Celebrity blogs can be news. Seems to me like it depends on the reader. Everybody has a slightly different conception of "relevant news." There are actually two important questions implied by the question. What is news? And what is a celebrity? To me, both seem highly relevant.
News is the information that people need and/or the information they think they need. These two things are not always different and they're not always the same. All people have niche interests. Blogs are a great tool to fill these niches. Therefor, if they are not always news, they at least have a high potential for being news, to somebody.
Now, at first glance, it seems odd to put the words celebrity and credible together. What makes these people any more credible than Billy-Bob-Down-The-Street-Digs-Holes-In-His-Front-Yard-For-No-Apparent-Reason? Well, what makes them celebrities. They rose to public attention somehow. Could it be that they're doing something better than everyone else?
Here, let's look at an example. I'm a video game freak. I float from game reviews to news about things changing in the industry. It's an interest of mine that I stay on top of pretty relentlessly. Shigeru Miyamoto is a celebrity in the gaming world. He is the man who created Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda, three of the biggest games in the history of games. I would consider any blog entry by him to be news, hands down.
I'm sure a similar example exists for just about every other niche interest.
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