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Friday, January 15, 2010

Perez Hilton: No Trolls Allowed

So it seems that a trio consisting of Perez Hilton, American Idol creator Simon Fuller and someone I've never heard of are doing a search for the "next" boy band. Apparently there's a gap in the entertainment industry that needs to be filled. (Damn you, recently reunited Backstreet Boys, for not being big any more!) Males age 13-21 are eligible to be part of this contest. But...

Hilton encourages everyone to try out, but he does have strict guidelines as to who they’re looking for. “We don’t want any ugly ones,” he says. “We don’t want any Joey Fatones, if you know what I mean. So it’s not going to be easy. That shouldn’t discourage people from auditioning. We really wanna see everyone. [But] we don’t want anyone that’s, like, hideous. We want five Justin Timberlakes.”

"That shouldn't discourage people from auditioning"? What I'm hearing is: "If you have superstar talent -- voice, dance moves, even songwriting ability -- but you're not pretty enough, you can audition if you want but you'll be wasting your time!" Yes, let's send the music industry spiraling into oblivion even more quickly.

The following has presumably been done many millions of times since Perez Hilton started his blog but hey, even though I'm a latecomer I'm still entitled to one:

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