Paris Hilton on National Geographic cover!

It looks like a typical National Geographic cover with the signature yellow border. So what's Paris Hilton doing on there?

The folks at Harvard Lampoon persuaded employees of one of the most respected magazines to help them ensure their April Fool's parody - with stories on Mongolia's wildest waterparks and Native Girls Gone Wild - looked authentic.

The issue, coming out on Tuesday, is the latest in a string of Harvard Lampoon magazine parodies.

But the undergraduate group had never done National Geographic, which quickly responded when contacted by the students last summer.

"My guess was they were just extremely bored and they were tired of working with animals and scientists and wanted to hang out with college students," said Hayes Davenport, who edited the magazine with fellow Harvard senior Ross Arbes.

Davenport said other publications have helped with their parodies in the past, such as when USA Today printed the Lampoon's version on its press in 1989.

And he said National Geographic's staffers - who had no editorial control over the parody - were eager to make fun of their ultra-serious image.

The magazine helped print the parody and distribute it alongside its own April edition in some areas, Arbes said.

A designer also helped lay out the parody to make it look as much like the original as possible.

"They provided things that were really valuable to us," Arbes said.

Editors from National Geographic could not be reached on Monday, but the magazine released a facetious statement.

"Editors are unavailable for comment, having left the country ... as usual," it said.

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Malfunctions in the dress makes Paris Hilton Topless

Paris Hilton unintentionally gave clubbers a quick glimpse of her twin assets, by slipping out of her dress while partying at a nightclub.

The socialite visited Boston's Estate nightclub to celebrate winning the Woman Of The Year 'award' from Harvard University's Harvard Lampoon Magazine.

But, while stepping up on stage to belt out her previous single, Stars Are Blind, Paris put on a rather eye-popping show.

"Paris certainly knows how to put on an eye-popping show," The Sun quoted an onlooker, as saying.

"It was all a little cringey as she belted out her single as she danced on stage, but the highlight was definitely seeing Paris' boobs.

"It made the entrance fee good value for money in the end!" the onlooker added.

Britney's a 'Great Mother'-Paris Hilton

NEW YORK (AP) -- Paris Hilton is rooting for Britney Spears.

"I wish the best for her and I just wish everyone would leave her alone so she could live her life," the 26-year-old hotel heiress-actress tells E! News. "She's a great mother and a great girl and I really care about her."

In an interview that was to air Tuesday night, Hilton says: "She's a very sweet girl and I love her to death."

Hilton and Spears were nearly inseparable following the pop star's split from ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Celebrity Gossip: Has Brit ditched her paparazzo beau?

The tabloid magnets were photographed partying, shopping and driving in a car with Lindsay Lohan in the weeks after Spears filed for divorce from Federline in November 2006. But their whirlwind public friendship seemed to fizzle out after Spears' fans complained that Hilton was a negative influence.

Hilton served a 23-day jail sentence in Los Angeles last June for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless-driving case. She vowed to focus on philanthropy afterward.

Meanwhile, Spears, 26, continued to unravel in the public eye after a rough year in which she shaved her head, checked in and out of rehab and attacked a car with an umbrella.

She was taken to a Los Angeles hospital by paramedics earlier this month after police were called to her home because of a dispute involving her two sons. A court commissioner decided to keep in effect an order suspending Spears' right to visit Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2.

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Paris Hilton now only wants a mature dude

Paris Hilton is reportedly dating actress Mischa Barton’s ex, Cisco Adler.

The socialite had a series of dates with Adler, who was earlier dumped by Barton after his nude pics appeared on ParisExposed.com.

And it seems The O.C. actress has no issues with her ex dating Hilton, for Barton, who earlier dated oil scion Brandon Davis, a close pal of The Simple Life star, is tired of ‘immature’ guys in her life.

“I'd like someone who's mature. God, I can't take another immature person,” the Sun quoted Barton, as saying.

Earlier, the actress was shocked to see Adler’s bare-all pics on the site, which put out a few video clips obtained from the hotel heiress’ belongings from a storage locker.

However, Adler had said that Barton wasn’t amused by the news, and that it was more difficult for her than for him in many ways.

"Mischa wasn't too excited, to say the least I think it was actually worse for her than for me in some ways,” the Sun quoted Adler, as saying.

29 year-old Cisco, who is the lead singer of rock band Whitestarr, had added that he would be more cautious about his sexcapades.

"So, yeah, I'm gonna try to keep my pants on from now on," he said.

Paris and her panties get turned down

Paris was her usual self at the opening of the new club Opera last week. The Enquirer says their spy "watched in horror as she stumbled around the club and flashed her panties." She had on panties?

"Paris literally threw herself at Entourage actor, Adrian Grenier, flipping her hair and asking for his phone number. When Grenier told her he had a girlfriend (a swimsuit model) Paris answered 'I don't care!' Adrian smiled and told her to rot in hell waved her off."

Paris Not Being Locked Out of Hotel Fortune

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton doesn't need to worry about family patriarch and precious grandad Barron Hilton cutting her out of his will.

A story published in the UK said the ex-con party princess was in jeopardy of losing her mega-inheritance because sullying the family reputation, saying that grandpa was cutting her out of the will. TMZ has confirmed that's baloney.

After the socialite was sprung from the klink, she spent a few days at grandpa Hilton's family compound in Beverly Hills. It's rumored that Paris stands to inherit somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million.

Did Paris Drug her New Beau for a Threesome?

It seems that Paris Hilton has a new man in her life, this time, a 21-year-old T-shirt designer, Tyler Atkins, who claims that she drugged him with pills like Vicodin and Rohypnols so that he would be pliable for a threesome.

The socialite was spotted with Atkins, whose label Rock Stars and Angels, is available in trendy L.A. boutiques like Kitson, outside the Polaroid Beach House in Malibu on July 15.

And sources have revealed that the two were "making out like teenagers.”

The Paris-Atkins hook-up has fuelled more speculations after the designer gave a recent interview, in which he boasts about hanging out with an unnamed "famous chick" at a house in the Hollywood Hills.

Atkins claims that this "famous chick" drugged him with four pills, following which he found himself in her spa bath with her and her best friend.

"She's like a full pill-popper ...And she gave me like four of these pills that were like Vicodin; they were like Rohypnols or something. Heavy, heavy. And she drugged me, this famous chick. ... I woke up in her spa bath with her and her best friend. We were in the spa bath, full-on threesome,” the New York Daily News quoted Atkins, as saying.

"And then I don't remember anything else. I remember waking up at 5 o'clock in the afternoon in between them both ... I couldn't find my clothes in the whole house. [I was] just tripping, just going, 'What did this girl give me?' It was gnarly, eh?" he added.

Paris is Grateful for everything she has

Just four days left for Paris Hilton to be out of the slammer, and the socialite has revealed that she is a changed woman who is grateful for everything she has.

Speaking to Ryan Seacrest of E News, the Simple Life star said that her gratitude has gone up so much for even the basic things she has been lucky enough to have.

"I'm so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night or food. You know, my gratitude has gone up so much,” us Weekly quoted her, as saying.

Hilton added that she is actually ‘sick’ of the media that had made fun of her plight, and that now, she wants to use her fame in ‘a good way’.

“I just realize that the media used me to make fun of and be mean about it...[I am] frankly sick of it and I want to use my fame in a good way,” she added.

The 26-year-old added that she is yearning to give her dad a big hug, but the prison rule forbid her to even do that.

Hilton also said that she is not a criminal or someone dangerous, and that it is hard but she is getting ‘stronger everyday’.

“I am behind glass and I want to give my dad a big hug and they won't even let me do that. That's how the rules are; you have to be behind glass. I'm not a criminal, I'm not dangerous, so it makes me feel like that. It's hard but I'm stronger everyday,” she said.

Paris Hilton Is Released From Jail

LYNWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Paris Hilton left jail Tuesday after a bizarre, three-week stay in which the hotel heiress was briefly released to her Hollywood Hills home, then sent screaming and crying back to a county lockup.

The 26-year-old celebutante walked out of the all-women's jail in Lynwood to an enormous horde of cameras and reporters after midnight. She had checked into the jail, largely avoiding the spotlight, late June 3 after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards.

Hilton smiled as she left the jail, her blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail. Her parents, Kathy and Rick, met her in a black SUV as cameras snapped pictures and Hilton, wearing a gold blouse with white trim over a white shirt and black slacks, waved to the crowd.

She didn't say anything, and it wasn't immediately clear where she was going.

''She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left,'' said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Hilton will complete her probation in March 2009 as long as she keeps her driver's license current and doesn't break any laws. She can reduce that time by 12 months if she does community service that could include a public-service announcement, the city attorney's office has said.

Hilton began her 45-day sentence for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. She was mostly confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2,200 inmates.

She spent only three days there and was released with electronic monitoring by Sheriff Lee Baca for an unspecified medical condition that he later said was psychological. The following day Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, who sentenced the hotel heiress, called her back into court and ordered her returned to jail, saying he had not condoned her release.

Hilton left the courtroom in tears calling for her mother and shouting, ''It's not right!''

She was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, which houses men and the county jail's medical treatment center, where she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be confined.

Hilton's stay there cost taxpayers $1,109.78 a day, more than 10 times the cost of housing inmates in the general population.

The move by Baca caused a firestorm of criticism over whether the celebrity was getting special treatment. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has launched an investigation into whether the multimillionaire received special treatment because of her wealth and fame.

At least one person has filed a claim against the county alleging she ''had serious medical issues'' but was treated much worse than Hilton.

A few days into her stint at the Twin Towers medical ward, the heiress revealed in a phone call to Barbara Walters a new outlook on life.

''I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute,'' Hilton said during the call, according to an account posted June 11 by Walters on ABC's Web site.

''It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me,'' Hilton was quoted as saying.

Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

In the months that followed, she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving with a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.

Source : NewYork Times

Quote Of The Day

“I’m so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night or food. You know my gratitude has gone up so much and I just realize that the media used me to make fun of and be mean about it. Frankly [I’m] sick of it and I want to use my fame in a good way. I am behind glass and I want to give my dad a big hug and they won’t even let me do that. That’s how the rules are, you have to be behind glass. I’m not a criminal, I’m not dangerous, so it makes me feel like that. It’s hard but I’m stronger everyday. I just can’t wait to see my family and have a nice meal and be in my own bed and appreciate all the things I took for granted and never really thought much about.”

- Paris Hilton told Ryan Seacrest in an interview from prison on Thursday

Paris Hilton Is Serving Hard Time

The booking, re-arrest, crying jags and lack of sympathy were nothing compared to Paris Hilton's most difficult challenge yet... a weekend without drugs!

Paris Hilton declared stable, goes back to jail

LYNWOOD, California (AP) — Paris Hilton was transferred back to an all-women's jail because her condition was declared stable after a week in a medical ward, a sheriff's official said Thursday.

She was taken late Wednesday to the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, and placed in the medical unit there. If all goes well, she will be returned to the jail's special needs unit and released June 25, spokesman Steve Whitmore said at a news conference.

Hilton, 26, began her 45-day sentence June 3 at Lynwood, where she was confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2,200 inmates.

At the treatment center where she was taken a week ago after being returned to jail from home detention, she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be held.

Hilton's case has caused a firestorm of criticism over whether the celebrity was getting special treatment because the sheriff sent her home her after serving just three days of her sentence.

When Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer sentenced Hilton last month, he ruled she would not be allowed any work release, home detention or use of electronic monitoring to track her whereabouts.

The judge gave no explanation on June 8 of his ruling to send her back to jail but his comments throughout the hearing showed he was affronted by Sheriff Lee Baca's decision to set aside his instructions and release the heiress to do her time in the luxury of her Hollywood Hills home with an electronic ankle bracelet.

Hilton left the courtroom in tears shouting, "It's not right!"

Attorneys who have handled similar cases have said her treatment was neither special nor unusual. The Los Angeles County jail system is so overcrowded that thousands of prisoners have been released early, many serving only 10% of their sentences for non-violent crimes.

In Hilton's case, though, the sheriff's decision was based on an unspecified medical condition.

Baca said he had learned from one of her doctors that she was not taking a certain medication while in custody, and that her "inexplicable deterioration" puzzled county psychiatrists.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has launched an investigation into whether the multimillionaire received special treatment because of her wealth and fame. The Rev. Al Sharpton met with Baca on Monday and said Hilton's situation exemplified an unfair legal system.

At least one person has filed a claim against the county alleging she "had serious medical issues" but was treated much worse than Hilton.

Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz. She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to probation for three years.

In the months that followed she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.

Source : The Associated Press

Public clamors for Paris news — just not her DVDs

Paris Hilton's legal troubles continue to make headlines all over the world.

But the public's fascination only goes so far.

The 26-year-old heiress's TV series, The Simple Life Goes to Camp, has steadily declined since its debut Memorial Day, to 1.3 million viewers. Last Sunday's episode, after news channels went big with coverage of her return to jail on Friday, pulled in just 890,000 viewers, according to Nielsen. That's still the E! network's highest-rated show of the week.

Sales of The Simple Life DVDs are up 24% from what they were a week ago, says 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's Steve Feldstein. "All this non-stop coverage has got to be good for something," he says.

But even a significant percentage gain like that didn't exactly push The Simple Life DVDs to the top of the sales chart. As of Wednesday morning, The Simple Life — The Complete Fourth Season ('Til Death Do Us Part) was at No. 1,482 on Amazon.com's list of top-selling DVDs. The Simple Life — The Complete Third Season (Interns) was at No. 3,348, The Simple Life — The Complete Second Season (Road Trip) was at No. 2,747, and The Simple Life — The Complete First Season was at No. 4,066.

Taking a look at Hilton's movies now out on DVD, they ranked even lower on the list. National Lampoon's Pledge This!, a teen comedy in which Hilton plays the president of a snooty sorority, and the horror remake House of Wax, in which Hilton gets killed, didn't even crack the top 5,000.

Hundreds of auctions for Paris Hilton items on eBay have ended without a single bid, from posters and photo CDs to autographed stills — including a hand-signed 8-by-10 for which bidding started at exactly one cent. No takers.

And of the items that did sell, the ones that poked fun at Hilton seemed to attract the most action, and the most bids. A black T-shirt emblazoned with "Lynwood Jail, Los Angeles County — The New Hilton" sold for $11.99, while a "Free Paris" shirt fetched $12.49.

News Source : USA Today