|
Want to know the inside story on Ben and J. Lo’s
relationship troubles? Want to find out how much the
Olsen twins are worth? Or perhaps knowing which
Hollywood starlets have real hooters is something you’re
just dying to find out. If you answered yes to any of
these questions then In Touch Weekly is the magazine for
you.
As its title notes, this relatively new magazine is a
weekly publication devoted to providing the latest news
on the rich and famous in the entertainment world. In
many respects, this magazine is not too unlike People
magazine (only without the refined intellectual and
philosophical content). Its buy line is “Get Closer to
the Stars!” and it does a pretty decent job keeping
readers informed on the latest and greatest from our
societal elite. In hand, I have three recent issues in
hand for review, all dated sometime in the past two
months.
The cover of each
In Touch magazine
issue is much of what you’d expect
from a glorified supermarket tabloid. You’ll have a mug
shot of someone famous, like Demi Moore or Jennifer
Anniston, with some attention-grabbing headline like,
Real vs. Fake, or Secrets Revealed: Looking Young, But
At What Cost? Each issue is approximately 100 pages in
length, and is filled with short articles and
advertisements. Each issue is laid out in a format that
is perfect for a person to skim. There are very few (if
any) articles that are more than two pages, as most of
the content are photos and captions. If you’re looking
for something to read while sitting on the john, this
magazine will frustrate anyone who may be suffering from
any degree of constipation. But at least you can make up
for the quick read by using its pages to “do the
paperwork”.
But I must admit, In Touch Weekly is a guilty pleasure
of mine. It’s almost a compulsion, much like slowing
down on the highway to see the details of a car
accident. For some apparent reason, I find myself
regularly browsing issues of the magazine, perhaps in
effort to satisfy some morbid curiosity to find out
things about people I don’t know.
|