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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Overexposed Without Protection

Some have opined that any exposure in the media is good exposure for one who wishes to be widely acclaimed. Having the photogs flash your every movement across news pages and the internet would not be MY idea of a good time, but I'll never really know. Some celebs can't seem to get enough of the constant posing and smiling...and that leads to overexposure. A recent poll by E-Poll Research (honestly! Is there a poll for EVERYTHING?)questioned respondents on 45 appeal ratings about more than 3,000 celebrities and came up with the top 20 or so overexposed people in this country. In an article appearing in "Forbes" magazine, famous people were rated for the degree of their overexposure, according to those surveyed. I'm sure there are no surprises in this list, but I'll give you the top five in alphabetical order and see if you can arrange them in order of their rating for overexposure.
Tom Cruise...Kevin Federline...Paris Hilton...Nicole Richie...Britney Spears.
If you don't recognize all of these names instantly, you live in a cultural vacuum. Not that these people are important in the world view; it's just that the press has them constantly in front of us. (And remember, not included in the top five were such icons as Michael Jackson #7 and Lindsay Lohan #6!)
Our "winner" was judeged by 72% of those polled to be overexposed, followed in second place by a 68% overexposure number; at this point, the numbers drop a little bit: 54%, 53% and 52% so you can see that the top two are REALLY perceived as being far too much in the news. In our group we have one singer, one wannabe singer, an actor, a TV "star" and one who really doesn't seem to have a talent unless one counts home video...but enough... here is the list from #1 to least exposed in the top 5:

1. Britney 2. Paris 3. K-Fed 4. TomCat 5. Nicole Richie (apparently, I have not heard enough about her to know any nickname.)

These celebrities are so overexposed that I am featuring them in a blog...imagine how many others there are!
Sad. And can Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) be far behind?

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