Paris Hilton: News Headlines

Posted on 25 Jul 2007 by Paris

The Simple Life star--who promised to change her lifestyle after her recent stint in jail following a 2006 drunk-driving arrest--has traded in her Range Rover sports utility vehicle in favor of a Ford hybrid car--after she was given a free model by the car's manufacturers.

And Hilton is urging her fans to follow suit.

She says, "Driving hybrid cars is the new way to go. Anyone can do it, no matter how old."

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Posted on 25 Jul 2007 by Paris

Paris Hilton has boasted she earns £100 million a year.

The hotel heiress claims she rakes in the enormous sum from a variety of business ventures, including her own hotel chain, perfume range and personalised merchandise, and by charging massive fees for personal appearances.

She said: "I've made £100 million in the last year, while Jennifer Lopez made £75 million.

"I'm developing my own hotels, casinos and clubs and getting into real estate. It's crazy at such a young age. I'm doing so much."

Paris' inheritance from her family and the Hilton hotel chain is worth around £25 million, while she earns £8 million a year for her role in US TV show 'The Simple Life', in which she stars with friend Nicole Richie.

The 26-year-old socialite's perfume and jewellery collection brought in £1 million each last year, while she collected £10 million for personal appearances.

Paris can charge £50,000 a time just for showing up at her favourite haunts and is once believed to have been paid £673,000 to wave to a crowd in Australia for 20 minutes.

Her book, 'Confessions of an Heiress', and debut pop album, 'Paris', further boosted her earnings, as did a stuffed version of her pet dog Tinkerbell and advertisements for Dream Catcher hair extensions.

She even pockets money from the slogan "That's Hot!" after trademarking her favourite exclamation.

Paris also collects an estimated £2 million a year from the infamous sex tape, 'One Night In Paris', she made with ex-lover Rick Salomon.

The blonde dropped a lawsuit against him in return for half of the profits made from sales.

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Posted on 24 Jul 2007 by Paris

Victoria Beckham has reportedly warned Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan to stay away from her man. The Spice Girl isn’t taking any chances when it comes to her husband, David Beckham.

‘Posh Spice’ reportedly was ‘furious’ when she heard Paris Hilton call her soccer star husband “hot.” Beckham allegedly is telling friends that young Hollywood stars, including Britney Spears, better steer clear of David.

The Beckham’s moved from Spain to Los Angeles earlier this month after David signed on with the soccer team, Los Angeles Galaxy. Victoria recently admitted that she is in love with L.A. and probably won’t ever go back to Spain.

"Although she trusts David 100 per cent, she will not tolerate any of the Los Angeles party girls making a move on him, or seeing him as fair game. She wants this to be very clear from the start - David is a devoted family man and these women should forget about trying it on with him,” a source said. "The young Hollywood club crowd, such as Lindsay, Paris and Britney, are positively salivating over David."

Last week Paris extended friendship to Posh saying “We could be soul mates,” to which Posh replied “Over my dead body!”

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Posted on 24 Jul 2007 by Paris

Paris Hilton promised that the new her would do more charity work, and Hilton has turned out to be a women of her word. The hotel heiress attended a charity gala on Sunday called ‘Life Rolls On’ that helps raise money for children with spinal cord injuries.

Hilton’s friend, Jesse Billauer, who was a pro surfer but is paralyzed now, founded the charity organization. “It’s a great organization. It gives people hope and I’m really happy to be here to support Jesse,” the ‘Simple Life’ star said.

At the event Hilton bid on, and won, a $17,500 surfing lesson with Billauer.

The socialite is rumored to be with 21-year-old clothing designer Tyler Atkins but she denies they are romantically involved. She says it is strictly business revealing she is about to start shooting a movie.

“I’m just focusing on doing a movie right now. It’s a surprise but I start shooting next month,” Hilton said.

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Posted on 23 Jul 2007 by Paris

Hollywood — In an exclusive interview with Dateline Hollywood, Paris Hilton railed against Hollywood’s newest celebrities, David Beckham and Posh Spice. “The media is fawning like they’re superstars, but they haven’t actually done anything,” Hilton said. “Can anyone explain why I should care about these people?”

The Beckhams, arguably England’s biggest celebrities, recently moved to L.A. where David Beckham is playing for the Galaxy, the city’s Major League Soccer team. Soccer remains an unpopular professional sport in the U.S., however, and few Americans remember much about the Spice Girls, leaving most citizens unsure what to make about “Beck” and “Posh.” An NBC special chronicling Victoria Beckham’s move to Los Angeles received mediocre ratings.

Nonetheless, celebrity media outlets from TMZ to Access Hollywood to E! News have covered their every move, which Hilton said forced her to speak out.

“I’m talking not just for myself, but for my millions of young female fans who are the most active consumers of entertainment news,” Hilton explained. “We demand that celebrities earn their place amongst our nation’s entertainment elite, rather than have it handed to them on a silver platter. The sense of entitlement that Beck and Posh display frankly disgusts me.”

Hilton, an heir to the Hilton hotels fortune who has earned millions by endorsing fashion and beauty products, recording albums, and appearing at club openings, said that she was most concerned about the example that Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham has been setting for America’s teenage girls.

“What kind of a lesson are we teaching our young women by treating Posh like she’s done something just for marrying a hottie soccer player,” she asked rhetorically. “If she does something important, like flash her cooch at a Hollywood club or land a reality show on E! or cause an accident on Robertson Avenue, then of course she’s an important story for journalists to cover. But right now, it’s like she’s famous just for being famous. Every time I look at her, I weep for the state of American culture.”

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