Perez Hilton's celebrity blog documents all of Hollywood's juciest gossip. His blog tracks the daily lives of the infamous celebrity world and the photos catch some of those celebrities with their pants down- sometimes literally. Not only does Hilton inform us about what is going on, but he includes his own comments and even draws on the pictures, which makes the blog wildly entertaining.
Beneath each story and/or picture there is space for user comments and the most popular stories receive hundreds, if not thousands, of comments a day. Whenever there is any breaking celebrity news Hilton's website can get up to 11 million hits a day. Even when there is nothing extraordinary going on in Hollywood, at least four million people access his website daily.
Hilton has been able to transform his celebrity blog into his own personal franchise. He has been able to negotiatenhis own television show on VH1, What Perez Says, and even host the New Year's Eve Special for MTV. He even appears in celebrity tabloids and other entertainment magazines on a weekly basis.
Because Hilton is a Cuban-American from Miami, a lot of Latin celebrities are featured on his website. It's almost as if you are a "somebody" once Perez Hilton starts talking about you. I had never heard of the artist MIKA until I saw something about him on Hilton's website and now I love his music. Hilton has the ability to influence people in an unbelievable way and he really connects with his audience. People can send in pictures of themselves with signs and shirts saying "WE LOVE PEREZ" and he will post them on his website. I think that his ability to reach a large audience and connect with them on a personal level may be his shiny key to success.
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I, too, peruse Perez Hilton. He seems to have capitalized on the extreme celebrity fascination in this country that has been aided by the internet.
Hilton always offers up-to-date information on celebrities, and even though the blog is funny, it seems mean. I am guilty of looking at it, but I think if I were a celebrity, it would drive me batty. There is almost a guilt associated with contributing to the success of a man who makes his living off of putting others' lives under a microscope, and who even goes as far as to ridicule the way their children look.
Good article!
-LLD
What a good example of how blogging has influenced society. I'm not that familiar with Perez Hilton, so did he become famous originally from his blog or was it something else? I'd have to say that it would be pretty interesting if he did, and it would really show the impact blogging has on our culture. This was very well written and easy to follow and understand. Good job. :)
Good post (although you failed to provide a link to the site you selected).
Your description was good and your external voice is moderately good (though I wish you'd talked more about HOW this type of coverage affects society). How is Hilton's connection personal?
Your internal voice is missing. WHY do YOU find this site compelling? What does it offer YOU?
This was a good first try and we'll get better at this as we go.
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