Apparently going to jail raises your prices – a lot. While the average offender can expect their earning potential to take a dive after serving time, Paris Hilton seems to think it makes her a lot more marketable – five times more so, in fact. Last year, Paris charged $100,000 to make an appearance on New Year’s Eve. This year? Half a million. The delusional socialite seems to think that’s what an evening of her scintillating conversation and wonky eyed expressions are worth.

“Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton are reportedly offering their hosting services for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Las Vegas – but with a $500,000 price tag. Paris is said to have asked for just $100,000 for the night’s appearance last year but with her sister, and after her jail-time, her price has gone up.

“A Las Vegas source told the New York Post: ‘Paris and Nicky are shopping their partying ways to Vegas at the price of around $500,000 – only they have the guts to ask for that amount – for a multiple-day New Year’s Eve bash.’

“’Paris will ”party” at a few spots and Nicky will bless the lucky host with a fashion show of her wares and model herself.’ But the source added that it’s unlikely that anyone will take them up on the deal because the tide is turning against the heiresses: ‘[the Hiltons] are so desperate now, they should be paying the clubs for good PR, not the other way around.’”

[From Fametastic]

Oh, snap! It’s true though. As much as I’m not a fan of either of the Hiltons, it’s telling that Nicky is willing to do something for her fee. I’m not saying it’s worth $10, but it’s better than just saying you’ll party at a few spots.

In news that makes A LOT more sense, Paris is a virus’s best friend. No, not just her well documented sixteen strains of herpes, I’m talking about computer viruses (this time). You know all that spam, viruses, trojan horses, and other weird computer things that mess up your system? Well they often use images and names of celebrities to tempt you into visiting their pages or opening their email. Who’s the number one name malware writers favor? Paris Hilton!

“Paris Hilton has topped the list of celebrities used by malware writers to tempt users into downloading a virus.

“Security software firm McAfee last month looked at the number of web pages with malware embedded and at spam containing virus attachments.

“Celebrities are often used to invite users to click on a malicious link or attachment, and McAfee has drawn up a top 10 list.

“Hotel heiress Hilton is number one, followed by pop star Amy Winehouse and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.”

[From vnunet.com]

I knew Paris carried so many STDs that there were some that doctors had never seen before, but I didn’t realize they were so strong and advanced that they’d morphed into digital strains. That’s got to knock her price down to a good $450,000 for New Years Eve. Although a lot of doctors and scientists might be willing to show up with a load of Petri dishes. If they line the floor with them, a few of her bugs are bound to fall out.

Picture note by JayBird: Header image is Paris shopping at Fred Segal in West Hollywood yesterday. Image thanks to WENN.