paris hilton released from prison

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2007-06-18 11:43am

As I understand it the people they pushed past were not in line to see Paris, but to see their own incarcerated relatives, fiancé's, etc. In which case yes, that would be quite snobbish of them to get special treatment just because they happen to be called 'Hilton' rather than 'Smith'.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2007-06-18 11:47am

SiegeTank wrote:As I understand it the people they pushed past were not in line to see Paris, but to see their own incarcerated relatives, fiancé's, etc. In which case yes, that would be quite snobbish of them to get special treatment just because they happen to be called 'Hilton' rather than 'Smith'.

Ahh well it appears that I am the asshole. Sorry, Keevan.

ANGELUS · Post by **ANGELUS** » 2007-06-18 10:12pm

Kinda out of topic, but I tought you guys would be interested:

Paris Hilton to star in MTV cartoon

chitoryu12 · Post by **chitoryu12** » 2007-06-23 12:26am

Just heard she's getting out Tuesday. Prepare the eggs and pies! We've got a welcome to give her!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-06-23 12:27am

chitoryu12 wrote:Just heard she's getting out Tuesday. Prepare the eggs and pies! We've got a welcome to give her!

If Fate has a sense of irony, she would be hit and killed by a drunk driver on a suspended license.

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2007-06-23 02:00am

chitoryu12 wrote:Just heard she's getting out Tuesday. Prepare the eggs and pies! We've got a welcome to give her!

Tuesday? How long has she been in there already? It certainly doesn't feel like 40 some odd days have passed yet.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2007-06-23 03:08am

Darth Wong wrote:If Fate has a sense of irony, she would be hit and killed by a drunk driver on a suspended license.

That'd be hawt.

But then, the resulting media spectacle would culminate in Paris Hilton getting canonized or posthumously receiving the Congressional Freedom-Medal of Sparta or something. Oh the shock, oh the horror, as the streets of the world run red with tears of mourners. Such a wonderful woman's life lost, clearly not meant for this unhawt world filled with ugly poor people. There'll be a mountain of flowers (that'll rot in a week and smell horrible). They'll dig out Princess Diana's corpse, along with thousands of other unworthy people, in order to build a suitable giant-tomb-hotel for her.

Because of the spectacle, no one will notice that the Iranians have invaded Iraq and are assraping American GIs with nuclear powered camels. And then Bush will declare Mission Impossible Accomplished 2, and rename Iraq in Paris' honor.

Then, no one will ever remember the clusterfuck in Ira- wha? Where was that place, anyway?

And then we'll all pat George Bush in the back and give him a third term in office for the wonderful job he did on Paris (formerly...Ira- I mean, Babylon).

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2007-06-23 10:53am

Darth Wong wrote:
chitoryu12 wrote:Just heard she's getting out Tuesday. Prepare the eggs and pies! We've got a welcome to give her!
If Fate has a sense of irony, she would be hit and killed by a drunk driver on a suspended license.

If there really is a God it will be Nicole RIchie that does it.

Isil`Zha · Post by **Isil`Zha** » 2007-06-24 04:29pm

Darth Wong wrote: If Fate has a sense of irony, she would be hit and killed by a drunk driver on a suspended license.

That would so fucking rule...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-06-24 05:11pm

ABC and NBC say 'no thanks' to interview with Hilton

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paris Hilton appeared to be a celebrity without a spotlight on Friday after two major U.S. television networks snubbed the hotel heiress they initially fought over for a first post-jail interview.

An ABC executive said his network declined interview offers from the multimillionaire socialite after Hilton and her mother, Kathy, personally sought to secure a deal in a flurry of telephone calls to ABC News veteran Barbara Walters.

Meanwhile, rival network NBC issued a statement saying it, too, had informed Hilton's representatives that it was "no longer interested in pursing an interview with her."

Contrary to reports of a $1 million deal in the works, NBC said it was "never going to pay them any money."

CBS News, which had not been deeply involved in the initial tug-of-war for a Hilton interview, likewise said it was not interested.

The unexpected turn of events came as the Los Angeles County sheriff's department announced that Hilton would be freed on Tuesday, 23 days after she began serving time for violating her probation in a drunken driving case.

Fierce maneuvering to be first to get Hilton on national TV after her release came to light on Thursday in the New York Post, which reported that NBC had agreed to pay as much as $1 million for a "Today" show Hilton exclusive.

That report ignited a media frenzy over where the 26-year-old "celebutante" would make her homecoming TV appearance, how much it might cost and the propriety of news outlets paying -- directly or indirectly -- for interviews.

WALTERS SAYS NO

Paid interviews, while routine in some countries, are taboo in U.S. journalism because they might be an incentive for news sources to embellish or fabricate information. But "licensing" deals providing compensation for the rights to personal material such as video footage or photos have grown more common.

Both ABC and NBC News have insisted they do not pay for interviews and that neither had a deal in place with Hilton.

But an ABC executive who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Hiltons informed the network earlier this week that they had opted for NBC because of a more lucrative offer to license accompanying family photos and video for up to $1 million, compared with $100,000 offered by ABC.

After the NBC deal fell through, the ABC official said, Hilton and her family sought to restart talks with ABC by reaching out to Walters in a series of phone calls to her home late on Thursday night.

"Barbara listened and, today, the executive producer of (ABC news magazine) '20/20' called (Hilton's father) Rick Hilton and told him that ABC News was not interested in an interview with Paris," the executive told Reuters.

Each network said its decision to pass on Hilton was ultimately an editorial one, not financial. And by Friday, even Hilton's camp was saying money was not an issue.

"Contrary to media reports, Paris Hilton is not being paid for any television interview," said Michael Sitrick, a Hilton family representative. "Nor is Paris being paid for any collateral, including video and photographs related to any television interview."

Independent network news analyst Andrew Tyndall said paying for a Hilton interview would pose at least two problems.

"One, you're not supposed to pay news sources, and two, you've decided that Paris Hilton is an important enough story to violate that rule. And probably the second sin is even worse than the first."

Reuters/Nielsen

Ice.

BURN!!!

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2007-06-24 05:18pm

Why is she getting out early?

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2007-06-24 05:18pm

Can someone enlighten me as to how she has served 23 days already?

Invictus ChiKen · Post by **Invictus ChiKen** » 2007-06-24 10:44pm

To why she is getting out and on how it's been 23 days so far...

She's rich and obviously going on Millionaire Standard Time.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2007-06-24 10:50pm

Isn't her trial for the initial violation that got her the suspended liscence in the first place coming up?

They may be allowing her out to prepare her defense or something.

Oh, an to the interview 'snub', I'd like to thank the Pantheon of TV gods for this blessing.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2007-06-24 10:54pm

I remember hearing on MSNBC that the day system in prison is different.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-06-24 11:03pm

Solauren wrote:Isn't her trial for the initial violation that got her the suspended liscence in the first place coming up?

They may be allowing her out to prepare her defense or something.

Which is bullshit. In the real world, if you get an offense that you have another trial coming up for and you still have to serve time, you get to serve your time until your next trial. The courts are not that generous with offenders unless you're filthy rich, have lots of connections or both.

Jim Raynor · Post by **Jim Raynor** » 2007-06-24 11:58pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:ABC and NBC say 'no thanks' to interview with Hilton

Good for them, unlike Larry King who's interviewing Hilton this Wednesday.

Can't wait until people just stop paying attention to this famous-for-being-famous bitch.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2007-06-25 01:02am

Jim Raynor wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:ABC and NBC say 'no thanks' to interview with Hilton
Good for them, unlike Larry King who's interviewing Hilton this Wednesday.

Can't wait until people just stop paying attention to this famous-for-being-famous bitch.

damn it Larry!!!

I must say that I am very impressed by ABC and NBC to declining the Paris interviews... rarely do you see stations turn down what would be (sadly) a sure thing for ratings

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2007-06-25 01:02am

Solauren wrote:They may be allowing her out to prepare her defense or something.

One can prepare for their defense in prison.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-06-25 06:57am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:ABC and NBC say 'no thanks' to interview with Hilton

By Steve Gorman

Ice.

BURN!!!

Good. The media covered this soap long enough. It's not like she's fucking Nelson Mandela

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2007-06-25 07:10am

I cannot believe Larry King is giving the cunt two hours.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2007-06-25 07:22am

JLTucker wrote:
Solauren wrote:They may be allowing her out to prepare her defense or something.
One can prepare for their defense in prison.

I"m not familiar with the American Legal system, so I didn't know if that was an option or not. Not surprising it's not. Would be easy for a career criminal to take advantage of that.

chitoryu12 · Post by **chitoryu12** » 2007-06-25 07:25pm

I believe that they were counting the three days she spent in jail and the time she was out on house arrest as "time served". So she's got a total of five days or so off her sentence. Also, it's possible that she may be getting out today to trick the papparazi into not showing up on her way out. Of course, she'll probably be spotted by some lucky passer-by who promptly informs the shutterbugs to cut her off at the pass -- I mean, her driveway.

Vejut · Post by **Vejut** » 2007-06-26 12:38am

As I recall, earlier in this thread, it was noted that each day of "Good Behavior" counts as more than one day served (three, I think, though the math doesn't work out, so it's probably two), so she would only be serving 23 actual days for the 46 day sentence.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2007-06-26 01:44am

Cpl Kendall wrote:Why is she getting out early?

She, and anyone else with this kind of sentence, can get a day off her time in jail for every day of good behavior recorded.