Bonnie Fuller, an editor of the popular tabloid 'Star Magazine', stated that male stories are not as interesting compared to female stories. And this is the reason why they write about various stories on women, rather than the 'boring men'. “There are more males compared to females in Hollywood as stated in the following article", (http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment). Being a female myself, I think that the society only takes their time out to read a magazine because they are curious to know what their favorite celebrities have been up to recently, along with ofcourse, the hottest gossip. Now this moves on to how people always wish to learn from their mistakes and also their good experiences, in order to make themself a better human being. My opinion on this whole controversey is that at the end of the day, people chose reading in regards to topics related to women rather then men, most likely because they find their stories more interesting. For instance, when Owen Wilson tried to commit suicide, people did not show as if they cared, however, if the same incident happened with Angelina Jolie, this would definitely be one of the hottest gossip topics. Moreover, I also believe that more female writers chose to write about females, rather than males, being aware of what's right and what's wrong. After reading the article, what I have concluded is that today's society is barely interested in reading stories on male actors. If we take a good look at why this is occuring, we will find out that male actors are usually getting caught with prostitutes or dancing in a club with some other girls. But on the other hand, female actors are enjoying their lives more than men are. Lindsay Lohan was caught doing drugs, and the worst part is that it was cocaine. Paris Hilton was recently released from prison becase she was caught driving drunk and in addition to that, she didn’t have a valid license. Definitely, this is something way more interesting which the society would like to read about rather than Brad Pitt getting caught with prostitutes. Who wouldn't, even I would. Now it’s clear that females stories are interesting rather than men and today's society only wants something that will totally shock them. Futhermore, are we suppose to blame the male actors for this whole controversey
because they are not doing anything shocking? But is this a good thing or bad? The gossip-mongers themselves are unwittingly offering some hard statistical evidence that they just don't care about men. TMZ.com has a list on its website of various celebrities and the number of times they've been the main focus of a post. As of Oct. 25, 2007, Britney Spears led the way with 791 mentions, followed by Paris Hilton at 757, Anna Nicole Smith at 449 (even though she's been dead for a large portion of TMZ's existence), and Lindsay Lohan at 427. But among males, Mel Gibson leads, with only 67 mentions (http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=
2007112_111799_111799). In my opinion, I would say that people are interested in reading about female actors as you can see in statistics above. if companies want their magazines to sell out they should include more female stories instead of men because they can earn good profit. Lastly, males are not interesting enough for people during their coffee break so it’s better for magazine companies to invest more money into female interviews and write about their life style.
The following is a video of Owen Wilson for when he tried a suicide attempt
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