Hollywood Schmollywood

So, I love reading about celebrities in Hollywood and the lives that they live. It is actually a sick obsession that I have. I tell you not a day goes by without me going on OMG on yahoo or the hollywood gossip. The main reason for this is just watching people who VERY successful in their chosen fields and how they live on a daily basis. Take Kim Kardashian for example, she is very rich, influential and successful in being..... famous and publicising her body for the hell! They seemingly have it all. They have the money, the looks, the fame, their opinions are taken as the gospel truth and that's where the danger lies, I believe.

Some of these people have such warped views on life and yet they are celebrated and idolised by the world. Lady Gaga has been voted as the most influential person alive for 2010. I dont, for the life of me, understand how that could have happened! She goes to a baseball match wearing a panty, bra and a baseball shirt. She swears at people and pulls middle finger and all but has sex with someone at the stadium and yet people call her a role model?!

Beyonce, who I will be the first to admit i love some of her songs, sells sex on a silver platter and yet they call her image squicky clean. Have you seen her outfitts and her dance moves on some of her videos and live performances? Her lyrics make me blush and that's hard to do since I am black.

Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Eve, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Charlotte (from Sex and the City) and a million other celebrities ALL have sex tapes! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?! Young girls grow up watching these women because they are idolised by the media. What Beyonce says goes.

I think Hollywood presents a plastic view on what the American dream is. This, unfortunately, is being adopted by South Africans. There is nothing healthy about being constantly shown as a sex symbol. We cannot have young girls grow up thinking that that's all there is to being a successful woman. We cannot have young boys grow up to think women are all supposed to be these sex kittens. We cannot have a society that will only recognise your talents if your main talent is being a sex symbol. It is sick and twisted. I mean really now! Some of these people are really broken inside and the only way they find value in themselves is using their bodies. If you had to take away the riches, fame, fortune and sexy exterior what are they left with?

I think, we should all look the best we can but there must be limits. If your core person is not looked after you will surely crumble and die while the world goes on to the next hottest thing.

I heard this today from some random guy on tv: Alot of things can happen around you and to you but only you can decide what happens in you.