5.3 Kevin Costners = 1 Anna Nicole Smith

[mallorys_camera]

Much of downtown Monterey burned down last night, but even though I live a scant five blocks away from the flames, I didn't know about them until very late.

The fire barely made the 11 o'clock news.

That's because the local media was so caught up in exhuming every nuance of Anna Nicole Smith's Tragic Death – eight out of the nineteen minutes not devoted to commercials (I timed it) – that they didn't have time to report local news.

Wait! That's not entirely accurate. There was a minute and a half of Kevin Costner putting very badly in the rain at the AT&T Pro Am.

Now I do believe that at least one of the chandeliers in the National Enquirer CEO's mansion was paid for by my purchases of his rag over many, many years. I am as celebrity-obsessed as anybody. I used to be an editor at fucking People Magazine, for God's sake.

But Anna Nicole Smith?

Who cares?

It's Andy Warhol's world. We just live in it.

Comments

[lethe1]

She made the news here too.

[cat-herder.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! I hope that fire was nowhere near the aquarium (or your Little Shop of Peppers).

[nokomisjeff.livejournal.com]

I figure my 15 minutes of fame will come when my son makes it to the big times and I come rattilig out of the closet as his skeleton. Kind of like Billy Carter.

Aloha,

Jeff

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Yeah. On the same day that Hamas and Fatah agree to form a government, and North Korea opens up to talks.

But those aren't important stories.

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

No where near, thanks.

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

There ya go!

[hotelsamurai.livejournal.com]

OT, have you seen this? I thought you might like it.


http://marrus.livejournal.com/57737.html

[lethe1]

To be fair, those were news items too, and before A.N.S. (though I'm not sure about North Korea, but that could be just me not paying attention).

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was being sarcastic. Sorry. Those are the important stories. ANS isn't important at all.

[lethe1]

I know you were being sarcastic, but I just meant to say that in the Netherlands at least they did also mention the really important news. :)

Although it remains odd that anyone here should be interested in an American bimbo whose only claim to fame was her marriage to an ancient billionaire.

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Americans are totally uninterested in international news. If you were watching any of the big news networks for the past two days, you'd think ANS's death was right up there with the Iraq war.