Am I normal for not caring?

So many people spend there days studying pop culture, and celebrities lives. who is broken up with who. who is hooking up with who, who got divorced. who went to rehab. who got out of rehab. So here is my deal. let me give you a scenario- lets say your neighbor with whom you don't know knows all of these details. and you find out he knows all of the details. you would be very creeped out by him and would take some precautions to avoid him and you would probably warn some of your neighbors about him. so here is were I am going with this.

If someone knows all of the intimate details of an everyday person then that makes them weird how ever when you switch the roles and the person knows everything about a celebrity, its perfectly normal. and I have read articles and I understand people like celebrity gossip because people put them on a pedestal.

So am I normal? Am I normal for not caring weather tom cruse had sex with a blind lady in a parking lot behind a Walmart or what ever. Before you answer let me propose this.

Normal is different in different cultures and societies. I guess what I always believed normal is what is accepted by a culture. what is acceptable in one culture is not in another. and it seems knowing the intimate lives of celebrities is acceptable. and here is some of my evidence. My lack of pop culture sometimes makes it difficult to relate to people. when two people are discussing the latest gossip and turn to me for my input I just shrug. they look at me in shock and then carry on with the conversation and I just sit in silence making bonding with new people to expand my social circle sometimes difficult. Its seems as if its almost demanded that you know about pop culture to make new friends. So that is my conjecture, I am open for any opinion.