Paris Hilton and her mother Kathy will be grand marshalls of the Los Angeles Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual & Transgender Pride Parade, expected to draw tens-of-thousands of celebrants this Sunday in West Hollywood.
This is the 35th anniversary of the parade, which was first held on June 28, 1970 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the drag-queen-led rebellion at the Stonewall Inn in New York City.
Paris, 24, whose latest bit of exhibitionist propaganda was a lascivious Carl's Jr. commerical, and her socialite mother will share the parade honors, much as they will soon share starring roles in reality shows. Paris is the co-star of Fox's The Simple Life, and Kathy stars in NBC's I Want to Be a Hilton, debuting June 21, an "engaging and humorous series" that follows 14 young contestants as they "vie for the opportunity to live the glamorous lifestyle" of Manhattan high society.
Kathy — who is (duh) married to real estate entrepreneur Rick Hilton, chairman of Hilton & Hyland in Beverly Hills and president of Hilton Realty Investment in New York City and Los Angeles — guides the contestants through a variety of weekly challenges ranging from art and culture to beauty and fashion, and each week she will separate the wheat from the chaff in the time-honored reality show tradition. The winner will receive a $200,000 trust fund.
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1 - Justin Cole
That girl is everywhere!
P.S. Eric - your posts are always great to read!
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks Justin, very kind of you, and no one is more ubiquitous than Paris - will she wear out her welcome?
3 - Mark Saleski
that's hot!
4 - Eric Olsen
June in West Hollywood will at least be warm
5 - Mark Saleski
i just like repeating the paris hilton trademark phrase: "that's hot".
mesmerizing, i tell ya.
6 - Phillip Winn
She hasn't worn out her welcome already?
7 - Phillip Winn
I decided to try to respond to everything my wife said with "That's hot!" a few days ago.
It didn't go over so well.
Things started well -- she laughed. But when I kept it up, she eventually sobbed herself to sleep.
8 - Eric Olsen
that's hot
9 - Phillip Winn
You saying that just then? That's hot!
10 - Eric Olsen
hey, if someone can find an audio clip of that, it would be the coolest, I mean hottest, to have her saying that every time someone opens the page
11 - RJ
Now, I'm not an advocate for violence. But, if some deranged individual smashed Paris in the face with a tire iron, let's just say that I wouldn't exactly shed any tears...
Point is, the bitch is ANNOYING and MINDLESS and will hopefully GO THE FUCK AWAY at some point in the relatively near future...
12 - adam
There has never been a more perfect celebrity than Paris Hilton. She represents the essence of celebrityness. She is what celebrity is all about: vacant, rich, sexy, wild, self-indulgent, flaunting, blond, and she doesn't do much besides being a celebrity. Who in the world sums it up better than her? She is the true genius of celebrity, the apex, the pinnacle, the avatar, the summation, the embodiment, the totality.
13 - Eric Olsen
adam may well be right
14 - Eric Berlin
I would say undeserving celebrity... or could you make a distinction, perhaps, between celebrity (defined by notoriety) and fame (defined by some level of achievement)?
15 - Victor Plenty
Between fame (being known by reason of doing good) and infamy (being known by reason of doing evil) there lies celebrity (being known for no good reason).
16 - Eric Olsen
and what of "notoriety"?
17 - Victor Plenty
Notoriety is closer to infamy, at least in its current connotations. My dictionary says it was once a more neutral term, but now is mostly negative.
This makes sense, as we seldom see anyone referred to as "notorious" for doing something particularly good.
18 - RJ
What about The Notorious B. I. G. He had some good music! ;-P
19 - Victor Plenty
The music didn't make him notorious, though.
20 - faith
that's hot lol i can understand paris gooing but her mother what the hell!!!