Paris Hilton says she plugged 'Pledge This!'

July 10, 2009 Paris Hilton repeatedly fussed with her hair and makeup in a federal courtroom Friday, sported six-inch stiletto heels and a black dress and amused the judge with a little wave on the way to the witness stand. Once on the stand, though, Hilton was businesslike when it came to defending herself against an $8 million lawsuit's claim that she didn't do her part to promote the 2006 boxoffice bomb "Pledge This!" She acknowledged in court that the movie didn't turn out very well but insisted she plugged it for everything she was worth. Hilton is accused by an investor's lawsuit of turning her back on the film, which made just $2.9 million, at a crucial time when it was being released on DVD and in foreign markets.

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