LOS ANGELES (AP) – Paris Hilton’s diaries, along with photos of her in various stages of undress, are among a trove of the celebutante’s personal affects that have found their way into the hands of a broker aiming to sell them.

David Hans Schmidt, known for handling deals involving celebrity porn, is trying to auction off the Hilton belongings, which had been locked away in a Los Angeles-area storage locker until a few months ago.

The pricetag? $20 million.

Schmidt told the Los Angeles Times the items include 18 diaries in which Hilton recounts past sexual dalliances, celebrity encounters and other adventures. Also included are photographs of Hilton at “wild parties” on yachts and in private homes, as well as her computers, clothing, videos and furniture.

Hilton’s publicist, Elliot Mintz, has said the belongings were “illegally seized” from the storage facility, but would not comment on Schmidt’s description of the items because he has not seen them.

Mintz said the belongings were left at the storage facility during a 2004 move. The items were sold to an unidentified buyer after a “bureaucratic foul-up” resulted in payments not being credited to the heiress’ account.

Hilton was “incredibly upset and angry” and felt “victimized,” Mintz said, adding her lawyers are threatening legal action against anyone in possession of the items.

Of the videos, Mintz told The Associated Press he was certain there are “personal moments” on the tapes, but added “we’re not talking at all along the lines of the infamous videotape.”

In late 2003, a sex tape made with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon surfaced just before the start of Hilton’s reality TV series, “The Simple Life.”

Schmidt declined to describe the diaries’ contents, but said they include “everything that would be dear to a woman’s heart – relationships, personal feelings, sex, love, breakups, sexual experiences – all those little things that make up a little girl’s life. Her deepest, darkest secrets.”

Simon to judge Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Wannabe singing stars on “American Idol” have been known to cringe whenever judge Simon Cowell speaks.

Would-be magicians and other Las Vegas-style entertainers could soon become just as nervous if the acid-tongued Cowell finds a judge as outspoken as himself for a new talent competition.

Cowell will create a show for NBC that allows viewers to ultimately decide which performer is rewarded with a headline spot in a Las Vegas show, NBC announced Thursday.

Cowell will executive produce the program but leave the judging to someone else this time.

“Personally, I hope to find the next Siegfried and Roy,” Cowell said of the magicians who were a Las Vegas mainstay for decades.

The show, scheduled to debut in the summer, will feature hopeful future stars from across the country who audition before a panel of celebrity judges. The show has yet to be named.

NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said Cowell is a natural for the executive producer job.

“Simon has his finger on the pulse of pop culture,” he said in a statement.

Cowell has been a judge on Fox’s “American Idol” since its 2002 debut, and has become known for bluntly telling contestants what he thinks of their abilities.