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Jun 13 2007 12:00am EDT

Talent Agency Drops Paris Hilton

Another sure sign of the Paris Hilton backlash (as if we needed one). The heiress, who returned to jail last week, has been dropped by her talent agency Endeavor. Hilton was removed from their client list the same day the judge told her that she would have to go back behind bars to serve out her sentence for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A spokesperson from Endeavor declined to elaborate on the break up. Endeavor, one of the town's top agencies (repping actors such as Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner and Matt Damon) signed Hilton back in 2005. By that time she was starring on Fox's The Simple Life and had complete the horror remake of House of Wax (not to mention her sex tape 1 Night in Paris). She recently completed another film, a romantic comedy called The Hottie and the Nottie, but the agency made most of its commission off the 26-year-old's branding deals for perfume and fashion accessories like her hand bag collection. Meanwhile, the special treatment accusations continue to fly, as Hilton's parents skip past others waiting in line to visit their daughter in jail.

Beverly Hills talent agency drops Paris Hilton as a client [USA Today]
Endeavor checks out of Hilton [Variety]


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