Sex Tapes and Hollywood Celebrities

The topic of discussion I have selected today is sex tapes and Hollywood Celebrities. So what according to you is a sex tape? In my opinion a sex tape is a video film of the whole act performed by a celebrity and his or her partner, which is circulated on the Internet, for some commercial distribution sometimes and made available to an audience for which it was not meant. But a sex tape can also be a video film taken during this act, to be famous or to give favors to be famous.

I have prepared a list of Hollywood celebrities who have been featured in some or the other sex tapes. The following is the list:

• Abi Titmuss, a British TV personality, appears in a sex tape featuring herself, her ex–TV presenter boyfriend John Leslie, and another woman.
  
• Bob Crane of Hogan's Heroes fame made numerous home sex tapes in the 1970s with early VCR technology. His sex tapes were made him famous in the movie Auto Focus.
  
• Carolyn Murphy's and ex-husband Jake Schroeder had sex tape featuring them having sex during their honeymoon in 1999 in Barbados. The video was leaked onto the internet in April 2006.
  
• Chu Mei-feng had a 47-minute video CD secretly taken with a pinhole camera,showing her having sex with Tseng Chung-ming, who was later confirmed as a married man. The video was released by a local paparazzi magazine in December 2001. Despite the immediate effort of local authorities to pull all the magazines in question from the market, the video quickly spread via the Internet.
  
• Chua Soi Lek, while serving as Malaysia's Health Minister, was secretly videotaped having sex. Two resulting DVDs were distributed freely and anonymously to various homes in Batu Pahat, Malaysia. On 2 January 2008, Dr. Chua announced his resignation.
  
• Daniela Cicarelli a Brazilian TV show hostess for MTV Brasil and fashion model was caught on a beach in Spain fondling her boyfriend Merrill Lynch employee Renato "Tato" Malzoni and later having sex with him in the water. Her sex tape
• Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell fame authorized the release of a 40-minute sex tape in 2006 in a hope that it would bring in profits and provide a boost to his career.
  
• Fred Durst, the front man for the band Limp Bizkit, had a video of him and an unknown woman having sex leaked onto the Internet by a repairman who had repaired his computer.
  
• Jayne Kennedy, a former sportscaster and blaxploitation actress, had a sex tape showing her with former husband Leon Isaac Kennedy.
  
• Jenna Lewis, a contestant on Survivor, had her wedding night’s sex tape released featuring 42 minutes of sex with her husband, model Travis Wolfe, in a Las Vegas, Nevada hotel room.
  
• Jenni Rivera's sex tape was stolen from her house and released onto the internet in October 9, 2008.
  
• Jessica Sierra, a former contestant on American Idol and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, had a sex tape that is scheduled to be released.
  
• Joanie Laurer and fellow professional wrestler Sean Waltman appeared in a home sex tape sold under the title 1 Night in China. The sex tape was intentionally sold to pornographic film distributors by the duo, possibly in an attempt boost up their careers.
  
• Keeley Hazell of Page 3 Idol (2004) fame, had a 10 minute sex tape featuring herself and her ex-boyfriend released in early January 2007.
  
• Kelsey Grammer sued Internet Entertainment Group under the mistaken impression that it had purchased from his former girlfriend Cerlette Lamme a sex tape the couple had made.
  
• Socialite Kim Kardashian confirmed the existence of a sex tape of her made by then-boyfriend Ray J. She threatened to take legal action to block its planned distribution by Vivid Video.
  
• Nicole Narain and Colin Farrell have a 13-minute sex tape. Farrell successfully obtained a court order blocking its distribution, but in January 2006, copies of the tape appeared on the Internet.
  
• Pamela Anderson and then-husband Tommy Lee had various interludes from their honeymoon placed online by Internet Entertainment Group in 1998 as one of the earliest internet celebrity sex tapes.
  
• Pamela Anderson and Bret Michaels (singer of the band Poison) had a sex tape released as a DVD on 7 September 2005. The footage had been circulating on the internet for many years.
  
• Paris Hilton and then-boyfriend Rick Salomon recorded themselves having sex in a hotel room, in night-vision. Hilton initially attempted to stop the distribution of the tape, but later agreed to its release. She now receives profits and has earned fame from the tape. This footage, along with additional full-color footage, was released commercially under the title 1 Night in Paris.
  
• Rob Lowe faced controversy in the 1980s of taping himself having sex with two young girls, one of whom was underage.
  
• Robert Ritchie (AKA Kid Rock) and Scott Stapp (former singer of the band Creed) appear in a sex tape from 1999 where the two engaged in sex acts with four groupies.
  
• Severina Vučković, a Croatian pop star, had a tape of her engaging in sex acts with a married man released on the Internet in 2004. She claimed the video was stolen and sued.
  
• Tonya Harding and her husband Jeff Gillooly had a sex tape that was leaked onto the internet and subsequently became so widely available that the couple decided to legitimately release it on their own. It is commercially sold by Penthouse Home Video as the "Wedding Night" tape.
  
• Ulrika Jonsson won a court order banning footballer Stan Collymore from selling an explicit video of the pair indulging in sexual activity.
  
• Verne Troyer, actor and stuntman, had a sex tape featuring himself and a model, which he claims was stolen and is in the hands of the same film producer that released Paris Hilton's sex tape.
  

I still wonder what pleasure people get through these sex tapes?

Paris Hilton Scandals

The most controversial star of Hollywood, Paris Hilton is well known as American celebutante, socialite, heiress, television personality, actress, singer and model. She is known for her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles most notably her role in the horror film House of Wax in 2005, her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her 2006 album Paris, her work in modeling, and her appearance in a sex tape in 2003. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton also served a widely publicized sentence in a Los Angeles County jail in 2007.

Paris Hilton was born in New York City and is the oldest of four children of Richard and Kathy Hilton. She has a sister named Nicky, and two brothers named Barron and Conrad.On the maternal side of her family, Paris Hilton is a niece of two child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards. Paris Hilton was related by marriage to Nicole Richie's godmother, Nancy Davis, when Nancy's brother, Greg, was married to Kim Richards.Paris Hilton's paternal grandparents are hotel chairman Barron Hilton, and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley. Barron Hilton's parents were Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron.

Paris Hilton moved between several exclusive homes in her youth like:a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and the Hamptons. She attended her freshman year of high school at the Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California followed by the Dwight School in New York for her sophomore and junior years. She was then transferred to the Canterbury School, in New Milford, Connecticut where she was a member of the hockey team. However, in early 1999, she was expelled for violating the school rules. Hilton later earned her GED.

Paris Hilton began modeling as a child, initially at charity events. When she was 19, she signed with Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management. Paris Hilton has also worked with Ford Models in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and Premier Model Management in London. She has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Iceberg Vodka, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano. In 2001, Paris Hilton began to develop a reputation as a socialite, being identified as "New York's leading It Girl" whose fame was beginning to "extend beyond the New York tabloids". She has appeared in several magazines, including the April 2004 issue of Maxim.

Paris Hilton has made cameo appearances in several films, specifically in Zoolander, Wonderland, and The Cat In The Hat. She landed up doing minor and supporting roles in the feature films Nine Lives, Raising Helen, The Hillz, and House of Wax. Paris Hilton's role as Paige Edwards in House of Wax won her awards like : the Teen Choice Award for "Best Scream" and the 2005 Razzie for "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards,a nomination for "Choice Breakout Performance – Female" and a nomination for "Best Frightened Performance" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.

Paris Hilton did her first lead roles in 2006 with the straight-to-DVD releases National Lampoon's Pledge This! and Bottoms Up. She plays the Hottie in the box office bomb romantic comedy The Hottie and the Nottie, released this year.

Paris Hilton had a minor cameo appearance as herself in An American Carol. Paris Hilton plays Amber Sweet, the surgery- and painkiller-addicted daughter of a biotech magnate in the goth/rock musical Repo! The Genetic Opera. Paris Hilton co-starred with Nicole Richie in the Fox reality series The Simple Life, which premiered on December 2, 2003. The Simple Life ran for three seasons on Fox. The show was canceled by Fox after a dispute between Hilton and Richie, but it was subsequently aired by E! Entertainment Television for the fourth and fifth seasons.

In March 2008, it was reported that Paris Hilton would star in a new MTV reality series tentatively titled Paris Hilton's My New BFF, about her looking for a new best friend. The series premiered on September 30, 2008.Paris Hilton has also guest-starred in episodes of The O.C., The George Lopez Show, Las Vegas, American Dreams and Veronica Mars. Furthermore, she appeared in several music videos, including "It Girl" by John Oates and "Just Lose It" by Eminem. Planning is underway for an eponymous cartoon series following the animated life of Paris Hilton, her sister Nicky, and her dog Tinkerbell, which began filming in September 2007. In April 2008, she guest starred on the My Name is Earl episode I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends.

Paris Hilton founded Heiress Records, a sub-label of Warner Bros in 2004 and released her self-titled debut album, Paris, under that label on August 22, 2006. Although the album reached number six on the Billboard 200 for a week, its total sales volume has been low.

Paris Hilton came up with a new album with producer Scott Storch. In a recent interview with MTV, Paris Hilton decided that her second album is going to be a dance album. She stated that she loves Bob Sinclair and wants to create dance-music vibe. On September 30, 2008 Paris Hilton's song "My BFF" premiered on KIIS-FM with host Ryan Seacrest. It is the first single from her as yet untitled second studio album and also the theme song for her new show Paris Hilton's My New BFF.

Paris Hilton stated that she finished working on the album and that it will be released "in the next couple of weeks". A second song "Paris For President" was released along with a music video late October 2008.Paris Hilton can also be heard singing on the soundtrack to the musical Repo! The Genetic Opera. In an interview, the director, Darren Lynn Bousman, praised her vocal skills.

In the autumn of 2004, Paris Hilton released an autobiographical book, Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, co-written by Merle Ginsberg, which includes full color photographs of her and her advice on life as an heiress. The media even said that the book was an amateurish version of her life. But this book was parodied by Robert Mundell on The Late Show with David Letterman. The book became a New York Times bestseller. Paris Hilton followed it up with a designer diary, also with Ginsberg, called Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me.

In 2007 after watching a video on how animals are raise for their fur, Paris Hilton declared that she won't wear fur and will stick to fully vegetarian diet.
Paris Hilton is a democrat and was a supporter of Barack Obama's Democratic presidential candidacy. She said that she think that Barack Obama is a very exciting politician. He has some good ideas, and he's very inspiring to a lot of people.

On August 6, 2008, Paris Hilton appeared in a 1 minute 50 second long video, "Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad", directed by Adam McKay and posted on the Funny or Die website. The video featured Paris Hilton in a parody advertisement, and was made in response to a television campaign advert "Celeb" that was made by the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign.

Paris Hilton has endorsed a couple of brands too. They are:

• a collection of purses for Japanese label Samantha Thavasa,
  
• a jewelry line for Amazon.com.
  
• a perfume line by Parlux Fragrances.
  
• the DreamCatchers line of hair extensions in partnership with Hair Tech International.
  
• Antebi signature footwear line, "Paris Hilton Footware", featuring stilettos, platforms, flats, wedges, and a sports collection, expected to reach stores in 2008.
  
• a line of tops, dresses, coats, and jeans at Kitson boutique in Los Angeles.
  
• a chain of nightclubs owned by Fred Khalilian and known as Club Paris.
  
• RICH Prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine sold in cans rather than bottles. Paris Hilton even went to Germany to promote the drink.
  

After the success of Hilton's perfume, Parlux Fragrances released several more perfumes with her name, including fragrances for men. Paris Hilton launched a new fragrance in October 2007, called Can Can. This is her fourth women's fragrance after Paris Hilton, Just Me, and Heiress.

Paris Hilton always had some or the other trouble in her personal life due to which there was never a stability in her relationships. She had relationships with fashion model Jason Shaw from mid-2002 to early 2003, singer Nick CarterIn 2003-2004, Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis from May 29 2005 to November 2005, Greek shipping heir, Stavros Niarchos III, from Nov 2005 till May 2006, Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden and in May 2008. Paris Hilton announced her intention to marry Madden during interview with television talk-show host David Letterman. The two broke up in November 2008.Paris Hilton loves small dogs, and owns a Yorkshire Terrier and a female Chihuahua named Tinkerbell.

Paris Hilton's first sex tape leaked on the internet in 2003. It featured her having sex with her then boyfriend Rick Salomon. Later it was released as the DVD 1 Night in Paris despite attempted legal action. It appeared a week prior to the premiere of The Simple Life.

In September 2006, Paris 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, and in January 2007 she pleaded no contest to the alcohol-related reckless driving charge. Her punishment was 36 months' probation and fines of about $1,500.

On January 15, 2007, Paris Hilton was pulled over for driving with a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging that she was not permitted to drive. 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 her headlights on even though it was after dark.On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced by Judge Michael T. Sauer to 45 days in jail for violating her probation.

Paris Hilton was released from jail on 7 June, Judge Michael Sauer summoned her to reappear in court the following morning as the sentencing statement had explicitly said she would serve time in jail with "No work furlough. No work release. No electronic monitoring." At the hearing he declined to be briefed by Hilton's attorney in private chambers on the nature of her condition and sent her back to jail to serve out her original 45-day sentence.

Paris Hilton was finally released from jail on June 26, 2007. In total, Paris Hilton served 22 days in detention, counting her day-long home confinement. 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. She appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the world's "Most Overrated Celebrity". In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and AOL, Paris Hilton was voted the second "Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006", behind Britney Spears.

Paris Hilton recently posed nude, covered in gold paint, to promote "Rich Prosecco", a canned version of an Italian sparkling wine. In January 2007 a video features on the commercial website ParisExposed.com in which Paris Hilton uses homophobic and ethnic slurs. Paris Hilton appears to mock African-Americans and Jews at a party during the song "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge.