Jessica Simpson was impressed by a thespian technique passed along to her by Willie Nelson when they were filming The Dukes of Hazzard.

She reportedly told Harper’s Bazaar:

"Willie Nelson taught me an amazing thing. He memorizes his lines by writing them as a song, and they become a melody to him."…

"In my music career, there have been moments of failure, and with acting, I haven’t had that yet. But music is opening up my heart and every emotion inside of me."

That sounds like great advice! When we think "skilled actor," we think "Willie Nelson."

Of course, the trick would be more helpful if Jess was smart enough to remember lyrics.

Sit tight, Princess. If you didn’t think Employee of the Month was a moment of failure as an actress, you’ve got a big ol’ acting bomb coming down the pike in Blonde Ambition. Congrats!

It had been widely reported that Paris Hilton had been seen at Les Deux in Hollywood this weekend.

TMZ has a picture of her climbing into an SUV that night.

OK! Magazine has details of the wild night on the town and it doesn’t sound like she’s curtailed her drinking and hooking up.

“Paris was dancing away on the black-leather cushions of her booth, along with her friends and Nicky,” another witness adds. “She looked really happy to be free from the confines of that tiny jail cell.” And Paris wasted no time in getting wasted, both sources tell OK!. She ordered and downed two shots of Jaegermeister within her first 10 minutes there…

"By the time Paris got ready to leave, she was pretty drunk,” the eyewitness tells OK!. "Toward the end of the night, she was sitting on the top edge of her booth, making-out with a dark-haired guy who was sporting a couple days growth of beard. While they kissed, Paris was holding up a brown fedora hat, and they were kissing behind the hat, so people couldn’t see. But still, sitting up high like that on the back of her booth, with 200 people clamoring to watch her every move, if she was trying to be coy, it didn’t work!”

Tequila shots? Sucking face with an apparent stranger?

Ahhhh…we knew the old Paris would prevail over the Saintly Paris promoted during her whirlwind, philosophy-spouting, not-so-mea-culpa, post-jail media tour.

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The touching prose from Paris Hilton’s journal, which she generously shared with the world on Larry King Live, has been turned into a glorious rock ballad. The touching song is called "A Process A Gift and A Journey" and it’s a little bit like Queen, a smidge of Tenacious D, and even smacks a bit of Journey, natch.

It’s a lot like the anthem of a celebutard who bought a bunch of paper and pencil from the jail commissary to pass the time, which she wasn’t serving. The time was serving her.

Please enjoy the video here. Lighters and cell phone "lamps" optional, but arms slowly and reverently waving above your head are required.