It Won't Be The Hilton

The big news in Hollywood today was the sentencing of celebretard Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. You can read this from the LA Times for the full story.

Or you can read this from my friend and colleague Matt Carey, a senior producer at CNN, who was inside the courtroom with a ringside seat.

Paris Hilton's day in court had moments of comedy before it turned serious and a judge sentenced her to 45 days in jail for violating probation.

Hilton took the stand in her own defense, claiming she wasn't aware of key details of her sentencing on a reckless driving charge last year. At that time her license was suspended and she was placed on three years' probation.

She said her lawyers told her to sign the court documents.

"I just sign what my lawyers tell me to sign," she told the court.

The judge interjected, asking her if she would have signed a million dollar check to her lawyer if he had put that in front of her.

Hilton was mailed documents stating the terms of her probation and license suspension but she testified she doesn't open her own mail.

"I have people who do that for me," she said. She later added, "I'm a very busy person."

She blamed her publicist Elliot Mintz for telling her she could drive while her license was suspended.

She said after she was pulled over in January and cited for driving with a suspended license she asked her publicist if her license was suspended and he told her no. She said she assumed the officer who cited her was mistaken about about her ability to drive.

Mintz took the stand to acknowledge he told Hilton she could drive to and from work during a period when she she was actually forbidden from doing so.

The judge tartly asked Mintz if he was a lawyer and Mintz said no.

Mintz could offer no explantion to why he thought she could drive while her license was supended

The judge, during sentencing, flatly rejected Hilton's testimony. He said "In my opinion there is no doubt she knew her license was suspended.". He added, "I think she just wanted to disregard that she couldn't drive."

After the judge announced he was revoking her probation, Hilton addressed the court, saying "I respect the law. I'm very sorry."

She added, "From now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything," presumably referring to opening her mail.

Nuff said.

Manic Hispanic

Living in Los Angeles you become accustomed to, instead of the wonder and splendor of the beauty of nature such as trees and flowers, endless miles of billboards. They'll tack a billboard onto just about any structure - a building, a busboard, a port-a-potty.

Being a multicultural metropolis, we often enjoy bilingual billboards. And nobody enjoys those bilingual billboard more than the people whose photos are featured on them.



Take radio personality El Mandril... our happy Mexican friend is smiling (and pointing for some unknown reason).

What about El Cucuy? Again with the pointing. And boy, is he happy.

Put the two of these guys together and... WOW! They've gone and torn the head off a monkey!

Granted, these are "wacky" radio DJ's - but Jesus Cristo! A monkey???

This is from an ad for an insurance company that targets Latinos as its clientèle.

Smiling. Pointing. Maniacally happy.
I'm thinking it's a part of a larger cultural thing... ever seen Telemundo?
What's the Spanish word for Ritalin?