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NBC to TMZ -- How Dare You!

Posted Jun 22nd 2007 4:17PM by TMZ Staff

A rep with NBC told TMZ there was never anything to kill, because they never sealed the deal on a Paris interview.

Allison Gollust, Senior VP of NBC News Communications, told TMZ, "There's nothing to pull the plug on because we never committed to this."

But here's the deal. TMZ knows a producer was already assigned to the interview, which was supposed to air on "Today." Multiple sources tell us that camera people and associate producers were told to be ready, and that the piece would be shot in L.A. and edited in New York.

As TMZ first reported, honchos at the net told selected staffers today that the interview was dead. To that, Gollust said, "It can't be dead if it was never alive to begin with."

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16. PARIS, INTERVIEW OR NOT....

I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. IF THE MONEY WOULD
BE SPENT ON THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE I THINK THINGS WOULD
HAVE GONE BETTER FOR THE INTERVIEW TO TAKE PLACE.

THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE YOU THOUGH THE MEDIA.
I THINK THAT FOR WHAT EVER REASON THE INTERVIEW WAS CANCELLED, IS THE BEST THING FOR YOU. IT WAS TOTALLY UNREASONABLE FOR YOU TO COME OUT OF JAIL AND JUMP RIGHT INTO AN INTERVIEW. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH AN ORDEAL, AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO ADJUST TO BEING BACK AT HOME, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NEXT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP AT EVERY INTERVIEW. MAYBE YOUR NEXT INTERVIEW COULD BE ABOUT WHAT CHARITY YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH.
SIGHN A DEAL WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, CLEAR YOUR HEAD OUT AND THEN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE PROJECTS YOU ARE DOING.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOU DO AN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE, YOU SHOULD DONATE THE MONEY TO CHARITY. THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE IT WILL SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED, AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING TO YOU. BEST THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO YOU ARE BEFORE YOU COME BACK OUT SWINGING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. LOOK AT ME AGAIN, HERE I AM!

DO SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD FOR YOUR FUTURE AND DON'T LET THE WRONG INTERVIEWS CHANGE YOUR NEW IMAGE.
TAKING THE INTERVIEW FOR NBC WITH RUMORS THAT THEY WERE OFFERING 1MILLION AND YOU DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE FOR CHARITY WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. THAT IS WHY I THINK SO MUCH NEGATIVETY HAS BEEN PLACED ON THIS INTERVIEW WITH NBC.

FARRAH-FALLON

Posted at 5:56PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by FARRAH-FALLON

17. it seems like a lot of stories that are being reported on here lately are either "not true" or being "embellished"... I know TMZ is excited that they have been making the news lately, and they want to be the first to report stories, but why dredge up BS and have people debate on it, when it doesnt even exist?!

Posted at 4:42PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Michellaneous

18. Now I will not have to watch NBC.

Posted at 4:46PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Payboy TV

19. Nothing But Crap-talk about one desperate network. I know it's hard to get Matt and Meredith some credibility but geez.

Posted at 4:43PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by JW

20. Oh poor paris, she got crapped on again. Oh well dear, if you are still sick of being dumped on get your life out of the toilet.

Posted at 4:42PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by loving this

21. And TMZ NEVER reports have truths or spins something to their advantage. The media is full of liars from NBC to TMZ . . .

Now how about you stop posting about Paris, so your "fan base" here can stop bitching about how much they hate her.

Posted at 4:45PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by mmmm yaaaa riiiiiigggghhhtt

22. NBC....give your million to the hungry children in America....not to a trashy, no-talent low life who already has millions....the majority of America really doesn't care what Paris has to say about anything...SHE NOW HAS A RAP SHEET TO ADD TO ALL OF HER OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS(????)...MAYBE SHE WILL TAKE SOME CLASSES AND LEARN HOW TO SPELL 'RECEIVED" CORRECTLY....I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C.....VERY, VERY BASIC EDUCATION!!!!

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Southern Chick

23. Yeah right, I totally believe everything NBC is trying to spin. Why did it take them over 24 hrs. to deny that there was any interview in the works?
There was a deal before NBC became the scourge of all the news outlets, the butt of jokes and the receipient of a couple hundred thousand negative emails.
Good luck trying to sell or "buy" the next news/entertainment story.

Posted at 6:12PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Bystander

24. I hope the pay interview is really dead, and that this is not just a smoke screen on NBC's part. I wouldn't mind Paris giving interviews to anyone she wishes. However, I just don't think criminals should profit from their crime in either interviews or books.

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by DottieDame

25. ..............OBHAMA & PARIS 4 PRESIDENT................2 COMPLETE MORONS!!!!!......if Fox news supported them together, people whould almost actually think about voting 4 them...STUPID SHEEP!!!!!!!!!!!........WAKE UP AMERICA

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by costaMesaboy

26. PARIS, IF IT WAS AN INTERVIEW OR NOT.....

I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. IF THE MONEY WOULD
BE SPENT ON THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE I THINK THINGS WOULD
HAVE GONE BETTER FOR THE INTERVIEW TO TAKE PLACE.

THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE YOU THOUGH THE MEDIA.
I THINK THAT FOR WHAT EVER REASON THE INTERVIEW WAS CANCELLED, IS THE BEST THING FOR YOU. IT WAS TOTALLY UNREASONABLE FOR YOU TO COME OUT OF JAIL AND JUMP RIGHT INTO AN INTERVIEW. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH AN ORDEAL, AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO ADJUST TO BEING BACK AT HOME, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NEXT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP AT EVERY INTERVIEW. MAYBE YOUR NEXT INTERVIEW COULD BE ABOUT WHAT CHARITY YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH.
SIGHN A DEAL WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, CLEAR YOUR HEAD OUT AND THEN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE PROJECTS YOU ARE DOING.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOU DO AN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE, YOU SHOULD DONATE THE MONEY TO CHARITY. THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE IT WILL SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED, AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING TO YOU. BEST THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO YOU ARE BEFORE YOU COME BACK OUT SWINGING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. LOOK AT ME AGAIN, HERE I AM!

DO SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD FOR YOUR FUTURE AND DON'T LET THE WRONG INTERVIEWS CHANGE YOUR NEW IMAGE.
TAKING THE INTERVIEW FOR NBC WITH RUMORS THAT THEY WERE OFFERING 1MILLION AND YOU DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE FOR CHARITY WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. THAT IS WHY I THINK SO MUCH NEGATIVETY HAS BEEN PLACED ON THIS INTERVIEW WITH NBC.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE 300,000 DOLLAR INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE,
BE DONATED TO CHARITY AS WELL.

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by FARRAH-FALLON

27. Since the interview is cancelled, the only way to see what is going on with Paris in Jail is to watch The CellBlock Life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYqQG948_fY

Posted at 4:49PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by proborazzo

28. Paris is it.

Posted at 4:52PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Playboy TV

29. If there is an interview I will not be watching it.

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 22nd 2007 by Celtic Princess

30. LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Popular Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com.

After being silenced on Tuesday, the site was back online Wednesday but hosted by a different Internet service provider.

The gossip columnist, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, is the target of several lawsuits by paparazzi and others who claim he posts their photos and video content on his site without permission.

Celebrity photographers make hundreds of thousands of dollars selling exclusive images to magazines and Web sites each year. The agencies that have sued Lavandeira say he has refused to pay fees to license the photos, claiming he has a right as a journalist to use the images for free.

The Web site routinely posts tabloid photos of celebrities and adds scribbled commentary and rudimentary doodles.

Lavandeira defends his actions, saying his commentary constitutes "fair use" and is protected by copyright law.

Los Angeles photo agency X17 Inc. sued Lavandeira in federal court last year, asking for $7.6 million in damages. The suit claimed Hilton used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit, including images of a pregnant Katie Holmes, Kevin Federline pumping gas and Britney Spears.

A federal judge denied the company's motion for an injunction against the site, although the lawsuit continues, as does another filed on behalf of several other photo agencies. A lawsuit filed by Universal Studios claiming the site posted a stolen photo of Jennifer Aniston from the film "The Break-Up" is also pending.

X17 co-owner Brandy Navarre said the company has sent more than a dozen notices to the Australian Web hosting company Crucial Paradigm in the past two weeks, demanding that copies of copyrighted photos on the Perezhilton.com site be removed.

"They quickly realized it wasn't worth taking on this liability just to host this one client who was a repeat infringer," Navarre said Thursday.

Tuesday, Crucial Paradigm sent a strongly worded letter to the company that represents Lavandeira, saying it had received numerous complaints of copyright violations and warning that one more complaint would result in the site being taken offline.

"Please note that with any other provider this would have been done a long time ago, and moving your site to another provider will not solve this issue," the letter read. "Continued abuse is leaving us more liable each day, which we can't afford."

Crucial Paradigm did not respond to a request for comment. The site's new host, Blogads, also did not immediately return a call for comment. Lavandeira, reached by cell phone, referred all comment to his attorney.

"Having lost its attempt in court to stop perezhilton.com when the judge denied their injunction attempt, X17 now seems to brazenly admit to resorting to threats and intimidation in an attempt to shut down the Web site," Bryan J. Freedman, Lavandeira's lawyer, said Thursday.

"Perezhilton.com stands by its commitment to protect the freedom of people to transform content on the internet for the purpose of commentary and satire and unquestionably believes that it comports with the fair use exception."

After returning, perezhilton.com explained the outage by telling viewers it was being moved to another computer server and was experiencing "temporary technical difficulties and other roadblocks."