![]() ![]() The person behind the site turned out to be James Kurisunkal, who, according to a 2007 New York Timesprofile, was still an 18-year-old University of Illinois student. Read 1,697 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ![]() Riveting, passionate, and full of high stakes danger. By avoiding snark and salacious gossip, the site won the confidence of celebrities who would send in exclusive photos of themselves. Her debut, This Vicious Grace, hailed as One of the best fantasies of 2022 by Buzzfeed, is a 2023 Southern Book Prize Finalist, an Indie Next Pick, Barnes and Noble YA Bookclub pick, and is being translated into a dozen languages. In addition to covering the rise of Perez Hilton and likeminded bloggers’ catty coverage of socialites, the doc will feature on Park Avenue Peerage, which positioned itself as a unique source for insider info among the jet set. “This looks cool.” Other talking heads include a photographer who claims to have “invented” the Hilton sisters by teaching them how to pose and a publicist who told Mortimer, “it’s all about being in the right dress at the right time.” “All these photographers, I just remember thinking, ‘I want to be part of this,'” Mortimer says in a trailer for the film. The film, by director Zackary Drucker, features interviews with socialites including Mortimer and Olivia Palermo, as well as photographers, publicists, and bloggers. ![]() A new doc, Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, examines the rise of socialite celebrities like Paris Hilton and Tinsley Mortimer in the mid 2000s - and the subsequent blogger backlash to the phenomenon. ![]()
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