Mick on TMZ

[Lee]

right now! OK, I admit it, I get my entertainment news from TMZ

http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/25/mick-f...d-neil-sedaka/

Lee

[vivfox]

I love Neil Sedaka's music and he is very entertaining in concert.

[SteveMacD]

Am I the only one who finds videos like this completely creepy? Maybe I'm out of touch, but why would anybody GAF about seeing a couple of celebrities at baggage claim, far less feel the need to make an ass out oneself by invading their privacy, insisting that it be recorded on a cell phone when they're obviously not comfortable with it, and upload it to the internet? Some people need to get lives. I mean, if your at a bar about an hour before doors open at a Fleetwood Mac show and see Mick leaving for the venue, that's one thing, especially if you're cheering him on to kick ass that night. But when he's just at the airport, that's kind of lame.

[WildHearted]

^ Welcome to the media today. This is basically what TMZ and all the tabloids specialize in.

[David]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Am I the only one who finds videos like this completely creepy?

Creepy, indeed. But it's the same tacky sensibility that turns a Paris Hilton or a Kim Kardashian into a demigod.

Odd, too, that when people attack the phenomenon, they attack the Hiltons & the Kardashians, not the TMZ army (which is responsible for the phenomenon).

[kenzo]

...and we can all help by not posting links to TMZ and increasing their traffic.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Am I the only one who finds videos like this completely creepy?
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It doesn't bother me one bit. If that were Stevie, we'd all be cheering on the person who got the "money" shot.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by vivfox

It doesn't bother me one bit. If that were Stevie, we'd all be cheering on the person who got the "money" shot.

No, I'd still think it was creepy. There's absolutely nothing remotely compelling or interesting about it. It's just a blatant invasion of privacy. Stevie's job is to be an entertainer, not to be Stevie Nicks. You wouldn't ask your dentist to check your gums if you ran into him at a steak house.

I thought that video that got posted a while back of Stevie leaving her doctor's office was creepy. I also thought those pictures of Christine at the airport a few years ago were creepy, as were those candids of her walking her dogs. Ooh, go figure, celebrities are humans, too, and also have to do the same mundane BS the rest of us do.

If I DID see Stevie in an airport, I'd tell her that I've been a huge fan (like Buckingham Nicks bootlegs) and wish her well. If I was lucky, I'd have a conversation about music with her. That would be way cooler than trying to get a "money shot".

NOW, if you're at a grocery store and bump into Paul McCartney and notice that he has a rack of ribs in his cart, well, that's another story entirely, because THERE'S SOMETHING COMPELLING about an outspoke vegan with a rack of ribs in his cart. A smart person could even make that funny.

[WildHearted]

^It's not another story though. Compelling or not, it's still an invasion of privacy (probably even moreso) just like if you ran into him at the airport. That's a complete double standard, because that's exactly why the media exists - they photograph and record everything IN CASE there's something interesting so they can make money.

I don't agree with the way the media hound celebrities, and for the most part I find it pretty revolting... but if you're going to be upset about one thing you should be upset about it all.

For the most part I've come to accept it and ignore it tbh. I try not to buy tabloids and all that stuff but other than that I don't think there's much I can do.