Two Blondes Walk Into an Opera

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are the architects of our millennium. Before “influencer” was a viable career path; before Instagram or even Facebook; before “bestie” entered the Oxford English Dictionary; before Kris Jenner wielded more power than a studio exec; before the average high-schooler could use “nepotism” in a sentence, Hilton and Richie were inventing ways of being in front of over 10 million TV viewers a week.

It’s always difficult to be ahead of your time...