Paris Hilton just keeps getting better and better. The woman who managed to become famous for doing absolutely nothing is now getting a record-setting amount for it: $1 million to show up and party at LAX on New Year’s Eve. An “insider” (I wonder who that could be?) told In Touch: “Paris is receiving the biggest payday ever for a one-night appearance in Vegas. Nobody draws a crowd like she does.” Yeah well the lady with the beard and the guy with four legs draw a pretty good crowd at the carnival, but that doesn’t mean it’s anything to be respected for.

Paris Hilton has replaced former pal Lindsay Lohan as Las Vegas nightclub LAX’s New Year’s Eve good time girl – for a whopping US$1m (€680,000). The socialite will end a tough year, which saw her spending time behind bars, and ring in 2008 with sister Nicky.

And sources tell ‘In Touch Weekly’ the 26-year-old heiress is being offered a cool $1m (€680,000) to play hostess. Being paid to show her face is nothing new to Hilton – she reportedly earned more than US$2m (€1.4m) just for sitting in the front row at designer Kira Plastinina’s fashion show in Russia on Monday.

Lohan was initially billed to host the LAX party, but she pulled out earlier this week citing post-rehab sobriety concerns.

[From Ireland Online]

As ridiculous as it is that Paris gets paid $1 million just to show her Picasso-looking face at a party, it’s even funnier to think that Lohan won’t show up to something because of “sobriety concerns.” Her publicist stated: “She is currently focusing on her work and sobriety.” Also known as, “She knows everyone will be watching her and she can’t stand to be around other people who get to drink if she can’t.” I would say that it’s good Lohan isn’t tempting herself, except that there have been several reports of her going to bars and trying to get drinks with friends. So it seems less like she’s focusing on her sobriety and more like she’s focusing on looking like she’s focusing on her sobriety. Maybe she’ll get that much-coveted Oscar after all. Can you win one for acting in your real life?

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Paris hosting ‘A Very Sexy Halloween’ at LAX Nightclub Las Vegas. She’s there so much I bet they’ve named a suite after her. Or at least a bed. Images thanks to PR Photos.