About the Author

Well before Perez Hilton (the Miami-born Mario Lavandeira) grew his website, PerezHilton.com, into a Tinseltown franchise raking in 9 million page views a day, the self-proclaimed Queen of All Media knew exactly how Hollywood was changing. If you used to need an actual talent acting, singing, playing a sport in order to make it big, now you could become famous for being famous, and doing absolutely nothing at all. And anyone can do it; in other words, you too can be a Hilton!
Jared Shapiro is the News and Entertainment Director at "Life & Style Weekly," and author of "Going Corporate: Moving Up Without Screwing Up." He has appeared on VH1, Entertainment Tonight, E!, and Inside Edition."

Reviews

Love (and hate) for Perez:
"The queen of mean."
-Rolling Stone
"A controversial gossipmonger with a poison pen."
-Forbes
"Love him or (he prefers) hate him...[Perez] has risen from the blogosphere to reap some of the same fame and noteriety as the entertainers he celebrates and humiliates daily... [He] has become a hard-to-ignore Hollywood player."
-The New York Times
"One of the most polarizing media figures since Howard Stern."
-L.A. Weekly
"Perez Hilton revels in his role as one of the most-hated figures in Hollywood."
-BusinessWeek
"The style of a catty, celebrity-obsessed seventh-grade girl."
-Advocate

Love (and hate) for Perez:

"The queen of mean."
-Rolling Stone

"A controversial gossipmonger with a poison pen."
-Forbes

"Love him or (he prefers) hate him...[Perez] has risen from the blogosphere to reap some of the same fame and noteriety as the entertainers he celebrates and humiliates daily... [He] has become a hard-to-ignore Hollywood player."
-The New York Times

"One of the most polarizing media figures since Howard Stern."
-L.A. Weekly

"Perez Hilton revels in his role as one of the most-hated figures in Hollywood."
-BusinessWeek

"The style of a catty, celebrity-obsessed seventh-grade girl."
-Advocate