US Weekly has decided to declare a Paris Hilton black-out. For one issue, the magazine shall feature no stories about Paris Hilton - nor indeed any even passing reference to the recently-jailed skank. Ostensibly, this move is being made because the publishers of US think we're all sick of Paris and need a break from her. However, it's obvious that US has another reason for wanting to remove their support for the juggernaut that is Paris Hilton's publicity machine, and it is far from an altruistic one - they are mad at Paris for jilting them.
Paris Hilton has agreed to two major appearances in the immediate wake of her release from Lynwood - on Larry King's CNN program tonight, and in the pages of People magazine this Friday. Doubtless, there was an intense bidding war for the right to feature Ms. Hilton at this time, when she is the hottest commodity in celebrity-land. King won the TV side, presumably because the networks feared losing credibility more than they savored the chance to score huge ratings in the midst of the summer doldrums. And People won despite what must have been many other attractive offers, one no doubt from US.
Yes, US was spurned by Paris - and in a rather Paris-like move, they've decided to shoot back by crossing their arms and pouting, and refusing to talk about Paris anymore (for at least one week). It's a shrewd move in a way - everyone else is in Paris overdrive, so by issuing a moratorium, they make themselves stand out from the tabloid pack. However, it is a move clearly motivated by pettiness and spite. Their insistence that they feel for their readers, and don't want to wear them out with Paris talk, is pure hypocrisy. Had Paris granted them the first interview instead of giving it to People, there would've been nothing but Paris all over every page of US - perhaps even a double-issue with a commemorative Paris Hilton centerfold. There would have been nothing but Paris hype all over US's website. They would've been fawning over the slut like she was Princess Di or Angelina Jolie or one of these other unaccountable media darlings. But, they lost the Paris lottery, and are behaving in a fashion that would seem to suit the level of their publication and its readers - they are pouting like little bitches who didn't get their way.
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