And soon to be number one here too, as well:
Paris, Hilton's leap into the recording industry, hits the streets today.
The first single, Stars Are Blind, entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at No.18, the fourth-highest debut on the chart, and reached No.1 on charts in Canada, Hungary and Poland.
..."In an odd way she is the best representation of masterful manipulation of the entertainment-industrial complex."
...Her reality television show with "celebutante" Nicole Richie (daughter of singer Lionel Richie), The Simple Life, was a runaway hit, and is entering its fourth season. She has appeared in low-budget horror films and made commercials for burgers wearing a skimpy bathing suit.
A Hilton-centred animated series is in the works, Paris the nightclub opened in two Florida cities recently, and she has talked of launching her own chain of boutique hotels, starting in Las Vegas.
The heiress-cum-singer has cowritten an autobiography with an entire chapter devoted to her own fashion mistakes, and published a diary entitled Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me, a collection of blank pages studded with photos of Hilton. Fans can also purchase a "diary" from the perspective of her pet chihuahua, Tinkerbell, entitled My Life Tailing Paris Hilton.
The spotlight has yet to tire of Hilton. Whether it is an announcement of a year of celibacy, or the news that she has been bitten by her pet kinkajou, the camera flashes and celebrity press follow.
"Here we are in the middle of a war and global unrest, and every time another of these stories breaks, you just have to take your hat off to her," said Thompson. "Business schools should take her as a model and teach semesters devoted to her."
Thompson likens Hilton to the dusty outposts of the early American West, towns whose growth into real cities relied on big-talking boosters.
"She is a fascinating cultural experiment, a house of cards built on a very finite list of accomplishments," said Thompson.
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