Help Me Select a WordPress Theme for Celebrity Blogging
Recently I’ve been thinking that not enough attention is given to the entertainment industry and celebrity culture. I’m considering leaving WordPress and starting a celebrity and gossip blog.
I just haven’t been able to decide what to focus on.
These themes do provide inspiration, however, so maybe you guys can help me decide on the focus of my new blog.
David Beckham
Most of you know that I love soccer. I do not, however, like David Beckham. Perhaps I could learn to since he has helped make soccer so awesome in the United States. What would the LA Galaxy and the MLS be without him? Well, probably exactly the same – really, really bad.
Soccer-Football
If the first Beckham theme wasn’t ugly enough, then I have the choice of this one.
Megan Fox
I don’t even know who Megan Fox is but she must be awesome to have an entire theme devoted to her. I could become her biggest fan and start blogging about her.
Audrey Hepburn Stencil
Or, maybe I could focus on dead celebrities. Where’s the Kurt Cobain theme?
Vader Black
I could also start the biggest Star Wars fan site. Hmm … my ex is the biggest Star Wars fan I know so maybe not. I asked my daughter the other day if her Dad’s house was filled with Star Wars stuff. She replied, “Not all of it.”
V for Vendetta
Ok, I actually really liked this movie. But, I think I would run out of things to discuss after a month tops.
Pirates of the Carribean Theme
I do adore Johnny Depp so why not start blogging about my least favorite films of his.
Sponge Bob
I don’t know much of anything about Sponge Bob but I think my kid would be thrilled if I started writing about him and Squidward.
Oh, and Happy April Fools Day. ;-)
photo credit: pbo31
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April 1, 2009 at 1:50 am
Very funny Kim! You caught me. But still, just the same… it’s Johnny Depp all the way. Next on my list would be Sponge Bob. Enjoy your AF Day :-)
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April 1, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hi Davina – Thanks! I don’t think I would get bored if I started
blogging about Johnny Depp ;-)
April 1, 2009 at 1:53 am
Whew! Thank you for that last line!
You had me going…and confused. I couldn’t imagine you giving up this blog for a celebrity blog, all except the soccer one ;-)
Somehow, I just don’t peg you for a celebrity worshiper. Which added to the confusion all the more!
Great April Fool’s joke!
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April 1, 2009 at 9:58 am
Hi Mike – Thanks! I didn’t know if anyone would actually fall for it.
April 1, 2009 at 3:13 am
…and I was about to suggest you check out http://celebritytweet.com for ideas.
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April 1, 2009 at 10:02 am
Hi Ari – Interesting resource. How many of these people actually follow and talk to people? And I only recognize about half the names on the list. I was, however, interested to see Neil Gaiman on there.
April 1, 2009 at 6:50 am
I swear to you this is true.
No less than a minute before following your link from Twitter I had responded to a high profile blogger via Twitter. Said person had DM’ed me saying they’d initially fallen for my April Fool post. I was thinking “What? Are they stupid?”
Then I’m scrolling down this list thinking “These are really stupid, I think I’ll DM Kim and tell her to contact the guy that did my theme.”
Then I read the comments.
I feel foolish.
I need more coffee.
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April 1, 2009 at 10:04 am
Hi Tim – LOL – As soon as I saw the title of your post I knew it was a joke ;-) I am so glad I fooled you. However, it might not be right to think I’m so clever before 7am.
April 1, 2009 at 8:37 am
hahahahahaaha
Awesome job, Kim!
But no Amy Winehouse theme? ;-)
According to Wikipedia, Megan Fox is best known for her role in the 2007 live-action film Transformers. Probably why we haven’t heard of her.
Thanks for the great start to my day. :-)
April 1, 2009 at 10:11 am
Hi Jim – You just had to go and mention Amy Winehouse. And I hadn’t thought about her in awhile – but then I haven’t visited HuffPo in a while either :-P
April 1, 2009 at 9:23 am
I was really reading this one and you had me going… I was seriously thinking about themes you could use and i almoooost missed the last line… I was ready for some serious feedback :P Nice one Kim. You had us all ;)
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April 1, 2009 at 10:12 am
Hi Stratos – I really can’t believe I fooled people :-) You must have thought I had lost my mind …
April 1, 2009 at 4:29 pm
well to be honest all the time i was reading i was like “God! Does she have a clue on celebrity talk? I figured her to be like me… Clueless” :D But there would have been some strong feedback ;)
April 1, 2009 at 3:26 pm
aaarghh… I fell for it! I was about to reply with couple of theme names and finally saw the last line!! Good one :P
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April 1, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Hi Raju – I’m actually surprised I fooled anyone. I would still be interested in seeing theme suggestions :-)
April 1, 2009 at 5:23 pm
You haven’t heard of Megan Fox? she’s like the hottest thing to walk out of hollywood recently!!
Though alas email subscription foiled your plan to fool me, your alt for the pic gave me a hint :p
Though I would go with a combination of Depp and Fox ;)
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April 1, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Other than Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Iker Casillas, I don’t find “hot” all that compelling. I prefer talent. Is she talented. Iker and Depp are definitely talented. Angelina? Maybe …
And nice to see :-)
April 1, 2009 at 6:29 pm
She has been quoted as the new Jolie ! we’ll see she has a few films coming out.
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April 1, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Ok, anything but the Audrey Hepburn, ok?
I do like the Beckham – Go, Galaxy!!! PPbbbbbssttt! : )-
I LUV the Sponge Bob, but probably not best for a celeb gossip site.
The Megan Fox one is “celeby” that could work…
Cheers!
George
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April 1, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Hi George – If I have to pick a favorite MLS team it would be the Revolution – they have a good GK. Philly is supposed to have a MLS team starting in 2010. I’m kind of excited about that – although I’m worried about what lame name they will give them.
I’m just not a fan of Beckham – I can’t help but make fun of him.
April 1, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Haha! All those unlicensed photos being used without proper permission nor payment of royalties. What were those theme-makers thinking? Johnny Depp USED to be great and USED to act in good films, so I guess I’d choose him, as best actor of the bunch. Happy April Fool’s Day! At work we were left wondering whether the bomb threat near the White House was an April Fool’s joke or a genuine threat.
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April 2, 2009 at 8:31 am
Hi Dot – I wondered about the use of the photos too. I think Johnny Depp is still a great actor – he just got too pulled into the Pirates hype.
I didn’t hear about the bomb threat – that’s a terrible prank.
April 1, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Megan Fox has about 12 of her 15 minutes left. That might be the way to go for short term monetization. Johnny Depp is better for the long-term, but the ad dollars will be lighter.
What’s your url going to be? Paris Woodbridge?
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April 1, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Who is @show? Lol.
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April 2, 2009 at 8:35 am
I was reading the comments from within WordPress and I was like what does he mean by @show because I wasn’t seeing that on the comments :-)
There is an api problem with the plugin I was using. I cleared the database for it and deactivated it. I may stop using it because of this problem.
April 2, 2009 at 7:49 pm
It’s happening on a few blogs. It was pretty funny. I clicked on it and thought…man, I look young!
As per Megan Fox. No clue, but apparently she’s popular at the moment.
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April 2, 2009 at 8:33 am
Hi Gennaro – I hadn’t even thought about what would make the most money. So you don’t think Megan Fox will be around long?
LOL at Paris Woodbridge.
April 2, 2009 at 1:08 am
Happy April Fools Day :)
This was FUNNY!
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April 2, 2009 at 8:35 am
Hi Vered – Thanks :-)
April 2, 2009 at 2:10 am
Hehe… I like this April Fool’s funny. I think the first theme is probably the most celeb styled, although the Audrey Hepburn would be the nicest and certainly more unique than the pop style layouts the other sites use.
~ Kristi
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April 2, 2009 at 8:37 am
Hi Kristi – Did you look at the Audrey Hepburn one full size? It’s really ugly.
Thanks for asking about the @show problem over in the plugin forums. Once I got up and discovered the problem I headed over there and you had already asked the question :-) I dropped the database and deactivated the plugin for now.
April 2, 2009 at 10:09 am
I think the design of Sponge Bob is looks better, personally I do not like dark themes. But for the topic it depends on your interest and understanding. Each topic you are considering has plenty of readers, but to make it success and do it for for long time your interest and knowledge are essential.
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April 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hi – Very true. I don’t like dark themes as much either.
This was all a joke though :-)
April 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Johnny Depp For The Win
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April 2, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Yay!
April 3, 2009 at 12:33 am
I totally fell for it, but you got no judgment from me. Do what rocks your boat! I’m a classic girl so Audrey all the way.
I dont know who Megan Fox is either.
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April 3, 2009 at 9:33 am
Hi Carla – LOL at Megan Fox. I like Audrey Hepburn a lot but I don’t think there would be too much to write about.
April 3, 2009 at 12:54 am
I am not sure if celebrity blogs need to be necessarily colorful and spicy in terms of theme graphics itself :) If a decent banner is designed even some of the popular themes such as wptheme or arthemia (err… did I get it right?) can be
Check out sassyqarla.com an entertaintment blog owned by one of our regular readers. Will something like that work, with a different banner?
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April 3, 2009 at 9:35 am
Hi Ajith – Arthemia would definitely work. But … this was an April Fools Day joke – do you have that day in India? I am clueless about celebrities and don’t care about them – and most of these themes are pretty bad … so, that was the joke.
April 3, 2009 at 10:42 am
Dang LOL
I didn’t quite understand whether it was a April fool prank or not :) Well, we do have that here as well but I am no more good at tricking, I guess.
Did you read balkhis.com y’day. He did a post about him quitting blogging on fools’ day. A lot of people took it seriously because his previous post also was about when to stop blogging. Unfortunately, overnight 650 out of his 1500 or so RSS subscribers unsubscribed LOL
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April 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Hi Ajith – I was a little afraid that something similar might happen to me too – people would think I was done writing about WordPress and then unsubscribe. I think a feedburner glitch is also going on so that might have been part of his subscription loss.
April 3, 2009 at 9:14 am
Ha! That’s hilarious!
When I first started blogging, a lot of people would tell me that I should write about Britney Spears a lot because people do a lot of searches for that on the google. You know in that “I am imparting to you great knowledge” sort of way.
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April 3, 2009 at 9:36 am
Hi Tracy – LOL – Well, apparently they should now start telling you to write about Megan Fox. I can’t imagine writing about Britney Spears all of the time.
June 30, 2009 at 10:01 pm
David Beckham theme is a good ones. great.
July 1, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Hi – Thanks for visiting. Do you like Beckham?