Alexander Belenky: Why we can't stop watching Gossip Girl, 90210 and Entourage

Americans embittered by their lack of economic prospects do not cling to guns or religion. They cling to mansions. Not actual mansions, mind you. But in this period of economic downturn, the lifestyles of the rich and famous have never seemed more attractive. Reality shows like depict a world in which money is no object, where problems disappear at the swipe of a Platinum card and where the class divide is not... [read full story]