Books Details
Author : Pérez Hilton Pages : 240 pages Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Language : ISBN-10 : 1641604042 ISBN-13 : 9781641604048
Books Descriptions
TMI is the memoir of Mario Lavandeira and how he became Perez Hilton, a
celebrity blogger with millions of readers around the globe. Growing up in
Miami?s Little Havana in the 1980s, Perez was bullied at school because of his
weight and his sexual orientation, so he devoted all his free time to eating and
watching TV in his bedroom. A scholarship to NYU was a lifesaver, as Perez felt
at home in New York. But his finances took a battering, and he moved on to L.A.
After being fired from three different jobs within the space of ten months, Perez
suddenly hit it big in 2005 with his gossip blog. With Perez?s help, many
promising young artists reached the masses: Katy Perry, Adele, Amy Winehouse,
and Lady Gaga, to name just a few. Perez soon became a Hollywood insider, but
during his dramatic fallout with Lady Gaga he realized that he had been used.
Perez admits his popular blog became increasingly mean?it ?went from bitchy
to downright nasty,? he recalls. But a turning point came when he
