Hilton Still Shooting 'The Simple Life'
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Hilton Still Shooting 'The Simple Life'
By WENDY URQUHART, For The Associated Press
Paris Hilton says she isn't giving up "The Simple Life" just yet. "We're
shooting Nov. 1," said the 24-year-old hotel heiress, who had a front-row
seat at the Louis Verdad fashion show Sunday. "All the networks are fighting
over it."
Fox said last week it had canceled the reality show starring Hilton and
Nicole Richie. The network said its midseason schedule didn't have a time
slot for a fourth season of the show, prompting speculation the feuding
ex-friends no longer proved compatible.
Hilton said she and Richie will continue working on "The Simple Life"
because other networks want it.
Last week, 20th Century Fox Television, the studio that produces the show,
said it hopes "The Simple Life" will move to another network - with Hilton
and Richie.
"We believe this series ... is still a dynamic and valuable franchise," the
studio said. "We hope to be able to announce a new network partner in the
coming days."
Bunim-Murray Productions, which produces the show with 20th Century Fox,
also released a hopeful statement: "We're very excited about the creative
plans for the next group of episodes, and are confident this situation will
be remedied quickly."
Hilton's friend Kimberly Stewart, Rod Stewart's 26-year-old daughter,
dismissed as "rumor" reports that she had been touted as a replacement for
Richie.
But Stewart was coy about doing a future project with Hilton, telling
reporters Sunday, "You never know."
In April, Hilton issued a terse statement saying it was "no big secret that
Nicole and I are no longer friends. Nicole knows what she did, and that's
all I'm ever going to say about it."
Hilton has given no reason for the split.