Who hasn’t heard it? The chatter all around town is on the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston split or the drug addition that so-and-so supposedly has or even on the new car that a celebrity just bought. Celebrity gossip is almost inescapable in this day and age of People Magazine and OK! Magazine battling for exclusive rights to the Britney Spears baby. Celebrities used to only have to worry about the pressures of maintaining success. Now they had better worry about that paparazzi and reporter around the corner. Celebrity gossip is out to get you!

Some of the biggest celebrity gossip out there was started by someone who is not even really a celebrity, but rather someone who has made a living out of portraying herself as one. Paris Hilton has been photographed all over town—at parties, at club openings, in the bedroom—and the gossip swirling around her has been enormous. From the sex tape seen ‘round the world to the incredibly lavish lifestyle that she leads, the emergence of Paris Hilton took celebrity gossip to a whole new level. People want to see how the celebrities are living, what’s going on with their love lives, and even who they are sleeping with now. Though she did not single-handedly do this, Paris Hilton has held the torch and led celebrity journalism into a new direction recently.

Even when it’s not just in the tabloids, celebrity gossip is being flashed across TV and computer screens everywhere. Shows like “E! True Hollywood Stories” glorify celebrity gossip and put it all together into one tangible package. Celebrity gossip has also become national news. Vanity Fair recently covered the entire Jennifer Aniston reaction to her public split with Brad Pitt and his subsequent relationship with Angelina Jolie. As a culture, America has grown to love some good old celebrity gossip. You’ve definitely heard it all by now. Keep your ears open though. More celebrity gossip, break-ups, make-ups, and scandals are sure to be on the way.