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The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Tom and Katie. Jennifer and Ben. Brad and Angelina. Americans just can't get enough of celebrity gossip. Why are so many of us so interested in the personal lives of the stars? We’ll look into the world of the gossip magazines with Pamela Miller-Macias, deputy editor at In Touch Weekly magazine, and Peter Howe, author of Paparazzi.

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