The #1 Biggest Story of 2007: Paris Hilton Goes to Jail

What a train wreck! In May Paris Hilton was sentenced by Judge Michael Sauer to 45 days in jail for violating her probation for a DUI charge in 2006. After attending the MTV Movie Awards on June 3rd, she checked herself into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA. She was expected to serve 23 days of her 45 day sentence based on good behavior credit, but no - she was released on June 7th to serve 40 days of home confinement with an electronic monitoring device because of a medical condition. The next day Judge Sauer ordered her to appear in court, where he revoked the home confinement and sent Paris back to Lynwood. Her release on June 26th was covered live by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and local Los Angeles television stations.

In the 22 days that Paris Hilton was incarcerated, she was mentioned every day on the cable news channels. Everyone in America knew she was in jail, why she was in jail, what her cell looked like, and what her lawyers were doing to try to get her out.

In the 22 days that Paris Hilton was incarcerated, 82 American servicemen lost their lives in the Middle East. But that wasn't covered non-stop in the media, was it?

2nd Biggest Story of 2007: Britney's Meltdown

2007 wasn't a great year for Britney Spears.


January 1, 2007:
Brit rang in the New Year in a club in Vegas, and reportedly was carried out by bodyguards.

February 4, 2007:
Brit is dumped by model boyfriend Isaac Cohen.

February 16, 2007:
Brit shaves her head at a salon in Tarzana, CA. Then, she went to a tattoo parlor to get tattoos on her hip and wrist. While this was going on, the media was reporting that she had checked in and out of a rehab in Antigua.

February 20, 2007:
Brit checks into rehab.

February 21, 2007:
Brit checks out of rehab. Then she checks back in.

March 20, 2007:
Brit completes her stay at Promises rehab in Malibu.

July 19, 2007:
Brit storms out of a photo shoot for OK! Magazine.

August 9, 2007:
K-Fed sues for primary custody of his and Brit's children.

September 9, 2007:
Brit's comeback at the MTV Video Music Awards is panned by fans and critics alike.

September 16, 2007:
Brit is dropped by both her management company and her divorce lawyer.

September 17, 2007:
Brit is ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week as part of the custody battle between her and K-Fed.

September 21, 2007:
Brit is charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid license after crashing into a parked car in a Studio City parking lot on August 6th.

October 1, 2007:
Brit is ordered to surrender custody of her kids to K-Fed.

October 17, 2007:
Brit cannot visit her kids until she complies with a court order after an emergency hearing with her parenting coach.

October 30, 2007:
Brit is granted three monitored visits per week with her kids. Her latest CD "Blackout" is released.

December 4, 2007:
Child welfare investigators check into "multiple child abuse and neglect" regarding Brit's kids.

3rd Biggest Story of 2007: The Death of Anna Nicole Smith

Over the next few days, we'll recall some of the biggest tabloid stories of 2007. It was a year full of celebrity arrests, untimely deaths, and even a "politician in the potty" scandal. Which are the three biggest stories of 2007? Let's start with....

February 8, 2007: Anna Nicole Smith dies in a hotel room in a Florida casino. What more can be said about the buxom blonde mom/turned model/turned Playboy centerfold/turned billionaire's wife/turned reality star/turned diet spokesperson? The world watched every time she reinvented herself, and for no other reason than because she was famous for being famous. Rest in peace, Vicky Lynn Hogan/turned Anna Nicole Smith.