Melbourne, Dec 22 : Hollywood actress Paris Hilton has been paid a whopping 600,000 dollars for a New Year gig in Sydney.

Hilton will be making an appearance at the New Year Eve to add glamour to the launch of The Bongo Virus networking website.

"Paris is coming because it''s the biggest online party in the world and she wanted to come because she loves Australia," News. com. au quoted Bongo chief executive Will Scott, as saying.

"Now she''s single, I''ve told her there''ll be lots of gorgeous guys at the party," he added.

Washington, December 20 : Hotel heiress Paris Hilton's home was robbed in the early hours of Friday morning, while she was partying at a bar in Hollywood with singer Katy Perry and blogger Perez Hilton.

A security guard at the residence has revealed that a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves forced open the front door and ransacked Hilton''s bedroom, reports Fox News.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the robbery at Hilton's home in a gated community in the Sherman Oaks neighbourhood took place at around 5 a. m.

Washington, December 19 : Paris Hilton has revealed that her grandmother used to call her a little Marilyn Monroe and that she had always wanted to grow up to become a `blonde icon'.

The socialite, born with a golden spoon, said she knew she'd be befriending fame and creating her own niche.

"I was the oldest granddaughter. Everyone was so excited that I was born, they would always take pictures of me," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

New Delhi, Dec 19: American socialite Paris Hilton's dream of owning a car like the one children''s toy doll Barbie has, has finally come true.

Hilton, who has always wanted a Pink Bentley, got one as a Christmas present to herself.

The car has been customized to her liking, and is estimated to be worth 200,000 dollars, reports the China Daily.

"I've just always wanted a pink car. I think when you''re a little girl and you have the Barbie corvette you''re always like, `Oh I wish I had a car like this one day', so I think it just comes from being a fan of Barbie for so long," she said.

London, Dec 17 : Hollywood actress Paris Hilton has sparked rumours that she is back with her ex-beau Benji Madden, after she was spotted talking "cozily" with him at a Los Angeles event.

The hotel heiress, who split from Benji in November, is reportedly keen to patch up with him and made a beeline for him as soon as she heard he was coming at the event.

London, Dec 11: Hollywood actress Paris Hilton recently declared that she is a living example of the fact that blondes are not stupid.