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Heat is probably not a magazine I would have ever picked off a shelf and made the decision to buy. Unfortunately I got sucked into doing just that, and have done every Tuesday for heaven knows how many weeks, ever since getting a free copy with a newspaper I bought at WHSmith. Well I think that was the offer, like I said I've been reading this magazine for so long now...the issue I have infront of me is 23-29 April 2005 (so obviously not the most ... ...men prefer? Skinny or Curvy? Heat Poll: We ask 100 blokes (many of them famous)"
"Brad & Angelina spend 2 days in hotel suite"
These are just some of the exciting goings on in the lives of famous people you can expect to read about - their weight, their fashion choices, their lifestyle choices, what they think is better - skinny or curvy, blonde or brunette, daddy or chips....Heat magazine always boasts of having ... more
Heat is probably not a magazine I would have ever picked off a shelf and made the decision to buy. Unfortunately I got sucked into doing just that, and have done every Tuesday for heaven knows how many weeks, ever since getting a free copy with a newspaper I bought at WHSmith. Well I think that was the offer, like I said I've been reading this magazine for so long now...the issue I have infront of me is 23-29 April 2005 (so obviously not the most recent) and that is Issue number 318.
So I know what you're thinking, it's just ANOTHER celebrity magazine. Fair point. With no less than six "celebrities" (it does rather depend on your definition of the word) adorning the front of the aforementioned issue I have in front of me (23-29 April 2005) it can't really claim to be anything else.
** 'This week's hottest celebrity news' ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This sits in medium-sized black front above the large red title "heat" and below it we can find the price and the date of the magazine. This is constant week in week out, as you'd expect, and the cover obviously changes from week to week. There's often lots of red and yellow used, so the magazine stands out quite a way on the shelf, and there are - as I've said - lots of pictures on the front each week.
"Britney's Baby News!" "Michelle McManus loses 5½ stone!" "Which do men prefer? Skinny or Curvy? Heat Poll: We ask 100 blokes (many of them famous)" "Brad & Angelina spend 2 days in hotel suite"
These are just some of the exciting goings on in the lives of famous people you can expect to read about - their weight, their fashion choices, their lifestyle choices, what they think is better - skinny or curvy, blonde or brunette, daddy or chips....Heat magazine always boasts of having the first pictures, an exclusive or a shock report.
**Contents** ~~~~~~~~~~ As you open the magazine you'll find an advert on the left hand side (so the inside of the cover) and the contents on the right hand page. This is a great thing about this magazine - it's not the thickness of a telephone directory with half of that being adverts. It works out to be between 120 and 130 pages each week, though you do get bumper issues from time to time. You won't find terribly long feature articles that you'll find in the telephone-directory size magazines like Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan either. There's a large picture to text ratio.
Ok, so back to contents. The first page is 'Everyone's talking about...' and briefly outlines a story that's made the headlines that week. In the issue in front of me, everyone is talking about 'Britney's pregnancy'. The contents then runs down the right hand side.
**Letters** ~~~~~~~~~ Readers get to voice their opinions about the latest scandal in Tinsel Town or the latest offering to reality TV. Letter of the week wins a prize, lately it's an LG C3300 phone from T-Mobile with £10 free credit.
**Fast Gossip/ LA Confidential** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quick gossip basically - on both sides of the pond.
**Love & Stuff** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What they're up to & with who!" basically sums up what this section is about, with the 'On' and 'Off' section so you can see at a glance who is with who.
**The Week in Pictures** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The titles of these features are pretty much self explanatory, this normally spans about 20 pages. Each day spans a couple of pages and has pictures of a certain 'celebrity' or a celebrity couple doing something 'interesting' - again I use the speech marks because it really does depend on your own definitions - for example Coleen McLoughlin becoming a fashion model, or Darius wearing a kilt, Keira Knightley learning to sword fight, Javine rearranging her pants in public, Sharon Stone with 12 pieces of luggage at Heathrow Airport and James Bourne (formerly of Busted) getting into a fight with a photographer...oh what a week that was!
**Circle of shame** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've seen this kind of feature in several magazines - it's a nice reminder that celebrities are infact human and do sweat or spill things down themselves etc etc. The eagle-eyed people at Heat Towers don't miss a thing.
**Star Style** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since under going a bit of make over itself, the magazine now focuses much more on fashion than it used to. If fashion is what interests you I wouldn't buy Heat specifically for this section, but it's an interesting change:
• Best Dressed - high praise for those celebrities who've got it right in the fashion stakes this week
• This Week on the High Street - They take a high street shop and there are pictures of must-have items from there, and also celebrities who shop there. In this issue Warehouse is the 'must-visit' high street store.
• You Look Amazing - A make-up section with a celebrities setting a good example, and advice from a make-up artist on how to copy the look, including info on the products you'll need, and a few tips on application.
• What Were You Thinking? - Celebrities in some truly shocking outfits!
• Everyone's wearing... - In this issue it's 'chunky beads' - it tells you who 'everyone' is (Teri Hatcher, Carmen Electra, Nicole Richie) and tells you where to get them from.
• Find it! - This is a great section in my opinion, readers write in having seen a celebrity wearing something and they'll tell you where you can buy it from. -- If you're interested the e-mail address for this feature is findit@emap.com --
• Steal her Style! - Similar to the 'You Look Amazing' feature, only this time they take a celebrity and tell you how to copy their whole outfit, but on a high street level, so the items are just slightly more affordable. In this issue they manage to copy a Brittany Murphy outfit for £216. At the bottom of this page there is stockist information.
**Spotted** ~~~~~~~~~ For all you celebrity stalkers out there, this is an entire double page dedicated to descriptions of where celebrities have been sighted. There are some pictures, and at the bottom there are pictures taken by readers - you can currently win £200 for these photos.
**Heat Torso of the Week** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now this feature is fairly new to the magazine, but it has already stirred quite a bit of controversy. In the issue before the General Election, the Torso of the Week was none other than...Tony Blair! And it provoked quite a mixed response. Well I'll let you make your own mind up, but just think...it could have been Michael Howard *shudders* hehe! This week it's Matthew McConaughey, in past issues I've seen the likes of Usher, Justin Timberlake and Will Young - much more pleasing on the eye than Tony Blair, but each to their own I guess!
**Surgery Spy** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have they or haven't they? They have a comparison of two photos of a celebrity and then three panelists - a registered plastic surgeon, a professional make-up artist and a dermatology specialist give their verdict. Also on this page you'll find the horoscopes.
**Horoscopes** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I always find this an interesting feature in a magazine, it's much more concise than it used to be, at the bottom is a weekly love-planner which rates how much love you're going to have on any given day for the next week.
**Heat Interview** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whoever does the interview gets to dress up - there have been some quite funny ones, though word of warning - this weeks issue (21-27 May I think!) has an interview with Gordon Ramsey and the picture is NOT pretty! You've been warned....lol! I enjoy reading the interview, sometimes they can be quite funny - they ask the questions the celebrities really don't want to answer, and sometimes you can see the reaction they get is very amusing. They also transcribe a lot of the interviewee's gestures and so on and put their own thoughts on the celebrity at the beginning.
**Reviews** ~~~~~~~~~~ They review films, DVD releases, books and CDs - One long film review and two shorter and 'Your top ten films' - Two album reviews and five short single reviews - Two DVD reviews and 'Your top ten DVDs' - Two book reviews and 'Your top ten books'
They also include upcoming releases. These reviews are quite good, not as good as the Ciao ones, obviously : P They have star ratings and fairly detailed opinion plus information like date of release, price for some products, certificate rating for films/DVDs.
There's also small boxes on these pages called 'Star selection' in which stars like Alex Carter (Lee from Hollyoaks) and Claudia Winkleman tell you the last film they saw, the last CD they bought, the last DVD they bought and the last book they read.
**Heat TV** ~~~~~~~~~ This section is a TV guide and then some. They include interviews with the stars of new shows, and information on the concept behind new shows, quotes from old shows that are ending or are just good (they've done this for the likes of Little Britain, Friends, Sex and the City and The Osbornes). In the issue currently before me there is a low-down of the celebrities taking part in Celebrity Wrestling and an interview with a Michael Jackson lookalike.
Fast Gossip TV gives exclusive gossip about new projects that stars have lined up, things that have happened on American TV and so on, like Justin Timberlakes guest appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' in the US with his girlfriend Cameron Diaz. There's also TV Top 10, which gives the viewing figures for the top ten programmes that week, and My Favourite Telly - where stars talk about their favourite programmes, their TV pin-up, their favourite TV snacks, and what makes them turn off.
The TV guide itself is pretty well laid out, covering BBC1-Five in a tabular kind of format as you'd expect from most TV guides, with the time slots so you can compare what's on at the same sort of time. Then they have Pick of the Day where one programme is explained in a lot of detail, and three others in slightly less detail. There's a slight giving away of the plot in some cases, though mostly they're just quite humorous. I particularly enjoyed how sarcastic they were about Katy from Coronation Street's awful hair! Hehe. Haha and reading through what they wrote for Coronation Street on the 24 April you can see what I mean: I'm ruining nothing because this episode has since passed.
'When Karon McDonald left t'Street, we swore we would never, ever support her ex-husband getting together with her arch nemesis, the evil Tracy Barlow. But time passes, feelings fade, and top o' the morning, she's better than that Louise, isn't she? (Notice how we didn't mention Louise's hair the whole time she was in Corrie even thought it was blatantly awful?' That's because we don't want you to think we're obsessed with barnets, and also because we feel a tad guilty about driving Katy to suicide. She might have said it was because she killed her dad, but we know the truth.)'
They include highlights of what's on on digital on this page, but the digital TV does have it's own section. I don't use this very much as I find it a bit confusing - in fact I don't use this TV guide very much just because I love Radio Times too much - Heat obviously doesn't take account of regional differences, which isn't too much of a big deal. I certainly wouldn't buy this magazine for the TV guide alone, but it's a handy extra I guess.
There are also radio highlights. The handiest part of the TV guide has to be right at the end though - 'The Week's best TV shows' - a top ten for both terrestrial and digital, which, proving you agree with it can prove a handy reminder of what's on when, to ensure you don't miss anything!
**Crossword** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is really a test of your showbiz knowledge more than anything else, but you can win some pretty nifty prizes - it changes week in week out - in this issue a personal DVD player is up for grabs. The answers for the previous week's crossword are given too.
22 ACROSS Oh. My. God. Maggie Wheeler's Friends character (6)
18 DOWN Peter Andre's classic made-up word and single (7)
Answer's in my guest book please. You'll win...errm....my undying respect? :P
**Say What?** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a compilation of things celebrities have said, with often sarcastic retorts from the Heat writers:
'Shoes are cute, but food is really important' - Well said, Alicia Silverstone
'I do all right when it comes to line dancing, but as soon as I move my hips, it's kind of an issue' - The fact that you do line dancing is the real issue here, Ashton Kutcher
**My Overall Opinion** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phew, they manage to pack quite a lot into those 130 pages in my opinion. I do think that it can be a bit over the top sometimes, I don't really care to see pictures of Peter Stringfellow in a thong sunning himself on holiday it has to be said, and I do find the double page spread on J-Lo picking her nose a tad ridiculous but still it is nice to know that these celebrities are human and now that's it veered slightly away from the celebrity gossip and there are also sections on fashion and they've improved the TV section I think the magazine is a great weekly read.
The writers who work at Heat Towers have established a really good writing style that is pretty much unique. As a magazine, they claim to love celebrities - after all without them their magazine would be pretty empty, but they say that they don't put them on a pedestal.
"Sure we love their films, TV shows and CDs but we love them even more when they wear awful dresses to the Oscars or fall over drunk outside the Met Bar."
This is very much reflected in their writing style - they do like to take the piss, it has to be said - I think the extract from the Coronation Street highlights this quite well.
I ought to just mention that since Big Brother is starting next week, Dermot O'Leary will be writing his weekly column once more - hooray! This is his views on the housemates, the goings on in the house and so on.
The magazine comes out every Tuesday and can be bought from most newsagents and supermarkets. You might even be able to read a copy in your local dentist/doctor's waiting room :P
It costs £1.50 (Euros - 3.25 excl. ROI) and if you want to get in touch you'll require the following information:
To subscribe visit www.greatmagazines.co.uk For 51 weekly issues (inc p&p) UK: £76.50 Airmail Europe, Eire & USA: £125 Airmail rest of world: £250
The website says it'll cost you £18.95 every 3 months for free delivery to your door and the free gift is currently a Rimmel set worth £20.
Quick word of warning - nothing major, but this magazine doesn't always tend to censor out some of those four-word expletives that naughty celebrities use so that might be worth bearing in mind.
Advantages: Get to drool over Bradd Pitt Disadvantages: none really
...guys and gals down at Heat Magazine Headquarters have done their job nicely. They reeled me in hook line and sinker and yes I fell for it! February 9-15 edition displayed “Pop Idol Special Issue” with a photograph of gorgeous Gareth and Wacky Will on its front cover…and I just had to have it.
Now it has to be said, that I don’t go in for these types of magazines. I usually only tend buy magazines when I know I’ll be ... ...be just the ticket.
Heat is a weekly celebrity gossip magazine. You’ll find it in all newsagents and supermarkets for £1.45. It’s a relatively new addition to the newsagent’s shelves being in print for just under 3 years. This copy is edition 154.
Ok. So your attention has been grabbed after spotting Pop Idol on the front cover. So you go for a closer inspection. You pick the magazine up and you are then confronted with a rather ...
Sharl 09.02.2002 (10.02.2002)
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Advantages: Fantastic magazine Disadvantages: can't find the subscription form for it
Heat magazine is the best magazine i have come across in a long time for celebrity gossip. It beats the backside off Hello and Ok and it is even better than Now magazine.
Why i hear you say!
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Well this magazine is produced weekley for the bargain price of £1.45, i get it every thursday as soon as it comes out into my local newsagents, then i go back to the office, get myself a cuppa coffee and then let my ears fall silent to ... ...page is normally covered with Posh Spice, bless her and if it isnt Posh Spice then it is someone like Britney. This weeks catchy titles are;
"Britney - Im going to marry Justin", "Gareth's mum speaks out" and "Posh blows her top"!!
So you see this and think "Ooh what's wrong with Posh not and aww that lovely bloke called Gareth is on the front, bless him" and then you buy it! Great advertising.
On the inside of the magazine there is always an ...
Rach_79 31.01.2002
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Advantages: packed full of gossip and celebs Disadvantages: Not really groundbreaking journalism, a lot of ads
...gossip addict like me then heat should be your first stop. Heat magazine is one of the newer gossip magazines and is a bit like the younger cheekier brother of Hello magazine. Heat recently won “magazine of the year” at the 2002 publishing and periodicals association awards (the Oscars of the magazine world apparently) and rightly so I think. The magazine is packed full of celebrity gossip, fashion and all the other unimportant news we all love to ... ...main reasons I buy the heat (see I’m not just a celebaholic) is for Heat TV a full guide of the TV in the coming week including sky listings, with picks of the day showing the best of the days programmes, a less reserved version of the radio times in a way. On the last few pages is the celebrity crossword-a great test of your gossip trivia, with the incentive of a prize each week, and horoscopes.
Heat is the official magazine of Big Brother (or ...
marshmallow 12.06.2002
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Advantages: cheap, fun, not taxing Disadvantages: advertising
Heat magazine, you've seen the adverts on TV claiming "the greater the iq, the greater the need for gossip". I saw them, and I have to say my response was a cynical my a**e, and a flick of the switch.
Stange then that on its relaese every tuesday morning, Im there in my newsagent with itching fingers, and money burning a hole in my pocket. Probably because its not just gossip, (admittedly a lot of it is).
On opening the magazine, you'll find the ... ...and donts.
Every week Heat conducts an in depth interview with a popular celebrity and publishes an article to cover at least 4 pages, along with pictures from their own photo shoot.
The "reviews" section of heat is quite lengthy and covers film (cinema, video and dvd) music (albumn and single) and books. These include reviews, charts and half page articles.
"Party people" gives all the gossip from inside celebrity parties, right down to who made ...
bubblesandstars 05.10.2001 (06.10.2001)
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Advantages: Full of gossip, cheap, it's weekly, lots of promotions Disadvantages: None
Heat is a weekly gossip magazine, costing £1.45, I think mainly directed towards females of the younger generation, but even male pensioners would be partial to this! My friend's 90 year-old great grandmother has a subscription to this and reads it from cover to cover religiously, so there you go, very versatile and people of all ages love it!
There are many other celebrity entertainment magazines out there: OK, Hello, Now, Closer, Sneak, etc, so ... ...but I doubt it!
Heat is a nice in-the-middle - they aren't afraid to take the piss out of celebrities, which I love. There's nothing more satisfying than see Jennifer Lopez or Catherine Zeta Jones with a huge spot on their face or smiling for the camera with something stuck in their teeth - it's human nature to be bitchy, after all! They interview the hottest celebrities of the moment, and ask questions no-one else dares to! As well as the celebrity ...
jeszikca 01.03.2003
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-Like many people, I have been known to read the odd Heatmagazine. Sometimes, it seems as though I can't even walk into a shop without my gaze being drawn towards the magazine ailse, and I end up buying the magazine. But how does it compare with its competitors? I'm about to tell you..
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-This magazine is not bad value for money. I cannot remember how much exactly I paid for it, but I remember that it wasn't a huge amount. You can get similar magazines for cheaper, but I think that Heat contains more than they do, so it's worth paying that little bit extra.
-It is a nice thick magazine which can keep you occupied for a couple of hours.
-It contains information about celebrities along with fashion and entertainment pages.
-The ...
x_Gemzi_x 03.09.2007
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Advantages: All the latest gossip and tv listings Disadvantages: none
Ok, I admit it, I'm a gossip-oholic and very week I buy Heatmagazine for my fix. It's published weekly and is usually available on a Tuesday from most supermarkets and newsagents and costs £1.45.
The first page with the contents always has a section called 'Everyone's talking about...' which usually sums up the main celebrity gossip story that's going around. This week's (issue 213) is about the breakup of Steve McFadden and Lucy Benjamin (from Eastenders for those who've never heard of them).
The first part of the magazine is usually full of the main celebrity gossip from the previous week. This week the stories centre around the Oscars: Nicole Kidman's weepy acceptance speech, the dresses, and the aftershow parties. There are also articles titled 'Hot off the press!' which this week shows pictures of Cheryl Tweedy (from Girls ...
jlearner 03.04.2003
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Advantages: Very amusing, keep up to date with what's going on Disadvantages: Having to get caught up in the whole 'skinny vs curvy' debate
There are SOOOOOOO many 'celeb gossip' magazines to choose from but Heatmagazine is, arguably, the best!
What is it?
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Heat is a British entertainment magazine providing readers with a weekly dose of the latest celebrity news and gossip. It was launched in 1999 and, with high profile celebriities (such as footballers and their WAGS, film stars and reality TV stars) appearing on its pages week after week, Heat soon became a popular choice. Sales have grown from 60,000 in 1999 to over half a million now!
In my opinion, Heat gives a 'tongue-in-cheek' look at the celebrity culture and gives the readers what they want - mostly pictures of celebs at their worst when they think nobody is looking!
Who is it for?
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In my opinion Heat is aimed at women but I know plenty of men who read it too. (There are ...
EricaT24 17.05.2008
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