Science Says: You're A Monkey
We here may help to feed the public's fascination with celebrity, but we leave it to the smartypants genius-types to analyze why said fascination exists:
In a study titled "Monkeys Pay Per View," neuroscientists at Duke University discovered that rhesus monkeys will give up a portion of hard-earned perks for a peek at pictures of the dominant leaders and nubile females in their troop. But they won't pony up to look at faces of subordinate simians.
Which would explain why we bought this month's Vogue, but not Life & Style.
Monkeys Are Willing To 'Pay' For A Glimpse Of High-Status Apes [WSJ]