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Parodies


Parodies
In the South Park episode titled "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset," Hilton shows up in South Park to open a new store and attempts to purchase Butters after her dog Tinkerbell commits suicide. The episode culminates in a "whore-off" competition which she loses to Mr. Slave when he fists her entire body into his rectum and she is never to be seen again.
Robot Chicken parodied the Paris Hilton sex tape in the episode Badunkadunk replacing Paris Hilton and Rick Salomon with Beastman and Teela from Masters of the Universe as well as mocking her role in The Simple Life.
In the computer-animated series Bratz, more specifically the episode "Kidnapped!", a parody character named London Milton appears as one of the guest characters.
In the The Simpsons episode "Homerazzi", Bart mocks "Paris Texan" (a Hilton parody character) in a store for the sex tape she was in.
In the MMOG World of Warcraft, Haris Pilton can be found in the World's End Tavern of the lower part of Shattrath City accompanied by her dog Tinkerbell, and her job tag reads "Socialite".
In The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, London Tipton, the daughter of the Tipton Hotel's rich owner, is a parody of Paris Hilton.
Shortly after Hilton was incarcerated in June 2007, a music video spoofing her jail sentence was released on the popular video-sharing website YouTube. Featuring a Paris Hilton lookalike extolling the virtues of jail to the tune of her song "Stars Are Blind", the video achieved instant notoriety, garnering over three million hits in five days.
Paris is briefly spoofed in the 2007 film Epic Movie walking out of a clothes store and uttering, "I'm so hot!", before she is crushed to death by one of the film's protagonists, and her dog Tinkerbell wandering away.
On the soap opera As the World Turns, a self-obsessed socialite is named "Vienna Hyatt," played by Ewa da Cruz.
In the 2004 comedy, White Chicks, spoiled heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson are parodies of Paris and Nicky Hilton. The theme song to The Simple Life, The Penfifteen Club's "Hey Ms. Hilton", was even re-recorded by the band themselves, as "Hey Ms. Wilson".
Surreal Drag Performer Russella has devised a 45 minute musical stage play satirising the life of Paris Hilton. Loosely based on the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol the play takes the view that Paris Hilton is required in society to keep depressing news off the front pages.

In popular culture


In popular culture

While Hilton has been quoted as saying that she is the "iconic blonde of the decade"' and comparing herself to Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe (a claim she later denied in the May 2007 issue of Harper's Bazaar), she will reportedly appear in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the world's "Most Overrated Celebrity". In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and AOL, Hilton was voted the second "Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006", behind Britney Spears. Critics have alleged that Hilton epitomizes the title of famous for being famous; echoing that sentiment, the Associated Press conducted what they called an experiment in late February 2007, trying not to report on Hilton for a whole week.
On May 11, 2007, a statue by Daniel Edwards entitled Paris Hilton Autopsy was revealed at Capla Kesting Fine Art in New York. Hilton is depicted by a clay model as dead, naked, and with her legs spread. The sculpture is aimed at stopping young women from drinking and driving.
Hilton is referenced in #7 of Joss Whedon's superhero comic Astonishing X-Men; while discussing the amount of news coverage the X-Men receive after saving New York City from a giant monster, Emma Frost says "Thirty seconds! Thirty seconds of coverage after three minutes about that useless tart dancing topless at a party! As if that's remotely remarkable..." Colossus then asks "Who is the "Hilton" girl?", to which Beast replies "It doesn't matter. On a lot of levels."
Guitarist Alex Lifeson of the progressive rock band Rush referenced Hilton during their August 8, 2004 concert in New York City on the R30: 30th Anniversary Tour. Lifeson went into one of his trademark 'rants' during the instrumental track "La Villa Strangiato", where he spoke as if he was Hilton, and topped it off with a calm, ad libbed song (joined by Geddy and Neil) which includes him yelling, "WHERE'S YOUR BRAIN?" and "YOU MAKE ME SICK!"

Second release


Second release
Hilton was released from jail at 12:15am PDT on June 26, 2007. In total, Hilton served 22 days in detention, counting her day-long home confinement. When she walked out of jail, she was met by a contingent of paparazzi and camera crews.
Hilton would be visiting Rwanda in November 2007 as her post-jail vow and to spread awareness about the African country where genocide is rampant and to show people what they can do to help.

Return to jail


Return to jail

On the same day that Hilton was released from jail, Judge Michael Sauer summoned her to reappear back in court the following morning (June 8) as the sentencing statement had explicitly said she would serve time in jail with
No work furlough. No work release. No electronic monitoring.
The judge also said that he was informed that the sheriff intended to release Hilton but that the judge had not agreed to it, instead reaffirming her original sentence. At the hearing he declined to be briefed by Hilton's attorney in private chambers on the nature of her condition and sent her back to jail to serve out her original 45-day sentence. Upon hearing the sentence, Hilton shouted, "It's not right!" and started screaming requesting to hug her mother, who was present in the courtroom. She was then escorted out. Concern about Hilton's condition led to her being moved to the medical wing of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. On June 13 Hilton was moved back to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood due to improvements in her condition. (Hilton in an interview from jail claimed she suffered from claustrophobia although an unidentified "Paris insider" claims it was "toilet-phobia")
On June 9, 2007 prison minister Marty Angelo petitioned sentencing Judge Michael Sauer asking to serve out the remainder of Hilton's jail sentence if the judge would release her to an alternative treatment program. Angelo's petition fell on deaf ears. Angelo posted an "Open Letter to Paris Hilton" on his website. Hilton referred to starting a "new beginning" during her interview with talk show host, Larry King on June 28, 2007, two days after being released from jail. Angelo's autobiography is entitled, "Once Life Matters: A New Beginning" which he shipped to Hilton through her attorney, Richard A. Hutton on May 23, 2007 before her Los Angeles County Jail incarceration. Hilton quoted directly from one of the book's pages (#178) during the interview when she used Angelo's 'prison motto' advice: "Don't serve the time, let the time serve you." Hilton stated, "I did that and that really helped."

Early release


Early release
In an unexpected turn of events, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca signed orders on the morning of June 7, reassigning Hilton to 40 days of home confinement with an electronic monitoring device due to an unspecified medical condition. Sheriff Baca commented on the release saying, "My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice." According to Baca, under normal circumstances, Hilton would not have served any time in jail, and he added that "The special treatment, in a sense, appears to be because of her celebrity status ... She got more time in jail".However this is contradicted by an analysis performed by the LA Times, which concluded that had she been let out after 4 days, she would have served the same amount of time as 60% of inmates with a similar criminal history. The LA Times article concludes that the actual time Hilton served means her punishment exceeded that of 80% of people in similar situations.

Jail sentence

Jail sentence
Hilton was required to begin her jail term on June 5, 2007, or risk a doubling of her sentence. On June 3, 2007, after attending the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, Hilton checked herself into the Century Regional Detention Facility, an all female jail in Lynwood, California, at 11:38 pm PDT. From there, Hilton was transferred by authorities to a special section "reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates" Hilton was given the inmate booking number 9818783. With credit for good behavior, it was anticipated that Hilton would only serve 23 days of her 45-day sentence.

Driving violations


Driving violations
In September 2006, Hilton was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, the minimum at which it is illegal to drive in California. Hilton's drivers license was subsequently suspended in November 2006, and in January 2007 she pled no contest to the alcohol-related reckless driving charge. Her punishment was 36 months' probation and fines of about $1,500.
On January 15, 2007, Hilton was pulled over for driving with a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging that she was not permitted to drive. On February 27, 2007 Hilton was caught driving 70 MPH in a 35 MPH zone, again with a suspended license. She also did not have her headlights on even though it was after dark. Prosecutors in the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney charged that those actions, along with the failure to enroll in a court-ordered alcohol education program constituted a violation of the terms of her probation.
On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced by Judge Michael T. Sauer to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. Initially, Hilton planned to appeal the sentence, and supported an online petition asking California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for a pardon. The petition to Governor Schwarzenegger was created and organized on May 5, 2007 by Joshua Morales, a loyal fan of Ms. Hilton's who was upset by the sentence that Paris received from Judge Michael Sauer the day before. In response, various opponents started a petition to maintain the sentence. Both petitions attracted tens of thousands of signatures. Hilton later switched lawyers, and dropped her plans to appeal.

Hallmark Suit


Hallmark Suit

On September 6, 2007, Hilton filed an injunction lawsuit against Hallmark Cards Inc. in U.S. District Court over the unlawful use of her picture and catchphrase "That's hot" on a greeting card. The card is titled "Paris's First Day as a Waitress" with a photo of Hilton's face on a cartoon of a waitress serving a plate of food, with a Hilton's dialogue bubble, "Don't touch that, it's hot." (which had a registered trademark on Feb. 13, 2007). Hilton's attorney Brent Blakely said that the infringement damages would be based on profits from the $2.49 cards. Julie O'Dell said that Hallmark used the card as parody, protected under fair-use law.

Copyright violation


Copyright violation\
In June 2007, Sparta Florida Music Group started legal action against Hilton and Warner Chappell Music for plagiarism due to similarities between the song "Stars Are Blind" and the song "Kingston Town", originally by Lord Creator. It was frequently misreported that UB40 was the instigator of the action,, and that it centered on their 1990 cover of the song. However, according to a statement UB40's site, they are not involved, and "Any speculated legal action taking place against Ms Hilton would be entirely at the instigation of the original songwriter’s music publisher...who ultimately own the copyright to the song."

Legal problems : Restraining order


Legal problems

Restraining order
On March 8, 2006, Brian Quintana, an event producer, was granted a three-year restraining order against Hilton after he testified that she harassed and threatened him.