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heiress stories: 29 news summaries

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 Newspaper Heiress' Body 
 Washes Ashore 

Descendant of Detroit News founder committed suicide

Sep 28, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The body of Anne Morrell Petrillo was pulled from the Hudson River yesterday, three days after the newspaper heiress jumped off the same bridge where her stepfather leapt to his death more than a decade earlier. Petrillo, 38, was descended on her mother’s side from Detroit News founder... More »

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suicide • newspaper • New York • Detroit • heiress • Hudson River • The Detroit News • Anne Morrell Petrillo

Guinness Heiress In Court for Drunken Striptease on Plane

'Cavorted' with passenger, threw child's dirty diaper, testify witnesses

Sep 15, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A descendant of the Guinness brewing family got so drunk on a long flight that she "cavorted" with a male passenger, took off her skirt, and threw her son’s dirty diaper into a row of seats, observers say. A flight attendant said “she had absolutely no clue... More »

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alcohol • heiress • diaper • stripping • Guinness • drunk • socialite

OPINION

 In Estate Planning, 
 Take a Lesson From MJ   

He knew what he was doing—and we should follow his example

Jul 9, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson wasn't known for his financial prudence, but he got one thing right: his estate planning, writes Jane Bennett Clark for Kiplinger. Here’s how to follow his good example:
  • Write a will: Two-thirds of Americans don’t. Jackson’s is concrete: His kids get 40% of
... More »

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entertainment • will • death • financial planning • heiress • Michael Jackson • estate • trust • heir • celebrity death

(Newser) - Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt are openly discussing having children, In Touch reports. “Paris would make a great mom—she’s my Angel Princess,” says Reinhardt, the former baseball prospect who’s recently dated Hills star Lauren Conrad and actress Amanda Bynes. The heiress herself is also... More »

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television • Paris Hilton • children • heiress • celebrity pregnancy • The Hills • Lauren Conrad • Doug Reinhardt • Amanda Bynes • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - Helg Sgarbi, the man European media nicknamed “the Swiss Gigolo,” was sentenced to 6 years in prison today after pleading guilty in German court to seducing and conning the BMW heiress who is Germany's richest woman, along with several others. Sgarbi apologized to his victims, none of whom... More »

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sex scandal • trial • blackmail • heiress • sex tape • BMW • sentence • Helg Sgarbi • Susanne Klatten

Gigolo Who
Scammed
German Women
Goes on Trial

Swiss seducer accused of blackmail

Mar 7, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A smooth-talking Swiss man accused of bilking Germany's richest woman out of millions will go on trial next week, Der Spiegel reports. Prosecutors say Helg Sgarbi seduced billionaire BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, persuaded her to give him $8 million, and then threatened to send sex tapes of the two... More »

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sex scandal • blackmail • heiress • Mafia • BMW

GLOSSIES

 Paris Slays 'Misconceptions' 

Indeed, having a nightclub at home makes life soooo much simpler

Dec 20, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton dishes to Esquire about what she’s learned from being, well, Paris Hilton. For starters, she wants everyone to know she’s not a brainless celebutard—“I was up making phone calls at seven in the morning, and I’ll be working until 1 a.m.”... More »

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Hollywood • Paris Hilton • celebrity • heiress • Hilton

OBITUARY

Sunny von Bülow Dies in Coma at 76

Heiress' husband accused twice of
trying to kill her

Dec 6, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunny von Bülow, the heiress whose second husband was twice accused of trying to kill her, died today after lying in a coma for nearly 28 years, the New York Times reports. Von Bülow’s first marriage to an Austrian playboy prince ended in divorce, and she became... More »

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crime • New York • heiress • insulin • coma • Newport • Claus von Bulow • Martha "Sunny" von Bulow

 Paris' New Label? Paris 

Heiress will use independent label

Dec 3, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton's long-awaited(!?) album has found a label at last—her own Heiress Records, reports the Daily Mirror. The celebutante says this record is “completely different” from her first, which was “very hip-hop."  "I was really inspired by Kylie Minogue," says Hilton.... More »

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music • Paris Hilton • celebrity • heiress • album release

GLOSSIES

$30M Mansion
Sinks Hearst 
Heiress 

Spendthift widow overspent on lavish home, lifestyle

Nov 10, 08 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Even America's wealthy can live beyond their means, and Veronica Hearst—widow of Randy, the son of newspaper mogul William Randolph—outspent her fortune by millions, Vicky Ward writes in Vanity Fair. Her undoing was the July 2000 purchase of a $30 million mansion in Florida once owned by the... More »

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foreclosure • heiress • millionaires • mansion • Veronica Hearst

France Plotzes as Sarko Jr Weds Jewish Heiress

Nuptials spark anti-Semitic debate

Sep 11, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jean Sarkozy, the 22-year-old son of France's president, married his childhood sweetheart last night in a ceremony so under wraps that guests were informed via text message. A possible reason for the secrecy? His bride, the heiress to a huge electronics company, is Jewish—and the marriage has set off... More »

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France • Jews • Judaism • heiress • anti-Semitism • Neuilly-sur-Seine • Jean Sarkozy

Few Flock to
Be Paris' New
Best Friend

NYC casting call for heiress' new reality show nets low turnout

Apr 17, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton’s quest for a new best friend is off to a slow start. Casting calls for a show on which she’ll audition new pals aren’t much of a draw: Word is just 40 or 50 turned up at a New York event. And reporters were turned... More »

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television • reality TV • Paris Hilton • heiress • Audition

Paris Sues Hallmark Over Card

Heiress objects to use of her trademarked 'that's hot' catchphrase

Sep 8, 07 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps losing her cool, Paris Hilton is suing Hallmark for swiping her registered 'that's hot' catchphrase and plopping it, along with her face and name, on a greeting card. The heiress is demanding at least $100,000 in damages for the heist without her consent, CNNMoney reports, but Hallmark says... More »

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satire • Paris Hilton • lawsuit • heiress • Hallmark • trademark

Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

Rumor has JK Rowling writing crime novel

Aug 19, 07 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - J.K. Rowling has been spotted writing something in an Edinburgh cafe like the one where she penned the first Harry Potter book, and fellow author Ian Rankin says she's moving in on his territory—crime fiction. Rankin admits he hasn't personally talked to Rowling about her next project; it... More »

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Harry Potter • Scotland • JK Rowling • fiction • literature • heiress • author • Edinburgh • book

The 10 Hottest Heiresses

These ten lucky girls have looks and money to burn.

Jul 19, 07 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Paris Hilton, 26. Recently spent some time in the pokey.
  2. Ivanka Trump, 25: A a degree in real estate and a connected dad.
  3. Nicky Hilton, 23:  Her foray into the hotel business proved disastrous.
  4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 46:  Seinfeld star doesn't need daddy.
  5. Dylan
... More »

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Prince William • Donald Trump • Paris Hilton • list • celebrity • William Randolph Hearst • heiress • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Estee Lauder • Ralph Lauren • Nicky Hilton • Ivanka Trump

The Simple
Life in Jail:
Bad Food,
Fan Mail

'Let the time serve you,' advises celebucon

Jun 28, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Still convinced she got a "raw deal," an almost Zen-like Paris Hilton spilled the beans yesterday about her 23-day stretch in stir, where the food "wasn't that tasty" and being strip-searched was the most humiliating experience of her life. Also especially tough: not being able to hug... More »

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Paris Hilton • God • spirituality • Larry King • heiress • jail • CNN

Paris Blackout Sweeps Mag

Heiress fatigue sets
in at Us Weekly

Jun 27, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may be spring time for Paris but one of the nation's top pop culture rags won't be participating in the media frenzy. Just as the scofflaw celebutante ends her well-publicized stint in jail this week, Us Weekly is bowing out of the competition—not only eschewing the predictable cover... More »

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media • Paris Hilton • pop culture • Katie Holmes • celebrity • heiress • Tom Crusie • Us Weekly

Paris Is Liberated

It's been a great three weeks, though

Jun 26, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Our long national nightmare is over; Paris is out of the slammer. The heiress left the Los Angeles County jail in Lynwood just 15 minutes after midnight today—technically completing a three-week stay—and was swarmed by a crowd of waiting photographers enroute to her parents' black SUV. More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • probation • heiress • jail • Lynwood • community service

NBC Cancels $1M Deal With Ex-Con Heiress

Network renegs on Paris interview; Walters won't do it for free

Jun 23, 07 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton got jilted by NBC yesterday, the New York Post reports. The peacock network reneged on its reported $1-million offer for her first apres-jail interview after executives got cold feet. Then they decided they didn't even want the "Today" show interview for free. And none of the other... More »

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media • NBC • Barbara Walters • celebrity trials • Paris Hilton • celebrity • heiress

Paris Was Right:
It's Not Fair!

Numbers show heiress's stint in jail will be longer than 80% of similar offenders

Jun 14, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton wasn't just  being a spoiled brat when she cried injustice on being hauled back to jail earlier this week. The weepy celebutante is in fact doing more hard time than most people guilty of crimes like hers, the LA Times reports after  analyzing 1,500 similar cases in... More »

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prison • Paris Hilton • trial • drunk driving • celebrity • sentencing • heiress • injustice

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