So Paris Hilton, as you may or may not know, has been in a slew of cheesy direct to video craptaculars that make me want to gouge my eyes out whenever I see one on the shelves. We’re all at least passingly familiar with The Hottie and the Nottie, but maybe you don’t know about stuff like Nine Lives, The Hillz, and Pledge This!, three other titles Hilton was involved with.
They didn’t do very well, quite possibly because video store patrons could see that disaster coming three miles away like it was toting a fifty foot neon sign on its back saying “Warning: Horrendous Movie Beneath This Sign”, but Pledge This! in particular lost its investors just over eight million dollars. The investors involved blame not a weak script or lousy acting or the fact that no one really wanted to touch a movie involving Paris Hilton that wasn’t shot in night vision, but rather that she, Paris, didn’t sufficiently promote the movie, as was required by her contract.
Hilton and attorneys, of course, loudly and vociferously insist that she promoted the movie “relentlessly” and there was nothing more that could be done, but U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno ruled that there’s enough evidence to take this sucker to trial.
The biggest question here, of course, would be if more promotion would have made a difference to begin with….
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