Exciting trash news from the world of vapid celebrity - Paris Hilton is engaged to a rich dude called… Paris.
In reporting this dispatch, The Sydney Morning Herald sums up Ms Hilton’s achievements in life (which pale into insignificance compared to those of BB evictee Gianna):
Paris Hilton, an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, is a magnet for drama, whether inadvertently starring in a popular sex tape or having her electronic organiser stolen and its contents posted on the internet.
She co-stars in the movie House of Wax, eliciting audience cheers when her character is killed off. She also features in a sexy commercial for a burger chain.
you tease, Mark
when I first read the title of this post I was looking forward to your thoughts on the French voting no to the EU
Ok, Jason! Mixed - I think there’s something in the argument that the Constitution was caricatured by its opponents and certainly the moves in a democratic direction - as well as those towards establishing common defence/foreign policy institutions - ought to be applauded. However, perhaps the writers of the Constitution let themselves down by producing such a complex document which was hard to explain and sell.
Most press attention has focussed on the role of the far Right - but I think this is a minor part. I think a few factors were at play - the unpopularity of Chirac and Raffarin, Fabius’ desire to advance his credentials as a Socialist leader, French nationalism and sentiment in favour of the social market model (which of course was guaranteed in the Constitution - but there’s a big suspicion of Blairite influence in the EU and Mandelson’s appointment as Trade Commissioner wouldn’t have helped matters).
I think that the significance of it all has been oversold - the EU should go back to the drawing board and get it right. It doesn’t mean that the EU will fall apart - the treaties in existence remain in force. It does have implications for both French and other EU nations’ domestic politics.
It also gives Blair little comfort - as he’d hoped to crown his term with success in a British referendum (the Euro’s prospects in the UK being effectively dead). There may now be more pressure for him to stand down earlier rather than later.
Back to more weighty matters, do you think they’ll call their first child “Lettuce”?
Sorry, (very) lame French/Latin/Parisian pun.
What! They are going to breed! God help us. Please no no noooooooooooooooooooooo
Ahh Mindy, a baby is the ULTIMATE accessory these days. Think of the womens’ magazine’s excitement!
Yeah, think of the jewelled collar it’ll wear, and how cute it’ll look in Paris’ handbag.
It’s all greek to me.
…but hoi polloi love it.
I just can’t imagine Paris actually giving birth. You can’t wear pubic skimming clothing with a caesarean scar and I just can’t see her actually using her ahem ‘bits’ for childbirth. So how this baby will actually be born is a mystery to me. Brits is probably just waking up to this as well.
Mindy,
You are of course assuming that she carries the baby.
“What, all those stretchmarks? Icky!!! Couldn’t we just pay a surrogate?”
What! You mean having kids isn’t all magazine shoots? You mean… *gasp*
She’s too thin to be fertile anyway. Aaargh. I do not speak the snark, the snark speaks through me!
(I’ve always wondered if Posh Spice, for example, actually had those babies herself. She was so thin… I was surprised she actually was physically capable of reproducing, given that a woman generally stops menstruating/ovulating when her bodyfat falls below about 12 percent, I believe, though some studies cite 17 percent body fat as the minimum requirement for menstruation. Posh didn’t look like she had 17 percent bodyfat, that’s fer sure.)
And a good point about the scars, Mindy, not to mention stretch marks etc.
Kate,
The fat was all within Posh’ skull.
Fyodor,
The fat was all over the place if you believe that Miss Loos.
“Sorry, (very) lame French/Latin/Parisian pun.”
You do yourself a disservice. It was an intellectual pun.
Although perhaps they could just go the whole hog…
Reporter: So, Paris, why did you call your daughter Lutetia?
Paris: Becuase it sounds so Italian, and I just love Italy! The shoes, the fashion, the looking at pasta…
I heart Rebecca Loos.
Harry,
It’s funnier in French, as their word for Lutetia is Lut√®ce, hence Lettuce. I will now let this pun die a quiet, strangled death. Apologies all round.
Fyodor when Paris Hilton actually follows the trend of naming poor babies after food stuffs and does call her child Lettuce we will all be hailing you as the Prophet. Unfortunately I think the likelihood of this happening is quite high.
On a brighter note I can’t wait to see the headlines “shock horror - Paris has stretch marks” on NW magazine. Even if they have to pencil them in.
I dunno. It’s not THAT far-fetched. Gwynnie did call her poor daughter Apple, and I’m guessing Paris (femme) considers lettuce to be a staple of her “diet”.
At least when you look at lettuce you don’t put on weight, unlike chocolate cake.
I reckon Paris considers Cocaine to be the basis of her diet. Like cereals in the old food pyramid.
It would explain why she looks like a bemused sheep.
“Like cereals in the old food pyramid. ”
Haha! Good one Kate: recommended intake is four servings a day.