• Rick Salomon and porn website trade lawsuits over Paris Hilton sex tape

  November 19, 2003
  At least Paris Hilton is now famous for doing something, even if it is "the nasty." Next, she can be known for her role in the "Sue Me, Sue You Blues."

• FOX reschedules 'The Simple Life' premiere again, series to now debut over two evenings

  November 14, 2003
  Fox, which is increasingly starting to look like it's playing "spin the bottle" to determine its programming schedule and struggling to plug several underperforming holes in its Fall schedule, has announced yet another scheduling change for the premiere of its highly anticipated Green Acres-style The Simple Life reality series.

• Paris Hilton's ex-paramour files defamation lawsuit over "sex tape" scandal

  November 14, 2003
  The Smoking Gun reports that Rick Solomon, actress Shannen Doherty's on-again, off-again husband, filed the defamation lawsuit threatened by his lawyer, Hollywood "pit bull" Martin Singer, in California Superior Court on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The suit requests $10 million in damages, but the main surprise in the lawsuit is that Solomon's last name is really Salomon.

• Paris Hilton sex tape story turns more bizarre as "pit bull" lawyer dives in and porn site drops video sales plans

  November 13, 2003
  We thought the story of the Paris Hilton sex tape couldn't get any stranger. We were wrong.

• Paris Hilton sex video reportedly to be offered via new Internet porn site

  November 10, 2003
  Additional details have begun to emerge regarding the mysterious "anonymous donor" who has been contacting numerous media outlets and providing them with short clips of a "Pamela and Tommy Lee"-style sex tape involving Paris Hilton, the star of FOX's upcoming The Simple Life series, and Rick Solomon, the husband of actress Shannen Doherty. Foremost among them is the apparent identity of the "donor" -- and his announcement that he plans to (surprise, surprise) offer the tape for viewing via a new Internet pornography website that he plans to launch shortly.

• Paris Hilton sex tape surfaces, family of FOX's upcoming 'The Simple Life' star threatens to sue

  November 6, 2003
  Paris Hilton, one of the "celebutante" stars of FOX's upcoming The Simple Life series, is no stranger to controversy and gossip headlines, but apparently her latest escapades are making even her blush. According to a New York Post report, Hilton, who's previous exploits have included a Hollywood catfight with actress Shannen Doherty and a widely-circulated paparazzi photo of her exiting a car sans panties, is now at the center of a "Pamela and Tommy Lee"-style sex tape controversy involving Hilton and Rick Solomon, Doherty's husband.

• FOX extends December 2 'The Simple Life' premiere episode to a full hour

  October 29, 2003
  The pre-show buzz about The Simple Life, FOX's new reality series that chronicles two affluent socialites as they make the transition from filthy rich to just plain filthy, has apparently been so good that the network has announced that the series will now premiere with a special one-hour episode at 8PM ET on Tuesday, December 2.

• 'The Simple Life's Nicole Richie in rehab over earlier drug charge

  October 28, 2003
  Nicole Richie, the 21-year-old daughter of former pop superstar Lionel Richie and co-star of FOX's highly anticipated The Simple Life "reality sitcom" series has entered a drug-diversion program after pleading guilty to a felony heroin-possession charge earlier this month.

• FOX's 'The Simple Life' now scheduled to premiere December 2

  September 18, 2003
  FOX has announced that The Simple Life, the new reality series that chronicles two affluent socialites as they make the transition from filthy rich to just plain filthy and was originally scheduled for an August 2003 premiere date but then rescheduled for later this fall, will now premiere Tuesday, Dec. 2 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT.)

• 'The Simple Life's Paris Hilton to guest star on 'That 70's Show' October 29 season premiere

  July 29, 2003
  FOX has announced that "celebutante" Paris Hilton, one of the two stars of the network's upcoming fish-out-of-water "The Simple Life" reality series, will make her television acting debut when she guest stars on the season premiere episode of "That 70's Show" Tuesday, Oct. 29 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Hilton is scheduled to start production on the hit comedy series July 31.

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