They’re not stars, but they’re not quite nobodies either. Most of them aren’t even entertainers in the proper sense of the word. Scientists call the species pseudo-celebritatus. We just call it silly. Here, for your reading pleasure, a ranking of folks who are famous for being, well, famous.
RANKINGS
* Shutterbug lovers
** Screwballs
*** Scene stealers
**** Shameless promoters
***** Seriously?
***
The Hiltons
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Perez and Paris. He has become a media mainstay since launching his nasty gossip blog. She’s still in and out of the press after being in — and out — of the clink last year.
*****
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
The couple from “The Hills,” or “Speidi” as they’re affectionately known, admit they don’t do much. “No celebrity does anything, really,” Spencer recently told the L.A. Times.
****
Tila Tequila
Wanna be famous? Do what this “Shot at Love” star did and acquire 3 million friends on MySpace. Tequila’s milking her bachelorette-style dating show for a second season on MTV.
*
Celeb babies
Maddox. Pax. Zahara. Shiloh. Suri (above). Sean Preston. Jayden. You know who they are, and half of ’em are still in strollers! Thank goodness for celebrity spawn (and adoption).
**
The Olsen twins
They had “Full House” back in the day, but now Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s names inexplicably pop up in the mags all the time — usually for their mawkish fashion choices.
*****
Kim Kardashian
We get it. She’s hot. But she likes to eat fried Oreos. Whup-dee-doo. Thanks, E!, for giving this girl and her family a reality show.