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A.J. HAMMER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: How an Oscar winning star`s decision to go out to dinner leads him to save a man`s life. I`m A.J. Hammer.</s>BROOKE ANDERSON, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: And Angelina Jolie opens up like never before about living with Brad Pitt. I`m Brooke Anderson. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now</s>HAMMER: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, the Paris Hilton meltdown. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with new disturbing details about Paris` life in the slammer. The startling visit from her shrink, what her fellow inmates think about her. Plus, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT dares to ask, could Hollywood bad girls actually, like, be a good influence? Say what? The most embarrassing celebrity interviews ever! Tonight, the biggest stars doing the most outrageous things, and it`s all caught on tape. Britney`s breakdown! Tom`s tirade! Paula`s punchiness! Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the most painful, most shocking celebrity interviews of all time! Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer with Brooke Anderson in New York.</s>ANDERSON: And A.J., tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT dares to ask, can the bad girls of Hollywood actually be a good thing, a potential positive influence on young girls? Sounds crazy? Right? Well, maybe not. And we`ve got that coming up.</s>HAMMER: But first tonight, we begin with one of the baddest bad girls of all, Paris Hilton. And tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that on this, her third day in jail, the pain of it all might actually be getting to be too much for Paris! There are startling new details of what Paris is going through behind bars and it ain`t pretty! As a matter of fact, her shrink`s now involved!</s>PARIS HILTON, "THE SIMPLE LIFE": I`m Paris, nice to meet you.</s>HAMMER (voice-over): The fish out of water hardships Paris Hilton faces on her reality show "The Simple Life" used to be funny.</s>HILTON: I like my hair on this side better.</s>HAMMER: But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, as she serves an expected 23 days behind bars for violating probation, Paris Hilton`s life is anything but simple.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It has been very, very tough on her.</s>HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT brings you the inside story of Paris Hilton`s hard knock jail life, including new details about her tear-filled days and tough nights.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I seen a lot of things in there.</s>HAMMER: Former inmates share their firsthand knowledge of the rough conditions faced by the pampered party girl.</s>PAULINE HINES, FORMER INMATE: It`s a lot of homo sexuality. It`s a lot of violence.</s>HAMMER: And the big question, is Paris in danger behind bars?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s some people that want to beat her up.</s>HAMMER: Just hours before she began her jail term, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT was there at the MTV Movie Awards as Hilton talked about her fear.</s>HILTON: Trying to be strong right now. I`m definitely scared.</s>HAMMER: Soon after, Paris hopped into an SUV and checked into her new home, the Century Regional Detention Facility in suburban Los Angeles. There, in a cell like this one, Paris is spending 23 of 24 hours each day in solitary confinement. After that first night in jail, Paris Hilton`s attorney, Richard Hutton, visited her and put on a brave face.</s>RICHARD HUTTON, PARIS HILTON`S ATTORNEY: She`s doing very well under the circumstances.</s>HAMMER: But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can now tell you that all might not be well for Paris.</s>MIKE FLEEMAN, "PEOPLE MAGAZINE": We are told that she is spending much of her time during the day and night crying in her jail cell.</s>HAMMER: Mike Fleeman of "People Magazine" tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that Paris has already been visited by her psychiatrist, who had previously expressed concern about the affect jail will have on the young heiress.</s>FLEEMAN: The psychiatrist who is visiting Paris in jail has said that she was traumatized by the prospect of going to jail, so much so that she couldn`t even bring herself to take part in an unrelated lawsuit. This combined with her being in tears much of the time should tell you something about how tough this has been on her.</s>HAMMER: It gets worse. TMZ.com quotes jail sources who say Paris is so traumatized she`s barely eating. She`s reportedly not sleeping either. Outside of that jail, former inmates tell SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Sibila Vargas that the conditions Paris faces are no joke.</s>HINES: For one, the food is garbage. You know? For two, you`re constantly being bossed around by people. You know what I`m saying?</s>HAMMER: This woman`s niece is serving time.</s>FELICIANN WILLIAMS, VISITING A JAILED NIECE: She just told me that it`s nasty in there. The showers are full of roaches. It`s dirty. They get peanut butter sandwiches every day at lunch. They get beans for dinner. It`s not good. It`s very nasty.</s>HAMMER: But Paris may have something to worry about other than bad food.</s>SIBILA VARGAS, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT CORRESPONDENT: What is the feeling inside about Paris Hilton?</s>JOHNY DIAZ, GIRLFRIEND IS IN JAIL: There`s some people that want to beat her up.</s>HAMMER: Johnny Diaz`s girlfriend is also locked up at Century Regional. He says some inmates resent that Paris is being housed alone in a special cell away from the general population, presumably for her own safety.</s>DIAZ: People are upset because she`s short of time, and they kind of baby her more than other inmates here.</s>VARGAS: So they think she`s getting special treatment?</s>DIAZ: Yes, a lot of people do feel that way.</s>HAMMER: That was the sentiment shared by others.</s>VARGAS: They say they`re doing it because they want to protect.</s>TERESA AGUILAR, SAYS PARIS SHOULDN`T BE KEPT SEPARATE: There are some people that need to be protected too. There are times that people go in there, and they`re scared to death of life, because they think they`re going to get hurt by convicts. OK, so, she`s no better than us. I`m sorry. To be how special and alone.</s>HAMMER: Still, most of the people we talked to believe Paris will be okay.</s>VARGAS: What`s your best advice for Paris Hilton?</s>ELVIA GASCON, VISITING SISTER IN JAIL: Pick up a book and just keep to herself.</s>HINES: I think Paris will be fine. And she`ll do her time and she`ll go home. And there`s nothing that`s going to change about her. She`s just going to still be the same. She might not drink and drive, but she`ll be the same.</s>ANDERSON: Not only tough times for Paris, but the rest of the Hollywood Brit pack. Paris` sidekick Nicole Richie could also be heading to jail for her DUI arrest. Lindsay Lohan is in rehab. Britney Spears just out of rehab. It`s one giant meltdown. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has to ask what the heck is going on and who is to blame? With me tonight from San Francisco, Jim Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media. They keep an eye on Hollywood for kids and families. And from Hollywood tonight, Dina Sansing, "US Weekly`s" West Coast deputy editor. Welcome to you both. All right, guys, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has been all over this like nobody else. You know, I wake up this morning and pick up the "USA Today," and I see this poll asking what`s to blame for this insanity? Take a look at this: 79 percent say it`s because young Hollywood has too much money; 68 percent because the pressures of fame; 65 percent blame the negative influences of Hollywood; and 63 percent, the lowest, blame the parents for doing a poor job. Jim, out to you. What do you think?</s>JIM STEYER, COMMON SENSE MEDIA: Well, I think basically it`s a pretty pathetic and sad story overall. But I think it`s really the 24-7 celebrity culture that these young women are growing up in, and I think we`ve got to think about the messages and images they`re sending to young girls. You know, I just came from my 14-year-old daughter`s graduation, and whether we like it or not, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, they are images and important celebrities to young girls. And I think it`s the fame and the culture, and the fact that we bow down to them. It is an ugly picture right now.</s>ANDERSON: Yes, it`s scary that young girls want to emulate these people who are not setting a good example. And, Dina, let`s talk about the first point, because young Hollywood has too much money; 79 percent say that`s the reason. You know, Paris Hilton said in court that she relied on her helpers to open her mail and read her things. "I have people who do that for me," as she put it. Is that the problem? Are they just completely out of touch with reality?</s>DINA SANSING, "US WEEKLY MAGAZINE": They are. They`re surrounded by Yes Men. They`re people who are opening their mail, doing their dishes, doing their laundry. They`re really not held accountable to anything. So they`re free to go out, party, do drugs, do all of these things, because really that`s all they need to do. They have people to do everything else for them.</s>ANDERSON: Yes, when the people are on the payroll, they`re probably not going to tell the star no or don`t do this or don`t do that. It`s got to be more difficult for them. As we mention, the poll also blames the negative influences of Hollywood. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT spoke to Lindsey Lohan while she was promoting her film "Bobby." Listen to what she told us about fame.</s>LINDSAY LOHAN, ACTRESS: I am a normal person. You know what I mean? I don`t think of it like that, and I don`t -- my friends don`t treat me any differently. And the people that are in my life don`t treat me any differently. And I don`t want to be known for what club I`m at. I`m 20 years old. What am I supposed to do? What, not go hang out with my friends?</s>ANDERSON: What, not go hang out with my friends? OK, we know that Lindsay is in rehab, but Jim, is there something to what she said. She is a 20-year-old kid acting wild, hanging out with her friends. You know, maybe like most 20-year-olds do. Maybe not to that extent, but is there something to what she said?</s>STEYER: You know, Brooke, there is something to it. I also teach at Stanford. So, you know, those kids are 20 years old too, but I do think you have to ask -- one of the issues in the "USA Today" poll that you mentioned was where are the parents? Where are the parents in this case? When you are 20 years old, your parents should still be really involved in your life. If you are messing up like this, they need to be there. Again, you also got to ask the influence of drugs and alcohol and the message that is sending to the kids, because I worry about those 13, 14-year-old girls and boys who look at this, think it`s OK to drink at their age. They start doing drugs at that age. I do think you`ve got to look at the parents. But you`ve also got to look at the message this is sending to kids all across this country. And this may be a wakeup call, because I don`t think this is teaching good lessons. I think this is ultimately teaching very bad messages and lessons.</s>ANDERSON: Horrible. STEYER -- to young people. Horrible, and they`ve got to get their act together, because this is not good for them. They need help. They are really sending a bad message to millions of kids, who, for better or worse, look at them as role models.</s>ANDERSON: Yes, and hopefully kids are smart enough to see that and turn it into a positive thing. I want to go back to the parents, because I was very surprised to see in this poll, this "USA Today"/Gallup poll that the parents were the last thing people thought were contributing to young Hollywood`s downfall. Dina, do you buy that, or do you think that mothers like Dina Lohan and Cathy Hilton need to step it up, take some responsibility?</s>SANSING: Absolutely. Fame is a very difficult thing, especially for young people. They really need people around them that can be strong and teach them a lot. You have to understand the dynamic between these parents and celebrities is very strained, because they`re making more money than their parents. They`re in the position of power. It`s really hard for a apparent to say, oh, I`m going to ground you; I`m going to take away your allowance, because they just don`t have that power anymore.</s>ANDERSON: I think some culpability should lie with the parents. I honestly do believe it begins at home. Jim, you talk about the pressures of Hollywood. Twenty seconds left, how can it be reversed?</s>STEYER: Well, first of all, I do think the parents need to be involved. But I also think you need to see people coming out and speaking out in Hollywood about this culture and about the role models that these young people are playing for the rest of society. I think there`s a degree of peer pressure that will work here. Going back to what Dina just said, the parents have to take responsibility. And parents who push their kids to become famous at really young ages need to see the consequences of that in sort of the sad behavior of these young women.</s>ANDERSON: The long-term consequences. All right, we`re going to wrap it up there. Jim Steyer, Dina Sansing, thank you both for your insight.</s>STEYER: Thank you.</s>ANDERSON: And now we want to hear from you. It is our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day; young Hollywood`s meltdown, are the parents to blame? Vote at CNN.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. Send us an email, SHOWBIZTONIGHT@CNN.com.</s>HAMMER: Brooke, what would say if I told you that some people actually believe the theory that these bad girls in Hollywood, like Paris, Lindsay and Britney, with their bad behavior, could actually be a good influence on young girls?</s>ANDERSON: Anything`s possible, I would say, but they definitely are not leading by example.</s>HAMMER: I`m a little skeptical of the whole thing. I`m daring to ask the question, can young girls actually learn something from these starlets` shocking behavior? We`ll get into that at 31 past the hour.</s>ANDERSON: From shocking to some really heroic behavior, A.J. Oscar winning star Cuba Gooding Jr., listen to his truly amazing story. Up next, his simple decision to go out to dinner leads him to save a man`s life! I`ve also got the most embarrassing celebrity interviews ever! Tonight, the biggest stars doing the most outrageous things. And it`s all caught on tape. And let me tell you, you will definitely be saying, oh, no, they didn`t! That`s straight ahead.