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The Smoking Gun reports that Paris Hilton is an overpaid media whore. Well, they didn’t exactly use those words, but they might as well have. The issue is that Hilton, an over-sexed, over-hyped billionaire heiress who can make it through life on her name alone (she doesn’t even need that body she’s got!), pulled in a full $1 million on a video movie dud. That money represents 1/3 of the production budget for the film. And she’s being sued by the film’s producers for not adequately promoting the movie. Well, imagine that. Would you?

Think about it. If you are guaranteed $1 million for just showing up and putting on next to nothing, would you do any more than you had to? The company’s contract, under the subparagraph titled “Promotion; Publicity Restrictions:”, states that Hilton shall perform “reasonable promotion and publicity services” at the company’s request “subject to Artist’s professional availability” and “Artist’s reasonable approval of behind the scenes interviews.” OK, that’s real simple. What is considered “reasonable?” And, just for the record, if promotion is subject to the artist’s professional availability, all it would take to get out of the obligation is to arrange for the artist to not be available. “Sorry, I was filming a porn flick in the jungles of the Amazon. Couldn’t make it out that night.”

It looks to me like Paris Hilton got the better end of a sucky deal. That’s a National Lampoon story in itself.

Happy Birthday Disneyland! 53 years old.

Located in Anaheim, California, Disneyland has attracted millions of people from all around the world and is one of the largest amusement parks in history. It opened on July 17, 1955, at the height of the Leave It To Beaver era. That’s no small wonder since, to many people, Disneyland represents just that: A throwback to the halcyon days of innocents and puritanism.

Disneyland was renamed Disneyland Park in 1998. The company now has three other locations worldwide: Disneyland Resort Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and Tokyo Disneyland.

Disneyland has been called Magic Kingdom and has been instrumental in turning fantasy into reality for millions of tourists from every corner of the globe. The park cost $17 million to build and was operational within one year of its groundbreaking. It is now a regular part of the American conscience and an embed of U.S. culture. Go Disney!