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The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me.

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Diablo Cody
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 14
Blogger
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Executive Producer
Film Director
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Journalist
Screenwriter
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