As if we didn’t get enough of Jessica Simpson’s personal life and her “chicken of the sea” wisdom from her reality show, we will soon have another glimpse into her life with a new wireless phone service, BlogStar. Through this service, celebrities will be “documenting their lifestyles with camera phones and posting pictures, text and, eventually, video to their personalized mobile blogs.” It’s like Gawker, but straight from the horse’s mouth. Oh, goody.
As phones are being used more and more like tiny laptops, we will be seeing more technology for cell phones: blogs, more videos, music, etc. Even MySpace has jumped aboard--you will soon be able to update your MySpace profile from your mobile phone.
But this creates another issue, related to George Clooney’s hissy fit over Gawker Stalker: Celebrities like Jessica Simpson who exploit themselves, combined with portable technology that facilitates this kind of stalking, makes fans think that all celebrities enjoy that sort of attention, while some have real lives, outside of fantasyland.
Ivan Pereira @ Tue, 04/25/2006 - 4:35pm
I don't think Jessica Simpson is a great example here. When she and Lachey began "Newlyweds", they did so for the same reason Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan began their reality shows: They wanted gain some spotlight and boost the medicore careers. After Newlyweds aired, Jessica and Nick's album sales skyrocketed and she evntually broke into film industry. This new type of inside look into her personal life will probably be no different. Another fact to remember was that Newlyweds was actually scripted so viewers were not technically stalking her.
This is all speculation mind you, but in my opinion, Jessica Simpson's mobile blog star gimmick is nothing more than a cheap carrot on a stick that dangles in front of our eyes. They get the attention and in the end we really get nothing.