Why do people read the news?

Why do people listen, read or watch the news?

A news item

So, today we were doing an activity about a recently new. So, we enter to this page:
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
And we find a news item about two celebrities, and we will explain a little bit this piece of new:

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart share kisses and sleepover: 'We had a very palpable thing'

What: They were together all night long.
Where: at Hollywood's swanky Chateau Marmont hotel
When: on 29th October
Who: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
Why: Because we suppouse that they are in love.