This is weird. Blogging about a blogger’s birthday party? And not even a benchmark age like 30. But of course, this is no ordinary blogger. Perez Hilton, the self-proclaimed Queen of All Media, now 29, commands the attention of millions on a daily basis as his website feeds the public’s insatiable craving for the latest gossip. And after two years of vilifying (Kirsten Dunst), outing (Lance Bass), and championing (Paris, Paris, Paris!), he’s giving the tabloids a run for their money. But these days, he’s much more than a celebrity gossip hound. Perez has a VH1 reality show in the works, a world tour planned, and talk of a major merchandising line — he is the celebrity. And so he was celebrated.
The big bash went down at the Roxy, whose marquee displayed a gigunto “Happy Birthday Perez” above the red carpet (yes, of course there was one), as well as touting several surprise musical guests. When I ran into Perez the other day at his office (the Coffee Bean at Sunset and Fairfax), he promised some big names, but wouldn’t reveal any. I thought maybe John Mayer, since I know he’s in town. A friend had heard Christina Aguilera. What partygoers ended up getting was Donovan Leitch as Hedwig, followed by his dad Donovan singing “Season of the Witch,” a quick cover of Bowie’s “Suffragette City” with Dave Navarro on guitar, Dita Von Teese and electro-punk band The Gossip. Not exactly A-list, but entertaining nonetheless.
What was even more captivating, however, was the summit of starlets seated at the back booths. At one end, Von Teese and posse, at the other, besties Kelly Osbourne and Amy Winehouse, who didn’t leave each other’s side the whole night. Amy was supposed to be en route to Paris today, but stayed behind to party with her good bud, Perez. And it didn’t take long before Perez’s other good pal and namesake, Paris, was brought into the picture (literally, check out the introduction above). Unfortunately, the two or three words they exchanged at that moment were pretty much it, partly because the room was loud but also because Amy looked decidedly uninterested, opting instead to fix her make-up with the help of a pocket mirror. She certainly has that in common with Paris.
Meanwhile, Dave Navarro and Donovan Leitch headed across the alley to the Rainbow, where they sat next to Cypress Hill’s B-Real and briefly chatted with Andy Milonakis. The trio of Paris, Amy, and Kelly slithered out shortly thereafter, and the night was essentially ended. All in all, good times for everyone. Hats off to the folks at Fusion who organized the shindig and Perez himself. Love or loathe him, he’s here to stay.
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Are you serious? Who cares??
Did Shirley lose a bet to Mike Slezak or something? As in “if you lose, you have to do a write up on Perez Hilton’s Birthday Bash”.
I SO don’t care…
I used to like The Gossip back when they were blues punk. I don’t know what they’re doing hanging out with Dave Navarro and Paris Hilton.
On a side note, as much as I am a fan of Navarro’s work, seeing him on Rockstar is just odd to me. He was sitting there, acting all pimp with the bare chest showing, him and Tommy Lee calling every girl contestant either “baby” or “babydoll”. Freaking creepy…in a 70’s sort of way.
So, I’m look at the picture, and I’m trying to figure out which one is the cross-dresser…
Oops, I meant looking. Minor slip…
Perez Hilton’s popularity truly makes me weep for the future. I have never seen a blog that is so downright nasty to whomever he deems worthy of being criticized, yet when someone he likes screws up (like Paris Hilton’s multiple brushes with the law, including a DUI) it’s not that big of a deal. Queen of all media? In his mind, perhaps.
He has the nerve to call any number of starlets ’sluts’, but from what I hear, Perez will take it in any available orifice…
The fact we are all wasting more than 1 second of our collective morning on this non-issue and this non-person makes me laugh at us and weep for the future all at once. Dammit, where is that steak knife…
Yikes! I don’t want to think about his orifices or anything sexual about him.Thank god we got a photo of the always fabulous Amy Winehouse not of Perez. He’s one gnarly looking dude. As my dad would say “He’s got a face for radio”.
OMG, can everyone stop trying to act like they’re so above Perez Hilton?! I am so sick of people saying they’re “scared for the future” because of the behavoir of Hollywood. Celebrities have always acted crazy and ridiculous and we have always loved it because it’s fun. Any true Perez fan knows that he has a great sense of humor and his blogs are hysterical. The celebrities he rips on are filthy rich and get paid giant sums of money to basically do nothing. Why should we care if Perez makes fun of their outfits once a week?! Keep things in perspective, people!
I love Perez! I agree with you, RayT. People need to get over themselves. If you think it’s a “waste of time” and that the world is going to end because of Perez, then don’t read anything about him! There are millions that do, and nobody cares if you don’t care!
What is so weird to me is that Perez, back when he was still Mario, was my NYU mentor. His big words of wisdom? Don’t buy your drugs in the park. This is good advice. But they still don’t list him in our alumni newsletter for his accomplishments. They do, however, list Whitney Pastorek. So EW trumps celebrity blog. So snobby, that NYU.
What did Kirsten Dunst do to deserve being vilified? He calls her “Drunkst.” Does anybody know why????
I l-l-l-love Perez! His website is the first thing I look up when I wake up and when I come home from work. I stopped my Star Magazine subscription because of him. All the stuff I get on his website later makes its way onto the t.v news. I went to go visit Perez at his “L.A office” and he is so sweet. He was busy typing away and I asked if I could talk to him; he told me about how tired he was because he’d been traveling around – what a life!
It’s kind of silly but Perez is my escape from the daily grind.
Johnathan, for all we know, Perez and Kristin are probably BFF. If you look at the way he talks about the Simpson girls and Amy Winehouse you’ll also notice that later he’s taking pictures with them at a party. They’re connected in a way, covers = publicity; publicity = ad revenue for Perez. Celebrities sell their souls to the pap for covers. Watch Dirt with Courtney Cox, you’ll learn all about the tabloid biz.
Was Perez Hilton actually on this week’s “Dirt”?
Look, RayT, I don’t know what kind of a man you claim to be, but that fact that you defend a freak like that makes me question you.
It’s not even that we are all above him/her, and it’s not that we really think the world is going to end because of his/her existence.
But not all of us are obsessed with these pathetic, do-nothing celebrities – and we think that those of you who are (Perez included) are complete jokes.
The fact that he had made a career out of following this wastes of oxygen (Paris, Britney, Nicole, Lindsay, etc.) is what makes us “weep for the future”.
There are SO many more important things to focus on in this world…
Why does anyone care if Perez and that fat tub Kelly Osbourne are friends? Why does anyone care how many cheesy attempts Paris Hilton makes at getting her skanky face in front of a camera? Why does anyone care how many times Britney flashes her junk to reporters?
People are dying everyday in the Middle East. THAT’S important!
And Amy Winehouse is just f*cking gross. I hope her career goes NOWHERE. I just hate her.
I Want My 6767 Dot Com!!
Looking at this dark-haired girl gives me the creeps and makes me want to jump in the shower.