Arrests and Surprises

Celebrity comes in many shapes and sizes these days.  Thanks to reality television and social media, anyone can be a star.  Justin Bieber would be an unknown lipstick lesbian looking Canadian teenager if it wasn't for YouTube.  Without reality TV, Honey Boo Boo would be a hopped up hillbilly JonBenet Ramsey, and there'd be no such thing as a Kardashian.  Even (alleged-ahem) criminals like Jodi Arias and Casey Anthony land on the cover of People magazine, that arbiter of all things famous, and that's why we know about Amanda Knox, the American girl who's conviction for murdering her roommate was overturned by an Italian court.
Dubbed Foxy Knoxy by the press, she looked more like BLAHmanda Knox to me on Wednesday May 1st when she appeared on Good Morning America to pimp out a book telling her side of the story.  Because isn't it all about the book deal in the end?

That same day, Carey Mulligan showed up to promote The Great Gatsby, which opens this Friday in a theatre near you.  She was originally scheduled for Friday, so it was a pleasant surprise for everyone when she arrived.  I, of course, missed it, and had to be content with this shot of her leaving.  GMA is getting hardcore with their security, and the photographer/autographer pen is much further back than it used to be.  I guess they're trying to limit the interaction with the celebrities and discourage the autographers, and it's making it a real pain in the ass.