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September 13, 2006 -- THE busty blond starlet who called Paris Hilton a lousy actress has an ax to grind, says the director of Hilton's new direct-to-video comedy.
As we reported this week, Simona Fusco, who dances topless in "Bottoms Up," said Hilton showed up late on the set and hadn't memorized her lines.

But filmmaker Erik MacArthur told us the hotel heiress not only was perfectly competent, but has star quality. "I think Simona is trying to take down the movie," MacArthur added.

While he won't speculate on the Italian starlet's motives, MacArthur admitted having a fling with Fusco and giving her just one line to speak: "Last one in is a rotten egg!"

Meanwhile, Hilton parties on. She was again seen sucking face with Travis Barker as she sat in his lap at the Vanity Fair/Kanye West party at Butter on Monday night, after first downing shots of Patron at the John Varvatos after-party at the new Gramercy hot spot Parea.

Barker's estranged wife, "Dancing With the Stars" star Shanna Moakler, tells Us Weekly her hubby's smooching is "done out of spite . . . I won't speak to him."
Barker's rep insisted to the mag that he and Paris are no more than friends. Friends with benefits?

West, who was recently named to the International Best-Dressed List, was also celebrating his engagement to high school sweetheart Alexis. After the Luca Luca show, one lucky photographer got a shot of the bride-to-be, but when the shutterbug asked Alexis her last name, Kanye interrupted: "You don't need to know because it's going to be West!"

Meanwhile, Ian Schrager, the owner of the Gramercy Park Hotel, explained to Page Six why Paris is not welcome at the hotel's Rose Bar. "I have absolutely nothing personal against Paris Hilton - in fact I've never even met her. We're just trying to do something different here."

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

So Barker's soon-to-be ex-wife won't speak to him because he's sucking face with someone else? That should help the kids deal with the divorce really well...