In September 2006, Hilton was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, the level at which it is illegal to drive in California. Hilton's driving license was subsequently suspended in November 2006,^[62] and in January 2007 she pleaded no contest to the alcohol-related reckless driving charge.^[63] Her punishment was 36 months' probation and fines of about $1,500.^[64] On January 15, 2007, Hilton was pulled over for driving with a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging that she was not permitted to drive.^[65] On February 27, 2007 Hilton was caught driving 70 mph in a 35 mph zone, again with a suspended license. She also did not have hilton nu her headlights on even though it was after dark. Prosecutors in the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney charged that those actions, along with the failure to enroll in a court-ordered alcohol education program, constituted a violation of the terms of her probation.^[62]

In a viral images night in paris hilton video directed by Adam McKay, Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad, Hilton makes fun of a television commercial by candidate John McCain during the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. In the video, Hilton announces her policy position with concern to energy, combining elements of the energy policy proposals of McCain and his rival Barack Obama.^[34] The video, released August 6, 2008, responded to John McCain's anti-Obama campaign ad titled "Celeb,", in which McCain alleged Obama to be a celebrity akin to Britney Spears and Hilton, by declaring her own candidacy on funnyordie.com.^{[citation needed]}

In the autumn of 2004, Hilton released an autobiographical book, Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, co-written by Merle bikini plage Ginsberg, which includes full color photographs of her and her advice on life as an heiress. Hilton reportedly received a $100,000 advance payment for this book. Some in the media panned the writing as amateurish, and the book was parodied by Robert Mundell on The Late Show with David Letterman. The book became a New York Times bestseller. Hilton followed it up with a designer diary, also with Ginsberg, called Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me.

In the video, Hilton appears wearing a leopard-print swimsuit.^[35][36] Hilton's proposal centered on the idea that "We paristopless can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars."^{[citation needed]}

On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced by Judge Michael T. Sauer to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. Initially, Hilton planned to appeal the sentence, and supported an online petition^[66] asking California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for a pardon.^[67] The petition was created and organized on May 5, 2007 Nina-Friederike Gnädig by Joshua Morales.^[68] In response, various opponents started a counter-petition to maintain the sentence.^[69] Both petitions attracted tens of thousands of signatures. Hilton later switched lawyers and dropped her plans to appeal.^[70]

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Paris Hilton has been quoted as saying that she is the "iconic blonde of the decade"' and compared herself to Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe (a claim she denied in the May 2007 issue of Harper's Bazaar).^[84] She will reportedly appear in the 2007^{paris hilton nu is dated" style="white-space: nowrap;">[dated info]} Guinness World Records as the world's "Most Overrated Celebrity". ^[85] In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and AOL, Hilton was voted the second "Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006", behind Britney Spears.^[86] Critics suggest that Hilton epitomizes the title of famous for being famous;^[87] echoing that sentiment, the Associated Press conducted what they called an experiment in February 2007, trying not to report on Hilton for a whole week.^[88]

She is best known through her sex tape and the television series The Simple Life. She has appeared in several minor film roles, most notably in the horror film House of Wax in 2005. In parishilton 2004 she published a tongue-in-cheek autobiography.^[2] In 2006, she released her debut album Paris. Hilton's career pursuits include singing, modeling, acting, writing, and television. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton served a widely publicized sentence in a Los Angeles County jail facility in 2007.

Two weeks later, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said "We cannot oops paris hilton be diverted to the silliness that the McCain campaign — of course they want to talk about Paris Hilton. Would they want to talk about why they have the worst record of job creation in America?"^[43]

While in jail, Hilton was influenced by prison minister Marty Angelo: Hilton referred to starting a "new beginning" during her interview with talk show host Larry King on June 28, 2007, two days after being released from jail,^[80] and quoted from Angelo's autobiography, entitled Once Life Matters: A New Beginning. On June 9, 2007 paris hilton naughty photos Marty Angelo petitioned sentencing Sauer^[81] asking to serve out the remainder of Hilton's jail sentence if the judge would release her to an alternative treatment program,^[82] but the petition was turned down.