Celebrity Gossip: Is It Time To Unplug From Malicious Websites?

It was tolerable, at least, this explosion in celebrity gossip, when it was primarily an Internet thing. With new venom and none of the old-school sugar coating, sites such as TMZ and Perez Hilton prattled on about who was gay and closeted, who had a new mug shot taken and why, who was wasted in Hollywood last night and on what.