Girls Gone Wild Puts Ashley Dupre in Spotlight

Girls Gone Wild mastermind Joe Francis knows how to capitalize on a good thing when he sees it, and the recent scandal with former governor Eliot Spitzer is no exception. On Friday, Francis is announcing on E!'s Chelsea Lately that he'll be adding a free DVD of call girl Ashley Dupré in the premiere issue of Girls Gone Wild Magazine.Dupré will be the first lucky lady to star in his seven-disc series, Hookers Gone Wild. Ever the logical businessman, Francis tells Lately host Chelsea Handler, "We could release it on the Internet.... The problem with the Internet [is] the minute we put it up there, even if we're charging, it's out. Everybody sees it for free regardless, and we didn't want to charge for it. So, we're going to give it away."The DVD isn't Dupré's first appearance with the Francis franchise. In 2003, she spent a week on the GGW bus in Florida; some of her trip was taped, and the recording has been making the rounds this week. Her latest production will be av...

TV GuideNews March 21, 2008 at 10:10 p.m. PT