I'm just trying to figure out what on earth is wrong with this new breed of "celebrity" these days? While I don't know much about Paris Hilton, I know her popularity was at a fever pitch at one point and then boom, jail, public repentance and she seemed like she became a rather serious, strictly business minded kid. Now all of a sudden, bad kid gone good goes bad again? I feel hopelessly out of touch with what motivates the young folks these days, as in I just don't know why they make the choices they make if they know the repercussions. Is it that they're misguided, swayed too easily by the bad influence of friends? What? In any event, after being arrested for possession twice in a 3 month time frame, this kid earns the Bamma of the Week badge

FILE - This file photo made available Monday, June 4, 2007 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office shows Paris Hilton after the 26-year-old heiress turned herself in to begin her stay at the Century Regional Detention Facility. Las Vegas Police say Paris Hilton was arrested Saturday Aug. 28, 2010 on cocaine charge in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff, File)Associated Press

LAS VEGAS - Paris Hilton was arrested on the Las Vegas Strip late Friday after police saw a cloud of what they suspected was marijuana smoke wafting from the windows of a black Cadillac Escalade driven by her boyfriend, then found a small amount of cocaine in her possession.

A crowd quickly gathered near the stop on Las Vegas Boulevard near the Wynn Las Vegas resort at about 11:30 p.m. PDT Friday, and Hilton was taken into the hotel "to keep her safe" during the initial investigation, police said.

The 29-year-old socialite and her boyfriend Cy Waits were booked into the Clark County jail, police said. Watch commander Lt. Wayne Holman said Hilton was released early Saturday morning.

Officer Marcus Martin said police found that Hilton had a substance that tests later showed to be cocaine, but he did not say how much of the drug was found. She was arrested on felony cocaine possession charges.

"I am gathering facts, but I caution people not to rush to judgment," her attorney, David Chesnoff, told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview Saturday morning.

Hilton's manager did not immediately respond early Saturday to telephone calls for comment. Her publicist, Dawn Miller, did not immediately return an e-mail message.

Jail records showed that Waits, 34, remained held pending a court appearance on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Hilton's court date was not immediately available.

The arrest came during a week in which a burglary attempt was made on Hilton's Los Angeles home.

Officials said 31-year-old Nathan Lee Parada faces a felony burglary charge in the Tuesday incident.

Authorities have said that someone carrying two big knives banged on Hilton's window. She posted a photo of the arrest on Twitter and described it as "scary."

Hilton was arrested this summer after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on suspicion of possession of marijuana. The case was then dropped at a midnight court hearing.

Hilton pleaded no contest in 2007 to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. After spending about 23 days in jail, Hilton told CNN host Larry King that the experience caused her to re-evaluate the role partying played in her life. She said she wanted "to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."

While most famous for her tabloid exploits and reality TV series "The Simple Life," Hilton has appeared in the films "Bottoms Up," "The Hottie & the Nottie" and "House of Wax."

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AP staff writers Jeff Wilson in Las Vegas, Robert Seavey in Phoenix and AP entertainment writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.

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Is that a mug shot?! NICE! Babygirl has taking mug shots down to a science now.

She ain't a kid. This dumb bitch is 30 and needs to grow the fuck up already. Somebody please throw away key.

Damn, I was just at Tryst 2 weeks ago. Love how she got busted fake tweetin'

LAS VEGAS - Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip ignited Paris Hilton's latest legal troubles late Friday, when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine fell out of the 29-year-old socialite's purse.

It's the second time this year Hilton has been arrested on drug possession allegations, although authorities in South Africa dropped marijuana charges earlier this summer. In 2007, Hilton pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

This time, the hotel heiress was with her boyfriend, Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits, who manages a club inside the Wynn Las Vegas and was driving the black SUV that the officer stopped nearby at 11:22 p.m. Friday. The officer "followed the vapor trail and the odor of marijuana to the Escalade," police Sgt. John Sheahan said. As other police arrived and a crowd gathered on the busy neon-lit Strip, Hilton asked to go into the Wynn resort for privacy, Sheahan said.

"Miss Hilton pulled out a tube of lip balm," Sheahan said. "At the same time ... a bindle of cocaine in a plastic bag came out of her purse" in plain view of police in the room. Police Officer Marcus Martin characterized the cocaine as a "small amount," or a package of the size usually associated with personal use. Police would not specify the weight of the cocaine or whether any marijuana was confiscated.

Hilton was arrested on suspicion of felony cocaine possession. If convicted of the low-grade felony, she would get probation, but any violation of that probation would be punishable by up to one to four years in Nevada state prison. Waits, 34, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Misdemeanors are punishable by up to a year in county jail. Police said he owned the 2009 Cadillac.

Hilton and Waits were booked into the Clark County jail, where Sheahan said Hilton was kept handcuffed on a booking room bench, fingerprinted, photographed and released without bail about 2:45 a.m. Saturday. Waits' lawyer, Richard Schonfeld, said Waits posted $2,000 bail Saturday. Waits was released Saturday afternoon.

Sheahan said Hilton was not taken to a cell and received no special treatment on a busy Friday night and Saturday morning at the jail. He said release without bail was common in such cases.

Hilton, a prolific tweeter, didn't mention the arrest on her Twitter site, although less than an hour after she was released her account was updated with a posting that said the actress was in bed watching the television show "Family Guy."It was unclear if the tweets came from her, were posted by time-release or were sent by someone else.

Hilton's attorney, David Chesnoff, told The Associated Press on Saturday morning that he was still gathering facts about the arrest. "This matter will be dealt with in the courts not in the media and I encourage people not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of law," Chesnoff said later in a statement. "There will be no interviews and no more comments at this time."

Schonfeld said he was "troubled by the circumstances" leading to the arrest, but declined to specify his concerns. "As the case proceeds, a lot of facts are going to come to light that will ultimately lead to exoneration," Schonfeld said.

Court dates for Hilton and Waits were not immediately available. Clark County District Attorney David Roger declined to comment Saturday about the case. A spokeswoman for Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Waits and his twin brother, Jesse, are managing partners of the Tryst Nightclub inside Wynn Las Vegas, Drai's after hours club at Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon, and XS The Nightclub at Wynn's Encore resort. A spokeswoman for Harrah's resorts declined immediate comment.

She's almost 30 already?

Damn.

Tick-tock, Paris. Tick-tock.

Whitney had the beach

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SCNDLS said:

She ain't a kid. This dumb bitch is 30 and needs to grow the fuck up already. Somebody please throw away key.

who cares about possesion of cocaine , it's not a big deal

i think here they'll just confiscate it and on rare occasion they'll fine you

your country needs to change it's stupid drug laws ,THAT's a problem

the so called 'war on drugs' is a waste of money and a lost battle

and locking people up who do drugs (especially weed) is an outrage

especially when alcohol (a hard drug) is still legal

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I suspected the cocaine all along. No wonder she stays so thin. And I love how her people have to tweet for her to make her seem human. She is one celebrity I wish would fall into a meat grinder.

bboy87 said:

Whitney had the beach

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Glad Whitney is putting on weight!! But is she pregnant. Looks like a baby bump and if not no offense I'd much rather see her this way, she looks healthy

shortnsweet said:

bboy87 said:

Whitney had the beach

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Glad Whitney is putting on weight!! But is she pregnant. Looks like a baby bump and if not no offense I'd much rather see her this way, she looks healthy

It just looks like post-crack recovery-now I actually have an appetite weight to me.

Either that, or she's boozing it up with heavily sugared beverages and/ or indulging in a lot of sweets. The first place that always shows up is in belly bloating and in the face, and is often an indicator that a person will inch ever closer to type 2 diabetes if they don't reign in the cheesecake and mojitos. in any event, glad to see she put down the pipe. Now if somebody could just send her stubborn ass to a vocal coach so folks would stop walking out on her concerts she'd be all good.

Dewrede said:

SCNDLS said:

She ain't a kid. This dumb bitch is 30 and needs to grow the fuck up already. Somebody please throw away key.

who cares about possesion of cocaine , it's not a big deal

i think here they'll just confiscate it and on rare ocasions they'll fine you

your country needs to change it's stupid drug laws ,THAT's a problem

the so called 'war on drug' is a waste of money and it's a lost battle

and locking people up who do drugs (especially weed) is an outrage

especially when alcohol (a hard drug) is still legal

[Edited 8/29/10 5:17am]

That's a VERY slippery slope my friend.... very slippery. Ask Whitney.

Dewrede said:

SCNDLS said:

She ain't a kid. This dumb bitch is 30 and needs to grow the fuck up already. Somebody please throw away key.

who cares about possesion of cocaine , it's not a big deal

i think here they'll just confiscate it and on rare ocasions they'll fine you

your country needs to change it's stupid drug laws ,THAT's a problem

the so called 'war on drugs' is a waste of money and it's a lost battle

and locking people up who do drugs (especially weed) is an outrage

especially when alcohol (a hard drug) is still legal

[Edited 8/29/10 12:47pm]

bboy87 said:

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shortnsweet said:

bboy87 said:

Whitney had the beach

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Glad Whitney is putting on weight!! But is she pregnant. Looks like a baby bump and if not no offense I'd much rather see her this way, she looks healthy

She keeps that belly no matter how skinny she is.

Ottensen said:

shortnsweet said:

Glad Whitney is putting on weight!! But is she pregnant. Looks like a baby bump and if not no offense I'd much rather see her this way, she looks healthy

It just looks like post-crack recovery-now I actually have an appetite weight to me.

Either that, or she's boozing it up with heavily sugared beverages and/ or indulging in a lot of sweets. The first place that always shows up is in belly bloating and in the face, and is often an indicator that a person will inch ever closer to type 2 diabetes if they don't reign in the cheesecake and mojitos. in any event, glad to see she put down the pipe. Now if somebody could just send her stubborn ass to a vocal coach so folks would stop walking out on her concerts she'd be all good.

Nah, she had that bloated belly on Being Bobby Brown

SCNDLS said:

Ottensen said:

It just looks like post-crack recovery-now I actually have an appetite weight to me.

Either that, or she's boozing it up with heavily sugared beverages and/ or indulging in a lot of sweets. The first place that always shows up is in belly bloating and in the face, and is often an indicator that a person will inch ever closer to type 2 diabetes if they don't reign in the cheesecake and mojitos. in any event, glad to see she put down the pipe. Now if somebody could just send her stubborn ass to a vocal coach so folks would stop walking out on her concerts she'd be all good.

Nah, she had that bloated belly on Being Bobby Brown

That's right! She has that.. atrophied belly muscle look. The same pouch real skinny older ladies get from lack of exercise.

if I misspell anything blame it on the spanglish!

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

Nah, she had that bloated belly on Being Bobby Brown

That's right! She has that.. atrophied belly muscle look. The same pouch real skinny older ladies get from lack of exercise.

if I misspell anything blame it on the spanglish!

This is a horrible comparison, but anytime I saw her on that show I could only think of Africans in a famine whose stomachs distend.

paintedlady said:

Is that a mug shot?! NICE! Babygirl has taking mug shots down to a science now.

The Huffington Post has all of her mugshots; this chick really does have her thing perfected. It appears that pink lipgloss with a slight poof in the back of head is a must to achieve that heiress with no damned sense look.

Ottensen said:

paintedlady said:

Is that a mug shot?! NICE! Babygirl has taking mug shots down to a science now.

The Huffington Post has all of her mugshots; this chick really does have her thing perfected. It appears that pink lipgloss with a slight poof in the back of head is a must to achieve that heiress with no damned sense look.

Damn this bitch look like Olive Oyl And WHY she can't get a betta weave with all them millions she got????

On second thought, she look like that Amazon woman who used to chase Popeye around. What was she called???

Okay, I found it, Paris looks like Alice the Goon.

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SCNDLS said:

On second thought, she look like that Amazon woman who used to chase Popeye around. What was she called???

Okay, I found it, Paris looks like Alice the Goon.

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OMG!!! LMAOOOOO!!!

SCNDLS said:

paintedlady said:

That's right! She has that.. atrophied belly muscle look. The same pouch real skinny older ladies get from lack of exercise.

if I misspell anything blame it on the spanglish!

This is a horrible comparison, but anytime I saw her on that show I could only think of Africans in a famine whose stomachs distend.

Whitney AND Fantasia both need to get the Circle Ab Pro. Heck they might get paid and help both ladies through these rough patches.

Ya'll crazy LOL

And I'm truly trynna understand what's up with her hair. Does it NOT grow or what? Cuz she's had THE most atrocious weaves all the years she's been in the public eye. I can see her tracks/braids in EVERY picture she takes. She need to do like them Kardashian heffas and go to the 'hood for her weaves.

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paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

This is a horrible comparison, but anytime I saw her on that show I could only think of Africans in a famine whose stomachs distend.

Whitney AND Fantasia both need to get the Circle Ab Pro. Heck they might get paid and help both ladies through these rough patches.

Damn this thread chock full of busted Bettys.

We got multiple mug shots

We got hood weaves

We got muffin tops

Shit...all that's missin' is some Flava Flav.

Dewrede said:

SCNDLS said:

She ain't a kid. This dumb bitch is 30 and needs to grow the fuck up already. Somebody please throw away key.

who cares about possesion of cocaine , it's not a big deal

i think here they'll just confiscate it and on rare occasion they'll fine you

your country needs to change it's stupid drug laws ,THAT's a problem

the so called 'war on drugs' is a waste of money and a lost battle

and locking people up who do drugs (especially weed) is an outrage

especially when alcohol (a hard drug) is still legal

[Edited 8/29/10 18:24pm]

JuliePurplehead said:

I suspected the cocaine all along. No wonder she stays so thin.

DesireeNevermind said:

Damn this thread chock full of busted Bettys.

We got multiple mug shots

We got hood weaves

We got muffin tops

Shit...all that's missin' is some Flava Flav.

SCNDLS said:

And I'm truly trynna understand what's up with her hair. Does it NOT grow or what? Cuz she's had THE most atrocious weaves all the years she's been in the public eye. I can see her tracks/braids in EVERY picture she takes. She need to do like them Kardashian heffas and go to the 'hood for her weaves.

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LOL @ them using their old school Jackson connections to get their hair done