Showbiz: Paris Gets Her Own Back on the Press

By ROZ LAWS; ANUJI VARMA

ASHTON Kutcher is up to his old tricks again. But instead of playing tricks on celebrities, he’s working with them to turn the tables on the press.

Stories of Paris Hilton meeting with a bearded guru and Avril Lavigne sporting a potential small ‘baby’ bump turned out to be false, and merely a promotion for Ashton’s new TV show, Pop Fiction.

“I feel like we’re undercover cops. I’ve always wanted to do something like this,” said Avril in the first episode.

The 30 year-old Punk’d creator, who is married to Demi Moore, is credited as an executive producer on the show and has enlisted stars to play along with actors to poke fun at the paparazzi and fool the media.

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