Yesterday’s New York University panel about celebrity gossip and its players, sponsored by The Atlantic magazine and aptly titled “The Britney Show,” brought together heavyweights like Page Six’s Richard Johnson, Star’s Bonnie Fuller, and X17’s Brandy and François Navarre, who were kind enough to leave their six million dollar Pacific Palisades home to hang in the city.
Johnson shot himself in the foot when he called celebrity blogs “parasites,” accusing them of not “generat[ing] their own news stories,” which is amusing since Page Six wouldn’t get through the day without lifting items from many of these bottom-feeding blogs, and the brand’s own effort at competing with them failed after just three months.
And the always quotable Brandy Navarre, who is building a cache of Miley Cyrus photos in the hopes she becomes the next trainwreck poptart, admits her agency is “trying to get the shots before they go into rehab.”
And that’s when her God complex shines through: “Mr. Navarre suggested that a pack of paparazzi may have been able to prevent John Lennon’s murder in 1980; Ms. Navarre said photos of partying starlets have sometimes spurred their families to get professional help,” reports AdAge.
And the little matter of X17’s own photogs allegedly brutally assaulting individuals to within an inch of their life? Well, so long as they’re not celebrities, preventing their murders isn’t really the Navarres’ concern.
Editorial Director
Will you people please leave Miley alone??? She is a good girl, and I firmly believe she will make the right choices in both her life and her career. It’s almost like you people are HOPING that she becomes the next Britney! Why would you wish that on someone??? If anything, you should be praising Miley for keeping her head on straight and encouraging her to stay on the right path, not giggling with glee in hopes that she fails. Get a grip, people!
Dear Ms Navaare,
We in Australia,saw the Dr Phil T V show at which you were present.He questioned you re the sleazy photographer who followed a woman walking her dog hoping to get a picture of her cleaning up after it! He clearly knew that you’d enjoy printing that sort of stuff.
Clearly you enjoy smut and reducing world standards to your personal level.I assume you also use cesspit language.
Nobody I know would want that in our homes. As Dr Phil’s questions continued,you were clearly uncomfortable.Why , when it’s your choice of muck.
You said that is the sort of picture readers want to see.Don’t delude yourself. Normal people don’t buy a magazine for that. Like filth and sewer language on T V , it suddenly confronts us and our children.
I wonder whether you feel proud that you help pollute our lives.
I guess , anything for money?
God be with you and protect your readers.
Kind regards, John
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