There are A-list epic romances and then there are 15-minutes-of-fame type pairings. In the epic category - even though they aren't real people - are Luke and Laura from "General Hospital," with all their break-ups and make-ups over 25 years. Then there was Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, who came out as a lesbian couple at the height of Ellen's sitcom fame and were soon seen at the White House, movie premieres and everywhere else. Superstars Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were seen as the ideal Hollywood couple and their split certainly got the world's attention. Then there was Burt Reynolds and Sally Field who had a passionate and rocky romance during the time that he was the number one box office star in the world and she won her first Emmy and first Oscar. They lasted a good five headline-grabbing years...
And if you go back several decades, what romance made more headlinesand ups and downs than the legendary one between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton? But we cared, we were interested. They fought, they loved, they made movies together like "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe." These were talented and interesting people with successful careers, so unlike folks like Britney and KFed and Pam Anderson and Kid Rock.
In that vein, I think it's gonna be a real pain in the neck if something so seemingly sketchy as the romance between former 'N Sync star Lance Bass and reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl starts making headlines for every blip in their relationship. Earlier this week, I hear they broke up and Lance's publicist had confirmed they had split. But now Bass, via his MySpace Web page, writes that they are trying to work things out (so WHY release a statement confirming the split only days ago? sheesh!).
"Reichen and I have gone through a few rough days... I have no doubt things will work out. We are very mature and deal with things the right way."
Mature? Um, OK. I guess we'll stay tuned for a bit. I'm already thoroughly bored with it though.