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An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor reflects on the increasing presence of celebrities in general newspapers, discusses the apparition of politicians in tabloid magazines, and explores the debates of journalists concerning their ethics and responsibility in this phenomenon.

The article discusses how the exercise of press freedom by tabloid newspapers affects celebrities in the United States. The difficulties involved in filing libel suits against tabloids are analyzed. The jury treatment of celebrity plaintiffs is discussed. The question of how to balance a right to privacy against the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is addressed. Many cases, it is said, are settled out of court.

The article answers the questions that readers most frequently ask celebrity gossip columnist Cindy Williams. Celebrities, such as actor George Clooney, do read gossip magazines and tabloids. Celebrities, such as talk show hosts Rosie O'Donnell and Conan O'Brien, generally have to wait in lines. Many celebrities, like actresses Sharon Stone and Reese Witherspoon, donate their old clothes or give them to friends and relatives.

The article provides a brief history of tabloid magazines. According to the article, during the 1950s, tabloids covered bad car accidents and mutilation, but turned to aliens and medical oddities to appeal to housewives. In the 1960s, they focused on celebrity gossip. Tabloid circulation peaked in the 1980s, but declined after the murder trial of football player O.J. Simpson. In the 2000s, celebrity gossip is once again covered, but the Internet is impinging on sales. INSET: THE HEADLINES.

The article highlights the publication of several celebrity magazines in the U.S. Women in Britain, say the statistics, are even more obsessed with celebrities than women in America. Magazine publishers believe that American buyers are not well served and that they have just as much appetite for gossip about Bennifer, Brad and Angelina. Their answer is to launch more titles. The title joins five other celebrity weeklies published in America: "People", "Us Weekly", "Star", "In Touch" and "Life & Style." Another group, American Media, has begun the trial of a new magazine called "Celebrity Living." Few publishing executives fear that celebrity magazines' popularity is about to peak with the arrival of another five. So far the market has absorbed new entrants comfortably. Young women want every bit of information they can glean about their role models and are willing to buy several titles each week. Particularly surprising is the strength of the 31-year-old "People", owned by Time Warner and said to be the most profitable magazine in the world. It has not ceded ground to its new rivals and still sells 3.7m copies a week. As the new titles make their appearance, the industry will watch closely to see how nice or nasty they are to the celebrities upon whom everything depends. Because it is still doing well, "People" can afford to look down on its rivals and the way they doctor photographs, rely heavily on waiters and hotel staff for information and sometimes invent stories to bully celebrities into granting interviews. Advertisers may sniff at low-down gossip, but America's female readers seem happy to take their celebrity news any way they can get it--true, false, worshipful or unkind.

The article examines a November 27, 2009 automobile accident suffered by golfer Tiger Woods. Woods suffered only minor injuries, but the accident generated widespread speculation it involved a domestic dispute with Woods' wife Elin Nordegren. Woods had been accused of having extramarital affairs in tabloid newspaper article shortly before the accident.

The article presents a brief interview with actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, who is featured on the TBS network television series "House of Payne." She discusses the experience of being hit by a car while jogging in October of 2008. She says she bought a house outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and then realized she hates living in the country. She discusses comments about her personal life in celebrity tabloid newspapers.

The article looks at Bonnie Fuller, the editorial director of American Media, and her vision for reaching women consumers. The corridor to Bonnie Fuller's office is filled with headlines that scream. As editorial director of American Media, she is trying to reinvigorate a company whose racy tabloids, notably the National Enquirer, the Globe, and the Star, have suffered from years of falling circulation. Fuller was hired in 2003 on a contract that is possibly the most business-like of any in journalism. If she succeeds as well as she expects, her compensation could reach $3 million, making her probably the highest paid editor in print journalism anywhere. Reporting on celebrities and, perhaps even more importantly, the failings of celebrities, had become solidly mainstream journalism. At the Star, a hitherto also-ran among supermarket tabloids, Fuller's strategy has been to do celebrity journalism better than the rest. Circulation dipped a bit on Fuller's arrival, but it has since grown from 800,000 in 2003 to 1.2 million and rising fast. Yet criticisms abound. The first concerns management style. Fuller goes through staff like the celebrities she covers go through lovers. In Fuller's view, the Star's success may reflect a growing self-confidence among women, who have progressed from wanting self-help advice to being able to find humor in the vain pursuit of perfection.

Comments on celebrities and newspapers in Great Britain. Discussion of the decision of "Independent" to go tabloid in order to increase sales; Strategy of Nancy Dell'Olio for helping children in war-torn countries, according to an interview in the "Sunday Times"; Praise for an article by Simon Barnes on the sports page of the "Times"; Mention of the hairstyle of Cherie Blair.