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09/06/2006: "Is pop culture any less a cult than scientology?"
Vanity Fair this week is including (I kid you not) a twenty-two page photo spread of this damn child spawned by Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. The cult of celebrity at its finest: over-indulged, over-exposed, over the boundary of "journalism" and "taste" (if such things any longer exist!). The sad fact remains that millions are running to purchase the issue just to get a peek of cult-baby. Shit like this make me understand why people want to destroy this country.
BTW: for those who saw the photos on the news, doesn't it look like the baby is wearing a toupee?
Replies: 3 comments
on Wednesday, September 6th, NI said:
Pop culture has always been tasteless (how else could it appeal to so many different people?). Elvis was considered immoral. Hollywood has always been corrupt. Tabloids exist only because of Hollywood. No journalism, you're right. But then, there never was any to begin with.
on Wednesday, September 6th, Christie said:
Let's make a buck off our baby!!
"Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes refused to sell pictures of their new daughter, Suri, after the photos were offered to the media and failed to get a significant price, according to media reports.According to Fox News correspondent Roger Friedman, a photo shoot of Suri was offered to photo agency Wire Image, who also brokered the picture of Pitt and Jolie's baby, right after the baby was born in April.
Photos of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt were reportedly sold to People magazine for $4 million, but pictures of Suri Cruise produced not more than a $3 million bid. At that point the offer for the photos was reportedly rescinded.
A magazine expert tells Friedman now that the baby is nearly three months old, her price will only go down, adding, "Shiloh was the whole deal. We won't see a baby like that again for a while."
on Friday, September 8th, dude said:
I don't think Tom Cruise spawned it. I think it was from L Ron's frozen sperm.
And I think the baby looks cute in a hair-piece.
