Could Perez Hilton Be Good for Our Society?

In our celebrity obsessed world, it's not wonder sites like Perezhilton.com have so many visitors. Touted as "Hollywood's Most Hated Website" by Perez Hilton himself, the blog absolutely skewers some celebrities, from the way the dress to who they may be dating.

Websites like these only fuel our media obsession but when it comes to celebrity gossip, Perez is undoubtedly the lesser of evils. Perez, who's real name Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr, has been elevated to celebrity status himself. As far as tabloids like that go, Perez has successfully gotten pretty far into the depths of Hollywood. He is well known and hated by many but enough celebrities like him to get on the "inside." He has become so popular that he has his own TV special on Vh1, What Perez Sez.

From a celebrity gossip addict, Perez is the best thing since sliced bread. Despite his fame, he is true to the medium that made him famous. His blog is never short of updates with pictures or videos. And as far as celebrities go, he really only publishes the truth. If he is reporting something from a tabloid, he will note it, even sometimes going as far as to say that he doubts the reports are true. He gets news before anyone else. How that's possible is as much of a mystery to me as it is to thousands of fans. But if you want interesting celebrity facts as soon as they happen, perezhilton.com is the website for you.

If you spend a lot of time on the computer, the website will probably impress you with how often it is updated. It's certainly more than any other website I frequent. And contrary to popular beliefs, he does discuss things other than what Paris Hilton is up to and who wore what. His posts are often about political issues or about layoffs in movie studios. He also frequently gives exposure to unknown artists that he likes.

But what truly puts him above the rest is his attention to important causes. His website is never short of links to a worthwhile cause or two. In fact, recently, he published a link to freerice.com, the website that people can spend time on to earn grains of rice to be sent to impoverished countries. One user noted that on the day he mentioned it on his site, freerice.com had the highest grain totals for the month, doubling the grains from the previous day.

It's definitely thoughtful for someone who exerts that much influence to think about the world outside celebrity gossip. His dedication to his website alone make perezhilton.com a site worth visiting. But pictures of Eva Longoria with no makeup on don't hurt either.