Welcome to week 2 of my blog. We re halfway through sweeps and ratings are up, which is no surprise as there is certainly no shortage of big stories to cover. The David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach debacle is a stunner.
The disturbing tape of a wrecked David Hasselhoff makes it way to all the shows of course all the shows air the tape. All the shows call it exclusive, except Access Hollywood, which brings me to what is exclusive?
There are 14 definitions of exclusive on and one of the top definitions is, Shutting out all others from a part or share.
The key words here are all others and when every show has the Hasselhoff tape, how is it an ET or Extra exclusive? There are other interesting uses of exclusives these days qualified exclusives like morning show exclusive and prime time exclusive. It s all bogus, and producers know better, the definition is clear, Shutting out all others from a part or share.
Now to Paris Hilton a few years ago we were the first show to ban her from our air. We made a choice that we wanted to feature stars with talent, whether it be singers/musicians, actors, etc. and not just someone famous for simply making appearances and posing in front of cameras.
But at times, her antics were too good to ignore and we fell off the wagon. Our relationship with Paris is sketchy to say the least. We ve dubbed her Hilty and she claims we have been mean to her, but what we have done is point out exactly what she is; a socialite who shot to stardom on the small screen: A straight-to-DVD title called One Night In Paris.
Off to the Cannes Film Festival for some REAL exclusives.
I ve been privileged to cover the coming and goings in Hollywood for 11 years and I still love the action as much today as I did back in 1996 when debuted and I was the weekend show producer. From Brad and Jen to Brad and Angelina and from Tom and Nicole to Tom and Katie, I thought I had seen it all, but I hadn t.
What s going on with stars and their marriages .It s common to have break ups galore, but things are now way out of control.
Now it s not if, but it s when for a high profile couple to call it quits.
Most use the lame excuse that they have busy schedules, pressure, yada..yada.
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and other publicist speak. The reality is, as some of the favorite tabs say, Stars, they are just like us. They get divorced and get divorced a lot.
But where stars and non pros differ, is in the publicizing of marital problems. It s bad enough that the world knows it gets worse when both parties are just out of control.
Let s talk Alec and Kim What gave Alec the right to verbally abuse his daughter like that on a voicemail?
What was he thinking? He wasn t. Neither were the people responsible for allowing it to be aired all over the Internet and then on shows like .
Should we have aired it? I ll address that in a moment. Why Alec would then feel the need to go on The View and continue to rip his daughter s mom was another huge error in judgment.
Time to shut up, stop talking..where is the character chip for these two supposed adults.
Don t hate your ex more than you love your child.
Where was the Access sensitivity chip when debating whether to air Alec s voicemail? I thought long and hard.
I have four children, including 11-year-old twin boys and I should understand whole-heartedly what poor Ireland, an innocent 11-year-old, would have to go through. We decided to air it. We tried to be sensitive, but who are we kidding.
There is no sensitive way to do that story. In retrospect, we should have taken a stand and been the only one not to air it. Hopefully for all involved, that s the last case of a crazed parental voicemail polluting the airwaves.
Stay tuned for more. We re heading to Cannes for the 60th Annual Film Festival later this month should be some good blogging from there.
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