Paris Hilton's mom to guest star on 'Y&R'

NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Socialite Kathy Hilton is set to guest star on the U.S. TV soap opera "The Young and the Restless," CBS announced.

Hilton, who is best known as the mother of red-carpet fixtures Paris and Nicky Hilton, is to appear on the episode of the daytime TV drama scheduled to air May 13.

Kathy Hilton will play herself, "stopping in Genoa City to help good friend Jack Abbott ( Peter Bergman) find the perfect cover model for his new magazine, Restless Style," the network said.