Paris Hilton, Anti-Hero - She finds a niche in a crowded field of divas. By Jody Rosen

Paris Hilton, Anti-Hero - She finds a niche in a crowded field of divas. By Jody Rosen: "These days, the emotional range of a male performer is radically circumscribed: Rappers are slick trash-talkers and brutes, emo rockers are sensitive and aggrieved, R&B singers are lotharios. But pop's female superstars recognize no limits, playing all these roles and a dozen others, often in the course of a single torrid love song, all the while executing tricky dance steps with bared midriffs glistening beneath whirling strobe lights."