Things that lasted longer than Kim Kardashian's wedding

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Things that lasted longer than Kim’s wedding: a college trimester, one season of one of the Kardashian’s many reality shows, the uprising Libya....need we go on? This phrase is the number one trending topic on Twitter. My favorite thing that lasted longer: the line for Halloween candy outside of Casey Anthony's house.

Happier times?

We had a feeling it wouldn’t last but 72 days? Really? The celebrity gossip stratosphere exploded today with news that the famous for being famous Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries after their much publicized wedding that reportedly earned $18 million for the couple. Yeah they sold the film rights to E! Entertainment and the photo rights to People. We could overcome the fact that the wedding special was filled with product placement and their wedding was most likely paid for by various sponsors just for the publicity to be a part of the biggest wedding since the Royal Wedding. But they were really in love, right?

The quickie divorce has left us all assuming was all an orchestrated cash cow to make money off of Kim’s perpetual fifteen minutes of fame. I am willing to admit that I do like the Kardashians. I love their fashion sense, I am entertained by their willingness to put their lives out there with no holds barred, and admire their business savviness. 

Five years ago, Kim Kardashian was relatively unknown by the public but she is now considered an A list celebrity to the dismay of some. The family empire took in $65 million last year and probably made more this year with the addition of their new clothing at Sears, Kris Jenner’s upcoming book “Kris Jenner…And All Things Kardashian” which will be released (surpise, surprise) tomorrow, and the heavily sponsored wedding special.

The million dollar sham

The family seemed more “real” and grounded in the first season of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians". The girls wore jeans and tops, actually worked in their Calabasas store named Dash, did their own makeup and most shocking of all, you would sometimes see them on camera wearing no makeup. Since then their explosion of wealth and fame and penchant for glamour is quite evident when you watch the newer seasons. Their makeup and hair are always professionally done, sporting the latest designer clothes, only step into the stores for a publicity shot and their modest home from the first season has been replaced with a big mansion while the three sisters each have their own homes.

Happy Halloween: Filing for divorce papers

Upon the breaking divorce news, the majority of the people online said they knew it was coming but were surprised it ended so abruptly. The marriage was called a sham, publicity stunt and an arrangement. I must admit that while I do watch their show and like the girls, I was indeed skeptical of the marriage and thought it was another chapter in her “celebreality” life. The 4 hour wedding special just aired in 2 parts on  October 9^th and 10^th making the union seem particularly short for those who watched it. As a matter of fact, it just aired yesterday. Today’s divorce filing was an icing on the cake for my suspicions.

I predict the public backlash over this is the beginning of the end of the Kardashians’ fifteen minutes of fame. Many of their fans will see the reality show for the scripted show it really is. The wasted time, money and coverage giving to this joke of a wedding will serve as a lesson. We were duped.

Will ABC's new drama "Revenge" suffer "Prison Break" fate?

The cast of "Revenge"

ABC’s new drama “Revenge”, which airs on Wednesdays at 10pm, is about Amanda Clarke who takes on the false identity of Emily Thorne and moves to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the people responsible for destroying her family. As a little girl, her father was accused of treason and terrorism and sent to jail where he died.

While the initial premise is scandalous and very entertaining, I wonder how long can the show sustain before it suffers the fate of the former Fox TV show “Prison Break”? I enjoyed watching the first few episodes but I wondered what is going to happen to the show after they break out of prison? How long can keep this up? By the end of the second season, the main characters who escaped in the first season finale went to Panama where they were put back in prison. The original focus of the show had been resolved and the subsequent plots felt like a rehashing of what had once made it great.

“Revenge” makes me wonder how many shows she can go through while getting her revenge before she runs out of enemies. After the first season, the conspirators against her father should have met their fate but what will happen in the second season? Will the offspring of Madeline Stowe’s character come back to haunt Emily or will Emily decide to take out the whole Hamptons for their lifestyle of extravagance and devotion to the social hierarchy.

Another recent show whose plot revolved around a clear goal or premise and lost viewer ship or was cancelled after that goal was fulfilled was ABC’s “Flashforward”. The show that was based on a 1999 science-fiction novel of the same name had a brilliant first episode in which the entire world had a vision of their lives at a specific moment in time 6 months into the future on April 29, 2010.

The show then explored how people dealt with this revelation and searched for answers as to why or how this happened. Almost halfway into the season, the quality of the show suffered as it involved too many sub-plots, the audience learned that the characters were able to change their futures thus detracting the intrigue as it no longer mattered what their vision was as it may not happen the way they had foreseen it. There was one event that the characters did not envision in their future: its cancellation after the first season’s completion.

Now as we watch Emily delve deeper into a scandal that she is creating with the impending danger of falling in love, we can enjoy the drama unfold and just hope that it keeps our interest for next September.