“I'M A DEEPLY SUPERFICIAL PERSON”

Red Carpet Suicide is extremely entertaining. Yes, it is bitchy (surprise!) but without a doubt, Perez has a vicious laptop finger on the zeitgeist of what stardom is about today. (Michael Musto, the legendary Village Voice scribe says of Perez, “He’s the new me!”) The chapter titles alone made me laugh: “Date up the Right Way” (Perez explains the “career” of Kim Kardashian, which was really quite helpful to me) … "No Moment Is Too Precious to Whore Out” … "Pretend to Give Back” … ”Have a Sexy Gay Hookup” (Perez didn’t specify, but this only works for the girls. Gay male stars are still the big taboo – ask the brave and divine Rupert Everett!) … "Celebrities Who Tip off the Paparazzi” … and “People Who Shouldn’t Procreate.”

-Liz Smith