ROLL CALL: Paris Phones From Jail & Indiana Jones Returns!

Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans by Tommy Vergason

June 22, 2007

PARIS: ‘I REALLY DON’T LIKE IT HERE’: Paris Hilton spoke with E! News’ Ryan Seacrest from jail yesterday, mere days before her expected release this Monday. E! ONLINE offers excerpts from the ten-minute phone conversation, in which Paris revealed that she plans to “appreciate all the things I took for granted and never really thought much about” and “use [her] fame in a good way” when she gets out. “I will definitely get a good meal, because the food in here is absolutely inedible and horrible,” she remarked. Her other main complaint about the simple life jail has afforded her? The size of her accomodations. “I’m claustrophobic, and my cell is really small,” she told Ryan. “It’s hard. There’s nothing to do but basically sit. A room with a bunkbed and a toilet and a desk.” While all that sitting has reportedly been hard for Paris, it has given her time to reflect on her past, as well as her future. “I feel like I can’t wait to start a new chapter of my life, It feels really great,” she said, adding, “even though I really don’t like it here.”

INDY’S BACK!: Access Hollywood has obtained the first photo of Harrison Ford in costume from the set of “Indiana Jones 4!” The photo, taken by director Steven Spielberg, shows Ford in the familiar togs he last wore in 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” hat and all! Relaxing in a chair with what appears to be a bloodied knee, Ford looks every bit the dashing archaeologist he has in the last three “Indy” films, albeit a bit older. The new film is set in the 1950s, and also stars Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Jim Broadbent. It will be released by Paramount Pictures worldwide on May 22, 2008.

JUSTIN TAKES RIHANNA TO ‘REHAB’: R&B singer Rihanna has enjoyed much success with her latest album, “Good Girl Gone Bad,” and she told ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY that working with Justin Timberlake on a track was an added bonus for her. “It was very great,” Rihanna reportedly said about working with Justin. “It was fantastic because he’s such a cool guy. You know, he’s Justin Timberlake! And he’s still cool and chill. He’s fun, but he’s very serious about his work.” And it was that work ethic that really floored Rihanna, not to mention Justin’s innate talent. “[Album co-producer] Timbaland had an idea, and he knew he wanted to call the song ‘Rehab’ and he had a beat. So then Justin Timberlake came in and he just put his thing on it. He wrote the song in his head. He didn’t write anything on paper. He went into the booth and sang it and I was very, very impressed. We all loved it.”

FASHIONABLY ‘GREY’: Devoted fans of “Grey’s Anatomy” will soon be able to play doctor at home, while wearing authentic scrubs inspired by one of the show’s stars! PEACHES UNIFORMS have announced the debut of the “Katherine Heigl Collection,” a new line of health care uniforms that is poised to debut in retail stores this coming Fall. Heigl has reportedly teamed with Peaches and some “top designers” on the uniform line, which promises to “bring a new level of style and sophistication to medical professionals who value looking good as much as they value their life’s work.” Most pieces will reportedly be priced under $25.

MORGAN IS MANDELA: Morgan Freeman has been cast as former South African President Nelson Mandela in the movie “The Human Factor,” VARIETY reports. The film, based on an upcoming John Carlin book, is set after the fall of apartheid, when South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela was in his first term as South African president, and he used the event as a way to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks. “I have known Nelson Mandela personally for quite some time, and am continually in awe of his enormous presence in the world,” said Freeman, who will also serve as a producer for the movie. “The opportunity to portray him in this film is a great honor.” Freeman can currently be seen as God in “Evan Almighty,” opening in theaters today.

SCI FI CLOSES THE ‘GATE’: “Stargate SG-1’s” tour of time and space is coming to a close tonight, at least on television screens. The Sci Fi Channel program, which was based on the 1994 film, “Stargate,” has the distinction of being the longest-running science-fiction series on TV, after 10 seasons and 215 episodes. USA TODAY reports that “Stargate’s” cancellation after a drop in ratings (averaging 1.8 million viewers this season) led to a fan outcry, indicating that a devoted audience remains. Based on that popularity, two direct-to-video films, “Stargate: The Ark of Truth” and “Stargate: Continuum,” are due in stores within the year, and that more are possible. “I don’t like to actually call the series (finale) an ending. I prefer to call it the ending of a weekly check,” actor Christopher Judge reportedly told USA TODAY. “But it was time for us to take this next step. We have been looking forward to doing movies for five years now.”

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