Celebrity Weblogs
Is anyone in a popular culture graduate program writing a dissertation about celebrities' weblogs? I hope so. I just found the LJ of Elyse Sewell, who was on the first season of America's Next Top Model, and then there's Zach Braff, of course, and Margaret Cho. Al Roker's is underwhelming. Makes me think of Miller and Shepherd's observations about the "democratization of celebrity."
UPDATE: I forgot about Rosie O'Donnell's blog (linked from here, but there is some doubt as to its veracity. Also Wil Wheaton, but he's so much more real than the others and takes blogging so much more seriously; I tend not to categorize him as a "celebrity blogger."
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Bob Mould
Forgot about his blog. Have you noticed that often celebrity blogs are accounts of what the person did that day rather than thoughtful analysis or reflection on issues of the day? Mould's post about the Pope's death is an exception, though. That trend is also part of why I think of Wil Wheaton's blog differently.
Other Celebrity Bloggers
Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, had a tour blog for a while. So did/does Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame, and word on the blog street is that David Duchovny has been blogging his directorial debut (I'll try to find the source later). Oh, and there's the anonymous celebrity blogger, Rance, ostensibly a young male major Hollywood star. Rumor had it that the mystery blogger was either Owen Wilson or Matt Damon (I think), but it's likely a hoax like the Andy Kaufman blog a few months ago.
Maybe *I* should write this up as a conference paper. ;)
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By the way...
Is there anything about Al Roker that isn't "underwhelming?"
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