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Mark Burnett, Roma Downey Marry in Malibu

Reality TV producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) and former Touched By An Angel star Roma Downey were wed in a private ceremony at their home in Malibu Saturday afternoon, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.

"It was wonderful to have shared our big day with our family – Roma, myself, our children and our parents," Burnett, who's also producing this summer's On the Lot on FOX and Pirate Master on CBS, tells PEOPLE. "It was so meaningful and so intimate."

On a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Burnett, 46, and Downey, 47, said their "I dos" in a ceremony officiated by Downey's Angel costar, Della Reese, 75, who is an ordained minister.

Burnett's sons from a previous marriage, James, 13 and Cameron, 10, acted as best man and ring bearer, respectively (Cameron was also the ring bearer for the wedding of Donald Trump and Melania Knauss in January 2005). Downey's daughter from a previous marriage, Reilly, 10, was a bridesmaid.

Also in attendance were Burnett's father, Archie, 83, dressed in a traditional kilt, and Burnett's stepmother, Jean; for Downey, Reese and her husband, Franklin, stood in for Downey's parents, both of whom have passed away.

At the end of the half-hour ceremony, which included family members reading selected passages from novels and poems, a small plane that Downey had hired as a surprise for Burnett flew overhead with a banner that read, "... and they lived happily ever after."

Retreating to their backyard, the family settled into a seafood reception with shrimp cocktail, fresh lobster salad and broiled lobster tails. The adults toasted with Cristal Champagne; the kids, with Martinelli's sparkling apple juice. To finish the day: wedding cake, ice cream and fruit.

The couple, who had been Malibu neighbors for years when they started dating in January of 2004, became engaged last November during a Thanksgiving family vacation in Zihuatenejo, Mexico. The traveling will continue as the pair leaves on a 10-day honeymoon to Jordan, where Lawrence of Arabia was filmed, and London.

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Paris Hilton & Longtime Rep Part Ways

Paris Hilton and her longtime press representative, Elliot Mintz, have ended their relationship, Mintz announced in an e-mail to PEOPLE received Sunday night.

The dissolution of their partnership comes two days after Hilton, 26, was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violation of her probation by driving with a suspended driver's license. (She is to report for jail by June 5.)

According to Mintz's message, "The day after the hearing, I sent Paris an e-mail expressing my sadness over the ruling of the judge and the irrational sentence he imposed."

At her hearing Friday, Hilton told Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer that Mintz had repeatedly informed her that her license had been suspended for only 30 days and that she could still drive for work-related matters.

"In that e-mail [to Paris]," Mintz said in his message to PEOPLE, "I also offered my sincerest apology for any misunderstanding she received from me regarding the terms of her probation. To the extent that I have mIscommunicated information I received from her attorneys ? I am deeply and profoundly sorry."

He added, "I told her that I assume personal responsibility for my part in this matter."

The message continues: "I believe when Paris stated in court that she believed it was o.k. for her to drive under certain circumstances she was being absolutely truthful.

"Due to this misunderstanding, I am no longer representing Paris."

He concludes, "For the record, I have nothing but love and respect for Paris and her family. Paris is a wonderful person and does not deserve the punishment that was handed down by the court. I only wish her my best."

Something of a legendary figure in the annals of press representation, Mintz, 62, whose current client roster includes Christie Brinkley, got his foothold in the business in the 1970s as a confidante of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

In a 2006 New York Times profile of Mintz, which said that he and Hilton were in contact either by chatting or e-mailing as many as 12 times a day, the hotel heiress said of him, "'I speak to him more than anyone else in my life."

"He really gets me, the whole Paris thing," Hilton told the paper. "He knows it's all a game."

When told that Mintz contemplated thoughts of retirement in 2007, Hilton shrieked a response of "Noooo," and said, "I trust him with my life."

For his part, when asked by The Times how he could go from John Lennon to Paris Hilton, Mintz said it was a matter of staying current. "Young people don't believe in politicians," he said. "They don't believe in their leaders. They look to celebrities to represent them."

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Katie Holmes Says TGIF with Cupcakes and Pizza

As she shoots her latest movie, Mad Money, in Shreveport, La., Katie Holmes is making sure her fellow cast and crew members – all 200 or so of them – are well fed. For the third consecutive Friday she brought in a special treat.

"We got cupcakes," one cast member told PEOPLE. "They were good, too."

Holmes, who is costarring with Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton and Ted Danson in the comedy, started the Friday tradition on April 27, when she treated the set to 300 ice cream cones – a nice break as temperatures climbed into the high 80s.

The next Friday, Holmes arranged for more than 80 pizzas to be flown in from Chicago and baked locally before being delivered to the set.

"It was a lot of pizza," one fan says. "We had veggie, sausage, pepperoni. It was good pizza."

Meanwhile husband Tom Cruise and baby Suri have been making their own scene on the set. During one rainy day of filming, he introduced the talking and singing 1-year-old – who appeared "just as happy as could be" – to the cast and crew, telling her to say hi, which she did, a source says. After everyone oohed-and-ahhed over Suri, she waved "bye-bye" to the group as the trio left.

Says the source, "They all truly could not have looked happier. ... They were just like any other family in the South."

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Sheryl Crow Adopts a Boy

Sheryl Crow has adopted a 2-week-old boy, the singer announced on her Web site.

The child was given the first name Wyatt, after Crow's father, and the middle name Steven, after both her younger brother Steven Crow and manager Steven "Scooter" Weintraub, she said on her site.

"We are enjoying some very private family time," Crow wrote.

The singer's rep gave no other details except that the child was born in the United States.

The announcement came after Crow, 45, wrapped up a Stop Global Warming college tour – a vegetable oil-powered bus tour with An Inconvenient Truth producer Laurie David of 11 campuses to inform students about climate issues.

Now, her rep tells PEOPLE, "She's just going to take some time off to be a mom."

The adoption caps an emotional stretch for Crow. She split with Lance Armstrong in February 2006 and was diagnosed with breast cancer that same month (she has since successfully completed treatment).

Now single, Crow recently told a rodeo crowd: "I'm looking for a cowboy."

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Lindsay Lohan & Calum Best's Romantic Escape

Things are heating up between Lindsay Lohan and Calum Best – literally.

The actress and the British TV personality spent a romantic weekend in the Bahamas, where they celebrated the opening of the Cove Atlantis on Paradise Island with parties, sunbathing and lots of PDA.

The couple, who also got affectionate at a party in New York City a few days earlier, arrived in the Bahamas on Friday evening in time to catch a poolside Janet Jackson concert alongside John Travolta, Rob Lowe, Whitney Houston, Spike Lee, Michael Jordan and Tyra Banks.

Sitting with friends in the VIP area, Lohan and Best danced to Jackson's 20-minute set of greatest hits and wrapped their arms around each other to watch a fireworks show over the Caribbean resort's white-sand beach.

After the concert, the pair moved on to the after-party at the Aura nightclub, where they shared several kisses in a VIP booth. While most of the partygoers left Lohan, 20, and Best, 26, alone, music legend Quincy Jones stopped by the table for a chat.

"[Lindsay is] a good girl," Jones told PEOPLE the next day. "She's very young, but she has a good head on her shoulders."

On Saturday, the couple spent several hours in a private cabana on Cove Beach. As the temperatures soared, Best rubbed sunblock on Lohan's shoulders before they headed into the water for swimming, splashing and still more kissing.

That evening, they returned to Aura, where they sat in the same booth as they had the night before. "They seem to have had a wonderful weekend," says an onlooker. "They're enjoying their time in paradise."

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Farrah Fawcett's Cancer Has Returned

Farrah Fawcett, who was declared cancer-free in February, discovered this week the cancer has returned, PEOPLE has confirmed.

"She was completely devastated at first," says her close friend Craig Nevius, who produced the Chasing Farrah reality show. "And then, as is her way – as was the case the last time – she became much stronger and started dealing with it, and she's beginning to make a plan."

Fawcett got the news after a routine three-month checkup in which doctors discovered a malignant polyp, smaller than a pea, says Nevius.

She was still weighing her treatment options when the National Enquirer reported the cancer's return.

"She didn't have a chance to tell some of her family yet," says Nevius. "It is now clear that the tabloids are as invasive and malignant as cancer."

Nevius says Fawcett has been in good health and is "not feeling the effects" of the recurrence. She has not settled on a treatment option, he says, but is considering having a small metalic "seed" placed in the area that will emit radiation.

Diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006, the actress, who starred as Jill Munroe in the '70s hit Charlie's Angels, had been declared cancer free by her doctors on Feb. 2, her 60th birthday, after having undergone chemotherapy and radiation.

When she first revealed her condition in October 2006, Fawcett said in a statement, "I am resolutely strong and I am determined to bite the bullet and fight the fight while going through the next six weeks of cutting-edge, state-of-the-art treatment. I should be able to return to my life as it was before at the end of my treatment."

Fawcett, who's served as a celebrity spokesperson for the American Cancer Society, had an older sister, Diane, who died of lung cancer in 1998. Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, also successfully battled leukemia after being diagnosed with the disease in 2001.

Fawcett and O'Neal have a 22-year-old son, Redmond. Though the former couple ended their tumultuous 17-year relationship in 1997, O'Neal has been a steadfast presence at Fawcett's side since her diagnosis.

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Jessica Simpson Says She's 'Very Happy' Post-Split

The same day that news broke of her split from John Mayer, Jessica Simpson says she's "very happy."

Asked by PEOPLE about the split at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, Simpson replied: "I am very happy, but I don't really want to talk about my personal life tonight because it's not what it's about. But I am very happy. I will let you know that."

The singer-actress officially announced her newest film project, Major Movie Star, at the festival Friday.

Simpson, wearing an off-the-shoulder sequined dress, arrived at the Budweiser Select yacht at 10:15 p.m. in Cannes to help promote her new role in the upcoming military caper, which starts shooting in July in Louisiana.

Earlier this month Simpson's rep confirmed to PEOPLE that the singer had signed on for the title role in the comedy, about a down-on-her-luck actress who enlists in the Marines.

Earlier Friday, sources close to both Simpson and Mayer confirmed that the couple had parted ways – but not necessarily for good.

"They have broken up," a source tells PEOPLE. "But they have broken up and gotten back together at least 10 times before."

Another source said the pair have "been e-mailing and talking to each other" since Simpson arrived in Cannes on Wednesday.

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Keira Knightley: I'd Love a Fuller Figure

Keira Knightley, who has battled rumors of an eating disorder, says she wishes she could put on weight in the right places.

For starters, the Oscar-nominated actress, who stars in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End, tells Britain's morning show GMTV, in an interview to air Monday: "I would love to have tits!"

Her ideal? "I would love to have Monica Bellucci's figure," Knightley, 22, says of the Italian model and Matrix movies actress. I'm never going to get it. I'm naturally who I am."

Also in the interview she firmly dismisses the idea of ever getting cosmetic surgery to enhance her figure. "'It's far too frightening. I couldn't."

That means that Knightley has no plans to alter her healthy diet and exercise regime in the hopes of packing on the pounds.

"Yes, I'd say that I do like to keep fit, only because I like to be able to run around and do things," she says. "I think that it would be great in the media if we saw a wider range of women of all ages, of all shapes and sizes."

This isn't the first time Knightley has publicly discussed her breasts – though the last time out, she was complaining that they were too big.

Last summer, with the release of King Arthur, she voiced her criticism over having her bosom digitally enhanced for the look of the movie poster. "Those things certainly weren't mine," FOX News quoted her as saying.

"[The studio marketing people] said, 'We want to make them slightly larger, and you'll get approval [of the photos].' And I was, like, 'OK, fine. I honestly don't give a s--t.'"

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Drugs Connected to Lindsay Lohan Crash

Lindsay Lohan was arrested and cited for driving under the influence in Los Angeles in the wee hours of Saturday morning, say police, who also found a substance tentatively identified as "a usable amount of cocaine" in connection with the accident.

The 20-year-old actress was slightly injured when her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 convertible struck a curb and shrub on Sunset Boulevard. The car suffered "major damage," according to police.

Lohan and two other people were in the vehicle when it crashed around 5:30 a.m., Lt. Mitch McCann, media relations officer for Beverly Hills police department, said during a press conference Saturday. The star was hospitalized for minor upper chest injuries. The passengers were not hurt.

Police learned of the accident when they received a 911 call at 5:30 a.m. There was also a witness on the scene, but police do not know if the same person called 911. By the time authorities responded, three minutes after the call, Lohan, her companions and the car were gone from the scene.

Lohan was later located by police at the Century City Hospital. Her car was found at a nearby condo complex and towed at 6:30 a.m. Police won't say how they know that the actress was driving, but say they're "confident" that she was.

At the press conference McCann said: "A usable amount of an illegal narcotic tentatively identified as cocaine was recovered and booked." Police would not specify where the drugs were found. McCann also declined to comment on Lohan's blood-alcohol level.

"She was charged with a misdemeanor," said McCann. "There is a potential for additional charges." Her tentative arraignment date is Aug. 24.

The actress, who stars in the upcoming movie I Know Who Killed Me, was spotted out at the Hollywood hotspot Les Deux before the crash. She arrived around 11:15 p.m. with a group of friends, and was seen dancing and smoking.

Also at the club were singer James Blunt and Paris Hilton, who was recently ordered to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. Hilton was charged with a DUI in September 2006.

Lonnie Moore, co-owner of Les Deux told PEOPLE in a comment Saturday: "A lot of celebrities come [to the restaurant] for dinner or drinks. Because it is a restaurant, open five nights a week, there is no age limit for our patrons. We welcome Lindsay and her friends whenever they would like to come to Les Deux."

Lohan's publicist Leslie Sloane did not immediately return calls for comment.

The incident was first reported by X17 Inc., a celebrity photo agency.

Lohan checked into rehab in January, saying: "I have made a proactive decision to take care of my personal health." The month before that, her rep told PEOPLE the actress had been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

After ending her month-long stint in rehab, Lohan told Allure magazine that she first went to the Wonderland center with a friend and found "a quiet room, all white, with parquet, and it was different! I just felt safe," she said. "I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there. For a month. It was great."

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Kathy Griffin: Split-Screen Made Rosie Leave The View

Comedian Kathy Griffin – who guest co-hosted The View one day after the big fight between Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck – revealed some details about O'Donnell's departure from the show, during a comedy act Saturday night.

"I don't even know where to start," she told a sold-out crowd at the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. "I tell you who I got a call from [on Friday]. 'Hey Kath. It's Ro. What are you doing? Wanna hang out?' I spent the whole day with Rosie! How about that!?'"

So what did Rosie do on Friday? She lived by the lyrics of "Girls Just Wanna have Fun," and took Griffin to watch pal Cyndi Lauper rehearse for her upcoming True Colors Tour. Later, the trio went out for dinner in Manhattan, "and the mojitos were flying," said Griffin (who doesn't drink, and stuck with Diet Pepsi). "It was fun."

Griffin has guest-hosted on The View twice in the last two weeks, "so I was there before, and after the whole split-screen, Hannity and Colmes s---," she said.

Revealing a conversation she had with O'Donnell about how the show's producers split O'Donnell's image with Hasselbeck's during their fight, Griffin said: "And that's what it was. I said, 'What was really it?' And she said, 'The split-screen.' She said, 'I don't want to do Hannity and Colmes. ' "

Griffin also explained O'Donnell's reaction to news that Donald Trump had called Hasselbeck "stupid" in TV interviews. "Awww. that's sad," was her reaction, according to Griffin, who added: "So, she doesn't even hate Elisabeth."

Griffin also praised O'Donnell, saying: "I think she's a pistol, and she's outspoken and fun and says outrageous things. That show's not going to be the same without her, whether you like her or not."

Finally she hinted that The View will have to find a replacement for O'Donnell, to which a number of audience members started chanting "Kathy!"

Griffin, whose name has been mentioned by many TV critics as a possible replacement, responded with a simple, "Thank you. We'll see what happens."

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Lisa Ling Marries Her 'Doctor McDreamy'

Lisa Ling, correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and National Geographic Channel, married Chicago-based doctor Paul Song on Saturday evening in Los Angeles, her rep tells PEOPLE.

The bride walked down the aisle in a stunning, bright red Vivienne Tam dress in front of 550 family and friends including her journalism mentor Connie Chung and actresses Kelly Hu and Diane Farr.

"It was great!" says Numb3rs star Farr of the event held at Los Angeles's Union Station.

Even preparing for the Asian-themed ceremony proved memorable. "My husband [marketing executive and Song friend Seung Chung] went shopping in Chinatown," says Farr , "We came with a whole crew so he bought 10 outfits – everything from pajamas to silkies. Then we had a dress-up party at my house."

Ling, 33, and Song, 41, got engaged over the holidays after he surprised her by flying their families to Chicago for the proposal which took place in a private dining room of Charlie Trotter's restaurant.

Ling met Song, a radiation oncologist at Chicago's Little Company of Mary Hospital, through mutual friends in 2006.

Currently living in Chicago, the couple plan to settle in Los Angeles. The change, say friends, will be good for Ling. As she told PEOPLE in 2003, "I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means."

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Rosie O'Donnell 'Not Sorry' to Be Leaving The View

Rosie O'Donnell is "not sorry" to be leaving The View early, she said on her blog Saturday.

ABC announced Friday that O'Donnell would not return to the show after having a major blowout with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck earlier in the week. She had been scheduled to leave the show when her contract expires in June.

As is her style, O'Donnell answered reader questions on her Web site. When a fan, identified as MACaroni, wrote: "Sorry UR leaving early! I miss U when UR not on so now I wont watch! Best of luck to you!" O'Donnell answered, "dont b sorry/ i am not."

When another fan, Tony, asked: "Don't you want to do an interview something to clear the air?," O'Donnell replied: "no interviews/ u watched it happen/ b 4 ur eyes."

O'Donnell also produced a 13-minute video in which she discusses the incident and shoots down rumors that she trashed the dressing room, saying: "I've never trashed anything, frankly."

She does acknowledge that a friend, who was a producer for The View, drew a moustache on a picture of Hasselbeck at The View studios. "It was only one photo, people, and it was a magazine cut-out. It was a cute little joke on the way out."

Asked by a reader if O'Donnell "ever enjoyed Elisabeth," O'Donnell said, "I can say this: I never tried harder to be friends with someone than I did with her, but I don't think we ever got there."

As for her place on the show, she said: "I was really just like a foster kid for a year. We considered adoption, but I didn't really fit in with the family, and now it's time for the foster kid to go back home."

She also says the final blow was when her image was shown side-by-side with Hasselbeck's during their fight. "When I saw the split screen I knew it was over."

Though most questions and comments on the site were from supporters, some were critical. Wrote one reader labeled as Erica: "Elisabeth really gave it to you! You are retreating like a coward. How does it feel to be such a loser???" to which O'Donnell responds, "peace full."

Asked if she has spoken to Hasselbeck since the on-air fight, O'Donnell says, "She called and Kelli [Carpenter, O'Donnell's partner] and her she spoke for a long time. I haven't spoken to her and I probably won't, and I think it's just as well."

After the fight on Wednesday, Hasselbeck, 29, told TV's Extra that she and O'Donnell, 45, harbor no resentment toward one another.

"The best thing about today is that there's no slow boil, none. It's there, it's an issue, it's dealt with and it's over," she said.

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Suri Cruise Sends a Thank-You Note

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's daughter Suri is not only well dressed, she's well mannered. After visiting a Shreveport, La., children's store recently, the 1-year-old (with a little help from her mom) sent the owners a thank-you note – on her very own embossed stationery.

Melissa Dixon, 23, co-owner of the Ladies in Waiting children's store, tells PEOPLE that Holmes, Suri and two bodyguards visited the shop after Holmes's assistant called ahead to say she'd be in.

With advance notice, Dixon and co-owner Pam Baker, an artist, got busy and created a special pink picture frame decorated with a princess, butterflies – and Suri's name across the bottom.

Holmes's reaction to the frame? "She was really excited," says Dixon.

Dixon says both Holmes and Suri were outgoing: "Katie was really friendly. When she came in she walked up and introduced herself and Suri. We probably had three other kids in here. She complimented everybody else's children and said how cute they were. She was really sweet.

"Katie let Suri walk around," Dixon adds. "One customer had a two-week-old baby and Suri wanted to pick her up. She would wave at the other children and want to play with them."

During their hour-long stay, Holmes bought Suri a pink dress with white rickrack by Princess Linens, three pairs of rain boots, a blanket, some stuffed bunnies and several games. A few days later, Dixon and Baker received a thank-you note.

"The stationery is cream-colored with 'Suri Cruise' embossed across the top," says Dixon. Read the note: "Dear Melissa and Pam, Thank you so much for the beautiful frame for Suri. It is so sweet and reminds us of our wonderful visit to your store and our time in Shreveport. It was a pleasure meeting you, and we thank you again for this unexpected treasure. Warmly, Katie and Suri."

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Paris Hilton Reports for Jail

Paris Hilton reported to jail late Sunday night to serve at least 23 days for violating probation.

"I am ready to face the consequences of violating probation," she said in a statement released by her lawyer. "During the past few weeks I have had a lot of time to think and have come to realize I made some mistakes.

"This is an important point in my life and I need to take responsibility for my actions. In the future, I plan on taking more of an active role in the decisions I make. I want to thank my family, friends and fans for their continued support. Although I am scared, I am ready to begin my jail sentence."

Hilton's attorney, Richard A. Hutton, said in a press release that the 26-year-old heiress had "turned herself in" to begin serving the sentence at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, south of Los Angeles.

She was booked into the jail at 11:38 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Web site, after days of partying and just hours after attending the MTV Movie Awards.

Hilton actually surrendered at the downtown L.A. Men's Central Jail at 11:15 p.m. and was transported to Lynwood, according to TMZ.com, which first reported her surrender.

The procedure at the Lynwood jail required her to surrender all her possessions and then be strip searched before being issued a uniform. She "was cooperative during the [booking] process, which included being fingerprinted, photographed [and] medically screened," a Sheriff's Department statement said.


The statement added that Hilton was issued a booking number and wristband and surrendered her personal property to custody personnel for safekeeping. She was also issued jail clothing, an orange top and pants and personal hygiene items, according to the statement. When the booking process was completed around 1 a.m., Hilton was escorted to her cell.

"Ms. Hilton will be housed in a cell by herself and will be segregated, in a special housing unit, from the general population during her stay at CRDF," the statement said.

Hilton was sentenced to jail on May 4 for violating the terms of her probation by repeatedly driving with a suspended license. She had been placed on probation after pleading no contest to reckless driving in a drunken driving case.

The judge ordered her to serve 45 days, but with good behavior she could be out in 23 days. In the jail, Hilton will have little to no contact with the general inmate population "to ensure her safety as well as the safety of the jail staff," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore has said.

Hilton will spend approximately 23 hours a day in a 12-by-8-foot cell containing two bunks, a table, a sink, a toilet and a small window, with one hour for recreation. She will eat her meals in the cell. She could also leave her cell to meet with her attorney or to attend classes.

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson & Wife Split Up

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and wife Dany Garcia Johnson have separated, they have announced in a statement to PEOPLE.

"While certain aspects of our relationship have changed, we are both vitally important to each other's lives," their statement reads.

"We will continue to advance and manage our business interests, our philanthropic efforts and most importantly the raising of our child together, as a loving team. We've been fortunate enough to spend the last 17 years together as a couple and look forward to spending the rest our lives together as best friends and business partners."

Johnson, 35, has appeared in The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King and Walking Tall and just completed Get Smart with Steve Carell.

In 1997, he married Garcia, now the CEO of a wealth management firm. They have a 5-year-old daughter, Simone Alexander.