Celebrity Deaths and Our Response

October 23, 2012 in Celebrity, Current Affairs, Entertainment, People, Self, Society

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how we as individuals respond when a celebrity dies. Those who are the right age will remember exactly where they were the day they heard that Princess Diana had been killed, and the ensuing 24/7 media coverage. Our televisions flooded with images of the crumpled car, to her funeral. It was awful to see someone so young, so beautiful- an activist, a peacemaker, a public figure who admitted she was flawed, to know her life was cut short. I cried. Why? Did she know me? We weren’t friends, had never met, but [...]

The Dogg, The Lion & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

August 3, 2012 in Celebrity, Comedy, Entertainment, Film & TV, Mental Health

Hello my wonderful readers and welcome to another highlights edition of my celebrity news for the week. Funnily enough, it’s been a bit of a slow week in Hollywood this week and I’m guessing it’s because all the celebs are just paying attention to the Olympics, but my Celeb Top 5 stops for nothing and no one. Surprisingly this week, I don’t  have any movie news for you, but I do have couple and baby news which I know you all love. Now, on to the artist who has decided to change things up a little… 1. Snoop Dogg is [...]

Caught In The Act & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

July 27, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Film & TV

Hello my lovely friends and welcome to another edition of my celebrity news highlights post. This week is a little different as I did not get a chance to write “the low down according to mon” over on my personal blog, “the musings of monique”. This will happen from time to time and I apologise to those of you who enjoy reading it, I will do my best to have it for you next week. So as well as being the highlights edition, this is the only edition of my celeb news for the week and boy it’s been a [...]