VIDEO : Paris Hilton: 'I've Never Been Happier in My Life'

Today Your source for all things celebrity and entertainment. Paris Hilton shined brighter than ever at the annual amfAR gala in New York City Wednesday night?and it had nothing to do with her dazzling Jacob & Co. and Chopard diamonds. "I am so happy," the Elie Saab-clad hotel heiress gushed to E! News. "I've never been happier in my life." Credit Paris' smile to Thomas Gross , her boyfriend of nearly a year. "I just feel like I'm in a different place in my life.