Police seized Paris Hilton's $190,000 Bentley after the heiress was caught driving on a suspended license, and prosecutors vowed on Wednesday to ask a judge to revoke her probation for reckless driving. Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said his client was not aware her driving privileges had been curtailed. A court determination that Hilton violated the terms of her probation could result in the 26-year-old reality TV star being fined or even jailed for up to 90 days, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office said.

Hilton was pulled over on Sunset Boulevard in the city of West Hollywood at 11 p.m. on Tuesday for driving without headlights, and her luxury car was impounded when police discovered her license had been suspended, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said. The incident comes about five weeks after Hilton was sentenced to three years probation for pleading no contest -- the equivalent of a guilty plea -- to alcohol-related reckless driving stemming from a September arrest in Hollywood.

"Miss Paris Hilton was driving the vehicle. After investigating her license status it was determined that she was driving on a suspended license," sheriff's spokesman Oscar Butao told Reuters. "Miss Hilton was cited for a suspended license violation and released in the field. Her 2007 blue Bentley Continental GTC was impounded," Butao said. Authorities can hold the 12-cylinder, 550-horsepower, which she bought herself for Christmas, for up to 30 days. City Attorney's Office spokesman Frank Mateljan said driving on a suspended license violated the terms of her probation for the reckless driving offense.

Once police present prosecutors with the citation, the City Attorney will ask a court to revoke her probation, and a hearing on the matter will be set. If the judge revokes her probation, Hilton could face penalties ranging from 90 days in jail to a new, lengthier probation sentence, fines or additional community service obligations, Mateljan said.

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The Deposition of Paris Hilton

TMZ tracked down a copy of the transcript of the deposition of Paris Hilton, and it's a doozy. Hilton is being sued for defaming Zeta Graff. Ms. Graff claims that Hilton placed libelous stories about her in the gossip column Page Six. So, opposing counsel got the joy of firing questions at Paris. It's unclear whether her answers caused anyone any joy, though.

In her deposition, Paris is asked about a companion that night whose first name was Terry. When asked if she knew his last name, Paris replied: "It is like a weird Greek name. Like Douglas." Paris was also asked if she was aware that the article had been republished in various newspapers. Graff's lawyer, Paul Berra, asked, "Were there U.K. publications?" Hilton responded: "No... there is stuff in London." Paris' lawyer, Larry Stein, jumped in: "London is a U.K. publication." Paris' retort: "Right. U.K. Whatever."

Paris swore she never saw a republication of the article: "I was in Europe the whole summer, and all there is like French -- I didn't see anything because I wasn't in America."

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At one point she blurted out: "I'm so hungry."

Here are some more delightful excerpts from the deposition transcript:

Paris on friendship:

"I meet so many people. I don't even know some of my friends' names."

Paris on women who stalk women:

"I would never say stalking. I'm not a dude. Like, I think a girl can only stalk a guy. She can't really stalk another girl."

Paris on e-mail:

"Whatever I write in e-mail, it doesn't mean anything. It is just words I write."

That's so....Zen. We kind of feel the same way about blogging.

Posted on January 23, 2006
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Paris Hilton's Engagement Ring Woes

Our hearts are literally breaking over the trauma suffered by Paris Hilton because of her too-large diamond engagment ring. Unfeeling cad Paris Latsis (heir to the Greek shipping fortune) bought his fiancee Paris Hilton a 24-carat diamond ring. It's so heavy that it's made her finger hurt (I know, I know, we're crying on our keyboards as we type this). MSNBC reports:

Pity poor little rich girl, Paris Hilton. The partying heiress is suffering the dilemma of being engaged to the scion of a fabulously wealthy family: her ring is too big.

"[Hilton] started complaining how heavy her 24-carat ring was and that her finger hurt," a source tells the upcoming issue of US Weekly, which reports that fiancé Paris Latsis, heir to a Greek shipping fortune, "got her a more manageable diamond-less platinum Cartier band for everyday wear."

Thank god he found her a Cartier band for everyday. And to all of you who are thinking that she's just a complaining, spoiled brat who just wanted another Cartier ring, well, we just can't believe how cynical and unfeeling you are.

Posted on July 29, 2005
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Party Time is Over For Paris

Paris Hilton tells Newsday that she's giving up the party lifestyle to live a quiet family life.

The 24-year-old hotel heiress, star of The Simple Life reality series, tells Newsweek magazine that when she was younger, "I thought it was cute to play a dumb blonde. On TV, I do it because it's funny. I consider myself a businesswoman and a brand."

But Hilton says she plans to give up her public life in two years, by which time she expects to become a mother with her fiance, Paris Latsis.

"I don't enjoy going out anymore," she says in the June 20 issue of the magazine, on newsstands Monday. "It's such a pain. It's everyone saying, 'Let's do a deal! Can I have a picture?' I'm just, like, 'These people are such losers. I can't believe I used to love doing this.'"

Of course the British tabloids are saying that she's going to be a mom in the very near future. Not that we read that rubbish.

Posted on June 15, 2005
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Parents Group Mobilizing Against Paris Hilton's Spicy Burger Ad

The Parents Television Council is not a Paris Hilton fan. Her new Carl's Jr. commercial has them frothing at the mouth and organizing a boycott of Carl's Jr. fast food restaurants because the unseemly nature of the ad. Her new commercial features La Paris seductively washing a Bentley then eating a Carl's Jr. hamburger. Along with washing the car, Paris also seductively washes herself, while she wears a skimpy black bathing suit and high heels.

The Parents Television Council said it is encouraging its more than 1 million members to voice their disapproval of the ad to Carl's Jr., a hamburger chain owned by Carpinteria, California-based CKE Restaurants Inc.

The Los Angeles-based group was also weighing whether to ask the Federal Communications Commission to declare the ad indecent, according to spokeswoman Melissa Caldwell.

"The ad crosses any sort of boundaries about what's appropriate for TV," Caldwell said, adding that the spot was "basically soft porn." CKE Restaurants Chief Executive Andy Puzder took issue with the group's characterization of the ad as pornographic. "There is no nudity in this ad. This isn't Janet Jackson's nipple," Puzder said in an interview. "It's just a fast-food ad. I wish they would focus on something that might be more meaningful."

Puzder added that the commercial has only run during adult television programs and is aimed at Carl's Jr.'s target demographic of "young hungry guys."

"It's not as if we're running this on SpongeBob SquarePants," Puzder said, referring to the popular children's television cartoon. "This ad is not targeted to kids."

SpongeBob SquarePants? Is that really the best defense to use with this crowd? Wasn't it some kind of similar kill-joy group that accused poor SpongeBob of unspeakable perversions?

The longer, more racy version of the commercial has been so popular that the website SpicyParis.com crashed on Friday due to the overwhelming traffic. But it's back online now, so there's no need to panic.

Posted on May 26, 2005
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Would You Buy A Hamburger From This Woman?

Would you buy a hamburger from this woman? Carl's Jr. is banking on it. Next week, burger lovers can tune in watch Paris Hilton in a skimpy black bathing suit, washing her custom Bentley and then taking a break for a full-fat, greasy Carl's Jr. hamburger. Playing in the background will be a rock version of the song "I Love Paris in the Springtime." She'll also say--shock of shocks--"That's hot." Of course it is a hamburger garnished with barbecue sauce and jalapeno peppers. ABC News has the breaking story:

"We're working on trying to make Paris Hilton famous," joked Andrew Puzder, president and chief executive of CKE Restaurants Inc., which owns the two fast food chains. Puzder said his company's ad agency suggested using Hilton. "She's very appealing to our demographic," which he described as young, hungry guys.

"And it turns out she really loved the burger we wanted her to promote," Puzder said. "We did see her eat a couple of them at the shoot."

If the commerical isn't hot enough for you, Carl's Jr. is also offering a longer verson of the commercial which is much racier.

Our informal poll of random males indicates that Carl's Jr. is going to be selling a lot of jalepeno barbecue burgers.

Posted on May 14, 2005
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