MARCO DE LUCA NEWLY APPOINTED PRIVATE NVESTIGATOR, EXCLUSIVELY AT PARADISE-FILM.COM.
GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS --- Sunset International Ltd. proudly introduces the newly appointed private investigator, Mr. Marco De Luca. He exclusively will clarify the myth behind Patricia Paradise, the woman on whom the biopic-drama PARADISE is based upon. He will examine any rumors and gossip making the round about this fascinate personality. You will meet Marco De Luca here regularly once or twice a week!

PP'S MANAGER KATHERINE HILLER PART OF THE LAS VEGAS MAFIA?
ZURICH/LAS VEGAS --- For almost two years, author and philosopher Patricia Paradise travels the world to research her newest book. Reportedly, it deals with the difference of a western materialistic world with the prime example Las Vegas and the poor third world. Various unconfirmed sources are rumoring that examining the wealth of Las Vegas means as well examining the local mob. And exactly there's the source of the latest controversy about Ms. Paradise. The high explosive factor is, that there is said that Ms. Paradise personal manager for 19 years, Ms. Katherine Hiller, is having a strong bound to exactly this group of people. Although never any facts could have been confirmed, Ms. Hiller got many severe accusations who constantly keep surfacing. Click back to get more news as Marco De Luca keeps digging at this issue!

VARIOUS CONTRADICTING RUMORS ABOUT PATRICIA PARADISE
ACTUAL ACTIVITIES AND WHEREABOUTS.
ZURICH/LAS VEGAS --- Since Ms. Paradise surprising retirement from show business in 1992, the relationship with her exclusive manager and discoverer, Katherine Hiller, has got a serious rift. Ms. Paradise successful singing career ended not only her pain in working within this materialistic system, but as well the hefty income Ms. Hiller's. Since then, her management is limited to Ms. Paradise' background activities. Ms. Paradise advises personalities in politic and ghost writes songs. Ms. Hiller's most visible achievement was to make the deal in bringing her clients life to the silver screen with the biopic Paradise. Ms. Hiller lately has become very secretive about her client's activities. The scheduled presentation of Ms. Paradise newest book at the last years Frankfurter Buchmesse has been canceled on a short notice and since then, is indefinitely postponed. The official reasons were very vaguely. And there are sources saying that Ms. Hiller aims to definitely stop her client to finish this high explosive book. Lately, there hasn't been any direct word by Ms. Paradise herself. Click back to get more news as Marco De Luca keeps digging at this issue!

DISCLOSED: KATHERINE HILLER'S GAME.
ZURICH/LAS VEGAS --- Lately, Ms. Hiller's statements are of a quite unbelievable politeness. But her disclosed information remains very scarce! My research based on studying Ms. Paradise life, talking to people within her entourage who naturally must be staying anonymous as well referring to several fans who are quite experts in the myth of Patricia Paradise opening quite contradicting points between official statements and reality. Ms. Paradise might very well be in danger, having become to close to Ms. Hiller and her dark secret of working for the Las Vegas-mob. Ms. Paradise haven't been seen but is said that she is still in Italy, more precisely in Sicily. But all my efforts to contact her haven't been successful yet. And Ms. Hiller doesn't offer any support of her clients whereabouts, of obvious reasons. Click back to get more news as Marco De Luca keeps digging at this issue!

WHAT KATHERINE HILLER TRULY THINKS OF PARADISE
ZURICH/LAS VEGAS --- As we are aware of, Ms. Hiller pulled out an astonishing US$ 750'000.00 from the film production company Sunset International Ltd. for the
rights to film Patricia Paradise' life. Now, we all know that she merly made it for money, and not to service a genuine portray of her client. The screenwriter Roger Steinmann was confronted with Ms. Hiller how she herself should be portrayed. First her character had to be softened and sweetened, then the casting with actress Caroline Ambrose was her too menace. Ms. Hiller threatened with legal steps, so the filmmakers gave in. Reportedly, Ms. Paradise gave the go ahead to film her
life to get a genuinely true biopic. Subequently, this concept was sabotaged by her manager (and so called 'best friend'). Certainly to be continued...

NEW SIGNALS BY PATRICIA PARADISE
ZURICH --- While we are still waiting for the documents by the eyewitness Mr. Roberts to arrive, there are all of a sudden strong signals to learn that Patricia Paradise new book will be presented soon. Ms. Paradise was working, apparently on and off, for years at her still untitled book which provoked a scandal within the Las Vegas mob (see former Investigations). One just may wonder about the actual content of this high-explosive document. Might it be that Ms. Paradise's manager, Ms. Katherine Hiller, has censored the book and therefore green-lighted its soon expected publication?

PATRICIA PARADISE' NEW BOOK "TWO WORLDS" ANNOUNCED
ZURICH --- The world looks in awe to the publishing of Ms. Paradise' new book "Two Worlds in One: Reflections between the First and the Third World". Her latest work has been postponed so many times that we might be happy upon its final presentation.
But - knowing Ms. Paradise environment, especially her manager Ms. Hiller - I've got some serious doubts. Will it genuinely be Patricia Paradise' work? Or has it been brutally censored? We all heard the constant rumors about it's hot subjects, citing the Mafia, especially the one from Las Vegas, and the critic about the over-the-top economy. Rumors say that Ms. Paradise aims to take revenge at the mob from Vegas who made hers and her husbands life's quite awful. And since Ms. Hiller is being said to have a strong bound to the Mafia, it's even more astonishing that we get to see now the book. Or shall I say 'a book'?
Well, its publishing is officially set on October 23, in Vegas' MGM Grand. I'm anxious to see what's coming next...

PATRICIA PARADISE' HUSBAND FRANCIS HILLER DEAD
LAS VEGAS/ZURICH --- Francis Hiller, since 1988 married to Patricia Paradise, has died yesterday. Reportedly, Mr. Hiller passed away Saturday night, around 9 PM (PST), at his Las Vegas-home at the age of 44. This news were reported by numerous sources. As of now, there weren't any further details revealed yet. We don't know, if Ms. Paradise was present at the time of his death and how she handles this tragic event. For sure, she must be in Las Vegas as she returned to her hometown the first days of October in order to present her latest book "Two Worlds" scheduled for coming Wednesday at the MGM Grand. Numerous people have witnessed her presence in Las Vegas. Ms. Paradise was writing at her book mostly abroad, while her late husband was mostly running his unsuccessful real estate business in Las Vegas. In 1989, Mr. Hiller announced the monstrous project of the "Paradise Casino and Hotel". He was able to raise money mostly based on his wife's fame and popularity. As the costs were running out of control, Mr. Hiller's most ambitious project was abandoned years later, leaving him debts in millions of dollars. Apparently, he never recovered from this downfall. In addition, his wife always longed for children and a quiet life. These issues brought some tense into their marriage. But Ms. Paradise returned to him just two weeks ago, apparently to stay with him after her book is completed. The more astonishing comes his sudden death at this time.
As soon as I'm able to dig out more details, I'll keep you updated at this very spot!

PATRICIA PARADISE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE!!
LAS VEGAS/ZURICH --- Ms. Paradise disappeared last night mysteriously from her home in Las Vegas. Her vanishing took place three days after her husband died and just one day before her book presentation at the MGM Grand was scheduled.
Apparently, Ms. Paradise was under strong medication after her husband Francis death last Saturday, October 19, provoked a shock. A nurse checked around 10 PM, administering medication for the night. As she aimed to check back again about three hours later, Ms. Paradise wouldn't be located neither in her bedroom nor in the whole mansion. The Las Vegas police was immediately alarmed, searching the greater Las Vegas area but hasn't found any trace so far! The search will continue, not only within the states of Nevada, but as well the neighboring like California and Utah.
As soon as I'm able to dig out more details, I'll keep you updated at this very spot!

KATHERINE HILLER'S REWARD OF $100'000.00 IS A SCHEME!!
ZURICH --- You may have heard about the huge reward of $100'000.00 for relevant information about the whereabouts of Patricia Paradise, put up by Ms. Hiller. Ms. Paradise has disappeared without a trace last week Tuesday, October 22, from her Las Vegas-home. Now, Ms. Katherine Hiller plays the concerned and solicits public help, with a put up reward of not less than $100'000.00. I've got serious indications that this is most likely a scheme! One should rather be careful in giving her any information. My investigations conclude that Ms. Hiller is connected with the Las Vegas mob. The assumption is justified, that Ms. Paradise felt deadly threatened by Ms. Hiller and escaped in despair. Ms. Paradise late husband left tremendous debts of millions of dollars behind and, apparently, the menace Ms. Hiller forced her to repay the whole amount before the Mafia would come after herself. And, by the way: It is very doubtful that anybody would see a dime by the heavily indebted Ms. Hiller.

DOUBTS ABOUT FRANCIS HILLERS DEATH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
ZURICH --- There is still no sign about Patricia Paradise. But - I was investigating Mr. Hillers death a bit closer and came to some flabbergasting conclusions!
I've discovered so far, that there are many contradicting opinions involved. According to an anonymous source close to the house of Ms. Paradise, Mr. Hiller hasn't died at all! He allegedly just faked his death in order to get out of his tremendous debts of millions of dollars, caused by his failed casino-project from years ago. According to the source, he and his wife aimed to start a new life, far away from materialistic and superficial Las Vegas, in order to raise children.
Well, looking at Ms. Paradise age, she has turned 41 at October 28, so there is indeed not much biological time left. And examining Mr. Hillers recent past, he was involved in quite many troubles. And that menace Ms. Katherine Hiller has become quite a threat for both of them, is more than believable, just looking at her involvement with the Vegas-mob. This theory sounds very interesting, I know. But - where are they? The search so far hasn't produced any new facts, just more and more rumors. I've got so many indications by you, Patricia Paradise-fans and by the general public, but there still is not any trace.

NEW TRACE OF THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 22
ZURICH --- My team was searching eye witnesses in Las Vegas about the night of October 22, the night Ms. Paradise vanished. Eventually we found three persons who independently reported that they saw Ms. Paradise, only dressed in a white night gown, in the area of Freemont Street. One witness clearly stated, that the former singer got into a Vegas-taxi at a side street of Freemont Street Experience, between 1 and 2 AM. These reports leads to the conclusion that Ms. Paradise was leaving Las Vegas. And that she was determined to do so. Perhaps being threatened by the mob, and certainly by Ms. Hiller.
We are now in search of the taxi driver who apparently was the last person who saw Ms. Paradise. He was described to us as a Caucasian, between 40 and 50.

Please help us to find him, and don't give Ms. Hiller any help as she surely still is after Ms. Paradise! But still: Where is Ms. Paradise, and if alive, her husband Francis?

RUMORS BUT NO FIRM SIGN OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF PATRICIA PARADISE
ZURICH --- The search for Ms. Paradise is far from over. In fact, we found a trace, namely that she took a taxi to get out of Las Vegas in the night of October 22. But that's all so far. Nobody was able to locate its driver, and its direction. My team was searching intensively on location in Las Vegas, but couldn't get any further. The ironic thing is that PARADISE-filmmaker, Mr. Steinmann, is apparently including this event in detail (the scene is being filmed this week at exact the same place at Freemont Street, with Martin Kove impersonating the driver).
In the meantime, there are some pictures surfacing, allegedly showing Ms. Paradise at all possible spots of this planet: Rome, Thailand, London, Mexico, and so on. But I honestly doubt that one single one really shows her. The pictures are mostly of a bad and amateurish quality, out of focus and blurred. Therefore there's still the question: Where is Patricia Paradise?
And her husband Francis? My research regarding Mr. Hiller's death rather conclude that he really died from a heart attack, and was cremated in Las Vegas while Ms. Paradise was unconscious in the wake of this tragedy.
I still welcome any hints leading to the whereabouts of Ms. Paradise. So, by the way, does Ms. Katherine Hiller. But again: Be careful as giving her any information as she is of a doubtful integrity.

And now, we may pray that Ms. Paradise is still alive! There's no clear sign by her yet. Even her alleged closest friend (!) Ms. Hiller raises doubts. Where only is she? Witnesses have seen her leaving Las Vegas in a taxi. The screenwriter of PARADISE, Mr. Steinmann, has it interpreted as that she was attempted of being raped by the taxi driver in the middle of the desert. Then, completely fictionalized,
she eventually finds her husband in Shangri-La (just to later find out that he's a look-a-like).

Well, so far the film. And the reality? Where is Ms. Paradise, and possibly her husband Francis, celebrating Christmas? May God bless you!

I went to see the newest picture by three times Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg ("E.T."), the Leonardo DiCaprio-Tom Hanks starrer "Catch Me If You Can". As a film buff, I just had to see this picture, since it's by the current Hollywood-King himself. And since this film isn't yet out in Europe, I had to "examine" it in order to catch to flies with one rock.
Lilyan Chauvin plays the Grandmom of Leonardo DiCaprio. Their scene is delightful. Being from French origins, Ms. Chauvin plays a French Grandmother, and without a break mumbles constantly something in French. Eventually, she hugs and kisses the "Titanic"-kid, and he reacts surprised, as he meets his Grandmom for the first time. It's a one scene role, but it's a wonderful and light moment, played by our two times Emmy nominated Ms. Chauvin, in this rather overlong and at times dull movie. She saved my day, and I can't wait to see her performance in PARADISE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO PATRICIA PARADISE?
ZURICH --- Patricia Paradise is still missing, for more than four month now. The tragic event happened on October 22, when Ms. Paradise was reported missing in her home town Las Vegas. As my research went on, there's a possibility that she has met secretly with her beloved husband Francis Hiller who might just has faked his death in order to get out of his financial crisis in Las Vegas. That would have met both desires of leaving their past lives and start a new one in "Shangri-La".

Having consulted the author of PARADISE, Roger Steinmann, he confirmed that within the story line of his film, there is some of the above theory incorporated: Act I tells the story following facts in Ms. Paradise' life. Acts II and III though are completely fictionalized, telling partly above theory. This happened, because Ms. Paradise disappeared just a month before principal photography started, and the film makers decided subsequently to alter the screenplay.
And the real Ms. Paradise? Nothing whatsoever has been able to be found about her whereabouts. To be frank: We don't even know if she is still alive.
Might be, that she's reading these lines as we speak, being happy in her hiding place. If you read my earlier reports, you will find some blurry photos which were appearing throughout the world. They are questionable enough, though, if they show the real Ms. Patricia.

If anybody knows any trace about her whereabouts, please let us know. We haven't given up the hope!

TIMOTHY "PRESIDENT BUSH" BOTTOMS
ZURICH --- Living in Switzerland, it wasn't possible to watch PARADISE-Timothy Bottoms impersonating President George W. Bush in the sitcom "That's My Bush!". But since last Sunday, that has changed as RTL II aired the German dubbed show.
It was the first of several installments, continuing over the next several Sundays. It's timing is undoubtfully due to the doubtfully popularity of the actual US-president.
Well, it was a pleasure to see gifted Mr. Bottoms as the most powerful man on earth. Mr. Bottoms incredible similarity with the real Mr. Bush gives the show a solid base. Simply said, he's the best aspect of the sitcom. For a grown up European, this popular US-slapstick of throwing cakes and running around in underwear is hard to digest, though. The White House with its current boss has certainly shifted towards a madhouse, though this is too much, for my taste.
Mr. Bottoms is an excellent actor, one just checks his thirty-odd year long career. Were the film not top, he was, with almost no exception. He always was giving his best. Having seen clips of PARADISE, this only can be confirmed. In an interview, I heard Mr. Bottoms stating that he hopes that PARADISE, where he plays five character (no less!), will relaunch his artistic career, after "That's My Bush!" did it commercially (the show aired with phenomenal ratings).

In deep affection of this wonderful and unique personality, on whom the film PARADISE is based, I made further research and have to confirm that there are no real new traces about her whereabouts. Despite a worldwide search, by official authorities as well as PP-fanclubs, there are just about NO signs of Ms. Paradise. There isn't even a sign if she is dead or alive.

Ms. Paradise was last seen in the night of October 22. Three eye witness stated independently, that she, apparently in a hurry, took a taxi near Freemont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Since then, any trace is lost. As she was driven away by a male Caucasian, between 40 and 50, we concentrated our search on him, but without any success. Ms. Paradise appeared to not having carried anything but a purse, so there is really the question where she might have gone.

Having seen the rough cut of PARADISE, I may already tell you that this last event before Ms. Paradise infinite disappearance has been exactly restaged. After this moment, at the end of Act I, the film is pure fiction, showing how Ms. Paradise will eventually find her "Shangri-La".

„THE NINE LIVES OF MICKEY ROONEY“ - REVIEW OF A BIOGRAPHY
ZURICH --- I’m having a couple of biographies about our Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney at my bedside table. We start with the first biography I’ve red: „The Nine Lives Of Mickey Rooney“, by Arthur Marx.

Mr. Rooney’s life reads like a stunning Hollywood screenplay itself: his career, beginning when he was 15 month (!) old, acting in silent movies, and lasting at least until PARADISE, which means over 80 years of unique entertaining experience; he’s one of the most awarded actor of all times (two Academy Awards and four nominations, two Golden Globes, one Emmy, one Tony…); his eight wives, among them Ava Gardner and one who was murdered by a family friend; his seven children from three marriages; his early stardom making him at the age of 19 the worlds top box office star, replacing „Gone With The Wind“-Clark Gable; his filing for bankruptcy at the age of 43, after having had earned 12 Mio. Dollars (which is in today’s equivalent easy 20 times of it); and his astonishing comeback 1979 with Broadway’s „Sugar Babies“ which fame lasts until today.

The author of the 1986 biography is Arthur Marx. The son of Groucho Marx (of the famous ‘Marx-Brothers’) and one year younger than Rooney, they grew up together in Hollywood. Mr. Marx produced a TV-show with Rooney in the sixties, and eventually was so fascinated about this rollercoaster-life, that he put it down as a serious attempt of covering this complex life.

Mr. Marx aims to remain in a critical distance. Sometimes he achieves it, but more often there is an envious undertone surfacing. There’s this difference of growing up together, in movie land but then one takes of and becomes the big one himself, when the other is just the son of a big one. The biography reveals Mr. Rooney’s restless character. Being full of stunning energy, he on the other hand easily gets bored. This character trait always interfered with whomever he was having a close or intimate relationship; bringing foremost his first seven marriages to an end. He always was „on stage“, needing a public like a drug. Alone, or with only another person, his energy can’t be consumed therefore he gets uneasy and unnerving. When his colleges admirably are several times quoted that Mr. Rooney is of the „worlds best actors“, this proofs that he must be ‘complicated’. Well, what’s a bad actor like anyway? He is ordinary, as a person. Now, Mr. Rooney accomplishes easily playing another person. Playing or being it, that’s only a fine line to cross. And there lays a ‘complicated’ character, which Mr. Rooney certainly possesses.

Mickey Rooney was born into entertainment. His father was a vaudeville star, somewhat a cabaret-dancer-clown. Mr. Rooney’s mother worked behind the stage as well, and, due to the lack of money, their Mickey was present there all the time. With 15 month, this Mickey was already imitating other actors, and became soon the bigger attraction than his father. After the parents divorce, Mickey’s mother smelled Hollywood-money for her five-year old son. And after a few mishaps, she indeed landed him in pictures - a silent one, as we read 1926. From then on until today, films and stage were his home, which makes him, apart from his first 14 month, a truly lifelong entertainer. And this is genuinely unique.

Out of his 300 roles, his very most notable performances are out of my subjective point of view: „A Midsummer Nights Dream“ (1935) where he played under the direction of theatre-king Max Reinhardt; „Boys Town“ (1938), which brought an Academy Award to Spencer Tracy; the „Andy Hardy“-series of 14 movies (1937 to 1947), which catapulted him to the worlds number one box office attraction; „National Velvet“ (1944), which made a star out of Elizabeth Taylor. He was nominated twice for an Academy Award: 1940 for: "Babes in Arms", and 1944 for: "The Human Comedy". After then, his career fell slowly apart. Without his juvenile looks, Mr. Rooney wasn’t a leading man anymore. He played supporting parts, and this not even in a lot of good films. His only notable outputs in the 50’s and 60’s were: "The Bold and the Brave" (1956), which earned him an Academy Award nomination; the lovely classic „Breakfast At Tiffany's“ (1961), where he plays the complaining Chinese neighbor of a Audrey Hepburn at her best; „It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World“ (1963), where he played along with every comedian in the book. He as well did TV, for instance the series „Mickey“ in 1964. Poor rating made it disappear soon thereafter, though.
It wasn’t easy to find roles for the aging, 5 foot 3 inches (157 cm) short man. But Mr. Rooney’s incredible energy and talent made him survive in the show business, and the good parts slowly came back as he got older. 1979, he scored high on Broadway with „Sugar Baby’s“ (Tony nomination). In 1980, he was in Francis Ford Coppola’s „Black Stallion“ (1979), where he got his 4th Academy Award nomination. Playing „Bill“ in a 1982 TV-show, earned him both an Emmy and a Peabody. And in 1983 he was bestowed the highest film honors of all, a ‘Special Oscar for Lifelong Career Achievement’ (after the one he got in 1938). At least since the late 70’s, Mr. Rooney is a top celebrity again, appearing in such films as „Babe: Pig in the City“ (1998), and of course PARADISE.

Author Arthur Marx’s biography tells quite detailed about Mr. Rooney’s lack of a business managing sense. To put it simply, he always tended to spend more as his income was. As he was early on the most popular actor, this meant that he had a lot of money to spend. Even when he got an astonishing USD 2,500.00 a week (back in 1940), his home studio MGM might have taken advantage of him in not letting the most popular actor earning more. But during theses days, an actor wasn’t getting a percentage of the gross of a film, just a weekly salary. And then, before the age of 21, Mr. Rooney only was entitled to around half of his income for free spending. The rest went into a trust account. Mr. Rooney’s income was divided with his mother, whom he was living with, his agents and managers. To make it short: He was earning a lot but was spending all of it, if not more.
By 1949, Mr. Rooney lost a lot of his youth appeal, and good paid roles became scarce. Then, his financial misery started, as he not only had not much to live with, but as well had to pay alimony to his first two wives. Their settlement was based on his previous top income. And he was already married again with having fathered his third child. From then on, divorcing and marrying catapulted him into the 1963’s filing for bankruptcy. The scandal was, that he had, with a total life earning of 12 Mio. Dollar (which equals about 240 Mio. of today’s value), debts of USD 450,000.00. He claimed, that his ‘addiction’ to high heeled, beautiful ladies cost him USD 5 Mio. alone. Well, there was his other addiction: the horse racetrack. Earning sometimes USD 100,000.00 a year, he often managed to loose USD 50,000.00 at one sole evening. 40 and 50 years ago, these sums are astronomical for any average person, but not so for a Mickey Rooney, compared with what he had earned as a teenager. Quite a wonder, that he survived his gambling debts and not ended like PARADISE’ Francis Hiller, pushed to death by the Mafia.

Mickey Rooney’s eight marriages are genuine Hollywood and the likes of Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood-weddings are like ordinary people’s changing of underwear. To Mr. Rooney’s credit though, since 1978 he is married with the same woman, Jan Chamberlin. But within the previous 36 years, he has tied, and untied, the knot not less than seven times.
His most famous wife was bride number one: Ava Gardner. They met when she was 19 and he 21. So Ms. Gardner wasn’t the Screen Goddess yet, but certainly a unique beauty. The biography by Arthur Marx states that all the seven first marriages were having the same basic problem: Mr. Rooney couldn’t be alone, that made him wed at the first place, but then as he was, he got quickly bored, lost interest at a home life and looked for outside ‘entertainment’. This brought down whatever harmonic home there was initially. Certainly, a working actor travels a lot, and meets a lot of beautiful ladies in a close-up. But this doesn’t mean that there isn’t any fidelity possible with actors and in Hollywood. There are numbers of them who are married to one partner throughout their lives. The crux in Mr. Rooney’s case lays in his restless and moody character. For him, women are foremost an object to satisfy his sexual needs. Other than this, he prefers the company of men. And he’s got plenty of life-long lasting friendships with men, including celebrities such as directors Richard Quine and Blake Edwards.