Ocean's Thirteen star George Clooney has hit out at troubled hotel heiress Paris Hilton - accusing her of using "cheap tricks" to maintain her celebrity profile. Clooney believes the Simple Life star is a hypocrite for manipulating the press attention to create her current 'star' status, only for her to turn around and bemoan the media frenzy her recent legal troubles in relation to a 2006 drink-drive arrest have caused.

He says, "You can only get so far without discernable talent - then you either work, or use cheap publicity tricks to keep the public's attention. Paris has no reason to complain if she is on the end of bad publicity."

Hilton was yesterday released from Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center early and allowed to serve the rest of her 45-day sentence - imposed for violating probation - under house arrest.

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