Be Glad You're Not a Celebrity
The snarky gossip blog,
Gawker, has introduced a bizarre new feature: Using Google Earth, it's going to post
the whereabouts of celebrities in Manhattan more or less in real time. The idea being, I guess, that you can see that Kate Moss is having a drink at Bungalow 8 and rush over in time to see her in person.
Although perhaps the real idea is that the celebrity-obsessed will check out the site so frequently, Gawker's hit count will soar, ad rates will go up, and everyone involved will make lots of money.
I'm no Puritan about such things; I enjoy a little celebrity gossip as much as the next guy. I'm still wondering exactly what happened between
Renee Zellwegger and Kenny Chesney, and I'm fascinated by reports that
TomKat were secretly married on a Scientology yacht.
But instantaneous mapping of celebrities hanging out? That's just creepy. Some psycho is going to pull a
Mark Chapman on one of these people...and Gawker will be partly responsible.
