By Hilda Gutierrez
This site is a large collection of commentary, news and analysis
of the current entertainment and show-biz industry. At first glance
the front page may seem a little overwhelming with the amount of text
and clutter and menus. Although the color scheme is not flashy and
brightly colored as one might expect of a site that deals with modern
day entertainment and show-biz, the simple color-scheme of green and
white simplify it and acts as a relief from the massive amounts of
information. The site does it's job well. All the most current and
up to date news of entertainment is there. One aspect that I really
liked was the pull down menus at the top of every page of the entire
site, it makes it easier to see what there is on the site, rather
than feeling lost and not knowing where to go when there's so much
to look at.
Though I am not an up to date reader of entertainment news, I could
see how this would be important to people who are and need this kind
of information for their daily living. But when you really think about
it, is it really all necessary? What will happen to us if we don't
have the most up to date information on the award winning movie or
what happened to our favorite movie star. The fact is nothing will
happen, but we think we will be out of the loop and to some that is
an unspeakable disaster. If you ask me it's a bit of a compulsion
to want to know the most up to date news and information all the time
every day, and this kind of site feeds to that making it a possibly
vicious cycle for some. If that is the intention of variety.com, then
it's a job well done.