Last night Paolo Mastrangelo went up to the Borders in the Columbus Circle shops, where Perez Hilton read and spoke before hundreds of fans. 95% were college age; easily 80% were women. Everyone looked like an edgy Gap commercial, which is to say, they all looked really good. There was not a flannel shirt, neon orange backpack or fanny pack in sight. But it wasn't really the outfits that were striking-it was all the smiles and excitement in the room. Perez was behind a podium. He was cheerful, and graciously took questions from all. "What do you think about blogging in relation to journalism?" someone asked. And: "When did you come out to your friends and family?" And: "What do you think about the failed gay marriage bill in the New York Senate?" After two bathroom breaks, two Red Bulls and signing 200+ copies of his book True Bloggywood Stories and taking pictures with nearly everyone-with a smile on his face the whole time-Perez packed it up and went, we presume, to go check on his blog.
Friday, December 4, 2009
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Edgy Gap commercials are full of plaid though.
Flannel plaid.
NOT THIS SEASON!
My TV said! Last night! THIS IS A DISPUTE
Oh yeah, Nanook. . .check your Xmasometer. . .eager Gapsters, jazzercizing in a fifty-gallon igloo, half of them decked in Rudolph Nose Plaid. . .
If that was a Nanook of the North reference you just made my (meta)day.
I'm trying to figure out how the ladies dance the hip-hop in the high-heeled hiking boots.
Meta... something..
Big ups to NYU
But who will draw MS Paint penises on Perez's face?
Such a conundrum.
Needs more semen drawing.
"Why don't you once every so often provide your intensely-invested and devout audience with something besides crap?"
Also: vertical stripes, Perez. Vertical.
How did we let this guy become so famous? Seriously.
"Perez will now be taking questions."
"FIRST!!!11!!"
"OMG Fugs!"
"You fat gay cow go back to cuba spic"
"First?"
...
That Perez... He's gonna be somebody someday.
Mark my words.
(^^the ones up there^^)
Where does a guy like that go? Is he like Michael Musto with more money? Is he going to be at the same parties the rest of his life? Is he "what publishing looks like now"? Just wondering.
He noted something not shown in the video. "For every two hundred people who like me, 350 people hate me. I learned something this year [in reference to less than stellar efforts in some of his endeavors].
Next year, he said, he will "blow people up," metaphorically speaking, and make them huge stars, but he won't let people know he is behind them.
he becomes the ultra information repackager, and then wins lawsuits defending that. maybe it's just me, and b/c he is right behind jezebel and gawker in my rss, but his blog seems to be about 8 hours behind gawker now, up to and including "print is dead yo" stuff.
'Charm' is too strong a word.
He's a sycophant bottom-feeding toady misanthrope hypocrite self-loathing Latino gay former meth-head beyond image rehabilitating crybaby 14:59 minutes used up juvenile illiterate schlumpy Paul Lynde wannabe, &c.
And yes, I ran out of commas, but apparently not invective.
He oozes many things, but charm is not one of them.
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Huh, I thought meth heads were skinny...
Former meth head.
Paul Lynde was classy.
I deleted the Perez Hilton link from my bookmarks over 2 months ago and haven't looked back. I know, that sounds weird, but there was something clinically wrong with my compulsion to visit his site, get pissed off at his mewling, and then do it over and over again.
Plus, as other commenters have said, his posts often contain stuff that is stale-dated compared to other sites. The freshest stuff is on ONTD now, anyway, and those kids are into a million different and more interesting things than any topic or celebrity that Perez ever posted. Plus the ONTD posters don't have a financial interest in what they post...
Oh my goodness the Bad Romance outro made me laaaaaugh.
Meanwhile I was at the marriage equality rally in Union Square. Homo superior, hello.
Oh perez... just go to hell and stop hurting gay rights you ass clown!