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Hilton Returns To The Recording Studio

andPOP Staff — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:50:21 +0000

Socialite PARIS HILTON is returning to the studio to record her second album – just a month after she was dropped by Warner Bros.

Hilton spent three years recording her self-titled debut album Paris, which hit stores last summer under Warner Bros and the reality TV star’s own label Heiress Records.

Last month, Warner announced it had no plans to release another album by Hilton after poor sales of Paris.

After her debut single Stars Are Blind reached no. 18 on the U.S. Billboard charts, her second single Nothing in This World barely registered on the charts, reaching No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Charts.

Her LP vanished after a brief appearance at No. 6 on the Billboard album charts after selling 77,000 copies.

Despite poor sales and a negative response from critics, Hilton is determined to keep on singing, saying, “I’m already working on my new record.”

Hilton Released From Jail

andPOP Staff — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:23:55 +0000

Socialite PARIS HILTON has been released from prison after serving 23 days of her 45-day sentence.

The hotel heiress was sentenced to 45 days in prison last month after being found guilty of violating her probation from a drink driving arrest last year.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Dana Camarillo agreed to the star’s early release from Lynwood California’s Century Regional Detention Center for good behaviour.

The 26-year-old was met by waiting paparazzi as she left the prison at 12.15am (PCT) Tuesday morning.

The star will give her first live interview following her release from prison to talk show host Larry King.

NBC Denies Paying For Hilton Interview

andPOP Staff — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:57:33 +0000

US network NBC has denied offering PARIS HILTON $1 million to secure the first interview with her after her release from jail next week.

A number of sources claimed NBC news was prepared to pay the sum – but a spokesperson insists the claims are completely unfounded.

Allison Gollust insists, “We don’t pay for interviews and we’ll never pay for interviews, and I have no interview to confirm.”

Hilton’s spokesperson Elliot Mintz also denied any knowledge of a deal, saying, “I can’t comment because I really and truly don’t know.”

NBC was able to side-step its payment policy to secure an interview with British royals Princes William and Harry, by paying to air a concert in honour of their late mother Diana, Princess of Wales on July 1.

Paris To Set Sail For Gilligan’s Island?

andPOP Staff — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:58:40 +0000

The producers of a new Las Vegas production of GILLIGAN’S ISLAND: THE MUSICAL are hoping to lure PARIS HILTON to set sail to Sin City after her prison sentence ends later this month.

The brains behind the stage spectacular want the socialite to play Ginger in the show, which will star former Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams.

Hilton is expected to be released from the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California for good behaviour on June 25. She is currently serving time there for violating her probation on a 2006 drink driving arrest.

Hilton Dropped By Talent Agent

andPOP Staff — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:21:41 +0000

Jailed socialite PARIS HILTON has been dumped by her talent agent.

The hotel heiress was reportedly dropped on Friday, the day she was readmitted to a Los Angeles jail after a judge reversed the decision to allow her to complete her sentence under house arrest.

A spokesman for the Endeavor agency, which has represented the 26-year-old since 2005, tells website People.com, “Paris is no longer a client.”

Hilton was jailed earlier this month for violating her probation on a drink-driving conviction.

Paris Hilton Lost In The Woods

andPOP Staff — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:19:57 +0000

PARIS HILTON and NICOLE RICHIE had to be rescued after finding themselves lost while shooting the new season of reality show The Simple Life in the California wilderness.

The socialites play camp counsellors in the upcoming series and wandered off into the woods one night.

Hilton recalls, “We had to call a rescue service; we finally found service in part of the mountains.

“They had a helicopter come and harness us up and we were flying through the air, through the mountains… It was so much fun.”

Hilton: ‘I Don’t Deserve Jail’

andPOP Staff — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:21:42 +0000

PARIS HILTON is devastated with a Los Angeles judge’s decision to sentence her to 45 days behind bars – insisting she “doesn’t deserve this.”

The hotel heiress will serve just under seven weeks in a California jail cell, after she was found guilty for violating a probation order and driving with a suspended license in February.

The 26-year-old fought back tears as the sentence was handed down to her at Los Angeles County Superior Court by Judge Michael T. Sauer on Friday, but by Saturday afternoon she was back in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, to apparently drown her sorrows with a bout of retail therapy.

Earlier that morning, Paris bemoaned her fate to waiting paparazzi outside her LA home, according to the New York Daily News.

She said, “I told the truth yesterday. I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted and I don’t deserve this.”

Hilton is due to begin her prison stint at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Los Angeles County on June 5.

Hilton Celebrates Birthday With Two Boyfriends

andPOP Staff — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:22:44 +0000

PARIS HILTON celebrated her 26th birthday in Las Vegas over the weekend with two dates for the big event.

THE SIMPLE LIFE star celebrated at celebrity sushi restaurant Nobu with her sister NICKY, her boyfriend DAVID KATZENBERG and NICOLE RICHIE and JOEL MADDEN.

According to veteran Hollywood gossip columnist JANET CHARLTON, Hilton had two dates for the evening, former boyfriend STAVROS NIARCHOS and BRANDON DAVIS.

The socialite was seen hopping between Niarchos and Davis, alternately kissing one, and then the other, between bites of sushi.

The cosy threesome also reportedly shared a room at The Palms Hotel and Casino.

Hilton’s Pal Comes Clean About Ray J Sex Tape

andPOP Staff — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:29:35 +0000

PARIS HILTON’s best pal KIM KARDASHIAN has confirmed she and exboyfriend RAY J filmed a sex session – and now she’s trying to make sure it doesn’t go public.

The tape featuring the socialite performing sex acts on BRANDY’s little brother, who is now dating WHITNEY HOUSTON, has allegedly found its way into the hands of bosses of Internet and DVD porn giants Vivid Entertainment, who hope to post the footage in cyberspace.

Kardashian originally declared, “There is no tape being shopped,” adding, “I would love to see what they’ve (Vivid Entertainment heads) seen.”

But now the daughter of OJ SIMPSON’s one-time attorney, ROBERT KARDASHIAN, accepts there is a sex tape out there.

She explains, “A tape does exist… Ray J and I are friends, we remain friends. Whatever we did was our personal business. I hope that it remains private.”

Meanwhile, website TMZ.com has obtained an exclusive clip of the sex tape and it is now posted for all to see. The 40-second segment shows Kim and Ray J in bed as he struggles “to get the right lighting.”

Sultry Kim, wearing sexy lingerie, then poses while her ex gropes her.

Gay Leaders Urge Paris To Apologize

andPOP Staff — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:18:42 +0000

Gay rights leaders in Los Angeles are calling on PARIS HILTON to explain herself after making a series of anti-gay and racial slurs in a video that began circulating in cyberspace last week.

The video, which appears to have been taken by an amateur videographer at a private party, shows Hilton referring to someone using the derogatory term “faggot” and describes herself and sister NICKY as “n**gas”.

And the leaders of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) are outraged by the footage.

They’re calling for Hilton make a public apology before the video gets wider play.

GLAAD President NEIL G. GIULIANO says, “When Paris Hilton utters these words into a camera, it creates a permanent record that… she must bear responsibility for.

“These are not frivolous words, and to use them as if they are gives tacit sanction to the racism and homophobia they engender. Hilton has an obligation to go on the record, explain herself, and publicly apologise to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) and African American communities and all those offended by these slurs.”