Brangelina in News

Ever since Brangelina landed in Pune, the local newspapers have made them their top priority. Especially the local edition of The Times. The esteemed editors of this paper think that covering the movements of a celebrity couple is more important than any other news in the city. Or is it that they can't find anything more worthwhile to adore their pages.

On one particular day, the entire first page was filled up with details of the couple's visit. I agree that it is not everyday that such famous hollywood actors come to Pune and Brangelina have a huge fan following but still, I don't want to have the local edition's entire front page dedicated to them. To make matters worse the star couple tried their best to give the media a slip and so all the stories appearing in the paper were speculations and details of the couple's stay in the city.

The newpapers even acorded celebrity status to the rickshaw driver in which Brangelina went around town on one particular day. There was a whole article based on the 20 minute ride that he gave to the couple. Another article was based on the couple's future prospects as predicted by an astrologer. They also had a story speculating about the food preferences of the couple. I am not against glamour and have my favourites too, but isn't page 3 meant for all such news? So, to all you journalists out there, stop acting like you've never had a celeb in town before and start looking around for some real news that is worth reporting.