Today's top 20 celebrity gossip news stories from around the web in one convenient place. A celebrity (often referred to as a celeb in popular culture) is a person who is famously recognized in a society or culture. To name the top 20 celebrities is an impossible task, because there are so many mainstream categories, countries, athletes, movie star, TV star, hollywood celebrity, bollywood celebrity. The rise of international celebrities in acting and popular music is due in large part to the massive scope and scale of the media industries, enabling celebrities to be viewed more often and in more places. It is the mass media that really names the top 20 celebrities. In our time, the insatiable public fascination for celebrities and demand for celebrity gossip has seen the rise of the gossip columnist, tabloid, paparazzi and celebrity blogging. Several top 20 lists exist in each culture and region, because they all have their own independent celebrity system, with a hierarchy of popular film, television, and sports stars.