Father's Day Card From Paris

When you’re behind bars and it’s Father’s Day, what do you do for your dad? Paris Hilton tried to cushion the blow of missing the day by making her dad a card with his picture on it. Awwww.

The Parents Hilton showed up at the jail around 7:15 pm to see their daughter. And Rick was understandably glum having his daughter in jail. “It’s not ideally my best,” he told reporters about this year’s Father’s Day.

At least Paris seems to be doing better in her new temporary home. According to her mother, she reads fanmail and writes in her diary.

She still complains about being cold, and can’t wait until she can come home and turn her life around, according to Kathy Hilton.

Paris Hilton Makes Dad A Card For Father’s Day

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Let the makeover begin for Paris Hilton

One day Paris Hilton is screaming for her mommy as she is cuffed and taken to the pokey in a reckless driving case. The next, she's the model of magnanimity, saying she wouldn't appeal her 45-day sentence and that she is "learning and growing" from her time behind bars.

An insincere buffing of an image scuffed like a pair last season's Jimmy Choos? Maybe. Effective? Probably, say veteran Hollywood image-makers.

"Based on the way the story has been playing out, this is a good move for her," said Michael Levine, who has served as publicist for dozens of celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand and Bill O'Reilly. "Experience has taught me that celebrities respect wisdom but obey pain. What I mean by that is that when they feel the heat, they see the light."

If Levine were working with the celebutante, he would recommend she show she has learned from the experience by fading from the party scene for a while and getting behind sympathetic causes like Angelina Jolie, who traded her bad-girl credentials to become a mother and a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations.

"When you're in a hole, it's generally a good idea to stop digging ... from doing the same idiotic stuff that got you in trouble in the first place," Levine said.

Hilton's publicist, Elliott Mintz, did not immediately return e-mail or phone messages.

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Snoop Pleads No Contest in Gun, Pot Case

A stone-faced Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday and avoided what could have been a year-long prison sentence.

The 35-year-old rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., agreed to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service. He faced charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana.

He said little other than "no contest" when the charges were read.

Snoop Dogg's recent arrests marked the end of a relatively long trouble-free stretch for the rapper. He has burnished his image in recent years with appearances in mainstream movies and by starting a youth football league.

He was arrested at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank Oct. 26 on suspicion of transporting marijuana. Police later found a gun at his home. If convicted at trial he could have faced up to four years in prison.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry Smerling placed conditions on the probation, including that only 400 hours of the community service could involve the youth football league.

The judge also ruled that Snoop Dogg could not have any gang members in his entourage and must notify the probation department before leaving the state. The rapper must also provide authorities a DNA sample and he must have a medical permit if he uses marijuana.

The rapper caused a sensation when he arrived in a fur-collared black leather jacket, T-shirt and sequined jeans.

Teenagers screeched when the music star strutted down a hallway to the courtroom. Court security ordered them to stop taking pictures.

Defense attorney Donald Etra said outside court that Snoop Dogg smokes marijuana because he has migraines and has a medical permit under state law.

Etra said Snoop Dogg's security staff and drivers are all currently licensed by the state and they and his entourage do not include gang members.

"Snoop's position is he wants to give children and teenagers an example to follow," Etra said of the football league.

Etra said that Snoop Dogg "recognizes he got a great deal" given his prior convictions.

If he violates probation he will be sentenced to three years in state prison.

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