50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America

Perez Hilton beat out Jodie Foster?!

Someone's smoking crack!


When New York did a "Gay Life Now" issue in 2001, only seven of the forty prominent New York gays asked to pose for the cover were willing. Those big shots may have been gay, and they may have been out, but it just wouldn't do for them to be gay and out on the cover of a magazine.

"There was a time when the closet was a necessary safe haven," our pal Maer Roshan, who edited the issue, wrote in an angry 2,000-word essay. "But now, it exists as an anachronistic monument to shame. It's time for our public figures to stop hiding in there — and for journalists to stop helping them."

Six years and a month later, maybe at least that second part has come true. Here's a first glimpse at the cover of Out magazine's "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America" issue. Those are models holding Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper masks on the cover. Neither, of course, would appear themselves.

1. David Geffen
2. Anderson Cooper
3. Ellen DeGeneres
4. Tim Gill
5. Barney Frank
6. Rosie O’Donnell
7. The New York Times Gay Mafia: Richard Berke, Ben Brantley, Frank Bruni, Stuart Elliott, Adam Nagourney, Stefano Tonchi, and Eric Wilson
8. Marc Jacobs
9. Andrew Tobias
10. Brian Graden
11. Jann Wenner
12. Andrew Sullivan
13. Suze Orman
14. Joe Solmonese
15. Fred Hochberg
16. Christine Quinn
17. Perez Hilton
18. Scott Rudin
19. John Aravosis
20. Sheila Kuehl
21. James B. Stewart
22. Nick Denton
23. Tom Ford
24. Nate Berkus
25. Adam Moss
26. Jim Nelson
27. Lorri L. Jean
28. Adam Rose
29. Annie Leibovitz
30. Simon Halls and Stephen Huvane
31. Bryan Lourd
32. Bryan Singer
33. Jonathan Burnham
34. Brian Swardstrom
35. Robert Greenblatt
36. Chi Chi LaRue
37. Dan Mathews
38. Neil Meron and Craig Zadan
39. Ingrid Sischy
40. Marc Cherry
41. Carolyn Strauss
42. Irshad Manji
43. Jodie Foster
44. Christine Vachon
45. André Leon Talley
46. Hilary Rosen
47. Matthew Marks
48. Benny Medina
49. Mitchell Gold
50. David Kuhn

Source: NYMagazineDailyIntelligencer

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Perez Hilton's Yearbook Photo

What a hottie, yo.

His hair is like a well fertilized lawn...

..maybe because he's a shit head.

Perez Hilton's Birthday Party

If you can believe it, Dita Von Teese showed up.


And of course publicity whore Paris Hilton showed up.

I still find it amazing that they get along so well considering he used to talk mad shit about her until he met her.

It's been his head up her ass ever since!

Perez Hilton Sued Over Aniston Topless Pictures

Universal City Studios has filed a lawsuit against Perez Hilton for publishing topless pictures of Jennifer Aniston.

Perez is accused of copying a picture of Aniston - that was taken and stolen during production of The Break Up - and then posting it on his blog.

The case, filed in a Californian court, seeks a bar on further publication and the return of the pictures. Hilton has argued though that the picture is just as available for viewing on other websites and that because Hilton published the picture "for the purpose of commentary and satire," his actions constitute fair use.

The studio wants an injunction on future use of the picture and a court order "directing the US Marshal to seize" the copyrighted material.

Oh please, let's not get our panties wedged too far up there..

Perez has a great point. You can get these pics anywhere on the internet, on PLENTY of celebrity forums out there. They are everywhere. Yet they are only coming after the bloggers..?

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Source: ITV.com
Photo Source: Getty via GoogleImages

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Perez Hilton in Paper Doll Heaven

Stardoll is at it again, this time with their current media darling dolls.



Perez Hilton and Ryan Seacrest are a couple of the latest Stardolls. Ha! They kind of make a cute couple...don't ya think? I wonder which one would be the bottom..























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Forbes Names 'The Web Celeb 25'

Who are the 25 most popular, influential and most recognizable people on the internet?

Forbes looked into it and compiled a list of who they found to be the top 25.

From Forbes.com:

"To generate the ranking, we first defined "Web Celeb" as a person famous primarily for creating or appearing in Internet-based content, and for being highly recognizable to a Web-based audience. That definition excludes people who were significantly famous before they hit the Web--like author Arianna Huffington, billionaire Mark Cuban or journalist Michelle Malkin--and leaves us with a pool of people whose fame depends on the Internet.

Next, we created a candidate list of 110 Web celebrities. Each candidate was ranked in five areas: Web references as calculated by Google, traffic ranking of their home page as calculated by Alexa, Technorati rank of their primary Web site or blog, and TV/radio mentions and press clips compiled from Factiva. We gave candidates bonus points if they regularly publish their own videoblog or podcast. All six categories were then totaled to produce a final score, which was sorted to produce our rankings."

And with that, we now introduce to you 'The Web Celeb 25'.

1. Jessica Lee Rose
2. Perez Hilton
3. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
4. Matt Drudge
5. Seth Godin
6. Jeff Jarvis
7. Glenn Reynolds
8. Amanda Congdon
9. Robert Scoble
10. Michael Arrington
11. Hosea Frank
12. Jimmy Wales
13. Harry Knowles

14. Frank Warren
15. Cory Doctorow
16. Xeni Jardin
17. Leo Laporte
18. Merlin Mann
19. John H. Hinderaker
20. Charles Johnson
21. Kevin Sites
22. Mark Lisanti
23. Jason Calacanis
24. Om Malik
25. Violet Blue




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Bet on Whether Perez Will Win or Lose

Bodog.com Entertainment has just posted odds on whether or not X17 Inc. will win their $7.6-million copyright infringement lawsuit against celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton.

The results of this lawsuit are very important and could greatly affect the way in which images may be used and shared online. The odds being offered by Bodog.com Entertainment are:

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X17 Talks of Suing Perez Hilton

"We've had trouble with a lot of bloggers," X17 co-owner Brandy Navarre said. "But he's the biggest, and the most arrogant and pigheaded about it, frankly."

X17 says Perez has remained 'unrepentant about his part in the suit, and is unconcerned about a recent cease-and-desist letter he received from seven similar paparazzi companies.'

"If the law says I am wrong, if a jury of my peers says they think my actions are wrong, then I will listen to them. But I don't think they will," Perez Hilton (real name Mario Lavandeira) said.

"Especially if they see that the person who is suing me admitted she is suing me because I am arrogant. A judge would dismiss that."

I am certainly no Perez fan but I will say this. X17 is not a very professional company, by any means.

Perez has gotten so under their skin that they have publicly fought this war like the drama queens they are. I believe it was X17 who started the blog called "Fuck Perez Hilton." Classy, Brandy.

They also started a lame ass petition and have only gotten a mere few hundred signatures.

If they are having such a fucking cow about people not paying for their stalker images then why are they posting them on a public blog?

Now they are targeting other blogs with snide blind items such as this..

"Guess which Jokers of Journalism think they and their not-so-Good partner site are Justified in stealing our images for their Joke of a website? Criticizing the media and then Jerking around with images that aren't yours Just ain't cool. Guess we'll Just see them in court!

P.S. - First, it's not Just Jared or Perez. Second, we got the following comment -

December 15, 2006
10:21 AM
Posted by: Anonymous

Might I make a suggestion?
If you'd offer a larger variety of licenses so bloggers could use your photos legally, you'd not have to worry so much.
While I certainly understand being upset about theft of one's intellectual property, you're only hurting yourselves by being litigious.

Guess what, we DO offer special rates for blogs (Socialite's Life, PopSugar, and Sawfnews are already clients) -- email us at X17@X17online.com for more info!

At least their Celebrity, Media, and Manhattan blog will have a front row seat in court!"

Obviously referring to Jossip's "Mollygood."

I think someone (Brandy) at X17 has a major anger issue,
They are like chickens with their heads cut off..running around, screaming shit, having a fit. I would guess if they are going to sue Perez that he will likely countersue for all the crap they have said/posted about him on their blog.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Both parties involved are assholes, so it should be one great big stinkfest.

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