After weeks of controversy and much public comment, the West Hollywood City Council gave final approval last night to its ban on flannel. This ban comes hot on the heels of West Hollywood's ban on fur sales, voted into law in 2012 and effective earlier this year. One important difference is that th ... More >>
School's back in session, and we decided to give you a pop quiz that tests your knowledge of five Los Angeles-bred bands. Can you identify the following groups based on the clues and pixelated photos we've provided? Oh, just to up the ante: for every incorrect answer you provide, you must remove a ... More >>
See also: Meet Iggy Azalea, the Street Smart Blonde Bombshell Behind "Pu$$y" Megalomaniacal Hollywood gossip blogger and one-time self-described "Queen of All Media" Perez Hilton's first CD compilation, Pop Up! #1, was released earlier this week on the Opus Label. As early as 2009, there was talk o ... More >>
A panel of judges including Perez Hilton has picked a winner in the official Los Angeles County Department of Public Health condom design contest (which, uh, happened): The stark and simple design features an image of a black bowtie, accompanied by the words "Suit Up" in Mad Men-ish font. Classy! M ... More >>
Human beings have near-endless ability to sexualize objects and experiences. Most people fall within a narrow band of erotic desires, but our Internet snooping has revealed smaller communities of people who get turned on by things that the vast majority would never, ever consider to be sexy. The fol ... More >>
Epic Meal Time's take on chicken wings.Web sensation Epic Meal Time is coming to television. The nutty, popular YouTube series featuring epically unhealthy dishes with copious amounts of bacon and sky-high calorie counts will shoot a pilot for G4, reports Perez Hilton.
When 21-year-old Australian rapper Iggy Azalea was a preteen, she was obsessed with Tupac. She plastered her wall with his photos. She tried to recite his lyrics with his inflections. She visited the Seven Day Theory website religiously, but figured going to an Outlawz concert in Oz when she ... More >>
Perez HiltonThe Affleck children, just out of harm's way.If you didn't hear about the near-disastrous car crash during Santa Monica's otherwise idyllic (bike traffic notwithstanding) Fourth of July parade last Monday, it's because the old woman behind the wheel, and the group of children she ... More >>
Lina Lecaro Doing damage on La Cita's dance floor. We might have been worried about La Cita in downtown after the announcement last week that our favorite club there, Mustache Mondays, was moving to a new location (more on that below), but after having a smokin' time at the jam-packed, red-l ... More >>
Lina LecaroClub Alchemy Characters. Personalities. Genuises. This week, we couldn't help but think about the people in LA who always seem to stand out, even in the most audacious of crowds. It's not just how they dress or who they know or even what they do. It's a combination of these and so ... More >>
-- Jamie Oliver turned down by L.A. school district. [Daily Dish] -- Grass Fed-Up. Or, a rant against foodies. (Hilarious.) [The New York Times] -- The Safe Drivers' Guide to Cupcake Calculation. [Alice Medrich] -- Do all cookbooks need photos? A poll. [MattBites] -- Justin Timberlake opens his ... More >>
perezhilton.comIn an unlikely twist of solidarity, the Los Angeles Unified School District has arrived at a similar solution to a troubling spree of gay teen suicides as the true maestro of L.A. youth -- celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. For the good of the children, both have promised to play ... More >>
Dear Sunset Junction, What the hell happened? You used to be it. The local music festival. The best of local talent -- upcoming national acts, even music legends, they all beat a path to your door. You weren't just a music festival, you were a local institution. Hell, you were instrumenta ... More >>
Eastsider eccentric dance/performance troupe We Are The World, whose new album was just released on Manimal Vinyl, are getting props from very unlikely quarters. First Perez Hilton tweeted that he thinks M.I.A. is ripping them off: Then the Lady Gaga herself tweeted that they are her favo ... More >>
The "Wasted Guy at Coachella" (aka, "Flip Flop Guy at Coachella") has now become a meme. The original, Perez-Hilton-sponsored link has over a million views, but notorious copyright fiend Perez Hilton doesn't want anyone else to do what he used to do all the time and has forbidden embedding. It does ... More >>
Bill JensenGeneration Mix in da house!So, if you're between 24 and 34, the people who are trying to sell you stuff you don't need in order to get the money you don't have have just decided to start calling you a member of Generation Mix. What defines Generation Mix? Well, VH1 apparently got ... More >>
In this week's column (out Thursday) we rejoice over The Hills' cancellation and survey LA's newest upscale hotspots: Drai's, Trousdale and Industry. But the circus of celebs at Perez Hilton's Saturday night Carn-Evil birthday party at Paramount Studio almost outshined 'em all. If the notion that ... More >>
Sam Rubin, the resident entertainment reporter at KTLA News in Los Angeles, went off on gossip blogger Perez Hilton Tuesday after the online celebrity walked off the set Monday without fulfilling an agreement to appear on the station's "Morning News." Rubin said on-air that Hilton was schedu ... More >>
How Howard Bragman, Hollywoods coming-out guru, helps gay actors tell the truth
Was it the addition of the comely Fergie Ferg? The Justin Timberlake collab? The Saturday Night Live parody? Or "My Humps"? As a native Angeleno, we can remember the days when the Black Eyed Peas were a local hip-hop/breakdancin' act with loads of club cred. Though it was a different direction, we ... More >>
On Monday morning, L.A. Weekly broke the story that openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland told an audience at Outfest on Sunday afternoon that he advises young, gay male actors to "stay in the closet" if they want to succeed in Hollywood. By Monday afternoon, gay bloggers and their readers ... More >>
What the ALF? A pair of Animal Liberation Front associates were arrested in connection with alleged criminal intimidation of UCLA researchers and an L.A.-based juice company. Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, are being held in lieu of $450,000 and $460,000 bonds, respectively. L. ... More >>
From Katy Perry and Shepard Fairey to handmade frocks and stretchy skinnies
Also, Another Gay Sequel, Red and more
Blender recently posted a list of John McCain's favorite songs. Sure, you could make fun of him for choosing kinda gay stuff like Perez Hilton did, but the more telling fact is that the most recent song on this list is more than thirty years old. Think about that. Thirty-one years have come and ... More >>
The cure for a fictional Lindsay Lohan? Flyover country and Jenny Craigthin Valerie Bertinelli
10. After noticing a spare copy of Pigeon Racer Digest: the Thinking Person's Journal of Racing Pigeons in the Hot Boys' trailer,* "that boy" decided to join the American Racing Pigeon Union and make a go of it in the wide world of ornithology. 9. Decided to leave Magnolia because hanging out wit ... More >>
I see Perez underpants
Ciccone in my dreams; Heffing good time; Topanga happening
A new odd couple is born.
Faghagdom; tattoo this; the other Hilton; man-mash Friday
Bloggers are every journalist's favorite whipping boy. If a shitty band gets too popular, blame the bloggers. If the standards of professional journalism have eroded too much, blame the bloggers. If by 2010, Vampire Weekend has inspired legions of college freshmen to dress as ironic yachters, bla ... More >>
Wonder walls
Falling, spinning, shining stars and the year's most stellar parties
Corey Hart, Moby and Tarina Tarantino's Tokyo Hardcore
The high road and the low road
And glamour ghouls
System at the Knitting Factory, James St. James' Freak Show and more
The queen of all media
Sometimes I feel like I need a shower after I read it, but I'm gonna be honest right now and admit that Perez Hilton's gossip blog is a fairly frequent guilty pleasure. Still, I'm just not sure what I think about the guy as a person. I usually love me some chatty/catty gay boys, but sometimes a bitc ... More >>
What's gayer than Jeffree Star turning up at the Abbey on Friday with a Tarina Tarantino haircut and Perez Hilton on his arm? Or gayer than the parents of Mormon teenager Rebeka Rice, who are suing her school because she used the phrase "that's so gay"? I'll tell you - it's when Curve magazine , th ... More >>
I just got back from interviewing Amanda Demme, the so-called Queen of LA Nightlife, and marketing brain behind 'hot' nightlife venues like Teddy's and Tropicana at the Roosevelt. If you go online and google her, you'll find a fair amount of press on Amanda, most of it bitchy gawker.com and Perez Hi ... More >>
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