Paris Hilton takes Toronto.

2008-09-04 21:00:02

Adria Petty's Paris Hilton doc "Paris, Not France" has been cut down to a single screening at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Steven Zeitchik at the Hollywood Reporter rumored that this was because the heiress was so unhappy with the film that she was threatening legal action, but Karina Longworth at Spout wondered if it wasn't all just a savvy publicity stunt: It would be one thing if the Hilton camp has insisted that the film be removed from the festival completely... but they didn't. Instead, they've made tickets to Paris' single TIFF screening a hot commodity. Though technically this single screening at the Ryerson (one of TIFF's largest venues with about 1200 seats) is open to the public, behind the scenes press and industry folks will jockey for tickets, sucking attention away from the Fest's competing red carpet events, all but guaranteeing Hilton dominance of the...

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