US Weekly Magazine Subscription

Pros: The Fashion Police segment is cute, but too short...
Cons: ...and most of the other stuff is garbage. Horoscope? Please!

Offering free magazine subscriptions for registering at a site that was also typically free was one of the strangest marketing ploys of the heady days of the Wild Wild Web. I understand the temptation to offer the magazine as a premium in order to build...

Pros: The subscription price is less expensive than People
Cons: Content is sorely lacking in umph!

It's US vs. Them, them being People, of course. US Magazine is now a weekly as of March 27th and fails miserably. I crave entertainment magazines and I only have so many disposable dollars to throw in the pot, I choose People with what's...

Pros: Bio-degradable.
Cons: Toxic.

It is not often that I am at a loss for words.

More to the point: I am never at a loss for words. (If you've endured the misfortune of reading any of my other Epinions, this ought be abundantly obvious.) So imagine my shock when paging...

Pros: Big Pictures and readable captions.
Cons: Not a reader's magazine.

The New Year brought a new commitment to fitness; Yeah! But no, this time I’m serious about want to shed a few pounds and lighten the load on my poor knees. Of course this mean a copious amount of time on the treadmill shedding those unwanted pound, ...

Pros: Widely available.
Cons: Derivative, pedestrian, no distinguishing editorial point of view.

US magazine…what is the name supposed to mean? Is it US as in the abbreviation for the United States, a uniquely American celebration of all entertainment things trivial? Or is meant to represent the collective ‘us,’ a universal consciousness that...

Pros: Laughable "writers," examples of what a magazine shouldn't be
Cons: Out-dated non-news, poor reviews, insipid gossip

...then I'm going to rant and rave on Epinions.

I choked through a number of copies of 'Us' in its previous, monthly incarnation, albeit only in doctor's offices and anything else with a waiting room. Despite my disturbing consumption of...

Pros: Silly celebrity gossip
Cons: Silly celebrity gossip

Hi, my name is Kimberly and I'm addicted to celebrity gossip. First of all, I fully acknowledge that US Weekly can be considered "trash" or "worthless" by many (i.e. my parents). However, these people are usually the ones not especially "into ...

Pros: Fun, pretty, and cheap
Cons: Shallow, petty, and the occasional below the belt shot.

US Weekly is a weekly gossip magazine. Catering to the curious, the obsessed, and the fashion conscious, it does a superb job at doing what it does. It is not the most in-depth gossip magazine, nor the most journalistic. What is does is provide a ...

Pros: good gossipy articles, Picture of the Week
Cons: pricey for some, air-head feel

US weekly magazine is $2.99 an issue for around 80 pages of gossip, fashion, dirt and sleaze. Needless to say I am horribly fond of it.

I got this subscription online for free, so it doesn't cost me anything for this little indulgence. I have...

Pros: Lots of celebrity pictures. I got it free.
Cons: Fluffy, silly articles. Lots of ads. Expensive.

I shop for books and music on Amazon.com frequently. Not long ago, Amazon was running a magazine promotion. Buy a book from a certain category and get a free six month subscription to one of the magazines they listed. I know how these promotions ...

Pros: Fluffy, silly, shallow girly fun.
Cons: Lots of ads, lots of TV show stuff I don't care about.

“I can’t believe you really read that,” said my coworker, lurking in the door of my cube as I leafed through the latest Us Weekly. Of course, what he actually meant was, “Hurry up and finish, so I can look at it.” And after he’s done, it goes on to ...

Pros: some good photos
Cons: useless drivel

Filled with sections on celebrity gossip,entertainment and fashion, US Weekly attempts to be the magazine that replaces People, Entertainment Weekly and In Style in one fell swoop. What it accomplishes, however, is the...

Pros: Good photography, a couple of good articles
Cons: Last week's news-- not this week's

Well, I wasn't impressed. The cover caught my eye when my son and I stopped in the gift shop at the bus terminal before we departed on a recent trip. Sandra Bullock graced the cover looking a little wilder than her usual look, so I thought the magazine...

Pros: Pictures of pretty people
Cons: no substance at all, pure fluff, way too expensive for what you get

I had never heard of Us Magazine up until a few weeks ago. While standing in the grocery checkout with a good thirty cans of infant formula, I decided I needed a new magazine. There weren't that many options being that the checkout is the...

Pros: Some of the pictures are nice to look at.
Cons: Very thin, content is weak, information is dated.

It's been awhile since I picked up US magazine. I was tempted this week by the cover of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones with their new son Dylan. This review is of the September 25, 2000 issue.

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