If you're reading this, you're already a reader of Shine (so, thanks!). But have you started blogging yet? If you haven't, check out how you can be featured on Shine Entertainment as a featured blogger. It's easy and fun and free! Here are some tips to help you become the next Liz Smith.

I feature user posts that:

• Include anything to do with entertainment! This means television, music, books, celebrities, or gossip.
• Besides the category of "entertainment," I also want to hear your views on pop culture, which can be anything from trends like reality TV, or how teenage stars are misbehaving (tsk, tsk, Miley Cyrus!)
•  It should have your own personal spin on it. For example, if you think Lindsay Lohan's mom, Dina, is crazy, make sure to tell me specifically why you think she sucks. 
• Be funny. Entertainment should not be serious.
• It helps if your post have a photo in it; not always necessary, but it makes everything nice and pretty.

I don't pick user posts that:

• Are spam.
• Include porn.
• Include spam about porn.
• Feature copyright-protected photos.
• Belong in a different channel (like Home or Parenting).
• Not to be a complete anal nerd, but using spell check works wonders!
• And finally, don't be a copy cat! Don't cut-and-paste from well-known publications like "US Weekly" or "In Touch." That's just tacky.