It is no secret that today’s entertainment industry is extremely popular, with nearly everyone being engaged at some time in watching TV shows, movies and sports games. The North American sports industry alone generates a massive $67. 7 billion every year. With the present emphasis on entertainment, sportsmen and women and professional entertainers can earn enormous salaries, with figures in the millions for one game, appearance or film. This situation certainly does reflect today’s society’s obsession with entertainment.
Many people argue that celebrities do not deserve such payment when work in other professions considered of equal or higher value to society is underpaid. A-list celebrities can make over $20 million per movie, whilst many average workers can barely make ends meet. Of course there are lots of people who say that there are better ways the money could be used, rather than allowing such a vast amount to go to just one person. This is a fairly naive point of view, though. So long as people wish to watch entertainment, advertising in turn will be present and the most watched celebrities will be able to earn high salaries, as their presence will ensure the high viewing figures the advertisers desire.
Though celebrities and sportsmen and sportswomen often make very large sums of money, it can also be seen as unfair to say that they do not deserve it or propose their money be used for something else. While it is true that they did not find a cure for cancer or made a life-changing scientific discovery, their hard work and expertise created a product that the public wants to see and the high payment merely reflects their value.
In conclusion, it is clear that today’s society is indeed a society obsessed with being entertained and the high salaries paid to those who entertain society clearly reflect this. The high payments, however, are not necessarily out of place or undeserved. 
It is no secret that  
today
’s entertainment industry is  
extremely
 popular, with  
nearly
 everyone  
being
 engaged at  
some
 time in watching TV  
shows
, movies and sports games. The North American sports industry alone generates a massive $67. 7 billion every year. With the present emphasis on entertainment, sportsmen and women and professional entertainers can earn enormous salaries, with figures in the millions for one game, appearance or film. This situation  
certainly
 does reflect  
today
’s  
society’s
 obsession with entertainment. 
Many
  people
 argue that  
celebrities
 do not deserve such payment when work in other professions considered of equal or higher value to  
society
 is underpaid. A-list  
celebrities
 can  
make
 over $20 million per movie, whilst  
many
 average workers can  
barely
  make
 ends  
meet
.  
Of course
 there are lots of  
people
 who say that there are better ways the money could be  
used
,  
rather
 than allowing such a vast amount to go to  
just
 one person. This is a  
fairly
 naive point of view, though.  
So
 long as  
people
 wish to  
watch
 entertainment, advertising in turn will be present and the most  
watched
  celebrities
 will be able to earn  
high
 salaries, as their presence will ensure the  
high
 viewing figures the advertisers desire.
Though  
celebrities
 and sportsmen and sportswomen  
often
  make
  very
 large sums of money, it can  
also
 be  
seen
 as unfair to say that they do not deserve it or propose their money be  
used
 for something else. While it is true that they did not find a cure for cancer or made a life-changing scientific discovery, their  
hard
 work and expertise created a product that the public wants to  
see
 and the  
high
 payment  
merely
 reflects their value. 
In conclusion
, it is  
clear
 that  
today
’s  
society
 is  
indeed
 a  
society
 obsessed with  
being entertained
 and the  
high
 salaries paid to those who entertain  
society
  clearly
 reflect this. The  
high
 payments,  
however
, are not  
necessarily
 out of place or undeserved.