Paris Hilton can continue to ignore the rumors, but she probably has to pay attention to the judge.

A Miami judge has sided with a film distributor that sued Hilton in 2008, ruling Thursday that the heiress/actress (heirtress?) did not fulfill her promotional obligations concerning the 2006 straight-to-DVD comedy Pledge This! and probably owes the plaintiff some money.

Worldwide Entertainment Group insisted that Paris pledged to make the full publicity rounds and then bailed on interviews with U.K. and Russian publications, after collecting a $1 million fee, resulting in collective losses of $8.3 million.

U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno reined the figure in a little bit, tentatively estimating the amount Hilton owes WEG at $160,000, but he said he wants to further review her contract before finalizing the number.

Hilton's rep had no immediate comment, but she's been rather busy.

The 29-year-old celebutante was busted Friday night in Las Vegas for cocaine possession and was subsequently banned by her boyfriend's former employer from further partying at the Wynn Las Vegas and neighboring Encore hotel.

Hilton told police that the purse she was carrying that night wasn't hers, despite all of the things in it that did belong to her (like credit cards and prescription medication), and that she thought what turned out to be a baggie of coke was actually... chewing gum .

Ever the newly-minted mogul of social media, Kanye West used webcasting service Ustream to answer questions from fans on Friday (while waiting for a flight out of South Korea), dropping details about his new album, his next single, the just-released "Power" video, being a better person, and Twitter.

It took Kanye a few minutes to get used to the webcast's interface, but once he did, he couldn't contain his excitement -- "Aww man, I get to clarify a bunch of **** now!" West said -- then showed his audience his laptop screen, complete with 23 open windows of his music, his collaborators' music, various photos he uses as research, and, of course, his Twitter.

West hasn't yet chosen his next single (or an album title), but during the webcast he shared a sample of one of the possible options, "All of the Lights," and it's vintage Kanye, with regally bombastic horns blasting under smooth harmonic vocals. Whatever the next single turns out to be, 'Ye says it'll be out before the end of August.

A phone meeting between Kanye West and former Death Row Records CEO Marion "Suge" Knight ended in a stalemate and produced no results involving Knight's $1 million dollar lawsuit against the Chicago rapper.
 
The Associated Press reports that the latest meeting took place yesterday (August 26th) in Miami, with Knight present and West attending by telephone.

According Knight's attorney Marc Brumer, the two sides could not reach an agreement over Knight's allegations that West is responsible for injuries he received after he was shot at VMA party West hosted at The Shore Club, in 2005.

In addition to being shot in the leg during the star-studded party, Knight claims he lost a diamond earring that was valued at $135,000.

Knight's lawsuit claims West is responsible for his injuries because there was allegedly not enough security at the event.

According to Brumer, the case will most likely go to trial.

This is the second attempt to reach a settlement over the dispute. The pair met in a lawyer's office in New York in June, but an agreement could not be reached.
 

After giving his fans a chance to watch the premiere of the "Miss Me" music video, Drake reached out to his fans -- literally -- during a Ustream webcast from his Toronto apartment Thursday night (Aug. 19). The rapper used the webcasting service for an hour to announce the title of his forthcoming R&B mixtape and a "Welcome Home Weezy" concert, show off his Toronto apartment and dial a handful of lucky fans on his Blackberry.

Drake struggled to launch the Ustream for nearly half an hour, but he was ready to answer fan questions once overcoming the technical difficulties. "Ustream is like the new press conference," he said. "I put this [black hoodie] on and sprayed cologne as if you can smell it. It's really as if we're meeting in perso

After answering questions about his mom ("I love her... I might see her tonight") and the pressures he feels as an artist ("Every night I go to sleep, it's like, 'I gotta get better'... I gotta come back with an album that's way better than 'Thank Me Later,' that's way better than 'So Far Gone'"), Drizzy said that his free R&B mixtape will be called "It's Never Enough," and that there is no release date but it will come out "soon." He also said that he is working on his second album and hopes to have it out next year.

As for his incarcerated mentor Lil' Wayne, Drake announced that a "Welcome Home Weezy" concert is set for Nov. 5, but couldn't say where it would be. "You might as well just camp out at all different locations," Drake said. "That's gonna be crazy, the real deal."

Drake also talked about the video for "Miss Me," which premiered last night at 8 PM EST on MTV immediately before the Ustream. The stylish clip features performance scenes in which the rapper stares up at a woman seductively dancing toward him, while Lil' Wayne delivers his guest verse in silhouette form. Drizzy told his Ustream audience that a video for "Thank Me Later" track "Fancy" was due out in a few weeks as well.

The rapper later gave a tour of his apartment, showing off his new chandelier and dimly lit patio. He also flipped through nearly every page of "The Big Butt Book," a picture book of "big booties" that is a fixture on his coffee table, while sipping a glass of Pinot Grigio.

However, the highlight of the Ustream came when Drake asked his watchers to send in their phone numbers and promptly dialed a half-dozen fans. One young girl breathlessly offered to drive the rapper to his upcoming concert in Miami, while a New Jersey fan introduced Drake to her brother, a 10-year-old aspiring rapper.

"You gonna be a rapper? I hope you're ready, man!" Drake told the boy. "You gotta study, you gotta be smart to be a rapper. You gotta work hard to be a rapper, you gotta keep the words flowing. You gotta finish that school up, and you could just change the world being a rapper, so I hope you're coming out here talking about positive things, man."

Before he signed off, Drake explained that he was using the Ustream to stay connected to his fans and give them a chance to see him as a normal person. "Just know, look me in my eye, you haven't lost me yet," the rapper said. "I know sometimes they try to drive a wedge between the artist and the listener, or sometimes wealth and success drives a wedge between me and you... I'm still here for you. I still want to do this mixtape shit, I still want to rap my heart out, I still want to represent the youth and tell you about my life, and hopefully touch on some subjects that's going on in your life. I just wanted to let you know, you haven't lost me to this game yet, and I don't think you ever will."

Drake's Ustream stint follows Kanye West's live webcasting debut earlier this month. Like West, Drizzy is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12.

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