It’s not often that a film company sues an actor over not drumming up enough publicity for a film, but Paris Hilton isn’t just any actress.
The Hollywood celebrity-circuit regular and sometime movie star is being sued by small producer – Worldwide Entertainment Group – which alleges she didn’t fulfill promotional obligations for “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!” This film apparently went direct-to-video in 2006.
Worldwide Entertainment claims it paid Hilton $1 million (wow!) in a contract specifying that she provide “reasonable promotion and publicity” services. Press reports say that the lawsuit seeks just $75,000, though that may be a minimum ask.
However, a web search pulls up a website claiming to be the court-appointed receiver for Worldwide Entertainment, who says it filed the lawsuit and is seeking more money than just $75,000. The link below reproduces what look to be an authentic legal document of the claim and what is said to be Hilton’s acting contract for “Pledge This!”
Hilton’s acting exploits include the forgettable “Bottoms Up”, “The Hottie & the Nottie” and “House of Wax.”
UPDATES-Aug 21, 2008-National Lampoon, which is a small publicly-traded company, came to Hilton’s defense in a PR. “Paris Hilton has fulfilled and surpassed all of National Lampoon’s expectations,” Daniel S. Laikin, National Lampoon president and CEO, said in a statement dated Aug. 18. The statement said National Lampoon is not a party to the lawsuit.
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