Plus, she gets paid for showing up to clubs--sometimes to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. Which really raises the bile in my throat.

Yep.

I remember a lot of people complaining that the media pays way too much attention to her. But when Larry King interviewed her, it was by far his highest rated show. So people are interested in her.

OTOH, maybe people pay attention to her in the way you can't look away from a car wreck....

Plus, she gets paid for showing up to clubs--sometimes to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.

And to think--I was so privileged as to stand next to her in a club and nobody got paid. What I did hear, because coincidentally enough one of my students was manning the door, was that she kept ducking out the back entrance (which is where I was standing so I could escape the noise when my head felt bad) and coming back in through the front door so the paparazzi could get her all over again.

she kept ducking out the back entrance (which is where I was standing so I could escape the noise when my head felt bad) and coming back in through the front door so the paparazzi could get her all over gain.

That's funny. In a says-something-about-our-society way....

Little trust here, piece of property there, those savings bonds from her coming out party... she's still going to end up with more family money than I'll make fifty good years.

But it is nice to see.

I'm assuming the Australian article is false, since (1) foreign press and (2) dubious source. It may even be the case that the inheritance goes to Barron's children, not his grandchildren.

I just read the following:

Socialite & Entrepreneur Paris Hilton has boasted that she earns at least $200 million a year.Hilton has claimed that she rakes in the enormous sum from a variety of different business ventures, including her own hotel chain, perfume range and personalized merchandise, and by charging whopping fees for personal appearances.

She said: “I’ve made $200 million in the last year, while Jennifer Lopez made $150 million.

“I’m developing my own hotels, casinos and clubs and getting into real estate. It’s crazy at such a young age. I’m doing so much.”

Paris’ inheritance from her family and the Hilton hotel chain is worth around $50 million, while she earns $16 million a year for her role in the US Reality TV show ‘The Simple Life’, in which she stars with friend Nicole Richie.

The 26-year-old socialite’s perfume and jewelery collection brought in $2 million each last year, while she collected $20 million for personal appearances.Paris can charge upwards of $100,000 a time just for showing up at her favorite haunts and is once believed to have been paid almost $1.5 million to wave to a crowd in Australia for 20 minutes.

Paris’ book, ‘Confessions of an Heiress’, and debut pop album, ‘Paris’, further boosted her earnings, as did a stuffed version of her pet dog ‘Tinkerbell’ and advertisements for Dream Catcher hair extensions.

She even pockets money from the slogan “That’s Hot!” after trademarking her favorite exclamation.

Paris also collects an estimated $4 million a year from the infamous sex tape, ‘One Night In Paris’, she made with ex-lover Rick Salomon.The blond dropped a lawsuit against him in return for half of the profits made from sales.

If that's so, this is nothing but embarassing. And remember, we've seen her give head.

How does that come close to $200 million a year?!

Yeah, I'm only coming up with about $90 million.

I'd bet the development money is largely on paper. And that her investors might not be so happy with the jail time either.

And for four million a year I'd give head to Rick Salomon too.

From looking at that list my eyes hurt. $16m, really? For the reality show? Who's paying her to use "That's hot!"?