November 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton and Benji Madden have split, the celebutante’s rep confirmed to Access Hollywood.
According to a source close to Paris, work – not another man — got in the way.
“[She] still loves Benji,” the source said, but “she’s busy” and needed a break.
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November 14, 2008
By Jennifer Zweben
Hollywood, New York & Las Vegas --
Thursday, November 13 in NYC — Harry Connick Jr. and Chris Meloni hanging out with the Muppets to help launch the Muppet Whatnot Workshop at FAO Schwartz… Julianne Moore and her husband Bart Freundlich at the Hugo Boss event chatting with “Mad Men” actor John Slattery and his wife, Thalia… Rosie O’Donnell on a special date out with her son at the premiere of “Billy Elliot” on Broadway.
Wednesday, November 12 in NYC — FORD Models Karla Devine, Sveva Alviti and Elena K along with actress Zoe McClellan, Rosario Dawson, Sabrina Bryan and others attended the launch of “Awareness: Inspiring Stories About How To Make A Difference” at the Kenneth Cole New York store in Grand Central…
And In LA -- Jessica Biel at the Heart of Los Angeles charity event at the Biltmore downtown — She was being honored for her service to the organization… Valerie Bertinelli eating at Katsuya in Studio City… Jamie Lee Curtis at eyebrow guru Anastasia’s in Beverly Hills explaining to the ladies at the reception desk how she plans to thwart the waiting paparazzi by sneaking out the back door and making her way through an alley to the parking garage.
Plus, many more!
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November 7, 2008
By Jennifer Zweben
NEW YORK, HOLLYWOOD, CHICAGO & BEYOND… --
Thursday, November 6 in LA: Hayden Panettiere, Nicole Richie, Drew Barrymore, Heidi Klum, Donald Sutherland, Lucy Liu, Fergie and Ryan Seacrest, among many more, watched Madonna perform with Britney and later Justin Timberlake at Dodger Stadium… Emilio Estevez, who just signed on for a guest appearance on “Two And A Half Men” sitting in the foyer Thursday mid-morning at Shutters Hotel in Santa Monica….
In San Francisco: Ashton Kutcher and MC Hammer celebrated MySpace Music’s recent content channel launch, with a party featuring a performance by R&B legend Lionel Richie, who sang his classic hits, including “All Night Long” and “Brick House — DJ AM also performed…
The rest of this week’s celebrity sightings inside!
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November 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Nixon’s back. So are Kate and Leo, Nicole and Baz, a herd of stranded zoo animals and a very vengeful James Bond.
Despite the harsh economy, Hollywood has been on a box-office roll the last month, and studios head into the year’s homestretch with a solid lineup of returns, reunions and promising newcomers that could uphold the old saw about movies as a recession-proof business.
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October 6, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Paris Hilton wants kids too! And, Rihanna and Chris Brown enjoy some karaoke.
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October 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has some fashion advice for vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin: show some skin.
Plus, Martin Sheen, who famously played the President on “The West Wing,” weighs in with fake campaign advice for the celebutante.
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October 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has already conquered the world of reality television with “The Simple Life” and “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” and now the heiress has her sights set on scripted television — and Ryan Seacrest is again involved.
Plus, check out Paris’ latest video on FunnyOrDie.com!
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September 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
DJ AM made his first public appearance since he was injured in a September 20 Learjet crash that killed four and wounded Travis Barker, at the memorial service for one of those who died, Chris “Lil’ Chris” Baker, on Monday in Los Angeles.
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September 30, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, the voice behind Zac Efron takes center stage. And, Paris Hilton set to search for a best mate!
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September 25, 2008
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. --
Paris Hilton was not spared from the heat of the hot topic-talking ladies of “The View” Thursday, when she stopped by the daytime chatfest to promote her new reality series, “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.”
After a clip of Paris’ infamous political FunnyOrDie.com clip was shown, the discussion turned to how Paris’ jail time would affect her ability to vote in the upcoming election.
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September 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A dog fight is brewing over whether or not two of Paris Hilton’s beloved pooches are dead or alive.
According to the paparazzi agency X-17 Online, two of Paris Hilton’s pups fell prey to coyotes, leaving the hound-loving heiress “devastated.”
But is this just a shaggy dog story?
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September 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Despite being portrayed as just a wealthy heiress with nothing to do but sit by the pool and work on her tan, Paris Hilton says she’s the exact opposite — in fact, that’s just the beginning of the misconceptions the young woman who is famous for just being famous must contend with.
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September 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It appears Paris Hilton has found a new TV BFF – Ryan Seacrest.
The duo will be teaming up to develop a new scripted TV series, Access Hollywood has learned.
Reps for the celebrities’ respective production companies — Paris Hilton Entertainment and Ryan Seacrest Productions — have reportedly been in for months regarding the new project.
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September 9, 2008
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One clear fan of a new Paris Hilton documentary has a familiar name: Paris Hilton.
As she left the theater where “Paris, Not France” premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hilton gave a few claps of applause after director Adria Petty was announced for a question-and-answer session to discuss the documentary.
With close access to Hilton, Petty shot extensive footage of Hilton talking about her image, her notorious sex tape, the tabloid photographers who follow her and just the business of being herself.
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September 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The season premiere of “Chuck” is weeks away, but the show’s star, Zachary Levi, has been hitting the red carpet promoting his highly anticipated return as a computer geek who has government secrets inside his head.
The second season of “Chuck” will feature the return of Yvonne Strahovski as his handler of sorts, Sarah Walker, but as previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, another lovely lady is joining the cast, for one episode at least — Nicole Richie.
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September 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The stars have spoken – Britney is back.
”[Britney] was amazing,” “Hills” star Lauren Conrad told Access Hollywood backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, where Brit picked up her first Moonmen ever, after 16 previous losing nominations. “I was hoping for a performance, but that’s just because I’m a Britney fan.”
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September 3, 2008
TORONTO, Ontario --
Sundance is about new talent and small, personal films. Cannes is about highbrow cinema and celebrity-watching.
The Toronto International Film Festival is about movies, from splashy studio releases and potential Oscar contenders to obscure foreign flicks and the latest avant-garde experiments.
North America’s largest cinema showcase, the Toronto festival opens Thursday with a lineup that includes the Coen brothers’ dark spy comedy “Burn After Reading” with George Clooney and Brad Pitt; Keira Knightley’s historical saga “The Duchess”; Edward Norton and Colin Farrell’s cop drama “Pride and Glory” and many more!
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August 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has just finished taping the first season of “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” but one new best friend forever may not be enough – the celebutante is already looking for her next bestie, and this time, she’s going across the pond.
“I decided I need to find my new British BFF,” she blogged on her MySpace. “London, watch out – I’m coming to town and bringing my fast-paced life with me.”
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August 25, 2008
DENVER, CO. --
It’s no secret that many celebrities, especially of the Hollywood variety, support Obama enthusiastically. Hollywood has always been heavily Democratic, and Obama’s youthful charisma and message of change has made passionate fans of stars like George Clooney, Ben Affleck and countless others.
But with the John McCain camp trying to paint Obama as a lightweight celebrity on the level of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, Obama’s folks might be getting a little jittery about the star power likely to converge on Denver.
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August 13, 2008
MIAMI, Fla. --
Paris Hilton didn’t do enough pledging for a 2006 sorority comedy, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami, alleging the 27-year-old model-actress-heiress owes $75,000 in damages for not fulfilling promotional obligations.
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August 13, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has already taken on John McCain in the world of politics, and now the heiress is ready to take down villains as a cartoon super hero — with a little help from Marvel comic book legend Stan Lee.
“I’ve created a superhero with Stan Lee, which is [based on] me,” Paris recently told the San Diego City Beat. “And we’re doing a cartoon right now with MTV.”
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August 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton may be in Denmark promoting her line of bags, but back stateside, her FunnyOrDie.com John McCain campaign ad spoof has garnered five million views, and counting.
The ever-growing totals however, haven’t come as a surprise to Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, co-founders of FunnyOrDie.com, who came up with idea for the clip.
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August 7, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, what would Paris’ White House look like? Which celeb couple named their baby Nell?
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August 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton didn’t need cue cards for her presidential campaign ad.
The 24-year-old heiress memorized her entire monologue, which included Hilton outlining her energy plan, in an online video spoof posted on Funny or Die, the comedy Web site’s content director said.
Co-founder Adam McKay came up with the concept for a mock ad starring Hilton, which has received over 3 million views since it was posted Tuesday.
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August 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has finally responded to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain’s campaign ad of last week, which pitted his opponent, Democrat Barack Obama, as a super-celebrity in between footage of the heiress and Britney Spears.
Apparently, McCain’s ad has made the heiress enter the race for the Oval Office. Read on for what she had to say about McCain and who she wants as her running mate.
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August 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Kathy Hilton has responded to John McCain’s recent campaign ad, which pitted presidential hopeful Barack Obama as a celebrity alongside Britney Spears and her daughter, Paris Hilton.
“I’ve been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses,” Kathy Hilton wrote on the Huffington Post Web site.
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July 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday the city has had fewer problems with paparazzi since Britney Spears “started wearing clothes” and other celebrities changed their partying ways.
“If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving; Paris is out of town not bothering anybody anymore, thank God, and evidently, Lindsay Lohan has gone gay, we don’t seem to have much of an issue,” Bratton told KNBC-TV.
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July 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A spokesperson for presidential hopeful Barack Obama has responded to the latest McCain campaign ad, which pits Obama as a celebrity akin to sometime-troubled stars Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
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July 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton’s presence in a Los Angeles suburb may be bringing the kind of attention Nicole Richie doesn’t want nearby.
Read on for the full scoop.
Plus, new Paris music news inside!
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July 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Blake Lively wants to set the record straight – just because she plays a fun-loving socialite on TV, that doesn’t mean she is one in real life.
“I once heard someone say that I’m similar to Paris Hilton – since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we’re alike,” the “Gossip Girl” star told Seventeen magazine. “It’s a dumb thing to say. I don’t think that makes Paris and me similar … I don’t go to clubs, I don’t party, I don’t dance on tables, and I don’t like sex tapes.”
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June 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton is singing a new song… literally.
According to E! Online, the heiress is teaming up with her boyfriend of four months, “Good Charlotte” guitarist Benji Madden, to write songs.
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June 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton is making good on her promise to become a better person.
The 27-year-old socialite made an “extremely generous” donation toward the construction of a medical building at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, hospital officials said Thursday, although they did not specify the amount.
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June 24, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Amy Winehouse spotted smoking after release from hospital. A “Camp Rock” sequel is in the works. And a “Grease” actress dies.
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June 23, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Timbaland weds longtime girlfriend. Cameron Diaz still dating Jennifer Aniston’s ex. And Mike Meyers responded to the criticism of his latest film.
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June 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Tongues have been wagging over a reported story, which claimed Paris Hilton was denied purchasing a pooch at a Los Angeles pet store.
According to a New York Post gossip item, while on her way to a photo shoot, Paris tried to buy a Yorkie at The Puppy Store in LA, where she was told they wouldn’t allow her to purchase the pooch as an “impulse buy.”
However, a rep for Paris had an entirely different dog tale.
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June 17, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, has Lindsay Lohan been back to her diva antics on the set of her new movie? Why is Amy Winehouse still hosptialized? And Samantha’s “Sex and The City” pooch is blogging!
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June 10, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Lindsay is swapping clothes for Visa. Which “Hills” guy is looking for new bros? And don’t hold your breath for “The O.C.: The Movie.”
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June 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Contrary to several blog reports, Paris Hilton is not expecting – at least according to her rep.
The celebutante sent the baby bump rumor mill into overdrive on Wednesday, when she was spotted walking out of Crown Bar in Los Angeles in a green satin outfit that seemed to reveal a bump.
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May 16, 2008
LONDON, England --
Paris Hilton and Victoria Beckham battled it out for paparazzi attention in London yesterday, as the two women launched new ventures mere streets from each other.
But in a new interview with GMTV, Posh nabbed the international spotlight talking Britney Spears, what she thinks of the tabloids and how she’s hanging up her microphone!
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May 16, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, which “American Idol” alum is heading to Broadway?
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May 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton is “wife material,” according to her boyfriend, Good Charlotte guitarist, Benji Madden.
The axeman told “Yo On E!” that although they have only been dating a few months, he could see a future with the celebutante.
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April 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has joined the legendary likes of Linda McCartney, Patti Boyd, Kate Moss and Edie Sedgwick, in becoming a muse for her musician beau.
Paris told People, her boyfriend, Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden, has penned her a love ode.
What did Benji title the song?
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April 27, 2008
INDIO, Calif. --
Carmen Electra showed off her fiance and black diamond engagement ring, while the Hilton sisters frolicked with their beaus at an exclusive Coachella afterparty.
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April 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A hit and run report has been filed against Benji Madden, Access Hollywood has learned.
At approximately 1:30 AM Friday morning, Benji Madden and girlfriend Paris Hilton were leaving Hollywood hotspot Foxtail when the paparazzi swarmed their car.
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April 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Contrary to reports, Paris Hilton is still welcome at the Hyatt in Moscow, Russia anytime.
It was reported earlier today that the posh pad in the Russian capital had banned Paris after she allegedly scribbled her name in black marker on the walls of the hotel’s $16,000/night presidential suite.
But a rep for Hilty said that’s not exactly the case.
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April 23, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mark Wahlberg’s funky bunch is growning and one Jonas Brother has a crush on a “Harry Potter” star.
Plus, Paris and Benji celebrate an anniversary with laser guns. The “Semi-Pro” bear attacks. And a real life Sarah Marshall fights back!
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April 16, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has a few questions for her potential new best friend and is John Mayer getting friendly with a Pussycat Doll?
Plus, is Jennie Garth headed to the ‘90210’ spin-off? Dina Lohan parties late into the night. And two competing celebrity circus reality shows?
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April 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
After serving a 23-day jail sentence last June, Paris Hilton made a very public vow on Larry King to change her ways. So after nearly 10 months in which she has had plenty of time to make good, has the 27-year-old heiress kept her promises?
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April 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton’s relationship with boyfriend Benji Madden of Good Charlotte is getting serious with the word “love” being thrown around.
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April 9, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Ashley Tisdale is not yet on board with fourth “High School Musical” and Miley Cyrus is getting animated in a new Disney film.
Plus, Rosie calls Elisabeth “a little Republican.” Paris Hilton is blogging about love. And Mike Meyers is hosting the MTV Movie Awards.
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April 8, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton is looking for a kitty upgrade and Britney Spears might be the face of Danish furniture.
Plus, Is Zac Efron going to play twins? Why was the Tom Cruise movie pushed back again? And which celebs were nominated for Webby Awards?
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April 3, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton heads to "My Name Is Earl" tonight & which "Hills" heartbreaker is getting his own show?
Plus, find out how Chace is handling his new single life. Who is asking Jennifer Aniston to come back to TV? And which "Housewife" will be belting it out in front of millions of "American Idol" fans next week?
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March 31, 2008
PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Paris Hilton, who is known for taking the occasional blow to the chin — though usually from the fashion critics or sassy bloggers, has been actually injured while trying to escape the paparazzi in Prague.
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March 24, 2008
by Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The Lohans have another encounter with a tree and pole.
Plus, as the "Hills" is set to debut another season, the semi-scripted girls are speaking out. And Paris parties in Johannesburg.
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March 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Pamela Anderson's new husband — apparently a specialist in short relationships with celebrities — agrees that their two-month marriage should be voided, according to court papers filed Friday.
Rick Salomon agrees in papers responding to a filing by the "Baywatch" actress that the marriage should be annulled because of fraud, though neither set of documents elaborated.
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March 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
When she was released from jail last year, Paris Hilton pledged to do good in the world and make a trip to Africa.
It appears she made good on part of that promise, as she has now made it to South Africa.
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March 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It’s been a rough few months for Lindsay Lohan, who has faced battles with sobriety, with not getting work — and last weekend — with the presence of Paris Hilton paraphernalia at a party she was being photographed at.
But, her own struggles are