Playing the drama for all it's worth, Nicky Hilton, her mom tells People, left her Sunday visit "in hysterics" — because, I dunno, Par tore into her for borrowing her DVF while she's in the clink? Oops, Nicky clarifies that seeing sis endure squalid conditions is "like right out of the movies" (House of Wax, especially). "The glass partition, the orange jumpsuit, everything."The view is rosier from the other side of the bars, though, as Paris' fellow jailbirds bask in the bonus booty that comes with a celebrity con. Citing double helpings of bologna, juice and blankets, one inmate tells the New York Daily News, "We feel like we are in the Hilton hotel" — except that the turn-down service sometimes involves a sock full of pennies.
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Paris Hilton on Sunday used her scant phone privileges to ring up Barbara Walters, who will detail their conversation on Monday's edition of The View. One excerpt from their chat finds Paris saying, "I used to act dumb," but behind bars, "That act is no longer cute. Now, I would like to make a difference. God has given me this new chance."Hilton on the Seventh Day also welcomed her first visitors at her latest digs, the Twin Towers Correctional Facility (or what inmates deem "the crazy ward"): sis Nicky and on-and-off beau Stavros Niarchos. "She's being strong," Nicky told reporters after her less-than-an-hour drop-by. Paris, indeed, is said to be coping better during this new bid at incarceration, seemingly resigned to seeing it through (per the verbose and lucid statement she issued over the weekend) and back on the unspecified medication she was made to do without during last week's Round 1.
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Question: I am maybe one of the biggest fans of Project Runway, because it's so different than other reality shows. However, I'm beginning to believe that maybe it's not so different. On the Jan. 19 show, General Zod — sorry... Santino — somehow wasn't voted off, yet poor Emmett was. Zod has been on the chopping block numerous of times and Emmett was only on the chopping block one other time. I think this show is rigged. You're someone with knowledge of reality shows. Don't you think this show is rigged just to keep the "villain" on?
Answer: This question came up in an earlier round, when Santino was first in danger of being "out" (and, typically, blew up at the judges), but Daniel Franco was sent packing instead. At that time, it did look like the producers might be favoring Santino because he's colorful and adds conflict to the show (this season's Wendy Pepper?), but I felt that Daniel was clearly unable to function within the rules of this game, especially where time constraints were
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