Mario Armando Lavandeira (born in march 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com is known for posts for covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or "doodles".
Hilton's angle on celebrity gossip includes an unapologetic desire to mingle with and be part of celebrity culture. He purports to have befriended Paris Hilton. He rarely reports on stories or reports showing Paris Hilton in a bad way. Bloggers, journalists and photographers alike have charged that Hilton Posts paparazzi photographs and other copyrighted content from their sites. Hilton defends his use of this material but claiming it falls under the fair use exception to the copyright act. Following Michael Jackson's death Hilton posted an article about the stars illness, claiming it was a publicity. Hilton's original post featured sarcastic comments such as "get your money back ticket holders!!!" and also "Jacko pulled a similar stunt when he was getting ready for his big HBO specialise '95 when he "collapsed" at rehearsal!" Hilton has received backlash for the incident, becoming entangled in a Twitter argument with Pete Wentz about the situation.
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