Wednesday, October 7, 2009

It's time to hate on Jon and Kate

Since when have reality television stars been interesting enough to follow and put on the front pages of the country's best entertainment magazines? Let's be realistic: NEVER! Unless you are Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port, Speidi, Kristin Cavallari, or any other blond from the Hills, then you aren't very interesting at all. It seems that Jon and Kate's divorce, or separation, or whatever they are doing, is not going very well. In fact, their oldest children, Mady and Cara will celebrate their 9th birthday tomorrow and the birthday gift to the girls is another dispute between the two attention hogs.

It's all over People Magazine. Kate is telling her sob story again; she just wants a quiet, normal day with her girls. Jon is striking back at her for trying to change the arrangements. Kate has done nothing but make the separation difficult for her own children, trying to take away the time they see their father. Really though, does every little detail of Jon and Kate's break up need to be reported on? "Jon Gosselin claims 'Kate's hiding money'." "Kate Gosselin finally let's go of wedding ring." "Kate Gosselin fights to get money back." These are all headlines that have been in the news lately. Why people care is really ridiculous to me. Divorce is probably one of the most common problems America has today, but not every divorce is a headline in People. It can't be that Jon and Kate have eight children either, because if they really cared about their eight children they would stop talking to tabloids and handle their situation privately. Large families are so last season! It's become such a show it's amazing people still believe these two are serious. Speaking of shows, they don't even have one anymore. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm tired of hearing about this family. Oh, and stop giving Kate so much attention! Did she really need to go on the View to tell the world she would do anything for her children. Hello - any good mother should do anything she can for her children. If they are really going to fight over money and their children publicly, then they've lost all respect as parents.

Perhaps I'm being a little too harsh on them, seeing as how their fame came from their number. Not surprisingly, the amount of money they've brought in from their show is insane, accounting for their eight children. Realistically though, the family has eleven bank accounts and their children are all under 10. Is it too wrong to ask that a family this young be a little more conservative about their home issues?

Friday, October 2, 2009

Lady Gaga - Kanye Tour Epic Fail

November 10th was going to be a big day in Phoenix; it was going to be the kick off to Lady Gaga and Kanye West's North American Fame Kills Tour, until West revealed that he will be taking a break for a while to figure things out. Apparently the Jay Leno interview didn't settle well with him, but hopefully it's taught him a lesson. (One beyond Obama calling him a jack ass). Check out West on Jay Leno if you missed it. In my opinion, Leno asking about how Kanye's mom would have felt about the Taylor Swift situation was the best thing for him. Even if this was just another publicity stunt, as some have ventured to accuse West of pulling again, it still had to have some effect on his stupid actions. The entire interview seemed awkward and insincere, but good for Kanye. He's actually saying nice things so he definitely deserves a pat on the back. Was Leno crossing the line asking about his dead mother? That's a topic for a completely whole other day.

The real news is Lady Gaga and Kane West will not be going on tour together. Why is that? Well, it's a little difficult to understand right now and it seems like no one will explain much soon either. Gaga apparently feels sorry for West, commenting on his poor judgement to be more of a small "random moment". She also ventured to say people could sometimes get carried away with all of the gossip, but is this really the case? Sure, our society has slowly become one of celebrity-ogling, obsessive fans; the fact of the matter is this isn't the first time he's done something like this, so Gaga is making no sense right now! His trending gossip will only make better for tickets sales. Either she doesn't want to go on tour with him because he's known for making a fool of himself, or she feels so bad for him she would hate for him to also go on tour with a woman who is confused about her own body parts -- yes this is in reference to her supposed male organ.

Honestly, I think Kanye has just figured out that his games are no longer tolerated. If this was a publicity stunt, he'd only be using it to up ticket sales for this now canceled tour. Instead, all purchases made will be refunded in full. Many people, even Kanye fans, will see that this cancellation is actually good for the "voice of this generation". If he's smart, he will use this time to contemplate the massacre he made of an important moment in a colleagues life, and perhaps even have enough time to think about his earlier scandals. Sorry Lady Gaga, even if you do feel sorry for West, you're outfits still scare many of us and we don't feel bad for your tour.

What is with great music and lame artists that make it? When will there ever be a happy medium?