage, even as new celebrity-reality shows hit the TV screen, with differing levels of success or excess.
The latest celebrity to allow cameras to observe (parts of) her day-to-day activities is singer-choreographer-host Paula Abdul. Her renewed popularity as one of the three “American Idol” judges has gotten people curious about her again, hence her decision to benefit from this renewed interest by joining the “aquarium” stars who choose to live (again, parts of) their lives in full public view.
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For weeks on end, cameras record their every move, both in private and in public as they temporary barter their privacy for a hefty fee and additional fame or notoriety, as the case may be.
At any price
Why do they do it? Well, the money helps, especially if stellar careers aren’t flying as high as before. And some stars just love publicity at practically any price.
Still, it would be discomforting to many of us to find cameras ogling and recording almost everything we say or do. Well, that just goes to show that there’s a great difference between some stars and their non-stellar counterparts.
This goes double for those luminaries who believe that the viewing public has the “right” to invade their privacy, as part of the unspoken “contract” between them and the fans whose avid patronage made them stars in the first place.
Other celebrities debunk this notion, pointing out that all they owe their public is a good and professional performance. The discussion continues to rage, even as new celebrity-reality shows hit the TV screen, with differing levels of success or excess.
The latest celebrity to allow cameras to observe (parts of) her day-to-day activities is singer-choreographer-host Paula Abdul. Her renewed popularity as one of the three “American Idol” judges has gotten people curious about her again, hence her decision to benefit from this renewed interest by joining the “aquarium” stars who choose to live (again, parts of) their lives in full public view.
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