Talk:Paris Hilton

Sex tape scandal

I'm wondering why there is hardly any reference to the incident with the sextapes released in 2003 when this was obviously a pivotal moment in her life. Many people that had never heard of her before, became aware of her existence. One could argue it was (partly) because of the tape that her name became recognised all over the world.
The fact that the tape was sold without her approval had a lot of impact on Paris. She has explained this herself in interviews as well as in the MTV documentary "Paris, not France" - see this NBC article.
Paris Hilton calls sex tape scandal 'painful' (Has this been listed under References yet ?)

I do know that there is a separate entry in wiki about the tape itself but that makes no mention of the way it has affected her or how the whole thing had a snowball effect and brought her worldwide fame, even though that was not her intention.UnreasonableDoubt (talk) 19:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I completely agree. Currently the sex tape has been reduced to one sentence buried halfway through the article, when it fact it was a pivotal moment in launching her as a celebrity that turned her from someone largely unknown into somebody very famous. This is mentioned in our own article Celebrity sex tape, which reads: "The release of Paris Hilton's sex tape in 2003 brought her to a new level of fame, leading to magazine covers, a book deal, and a reality TV series." The NYT article from which this is sourced goes even further, saying not only that the tape established Red Light District as "the leading player in a lucrative niche of the pornography industry," but that the tape "catapulted" Hilton to fame, "establishing her as a kind of postmodern celebrity, leading to perfume deals, a memoir and the covers of Vanity Fair and W."[1] Countless articles mention that "Ms. Hilton's career took off . . . when a tape of her having sex entitled One Night in Paris showed up on the Internet and eventually in stores"[2] and there is a great deal of speculation regarding the timing of its release, one week before the premiere of her TV show. Exploding Boy (talk) 15:52, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

The Paris Hilton sex tape is expressly referred to in the third line of the article. BlueRobe (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Trend

I've noticed there is a Photoshop trend with a picture of Hilton holding an album wherein of which the photoshoppper would replace the album's cover with another cover from a completely different album, here are some examples » [3] [4] [5] [6] . Does anyone know what the original image is? • GunMetal Angel 15:08, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

"Paris" Hilton name popularity over the year

There is an interesting article about celebrity baby names that discuss also the popularity of the name "Paris" over the year. Amazing to see how Paris Hilton influenced it. http://www.my-practical-baby-guide.com/celebrity_baby_names.html

Enjoy.