Celebritology Archive: Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton's Doggy Style

(Image courtesy fleurdepup.com) Remember Beyonce's Dereon Girls line -- the range of clothes that finally made it possible for pre-tween girls to look like tiny club skanks? Well, Paris Hilton took a similar idea and, instead of applying it to the age inappropriate, she's targeted a new untapped market: vapid fashion-obsessed dogs. Or, rather, vapid fashion-obsessed dog owners who have no qualms at all about forcing their pups into clothing. Her Paris Hilton for Little Lily line includes a Floral Hearts dress ($56), pajamas ($48) or a mini skirt ($52) that would probably make both dog and owner a prime target for zombie clowns or David Letterman (same diff). As in the human world, larger breeds seem to have been given short shrift -- size large only accommodates dogs weighing 15-20 pounds. But boy dogs can rest easy -- Hilton's collection includes a doggie necktie ($15.60). In other celeb...

Are Paris Hilton's 15 Minutes Up?

Have you seen this woman? Paris Hilton at Cannes on Monday. (Getty Images) Is the woman for whom the term "celebutante" was coined, like, no longer the content rich target from which paparazzi careers are made? In the world of celebrity, bad behavior (which can mean anything from acting like this around your kids to an allegedly wind-aided wardrobe malfunction) builds buzz. And, of late, Paris has been less buzz, more zzzz. Since we tend to forget easily in the fast-paced world of celebrity snarking, let me remind you all of the bad (good?) reasons why we paid attention to Paris at all. First there was the sex tape as path to stardom play (later adopted successfully by Kim Kardashian and unsuccessfully by Dustin "Screech" Diamond). Then, the reality show. Then the Nicole Ritchie feud, the Lindsay Lohan feud, the catchphrase ("that's hot"), the regrettable album, the whole jail...

Truth-Squadding Paris Hilton's Chaste Claim

Paris Hilton and then boyfriend Benji Madden at June's MTV Movie Awards. (AP) Paris Hilton, the maddeningly glib hotel heiress who shot to fame after the release of a homemade X-rated Internet sex video, is again demurely claiming that she's not as promiscuous as she's previously led us to believe. In the new issue of Glamour, Hilton says she's downright prudish: "I've only ever done it with a couple of people. People make up stories, but mostly I just kiss. I think it's important to play hard to get. Nobody wants the fake Prada bag -- they want the brand new bag that no one can get and is the most expensive. If you give it up to a guy he won’t respect you. He’ll want you much more if he can’t have you." Hilton last made this claim in 2006, when she told British GQ that she had...

Comment Box: George Clooney and Paris Hilton?!

Clooney and Hilton? (Left: Reuters, Right: Getty Images) Any truth to George Clooney and Paris Hilton dating? (Heard it on Mix this am). It's got to be a joke. I just has to be. -- Guest1234 OMG, could George Clooney, like, totally be Paris Hilton's new BOBFF (Best One-time Batman Boyfriend Forever)? Let's get right to the point: Probably not, but maybe. Sorry, that's the best I can do. A few of the lower-threshhold-for-facts tabs are making much of a couple of supposed sightings of Clooney, 47, and Hilton, 27, together. The first was apparently at Hollywood's Whiskey Bar in December, where the couple (shudder) "sat and talked together for ages," according to an unnamed, and potentially non-existent, source. "They didn’t seem to be aware of anyone else in the room." The next sighting was at Hollywood's Dan Tana's restaurant, where the two were allegedly joined by director Ridley...

Reality Watch: 'Paris Hilton's My New BFF'

Paris Hilton (center) with 'BFF' hopefuls Baje, Brittany, Vanessa and Kiki. (Getty Images) OMG, who'd have thunk that five years after Paris Hilton first broke ground as one of reality TV's first celebrity guinea pigs that she'd still have enough new material in her to fill up a whole new show? MTV, that's who! They heart Paris so much that they've made her the centerpiece of "Paris Hilton: My New BFF," a platonic (we hope) tour de force modeled on the matchmaking elimination show, a la "Flavor of Love." And where "Simple Life" cast Paris and then-cohort Nicole Richie as hapless wanderers in the workaday world, "My New BFF" puts Hilton and her skill set at the top of the food chain and everywhere from the opening song to the art decorating the contestant's "Real World"-esque digs. In "BFF," a group of 20-somethings of questionable intelligence -- and even...

Highbrow: Monitoring the Paris-Britney Ad Fallout

After Monday's discussion, I didn't think I'd be talking politics again so soon, but Paris forced my hand. By now we're all familiar with the ad: in an attempt to diminish opponent Barack Obama, John McCain compared him to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. And despite the fact that it may not make the best Friday List inspiration, there has been some meaty opinion-making over the past week -- weighing the ad's effects on the presidential race and the bleeding of celebrity into the campaign. As expected, the comparison drew outrage from Paris's mom, Kathy Hilton, who called the ad "frivolous" and a "waste of time and money." (And quite possibly her money, since it turns out Hilton had contributed funds to the McCain campaign in the past). Slate's Christopher Beam even asked if Paris could sue the McCain campaign. Probably not, since "political speech is so highly protected...

Older Entries in This Category »

Paris Hilton's Cheesy Smackdown, Liz , April 17, 2008

Paris Peddles Her Party Girl Rep, Liz , December 12, 2007

Celebritology 101: Parsing Paris, Liz , June 11, 2007

Paris is Sobbing, Jen Chaney , June 8, 2007

Report: Paris Checks Out of Jail, Nancy Kerr , June 7, 2007

Celebritology Clip n' Save: Paris's Prison Primer, Liz , May 7, 2007

Paris Hilton Gets Jail Time, Liz , May 4, 2007

Paris and Nicole, Together Again, Liz , October 10, 2006

Paris vs. Nicole, Again and Again, Liz , August 16, 2006

The Unsinkable 'Simple Life', Liz , July 13, 2006

It's Official: Paris Hilton Most Over-Hyped Celeb, Liz , July 5, 2006

Forget Paris (And Nicole), Liz , June 7, 2006

Paris Is Burning Me Up, Liz , May 25, 2006