little fame ballers, just itching to get photographed!

This week was a bit more sedate than usual here in New York. Everyone’s been so obsessed with Super Bowl ads or Michael Phelp’s extracurricular activities to write about something interesting. Fortunately, Page Six Magazine identified a disturbing new “trend” among New York’s elite power mommies – multiples, and no, I’m not talking about the kind of multiples that elude just about every woman I know. Close though.

According to the piece, New Yorkers have taken a hint from Angelina Jolie and realized birthing kids the old fashioned way (one at a time) isn’t enough anymore:

“But the multiples explosion isn’t just a result of an uptick of in vitro fertilization—it’s also a symptom of New York do-it-all power mommies looking to multitask and keep up with the Joneses (or, at least, Brangelina).”

Let’s face it – babies are a status symbol, but who has the time for all those long, drawn out pregnancies?  And not to mention the time it takes to work off all that excess baby weight.  Instead, these multi-tasking mommas are begging their fertility docs (sex, apparently, is passé too) to try to make two or more of those little eggies stick.

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even your living room has a red carpet

The New York Post’s Page Six Magazine reports on a recent development that brings up a few questions for anyone interested in celebrities. It is now possible to hire people to create celebrity-style spectacles for “regular” folks:

Whispers of “Who was that?” can be heard. Ashley Tisdale? Miley Cyrus? One of the photographers has the answer: “Ariel. Don’t you know who she is?” Probably not. In fact, Ariel Jacobs is just a regular teen from Island Park, Long Island, celebrating her sweet 16. The shutterbugs? Hired by her parents from Celeb 4 A Day, a company that provides A-list experiences . . .

One of the first things that jumps out is the phrase “just a regular teen.”  Ariel, in other words, is not an authentic celebrity–is not, that is, someone whom paparazzi would photograph for free.  But what is it that makes paparazzi follow someone?  It’s money.  In the celebrity gossip mag world the money comes from customers desperate to gawk at familiar faces.  I would perhaps not blow too many minds by pointing out that many of the most photographed celebrities possess no visible qualities beyond those they share with Ariel: teen-aged, cute.

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