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I am writing and explaining my thoughts about Society and how it affects the everyday indivisual. This is going to be posted under the school newspaper in VIEWPOINT. I wish for everyone to take notice of it and hopefully that in some way, it will affect you the reader.

On any given day, one can find magazines with the headlines about spouting celebrity gossip. During commercial breaks, beautiful women are brought into view, persuading you to buy products (such as Proactive face cleanser, advertised by Hayden Panattier from the show “Heroes” advertised).

The job of celebrities is to make people fascinated with them, but most people take their fascination too far. Obsession with the lives of celebrities is a problem in a typical young American’s life, and this can have many negative effects.

Recently Vanessa Hudgens, a star of the hit Disney movie “High School Musical,” took nude photos of herself on her cell phone. When news leaked, celebrity news shows such as “Access Hollywood,” “TMZ” and “That’s So Hollywood” immediately reported the scandal. The scandal was also broadcast on many news networks such as Fox 11 and many Web sites.

People get so hungry for celebrity gossip that “Entertainment Tonight” and “Access Hollywood” were created just to satisfy them. A fairly new show, “Celebrity Justice,” revolves around the legal woes of the famous. What a waste of time! It is puzzling how strong a hold celebrities have on us.

Two years ago, Avril Lavigne showed off her new fashion style, which included a tie. Many girls began to raid their fathers’ tie rack for a nice tie to go along with a trendy outfit. A year later, Avril Lavigne announced that she was done with that trend, and within minutes, girls everywhere dropped the “tie act.” Teens purchase many designer bags and shoes (that will just end up being covered in mud) that are way over their budget, just to emulate celebrities.

Not only do celebrities affect trends, they also affect our body image as well. Angelina Jolie has never been what some people call overweight. Actresses like Jolie, and fashion models, has determined what girls should look like: thin, tall and “beautiful.” Now young adolescence have been now counting calories, afraid of gaining a pound more.

These young adolescence live this way, believing their lives might be as exciting and “perfect” as a celebrity’s life. Yet in reality they live disconnected from real life.

To reduce this unhealthy infatuation with celebrities, celebrities should speak out against such issues surrounding the concerns of the younger generations wanting to follow the trends. The reason for this is so that young teens can actually think of more important things rather than worrying about how much they weigh or what Eva Longoria wore at the Emmys.

Keep in mind that stars are just humans, after all. They’re just like you and me. Isn’t that what they’re always insisting?