My boy Perez

A new cultural phenomenon has been born-- Perez Hilton.

For those out there that do not know who Perez Hilton is, I suggest you Google him, and then visit his website. I feel that Perez has affected both the American public and our pop culture. Over the last few months, Perez has jumped from being another gossip blogger to being on MTV, VHI1, on the radio, in magazines etc.

I believe that there are ties between Perez and the War in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the past few years, the American public has broken the bind between themselves and sites like CNN.com or MSNBC.com and have moved on to websites like PerezHilton.com. I believe that this happened because people were too overwhelmed with constantly hearing about what is going on overseas-- they need an escape from the real world, so why not go bum around on Perez's site? This site provides trivial and unimportant information about celebrities and their doings; it allows people to get away from the information about Iraq etc and focus on something else.