Keeping up with who? Seriously, who are you people?

I have a bone to pick tonight.

The past couple of weeks while I've sat at my desk thinking about the true meaning of life (okay, and surfing some gossip and news websites at the same time), I have continuously come across a headline featuring one of the Kardashian girls. What I'd like to know is, what have these women done in their lives to deserve so much attention? I mean, seriously. So what if their mother remarried Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner, and bravo for their father, Robert Kardashian, for defending OJ Simpson during his murder trial in the mid-1990s. So what?

Khloe Kardashian, 25, the youngest sister of Kim and Kourtney, married L.A Laker Lamar Odom this weekend. OK! Magazine reportedly paid $270, 000 for the couple's wedding photos. What brought on a few chuckles was the cover of the magazine with a photo taken at Kardashian and Odom's wedding. If you take a look at it, it's not difficult to notice that Odom is not sharing the centre of attention with his bride - as one would assume in a situation like this. Instead, its focus is on all three sisters with Odom in the background. This cover screams "look at me! Look at me!" - and I'm annoyed - if you haven't yet noticed.

I'm just asking, why should we care about these three women when in reality, they haven't done anything to improve society, nor have they contributed any sort of talent to the entertainment industry. However, some people obviously do care about these ladies because their reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians is in its third season. I can guarantee you though that I will never waste my time watching useless people doing useless things when there are so many more important things in life to accomplish.

The world loses another wonderful talent to cancer

Patrick Swayze, 57, lost his battle with cancer today. The actor, singer and dancer who starred in such favourites as Dirty Dancing and Ghost had been battling pancreatic cancer for two years.

Rest in peace, Patrick. Your smile and talent will be a great loss to the many lives you've touched over the years.

Kanye West shows lack of respect for Taylor Swift at 2009 MTV VMAs

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) haven't even been broadcast in my time zone for 15 minutes, yet there has already been a fair share of dramatic occurrences. I have to begin by saying I am so disappointed in Kanye West. This hip hop artist and fashion designer is known for saying how he feels, but he went too far tonight at the VMAs in New York City.

Taylor Swift is a 19-year-old country-pop singer and songwriter who has won over millions of fans all over the world with her music and sweet personality. Her music is easy to relate to and her down-to-earth personality shines through during interviews and her performances. This young lady won the first award of the night - best female video - and began her acceptance speech by saying how shocked she was at winning her first VMA. However, she was rudely and abruptly interrupted by Kanye West who jumped on stage and grabbed the mic out from her hands. He looked at her and said "he's really happy for her" and that he'll "let her finish" once he's done speaking. Uhh excuse me?

Kanye continued by turning to the audience and saying that Beyonce (a fellow nominee) "had one of the best videos of all time". Okay, let's back track here. Kanye has the nerve to interrupt Taylor and then tells a crowd of millions all over the world that she doesn't deserve to win because apparently Beyonce's video was better than hers? Wow.

As Kanye spoke his mind, the camera got a reaction shot from Beyonce who looked shocked. The director goes back to Kanye, and a completely surprised and sad Taylor can be seen standing defeated behind him. Kanye turns back to Taylor and hands her the mic. She stands there looking down at the stage as if thinking "what just happened?" The crowd began to stand up and cheer her name. It was, however, too late. The singer was disrupted, defeated and the director rightly chose to cut to a video clip.

At first I thought maybe it was some sort of joke made by MTV, but no, it wasn't. My heart goes out to Taylor, and I am very anxious to see if Kanye will apologize to Taylor later on in the show or on his blog.

Back to some lighter news, Janet Jackson made a heartfelt performance in the Michael Jackson dance medley tribute that opened the awards ceremony. She lip synched to 1995's "Scream" - the duet she sang with her brother Michael - and danced at centre stage while the video screen behind her had Michael dancing the same moves.

Apparently I'm writing slowly, because the VMAs are almost over. However, as Diddy and Jamie Sigler presented an award, Diddy mentioned Kanye's name and the crowd immediately began to boo and chant Taylor's name. I'm looking forward to seeing and reading the backlash for Kanye online and in both print and TV media tomorrow.

The VMAs began over two hours ago, and Beyonce just won an award. Demonstrating what a world-class artist should act like, she received her award and recalled how exciting it felt to win an award at 17-years-old while being apart of Destiny's Child. She therefore called Taylor out on stage to have her own special moment. Taylor walked on stage, hugged Beyonce, and asked the audience if she could "try this again".

Check out the video of Kanye making a fool out of himself at the 2009 MTV VMAs:

I officially welcome myself to the mysterious world of blogging...

Today, Tuesday, September 8, 2009, is the day I'm doing something different. I'm creating a blog. I'm not going to lie to anyone, especially to myself, so I'll admit I'm a little nervous, albeit kind of excited.

Besides Perez Hilton's blog, I've never visited nor have ever read a person's or an organization's blog. I assumed they were sites on the Internet where people could rant about issues that interested them or made them upset, and to which these people had barely any credit to do so.

However, during this past September long weekend when I wasn't soaking up our much-anticipated sunshine at Winnipeg Beach, I perused some blogs. A few belonging to Creative Communications' instructors, some belonging to celebrities, and others to people I just didn't know.

It was while I read these blogs that I began to understand that I would need to blog about something I know. This is true for most writing - it's easier writing about something you know and about something that interests you.

I have therefore decided to blog about what I am passionate about: entertainment. Some people may think I should have a more important interest in life, and that I may be shallow in caring about the film, television, music and fashion industries, and the celebrities that work in them. However, I've always been interested in entertainment and it was this that lead me to study communications and major in public relations.

Since I was a young girl, I've read each People magazine my mom brought home from the grocery store. This is where I first began learning about the fascinating and glamorous world of those in the entertainment biz. My mom, dad, sister and I have also always shared a love of film. I have probably watched The Parent Trap over 100 times and will never grow tired of it; and, The Sound of Music comes in at a close second on my list of favorite films.

It will be in this blog that I comment on and analyze the people and issues that encompass today's entertainment industry. Even though I'm a 23-year-old woman living in the Canadian prairies, it doesn't mean I'm out of touch with the never-boring, always interesting entertainment industry.