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In a culture obsessed with fame, celebrity gossip is serious business. Just ask the bards who make global news out of the hairdos and personal dramas of a thimbleful of beautiful people. Ted Casablanca (a.k.a. Bruce Bibby), a Dallas native, is E! Network's resident celebrity dish purveyor by way of his staunchly read, often hilarious, trademarked column, "The Awful Truth." Casablanca, who started in the print business in 1985, now broadcasts on E! Online and E! News Live and regularly swaps intimacies with Hollywood's importisimos. We talked at a safe remove from the red carpet.
Why should people care what a celebrity thinks or does?
You're doubting the godlike position of celebrities in America? Listen, I'm not in the business of telling people what they should care about. But if they're interested in Hollywood, I'm all for filling them in on it. I think it's a fascinating town, and a fascinating subject. I do try to stick into [the column] once in a while, "You might want to keep an eye on your own life while you're worshiping at the sparkly altar that is Hollywood." But, sure, let's gab about something as scintillating and silly as J.Lo's curvaceous figure, which I love.
What's the difference between Hollywood gossip and political gossip?