Show Queen of TV had Rocky Start Start- j Liz Livingston Staff Writer After being bombarded with the saga and watching serious news stations update us on Ashton and Demi I had to wonder why do we worship celebrities It seems we cant can't get enough On ABC every night after the news there are two shows Inside Edition and Access Hollywood back to toj j pack ack that are devoted to divulging the latest celeb secrets and romances Two in a row And Andin Andin Andin in addition to that we have dozens of magazines devoted to dishing out the same celebrity gossip Why It comes down to the rule of supply and demand the publics public's demand for its it's so high that consequently the supply is on the verge of overkill Do we think that these people are different or dare I say better than we are Without the makeup makeup makeup make make- up crew and the hairdressers they would look just like the rest of us maybe worse Am I the only one who sees this They are just normal normal normal nor nor- mal people who have access to every luxury But I have noticed one fundamental difference one thing that separates us from them excluding the Royce Rolls-Royce and three swimming pools I have found the actual secret to becoming becoming becoming becom becom- ing a celebrity I stumbled upon the secret while watching different tapings of the show Biography I started started started start start- ed to notice a pattern one similarity similarity similarity simi simi- larity that all these celebrities shared And it is this They were all turned down for positions fired from jobs criticized and hated for years but they never gave up they persisted and then one day stumbled into finding their niche For example I recently learned on Biography that Oprah Winfrey was an aspiring journal journal- It was her passion and even when she was turned down and told to pursue other things she would reply I want to be on the news She finally landed a ajob job at ata ata ata a news station in Chicago as an anchor but let me tell you it wa not pretty The Queen of Talk was anything but articulate flubbing flubbing flubbing flub flub- bing her lines putting the wrong emphasis on words she called Canada Canadia making herself herself herself her her- self laugh and sounding allaround all allaround allaround around awkward and Oprah never sounds awkward It was almost painful to watch She was demoted from anchor to reporter and then from reporter to a nY live live- minute show that aired during news breaks That minute five-minute show turned into what is now the Oprah Show She simply had to find her niche No matter what characteristics whether they celebrities possess are beautiful or funny rude or obnoxious each and every one is persistent Want to earn your fifteen fifteen fifteen teen minutes of fame Its It's sim- sim 7 pie dont give up And if all else a. a fails and you haven't reached super stardom I hear Survivor is holding auditions C l |