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Perez Hilton, Hollywood’s most vicious gossip blogger, has now crossed over to TV. His VH1 reality show, “What Perez Sez,” is comprised of six one-hour episodes. He also competed on MTV's “Celebrity Rap Superstar.”

Perez Hilton, Hollywood’s most vicious gossip blogger, has now crossed over to TV.

His VH1 reality show, “What Perez Sez,” is comprised of six one-hour episodes. He also competed on MTV’s “Celebrity Rap Superstar.”  (Toby Canham / Getty Images)

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Little Loca

Little Loca is yet another YouTube star now getting her own show. Little Loca, a tough-talking chola in her YouTube postings, turned out to be a white actress named Stevie Ryan.

Ryan now co-hosts the CW show “Online Nation.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lonelygirl15

Who was lonelygirl15? The Web series, posted on YouTube, appeared to chronicle the life of a teenager who called herself Bree.

Then The Times’ entertainment editor Richard Rushfield revealed that lonelygirl15 was a hoax. The faux video blogger was actually an actress named Jessica Rose.

Since lonelygirl15, Rose has crossed over into TV and film, appearing on “Greek” and in the Lindsay Lohan film, “I Know Who Killed Me.” Lonelygirl15 also spawned a spinoff Web series, KateModern.  (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)

The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is a three-person comedy team (Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Andy Samberg) who created Web-friendly songs and shorts.

Thanks to their online popularity, the hilarious threesome won jobs writing for “Saturday Night Live.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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