Do you ever wonder why people are so fascinated with today’s celebrities and the latest gossip? This human social behavior has been around for thousands of years. Celebrity fascination dates back to the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans who would share stories about deities, rulers and aristocrats. They even had their own equivalent of gossip columnists. Stories about powerful gods, goddesses, politicians, noble men and women were popular with citizens of all socioeconomic classes. This trend has lived on for centuries. All the juicy things we hear now on tv or read on the internet or in the tabloids about celebs, politicians, reality stars and the rich only seem to increase our drive to talk about and consume everything we can about these personages. The dark side of celebrity fascination is that people these days seem more concerned about what celebrities are doing vs. what is going on in their own lives. People want to know where they are, who they are dating or cheating on, what they are wearing, etc. It is, in essence, a form of worship. Yet people are no strangers to worshiping false idols or indulging in idolatry. Take the Greeks again, for example. They worshiped many Gods and Goddesses of their time. Their entire lives revolved around deities and how to please them and conform to what these Gods and Goddesses expected of mere mortals. One contrast from ancient to modern times would be in today’s society when people go out and buy designer clothes and accessories to mimic others and “please the Gods”.

Celebrity Worship

Is it even possible to step away from celebrity worship and focus on ourselves and what we need to do to make ourselves happy? Or are we doomed to keep up the celeb obsessions which has been part of human behavior for many millennia. At minimum, worshiping celebrities and participating in gossip is passing entertainment. In fact, celebrity worship can create a feeling of inadequacy, that our lives are meaningless without money, fame and material possessions, when the opposite is true, we can be happier, rich even with what money cannot buy.

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Falcons Stadium Revenue

Back to Blank’s biz. Realistically, the old Falcons stadium was neither built for maximum profitablity in the future nor was the stadium making the type of revenue that Blank wanted now. In football, almost all popular teams sell out tickets to every game, there are only 16 games in the regular season. Fan ticket sales are not the issue here. What is the issue? Maximizing profit from corporate luxury boxes sold or leased to major corporations. And the new Falcon’s stadium is designed for exploiting this spendy ticket market.

Arthur Blank Girlfriend – Truth or Rumor

If we three bloggers hear who Arthur Blank’s new girlfriend is or who his new girlfriends are, we will definitely crank out a blog post with the details. Thanks for getting in touch with Celeb Slap and to anyone else with a burning question, use our Contact feature and we’ll see if among the three of us, we can answer with truth or rumor.

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Psychology Behind Girls Cutting their Hair

Miley is still engaged to her fiance, surprisingly enough. Typically, this type of hair cutting follows a break-up. There is a psychology behind girls cutting their hair. Now, Miley’s hair has been pro-styled to look more flattering. She carries off the short mopsy cut well. But… there is probably some turmoil inside Miley that she needs to address. Aggressive hair cutting and coloring is indicative of personality issues and attention-seeking. Hopefully, those around Miley will make sure she gets the attention she needs, professional or otherwise. And hopefully, her team doesn’t just dismiss her actions like they did re: the hair cutting with strategic press releases.

Hair Cuts Reflect Change

Still, Miley looks happy with her new haircut. Maybe she wanted to see a change to reflect a change she wanted to make in her life or to show people she had control of her life. Especially when her image is one that is to a degree controlled by others, perhaps she was asserting: I can do whatever I want. Who could blame her for that? Former child stars have been “over-handled” by parents and handlers from a young age and to disastrous results in some cases, a la Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, et al. Here’s to hoping Miley Cyrus is in charge of herself and happy.

But it seems that maybe after 2 years of being out of commission as far as recording any new tunes, Mr. Mayer decided to just cut his locks and draw some motivation. He was recently espied at a local L.A. bar drinking a Moscow Mule…a very hipster drink! I mean, the man is worth $40 million, so how much of a hipster can he really be? But, I’ve come to realize that most musicians turn to crap after they get rich. Why work even harder to make better, more inventive music when they’ve already reached stardom? Hell if I know! All I know is John Mayer seems to be leaning back toward his roots a bit in changing his wannabe-hipster style.

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Yes, Taylor seems to be rushing this relationship a bit too quickly after her massive expense on a new home close to Conor. Why not rent? Although to Ms. Swift, spending $5MM on her Hyannisport mansion is like buying a doll house considering her total net worth is over eighty million dollars. And not to mention she has two other high priced homes in Nashville and one in Beverly Hills. One of her mansions is even up for sale. So why would she buy a brand new manse close to Conor, until she knows her relationship with him is set in stone? In my opinion, stupid move. What if he doesn’t want to go through with this relationship and she ends up stuck with a house she wont even live in? Not to mention her past love life has been filled with nothing but utter disappointment with such stars as Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer and more.

Gossip blogs and entertainment tv shows are criticizing the Taylor Swift Conor Kennedy relationship and especially for Taylor taking advantage of Conor at such a vulnerable time in his life. But on the flip side, he may need someone who showers him with love and affection, if her love and intentions are true.

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The new romance started three months ago in June, when Perry admitted she had a rather big crush on the blues rock singer. As far as public displays of affection (PDAs), the paparazzi caught them kissing while dining out at a Hollywood restaurant around the same time, which confirmed they were “an item”. But now that the music’s over, online it’s just known as the Katy Perry John Mayer Diss. John Mayer keeps disrespecting the women he dates by romancing them, then dumping them.

Katy should have known Mayer is a man who has placed little value in his relationships with the women he’s dated and been involved with, including Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly, Kim Kardashian, Cameron Diaz and that’s not even the full list of his ex-girlfriends! Yet, Katy still went after him even after her friends and family warned her. Perhaps Katy Perry will be a little more choosy about her next boyfriend and find a man who will treat her with respect. Hopefully, Katy can console herself and write it off as summer love or write a confessional revenge love song about it, like Taylor Swift did which included the classic opening lines:

“Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong
Don’t you think 19 is too young
To be played by your dark twisted games
When I loved you so?”

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However, it seems as though Vivid Entertainment was only trying to make some publicity from an offer they knew was going to be turned down. Why offer an heir to a throne ten million dollars to make a sleazy video when the Queen’s published net worth is well over five hundred million dollars? If anything, that is nothing but chump change to the young Prince, not to mention it would have landed him in even hotter water with the Queen. Prince Harry obviously learned that what happens in Vegas, doesn’t stay in Vegas. He should have realized that when you get naked with over twenty partiers and a good majority of them are women with camera phones, that there wouldn’t be at least one or two money hungry girls willing to sell photos, video clips and stories for a big lump sum to the tabloids or a hush hush payment from the Queen.

Update: Now there are rumors that Prince Harry or his mates may have been indulging in “flour power” and one of the ladies partying in his hotel suite may have been “paid talent”. While this type of partying is not out of the norm for Vegas parties, it has further smudged the royal family image. In addition, Prince Harry’s classy girlfriend, Cressida Bonas, has broken off their relationship in the aftermath of Dirty Harry’s Vegas romp.

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Rumors, rumors, is it true Katy Perry is dating heartbreaker blues maker John Mayer or are they just friends hanging out? Paparazzi photos seem to point to actual dates between the two singers that would appear to be more romantic than friendly. Katy could make a better choice for a boyfriend since John Mayer’s star seems to be on the downward arc. Plus, he has left a meteor trail of ex-girlfriends behind him including Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Cameron Diaz, Minka Kelly, Kim Kardashian and Ricki Lake (huh?) among others. But, Katy doesn’t seem to make smart boyfriend or husband choices. While on the other hand, Katy does seem to make smart career moves and other good moves as evidenced in her bikini photos.

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