Heat Magazine

Doing night shift can be boring at times. I have a job where I do work as it comes to me, and some nights it just doesn't come to me, so I need something to take my mind off the fact that it's 3am on a Saturday morning and I'm sitting in an office, when what I really should be doing is falling out of a club and seeking out the nearest hot dog van. Until recently, this something was magazines, be it celebrity, fashion, or real life, and let me tell you it isn't a cheap habit to have. I decided enough is enough recently and started taking books to work -of which I have amassed many, and read few. Recently though, a colleague left a copy of Heat magazine lying around, and I ...

I read at least 2 out of 4 issues of Heat so I thought I'd review it to share my experience with you all. About Heat Heat was launched in February 1999. When launched it was more of a womans health and fashion mag and it wasn't a big hit at all. The publishers stuck with it and kept updating and altering the magazine , it then became more of a celeb gossip mag while still keeping the beauty and fashion articles but they also gave it the added bonus of a sense of humour. Now although it is still essentially a woman's mag, it appeals to a wide audience, both male and female, from teens to whenever (well my mother in law reads it and shes in her 50's). ...

When Heat Magazine first hit the shelves, it looked fresh and fun. Its irreverent American-style take on celebrity culture looked lively alongside other magazines of the time, and its practice of tearing stars down from their pedestals represented something a bit new and exciting in the UK magazine market. "How great!" I thought, "a rag that is trying to destroy the beauty myths that leave so many women feeling inadequate and ugly, by showing that it's all smoke and Hollywood-style mirrors, illustrating that stars are just ordinary people too." These days I'm not so sure. The trick has been pulled so many times now, it feels tired and ...