Hurray For Hollywood (journalists)

I am fully aware that entertainment journalism is not real journalism but if you are a reporter for E! or E.T. or Access Hollywood, you should have some respect for the craft because the word ‘journalist’ is still part of ‘entertainment journalist.’

Over the past seven years or so the line between news and entertainment has been blurred so much so that the break up of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez was a “Fox News Alert” which are usually only issued for a national crisis.  Luckily we have Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos who is helping to un-blur that line and remind us that entertainment journalists are just grown up high school kids gossiping in the lunch room.

Here is a clip of her behind the scenes efforts to try and land that big Bode Miller interview at the Winter Olympics.

Step 1: Dress like a a gay Che Guevara (or Gay Guevara if you will)

Step 2: Break all protocol and write a note and slip it in front of his seat before the press conference. Be sure to add smiley faces (I am not kidding here)

Step 3: After being rejected by a guy who doesn’t respond to your cuteness, humiliate yourself at the actual press conference and do a cutesy walk up to Bode Miller and hand him a note like an 8th grader. He is bound to respect your journalistic integrity now. Especially with the smiley faces (I am not kidding again)

Step 4: Keep smiling at the camera and wait for Fox News to call