Reportedly Paris' parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, are very upset after spending a fortune (supposedly $1.5 million) on PR and marketing for Paris over the past few months -- all focused on improving Hilton's image after her release from jail.
''The most important thing Paris has got going are her licensing agreements and endorsements,'' a business associate of the Hiltons told me Tuesday. ''Those deals are worth millions -- that's why we all were so thrilled with her latest appearance on 'Letterman' ... a giant Paris commercial.''
Kathy Hilton was furious that Paris allowed herself to be drawn into a snarky snit with Lindsay Lohan at a pre-Grammys bash Friday in Los Angeles. Granted, LiLo reportedly started it by taking a swipe at ''The Hottie & the Nottie" and loudly complaining about Hilton being at the People magazine event.
Hilton didn't let it go, telling a pal -- well within Lohan's earshot -- ''Aren't they changing the title of Lindsay's last film ['I Know Who Killed Me'] to 'I Know Who Killed My Career'?''
That led to a lusty exchange of expletives before friends separated the two.
I understand that Mama Hilton herself unleashed quite the stream of rough language on Paris after a tabloid TV reporter called, asking for a reaction to the Paris-Lindsay catfight.
More bad Hilton press surfaced Tuesday, with news Paris' little brother Barron, 18, was arrested for a DUI in Malibu, Calif., at 8:30 in the morning!
According to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, the teen registered a .14 blood alcohol reading at the scene. In California, anything over .08 is considered legally intoxicated for drivers over 21. At Barron's age, any blood alcohol level is considered legally drunk.
Kathy Hilton reportedly ''went bonkers'' when she learned about Barron's arrest -- compounded by the fact two men in a Nissan truck claim Hilton hit their vehicle while driving ''wildly.'' Also claiming injury was an attendant at the gas station where Hilton was finally arrested, who alleged the young heir ran into him before his Mercedes came to a stop.
The least of Hilton's current problems was the total bombing of her excreable ''The Hottie & the Nottie'' film -- released in a handful of theaters on Friday. ''That film made [Hilton's earlier] 'House of Wax' and 'Pledge This!' look like Oscar contenders by comparison,'' added the Hilton insider.
Given the public's total lack of interest in ''The Hottie'' -- likely the worst film of 2008 (Yes, I feel confident making that call already!) -- it's pretty certain Hilton's film career will end once her next picture, ''Repo! The Genetic Opera,'' comes out. That film is currently being edited.
NOT ENGAGED, BUT ... I hear Ryan Reynolds has proposed to Scarlett Johansson, and she's said yes. Even so, the actress' people insist she and Reynolds are definitely not officially engaged.
SAD NEWS: Of all the many key participants in Chicago's social, arts, civic and charitable circles, Alice Skilling was one of the most enthusiastic boosters of good causes I've ever met.
Like her legion of admirers, I will miss her ever-cheerful attitude and intelligence. Her passing this week is a tremendous loss.
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