What Is Up With' is a feature that asks the question posed by lazy stand up comedians everywhere about random New York phenomena. Enjoy.

According to Radar Online, Us Weekly west coast editor Ken Baker has more than a professional interest in his favorite journalistic subject, Paris Hilton. The proverbial insiders say that Baker has quite the crush, insisting that all Hilton coverage in Us maintains a positive spin, and he reportedly phones Hilton more frequently than her boyfriends: