The someones and somethings...

In terms of global influence and being a pop superstar, i am an extremely tone deaf no-one, in terms of my parents eyes, I’d like to think I’m a pretty big someone...but on Thursday,  a massive someone died...Peter Falk. A man, that was able to change the way people viewed  ‘cop shows’ as he stared in the role of Lieutenant Colombo, died at age 83. If a man who’s signature clothing was a scruffy rain coat that looked like it’d always escaped the wash load  was able to steal the hearts of a materialistic nation, he must have been good, very good. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia for the past few years and died in his Beverly Hills’ home; he had a big career, lasting 30 years on prime time TV and was a legend. But this got me thinking, this man became famous because he was good at what he did, he was an actor who could really act, but how many people out there are famous for nothing, nothing at all..

In today’s world I believe there are two types of celebrity, you have your Paris Hiltons and Kim Kardashians but also your Steven Fry’s and Huge Laurie’s. Fry and Laurie are the dynamic duo who besotted the nation with the wit and good humour after graduating from one of the UK’s top universities, but what did Kim and Paris do to gain there fame? Well...there hot, there is no denying that, but that’s all, I almost admire them. It’s quite a skill to be able to make so much money (the times reportedly said “Kim has made $35 million”) from doing nothing other than applying make-up and walking in ridiculously high stilts that us mere mortals can only dream of being able to walk in without falling head over heels into a circus clown, but this is, of course, just a matter of opinion, for all I know she may turn out to study maths at oxford, but why would she? I don’t know, as she has all the money she could ever need from doing “meet the Kardashians”(...no thanks), although, with rising tuition fees perhaps we should all sell our souls to the media in a last ditch attempt to attend university.  

So my advice to you, is join the circus, they will teach you to walk in heals, there are plenty hot clowns out there and the job comes with a make-up allowance, every girls dream right?

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