Celebrities have been given too much power and influence.

Case in point: The hotel empress known as Paris Hilton is about to bless us with yet another example of her undeniable giftedness.

The “Blonde Wonder” has created her own jewelry line of fascinating pink sparkles, stars and hearts. That’s right. Apparently, Hilton wasn’t satisfied with making lower-class Southern families look like rocket scientists.

Hilton says that her new jewelry line directly represents her own special tastes. As if that isn’t reason enough to go out and by her jewelry, Hilton went out of her way to make sure that her jewelry was affordable for the less fortunate.

The Paris Hilton Collection, with pieces ranging in price from $15 to $95, is available online at Amazon.com. The collection includes all of the absolute necessities in life: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, a belly chain and a belly bar.

With every last piece of Paris Hilton Collection jewelry you buy, you can sleep more easily knowing your money is being put to good use. Soon you’ll have the whole set. You’ll wake up each morning with a smile on your face, knowing that you have directly funded a spoiled narcissist’s Saturday night out.

Fans also will be able to purchase a copy of her memoir, “Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose” and the DVD of the first season of “The Simple Life.” You even can find the result of Hilton’s other experiment with a video camera – if you’re into that sort of thing.

There is apparently no end to Hilton’s long, gleaming train of talent. If you’re lucky enough, you’ll get to pick up a copy of a soon-to-be-released CD she’s putting out. When confronted with the absurd suggestion that she might be in over her head, Hilton used The Associated Press to vent her frustrations.

“I have a great line of jewelry and I have a great voice,” she said. “The product is there, so people can’t say anything.”

In other words, Paris Hilton doesn’t give a damn about what you think.

This, of course, is understandable. This attitude has been conditioned into the majority of celebrities. We don’t have a legitimate complaint because we subscribe to it. Society has turned simple entertainers into multi-talented geniuses.

Celebrities are looking out for themselves. They’re taking advantage of society’s naïve choices and making a fortune off of them.

So what can you do about it? Don’t buy her jewelry. Don’t buy her CD. Don’t subscribe to the notion that a celebrity can pass off sub-par products as legitimate art just because of who they are.

What it all comes down to is this: You’re better than a cheap way to pad some celebrity’s bank account.

Columns reflect the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the Northern Star staff.