Perez Hilton got videotaped getting served a Cease and Desist order while stuffing his face at his “office,” the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Cafe in Hollywood. Splash News Online slapped one of the world’s most popular and reviled bloggers with the lawsuit as he sat at a table in a tracksuit looking nonplussed. A Coffee Bean employee, who is undoubtedly used to the paparrazi and hoopla that go along with serving coffee to the stars, told them to stop photographing and blocked the scene.

I’m not really shocked by this, as Perez pissed all the paparrazi agencies off by going off in an e-mail message to X17 when they sent him a message asking that he not run their skinny Britney exclusive photo. He later spouted off in a photographer’s face when he was accused of stealing a different picture. Perez has kind of screwed himself by not citing sources, stealing other’s ideas and claiming exclusive stories that he reads about on the same bulletin boards we all frequent. The paparrazi spend a lot of money running after the celebrities and they are understandably protective of their photos, which they rely on for their livelihood.

At the same time, I “steal” these pictures too, and am having a hard time not infringing on someone’s copyright while running this blog. When someone asks me to remove pictures, and this is happening more frequently, I do it right away. I think that running pictures and crediting the source helps sell photos. The picture are lower res here and the magazines that actually make good money will buy the high res versions as a result. I was also an early adopter of Napster and think that the RIAA is out of line. I’m into technology and digital media, and believe that companies need to adopt to the new medium.

Perez is taking the hit for all gossip bloggers, but he’s an easy target because he doesn’t seem like a nice guy and he doesn’t follow the unspoken manners that govern how we work.

Video found at Miz Monica through the great gossip source Lipstick.com.

Perez Hilton has one less reason to blog furiously in a misguided attempt to out every semi-closeted Hollywood star. Right after Perez scrawled over some pictures of Harris with a hot guy that is claimed to be his long term boyfriend, Harris came out to People magazine. This is in spite of a statement by Harris’ PR person at the beginning of this month that he’s “not of that persuasion.”

While I agree that Evangelical Christians preaching against the “evils” of a “homosexual lifestyle” should be outed, and politicians who do their best to make sure that gay people are denied basic rights should be outed, I’m not sure it’s my business which of the people who entertain me are gay. I mean, I’m kind of naive about this because I don’t think it’s a big deal, but isn’t it someone’s human right to decide if they’re going to come out or not? It seems nasty to call people gay and out them unwillingly. It’s not an easy to decision to come out and many people are still homophobic and ignorant about it. If someone is not ready, why jeopardize their career? OTOH, if more people come out then it won’t be as big of a deal to be a public gay person. It’s just everyone’s right to decide when they’re going to say something about it.

Good for Harris for stepping up to the plate and clearing up the rumors.

The public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships.

“So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.”

Perez Hilton claims to have an exclusive that Kelly Osbourne pissed off her entire family by marrying a guy she’s only known for one week. What’s worse is that the two were married at an Irish rock festival in a blow-up castle!

If this is actually true, how long will it take until they get it annulled? I give it a full 4-6 weeks, because Kelly seems a lot more mature now.

Update Thanks to pinklumpysugar on Lime-Light.org for alerting me to the fact that fake weddings are part of the Electric Picnic music ceremony in Ireland, and that Kelly’s wedding was just for laughs:

Update And thanks to Sky.co.uk for these photos post-ceremony, and confirmation that it was indeed a gag. Kelly’s boyfriend is Matt Derham of The Field. I’ve never heard of him, either:

Here are some pictures from X17 online of Kelly kicking a ball on the beach in early August. She looks like she’s so ready to be a wife and mother. In fact she looks like she’s had a couple kids already. You go Kelly!

Lindsay Lohan wrote an e-mail to gossip mogul Perez Hilton damning the hoards of paparrazi that follow her everywhere. Before you question the authenticity of the e-mail, Perez has hung out with Lohan. He also works out of a Hollywood coffee shop that stars frequent, and just saw Lohan on Wednesday morning. Her grammar isn’t that great, but she’s probably dashing off the message on her Blackberry while surrounded by photographers:

The paparrazi are going too far if some kids almost got hit.

So Lindsay feels sorry for herself? Judging from the amount of photographs of Lindsay that hit the ‘net on a daily basis, she must have a hard time just getting away from it all.

She seems torn between loving the publicity and nightlife and wanting to have a little peace and quiet. She certainly plays to the cameras when it’s to her advantage.

Maybe if she quit showing up for every event she could stem her popularity just enough to get some precious alone time. It might do wonders for her credibility, too.

A new editorial claims Lindsay is headed for Tara Reid country and that she’s the one who courts disaster. We have to agree:

Slow down, Lindsay, and the paparazzi will too. You don’t need to be roadkill.

Here is Lohan at the Saturn X Games kickoff party on 8/2. I don’t know who the guy is that she’s posing with, but some of you probably do. [via]

Paris Hilton is launching a new line of cellphone games, starring herself of course.

Hilton won’t have anything to do with the project except for lending her name and likeness to the game.

Paris held a party at her place Monday Night for her boyfriend Stavros Niarchos’ 21st birthday. (We said it was next week, but we were wrong.) Perez Hilton has the details:

Here are Perez’ pictures. He doesn’t have to make his tag so obtrusive - we know he was there.

Perez Hilton claims to have inside information from an Us staffer who says an upcoming issue of the gossip magazine will include details of the new romance between Heather Locklear and short comedian David Spade:

We hope it’s just a momentary rebound fling for Locklear, who filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Richie Sambora, this February. Sambora and Locklear attended their daughter’s softball game together a week ago, sparking rumors of a reconciliation.

Perez Hilton gets to hang with Lohan and Hilton and takes home a bunch of free stuff just for mentioning it on his blog. He’s over the top, funny, and exuberant and that’s why people like to read his unique brand of gossip. He also gets a lot of press.

He’s been around for awhile and works hard on his blog. He doesn’t credit sources as much as he should, but he also gets a lot of good gossip tips and is able to print stuff before anyone else does.

That’s why we’re calling the latest Perez-bashing for what it is: schadenfreude by jealous bloggers.

Gawker recently dug up Perez’s dating profile on a gay website, and people have found one or two more. The guy is out and proud, and he does not care. He blew it off with style:

Perez had a humorous e-mail exchange with Oxfeld that Gawker reprinted last month. Sure the guy is obnoxious, but that’s why we like him. Gawker takes themselves too seriously.

Meanwhile other blogs are calling Perez the “new Clay Aiken.” That’s ridiculous because Perez is out and admits that it was his actual profile.

The other blog thinks that it’s poetic justice and moans that “Perez never links to us.” These are the people that rarely source their pictures, either.

Perez doesn’t care that his profile is public. We shouldn’t either.