Well Dunne

I was at the gym last night. There are four TV's in the cardio section, perched up on the wall. The TV's have "closed captioning" on so if I am music-less or magazine-less, I will usually read the screen. There are usually news programs on and then Larry King live. Love Larry King.

Last night, however, as I rode the elliptical, sweating buckets all over my person and People magazine, I nearly fell off my machine when I read what came across the screen.

Last night's guest was Dominick Dunne. I love Dominick Dunne…HUGE fan. Day-am, that man has been in and out of the ringer a million times over between being a well-known public alcoholic, was once PUNCHED out by a man because "Frank Sinatra told me to," lost his daughter, Dominique (you remember her from "Poltergeist"…she was big sister Dana, who is gone most of the movie, until she comes home to the ghostly chaos and starts shrieking, "What's happening….!!!!!") to a stalker boyfriend, but all in all, his books, "Vanity Fair" articles and everything else he touches, are fascinating.

Last night, he and Larry were talking about The Rich and infamous families. The Menendez brothers were a part of the discussion, as were a slew of other stories, but at one point, he started talking about the Hilton and proclaimed that Ms. Paris earned a WHOPPING (this on top of her VERY meaty slab of Hilton inheritance) $7 million dollars last year. He also said she was at Sundance and he saw a clip of her helping herself to some "freebie" Chanel (and let's face it, a girl of that money magnitude HARDLY needs a freebie).

To me, Paris earned $7 big ones simply for "showing up." Is her 15 minutes EVAR going to end?? She gets anywhere from $150,000 to $200,000 to appear at a party for 20 minutes. Does she REALLY add that much flare to an event??

I remember having a discussion about a year ago with someone at a party. We were having a little debate about the Kennedy's vs. the Hiltons. He tried to tell me that the Kennedy's were "much shadier" than anything the Hiltons could conger up. Dude. Apples and Oranges. Every family has skeletons (some living and breathing tow-headed sisters), but really…beyond the fact the Kennedy's were political folks, at least the kids (messed up or not) were public servants and DID do things to help out the community. Paris offers nothing. Nada. Zilch. NOT even good fashion tips and especially NO good tips on being an animal mother.

One good thing, the people of Sundance MUST Be in agreement. This was on MTV.com

"God Save the Hollywood Industry," read the banner. Below it hung a sign with Paris Hilton's disembodied head flashing a vapid smile in the middle of a red circle with a "Ghostbusters"-like slash through her face. Beneath that was the entryway to one of Tuesday night's most popular industry parties, the crowd roaring with conversations about how hard-partying pseudo-stars are undermining the Sundance experience." From Kevin Smith, ""[Hilton] is just like, 'Where's there a camera? I'm there. Where's my little dog? In two years, nobody's going to remember that name; mark my words," he laughed, sounding like he'd already R.S.V.P.'d to the "God Save the Hollywood Industry" party himself…."

A little more Hilton: The Chicago Hilton has this beautiful room on the top of it that has purple lights beaming out of it on specific nights. Apparently, Conrad Hilton, who was married to Elizabeth Taylor for just a little under a year, made this amazingly stunning room specifically for her. Imagine if that would have survived!

One other thing…some folks in Detroit want the day after the Superbowl to become a national holiday since apparently over half a million people take the day off anyway. They are calling it, "DA-Day". I am thinking there should be a floating holiday OR a "DAA-Day" for people like myself that think the Academy Awards IS their Superbowl.