“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE" -ANDY WARHOL

“China's new love of celebrities has gone multimedia. Glossy showbiz magazines fill the newsstands, vying for space with newspapers offering ample doses of celebrity gossip. Online, one of China's leading Web portals, Sina.com, has reported that six of its eight most popular blogs are centered on mainland pop singers, Taiwanese actresses and other superstars.
Broadcast media have joined the rush. Last year, China got its own version of "Access Hollywood," a popular U.S. television show delivering news about the rich, famous and beautiful. Distributed by NBC Universal Television, the Chinese version has a potential audience of 300 million viewers, providing a dash of news about famous foreigners but focusing primarily on Chinese stars.”

-International Herald tribune
June 27 2008