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Contacting Celebrities

Here are some useful tips for contacting celebrities from eHow.com:

• Search for fan clubs devoted to the person you're looking for. These organizations often have means of contacting their respective celebrities.
• Contact a musician by looking for a contact address in a CD or cassette booklet or looking up the address of the record company that released the recording.
• Contact a screen actor or actress through the Screen Actors Guild. Visit the organization's Web site for more information.
• Contact a director through the Directors Guild of America.
• Contact a stage actor or actress through the theater at which he or she is currently performing or has recently performed.
• Contact a television or radio personality in care of the station or network that he or she works for.
• Contact authors and literary editors through the National Writers Union or through their publishers. The publisher's name and city usually appears on the title page of the book.
• Contact a famous athlete in care of his or her team. Visit the team's official Web site for contact information.
• Contact an artist through a gallery or museum that houses his or her work.

For more tips and tricks on contacting celebrities, see "Secrets to Contacting Celebrities."

The Gawker Stalker Map

Did anyone watch Larry King Live tonight? The topic was "Does the Paparazzi Go Too Far?"

Guest host Jimmy Kimmel had the editor of Gawker.com on talking about the new Gawker Stalker Map, which lists celebrity sightings up to the minute. He and the entire panel ganged up on the poor girl, who was trying to point out that celebrity blogs are just another form of entertainment and are not to be taken seriously.

The panel wasn't having it, including Michael Jackson's former attorney Mark Garagos. They argued that celebrity blogs and sites like Gawker endanger celebrities by providing personal information. They were arguing that celebrities have been murdered in the past by stalkers and that it's only a matter of time before another celebrity murder happens.

The show also had on Reichen Lehmkuhl via satellite from Palm Springs. He was the winner of the first season of "Amazing Race" and who recently dated NSYNC's Lance Bass. Celebrity blogs like Perez Hilton pretty much forced Lance Bass to come out of the closet.

I interviewed Reichen about this topic and Perez Hilton back in January. What do you think? Does the paparazzi go to far? Could the Gawker Stalker Map be putting celebrities in more danger than they already are? Sound off!