Sideshow | It's freedom day for Paris

June 26, 2007|By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

Today is the day. A celebratory occasion, time for yellow ribbons around old oak trees and pealing bells.

That's because on this day, in the City of the Angels, Paris Hilton is expected to walk through the doors of the Los Angeles County jail, a free woman after 23 days in stir for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

The L.A. sheriff's department is mum on just when Paris, 26, will be liberated, but whenever the great moment occurs, it will not go unrecorded. Camera crews had staked out their positions in front of the lockup in Lynwood, Calif., by midday yesterday.

The experience has apparently left the heiress unscathed. Actress Ashley Scott of TV's Jericho, who visited Hilton on Sunday, tells People.com the glam jailbird "looks gorgeous! She looks stunning." Mom Kathy Hilton confirms Hilton is in good health, but, oh, those prison duds. "She's sick of orange," Kathy confides to People.

Sizemore gets 16 months

Paris Hilton may not have liked spending a few weeks behind bars, but you can hardly expect Tom Sizemore to sympathize. The actor, whose film resume includes Saving Private Ryan and Blackhawk Down, drew a 16-month sentence yesterday for violating probation in a drug case.

A judge in Los Angeles ordered the sentence after authorities said they found methamphetamine in Sizemore's car on May 8 in Bakersfield, Calif.

Sizemore, 45, was on probation for a previous drug conviction.

Celeb Web site TMZ.com reports the judge wants Sizemore to do his time in a jail near San Diego that has a rehab facility inside the walls.

Sizemore has been held without bail since surrendering June 5. The judge has yet to determine how many days of credit will be applied to his new sentence, according to TMZ.

Homecoming

Lou Pearlman, who gave the world the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, will soon be giving the government an explanation of his finances.

Federal marshals have brought Pearlman, 53, back to the mainland United States from Guam to face bank fraud charges, the U.S. Marshal's Office announced yesterday. Indonesia had expelled the pop Svengali earlier in the month.

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