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When you want news on your favorite celebrity, you have many options including magazines and television shows. However, if you want updated celebrity news free of charge and any time you want it, nothing quite compares with celebrity blogs. Everyday, celebrity blogs generate millions of page views as people surf the internet to get the latest news on celebrities.While magazines, television shows and other forms of media certainly have their place, more and more celebrity obsessed fanatics are switching to celebrity blogs to get their news and gossip. Due to that fact, the number of celebrity blogs has exploded. It used to be that you could go to just a couple sites and you’ll get all the information available. However, nowadays there are hundreds of blogs that exist solely to cover celebrities.
What can you expect to read on a celebrity blog? The possibilities are practically endless. As long as the news is even halfway related to a celebrity, you will find it on a celebrity blog. If Britney Spears gets a new dog, you will likely hear it first on a celebrity blog. If Derek Jeter gets a new girlfriend, celebrity blogs will be all over the news.
Although celebrity blogs are definitely a godsend to those who love knowing the latest news on celebrities, you should also be aware that not everything you read on a celebrity blog is guaranteed to be accurate. Many critics have argued that celebrity blogs are much inferior to other types of celebrity related media since celebrity blogs tend to stretch journalistic integrity and are more about gossip than anything else. In fact, many celebrities have ended up suing celebrity blogs due to inaccuracies in reporting. For that reason, you should read celebrity blogs just for the entertainment value, knowing that it isn’t a 100% verified source.
With so many celebrity blogs on the market to choose from, how do you know which ones are the best? Here is a comprehensive list of ten of the most popular celebrity blogs on the internet:
TMZ
TMZ is unique in that it has major corporate backers. While most celebrity blogs are independent, TMZ has AOL and Warner Bros. helping the blog succeed. Throughout the last few years, TMZ has been among the leaders in celebrity blogs in terms of breaking stories. Stories that TMZ has helped break include Mel Gibson’s DUI and the racial barrage from “Kramer”.
TMZ stands for Thirty Mile Zone, which is a term from the 1960’s that refers to Hollywood, California. If you love celebrity blogs, TMZ is definitely a blog you should visit on a daily basis. You will find a large supply of celebrity news in the form of print, pictures and even video.
PerezHilton
PerezHilton is a website run by Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr., who goes by the name Perez Hilton on the website. Lavandeira writes the blog that focuses on celebrities, actors and musicians. Although the blog hasn’t been around too long, PerezHilton has become one of the most recognized celebrity blogs on the internet.
For his work on PerezHilton, Lavandeira has been recognized by everyone from the LA Times to Forbes Magazine. It has been voted as one of the most powerful blogs on the internet and is read by millions upon millions of viewers each month.
OhNoTheyDidn’t
OhNoTheyDidn’t is a blog on LiveJournal that is unique because of the quality of comments each blog post gets. The blog posts themselves are very good, but the quality of the comments adds to the success of the blog. Where as some celebrity blogs can be riddled with useless comments, OhNoTheyDidn’t takes the comment section seriously.
Since it is connected to LiveJournal, many find that OhNoTheyDidn’t is a very convenient stop on the internet. If you use LiveJournal and you love celebrity news, adding a daily visit to OhNoTheyDidn’t to your routine would be worth your time.
GoFugYourself
GoFugYourself is unique in that it concentrates mostly on the dress of celebrities. While it does sometimes look at celebrity news and celebrity rumors, GoFugYourself is mostly dedicated to critiquing how celebrities look. If a celebrity wears an outfit that totally fails, GoFugYourself will be the first on the scene bashing the choice of clothes.
While GoFugYourself isn’t the place to get traditional gossip, it is worth a visit if you like to keep up with which celebrities know how to dress and especially those celebrities that sometimes cause a disaster when they go to their closet.
DListed
Started in 2005, DListed has quickly come onto the scene and is one of the fastest growing celebrity blogs on the internet. Today, it has been reported that DListed averages one million hits a day.
The blogger on DListed is known as Michael K and he has been behind the blog since the beginning. The 28-year-old was able to quit his day job due to the money DListed was able to bring in via advertisers. If you visit DListed, be sure to check out the very amusing comments that accompany each blog post.
PopScribe
Written by bloggers who call themselves Patrice and John, PopScribe has been well reviewed in recent months and is growing at a fast pace. PopScribe hits all aspects of celebrity news include rumors, scandals and pictures.
Updated usually more than one time per day, you can get your celebrity fill by going to PopScribe on a daily basis. The writing on this blog is entertaining and there aren’t many aspects of celebrity issues that this blog doesn’t report on.
TheSuperficial
TheSuperficial prides itself on taking a close look at society and its fascination with being superficial. This celebrity blog has been around since 2004 and gets a very high amount of visitors on a daily basis.
This blog is famous for helping to bring snarky commentary to the forefront of the celebrity blogging industry. The snarky factor is off the charts in the blog posts – and that is just the way fans of TheSuperficial love it.
Defamer
Defamer is part of the massive Gawker Media Network, which automatically gives it juice in the online world. Gawker is very popular amongst bloggers and readers alike. Defamer doesn’t disappoint and is one of the leading blogs in the Gawker family.
In true Gawker form, Defamer isn’t scared to travel down any avenue when it comes to celebrity news. If a celebrity did it, wore it or said it, chances are you will see it on Defamer.
PinkIsTheNewBlog
This celebrity blog’s slogan is “Everybody’s Business is My Business” and once you start reading the blog, you will know exactly why that is their slogan. PinkIsTheNewBlog, as the name suggests, is a relatively new blog but it has be greeted with mass fan appeal in recent months.
The amount of pictures on this blog is impressive and the photo captures are usually very funny. Nobody’s business is safe from PinkIsTheNewBlog and you can expect many blog updates daily.
X17Online
In terms of original content, X17Online does very well. You can find a lot of stories on X17Online that they were the ones who broke. In a world of regurgitated information, that is definitely a plus.
However, on the other side of the coin, X17Online isn’t the most reliable of sources. In fact, celebrities Eva Longoria and Tony Parker sued X17Online after a blog was posted and X17Online apologized for the story.
