Nicole Richie is denying rumors that she's pregnant. Per Us Weekly:

Nicole Richie would like to clear the air.

This past week, the fashion designer and mother of two became the subject of fresh pregnancy rumors after some blogs claimed she was sporting a baby bump in new photos.

Richie, 29, told UsMagazine.com in a statement Friday:

"Contrary to recent speculation, I am not pregnant. This irresponsible reporting continues to feed an atmosphere of self-doubt and insecurity. To publicly point out a change in anyone's body is mean spirited and cruel. People's bodies change and change again. This is not newsworthy and is a waste of valuable media space that should be used for more important issues."

Nicole Richie initially became famous for being Paris Hilton's chubby friend. She became more famous for her attempts to conquer Castle Grayskull. She peaked when she got pregnant the first time, ostensibly to stay out of jail. When you've built your entire career off of publicity, pregnancies, and off of your body fluctuating between overweight and Auschwitz escapee, this speculation really shouldn't bother you so much. You know what should bother you? People who don't use turn signals. Oh, and people who go the wrong way on the highway. I know, right? How annoying!

Image via WENN.

Via Page Six:

There was frantic negotiating to land Nicole Richie a $100,000 exclusive magazine deal ahead of her big wedding to Joel Madden today. Reps for Richie -- who recently took a photographer to court to protect her and her children's privacy -- were as late as yesterday "playing the weekly magazines against each other to drive up the price," an insider said. Sources tell us that the reps for Richie, who said she planned to give the money to charity, had agreed to an OK! bid earlier in the week to make her a "cover chip" -- a less important story referenced with a small photo on the front page -- but then went to People to negotiate a full cover.

Nicole Richie is famous because she's the daughter of a Commodore with a Jheri curl and used to be the fat friend of someone with herpes. She got more famous when she lost weight and gained a few DUIs. Now that all she does is pop out babies and dress like it's 1968, I don't see her moving that many issues now that Elizabeth Edwards is dead, Miley has a bong, and a camel fell down in the same week.

Dita Von Teese is also famous for marrying a talentless mall goth, but there are two big differences between her and Nicole Richie. You can see what they are if you click the banner photo. NSFW if your boss has good eyes, because a few of these show nips that could cut glass.

Lindsay Lohan as Madonna, Alicia Keys as Michelle Obama, it's a sneak peak at Glamour's Icons series filled with non-icons. [BadAndUgly]

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Lily Allen eats ribs in bed, which might be the only thing Lily Allen does that I approve of. Site NSFW. [DrunkenStepfather]

Tina Fey is Bon Jovi's private dancer. A dancer for money. [VideoGum]

Miley Cyrus is shocked that Radiohead would snub her. [LaineyGossip]

Someone needs to just kill Brian Austin Green if he and Megan Fox are really going to get back together. [ICYDK]

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden might be gettin' hitched, because before your second kid is born is the best time for that. It's not like Nicole is going to get another guy with mom tits. [ImNotObsessed]

If I were Pete Wentz, I'd totally do my wife in the butt. I want to do Ashlee Simpson in the butt without being Pete Wentz. [IDon'tWantYourLife]

There are 1,000 things - including the above links - I care about more than J.Lo suing stroller companies. [FatBackMedia]

Last night, a late-breaking blog post went up on the Good Charlotte website and someone was kind enough to e-mail me, because I don't often swing by the Good Charlotte website:

What's better than winning an Oscar? I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope your all feeling as good as i am right now.........

Plus one for the timely Oscars reference, and an additional plus 5 for finding the time to slip it to your wife so soon after kid one was born. If these two weren't working from negative points left over from the emo/anorexic-bitch days, I'd be congratulating them.

It's hard to imagine that a Hollywood romance could go bad, but it looks like our worst fears have come true. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have split up. Stay strong, friends. Star Magazine reports:

For months they'd been fighting over everything from marriage to moving, but Nicole and Joel's strained relationship hit a new low when, during yet another battle, she screamed at him, "We're through," and fled to her mother's home, taking their daughter, Harlow, with her, a friend tells Star. Although Nicole returned the next day, "This was her way of sending Joel a message," says the pal. "Nicole loves him, but things need to change." Days after their big blowup, things were no better, so Nicole once again walked out on Joel - jetting to New York City, with Harlow in tow, for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. She wasn't alone for long. Joel followed her to the Big Apple, and the quarrelsome couple made a brief yet disastrous appearance at the Charlotte Ronson afterparty at Country Club on Sept. 6. "She was just in a miserable mood, and there was obvious tension," an eyewitness tells Star. "I didn't see her talk to Joel the entire night, and it seemed like he was avoiding her too. Nicole was just so angry!"

Whatever. It's Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. I'd be more upset if a pair of my socks got separated.

Nicole after the Marc Jacobs fashion show on September 9th:


Photos: Splash

We're not sure whose house this is or what the hell is going on, but here's Mary-Kate Olsen, Joel Madden, Nicole Richie, and other random fugliness at some lame house/birthday/flannel/whatever party. Whatever it is, it looks pretty hot, because nothing says hardcore like a pinata. Maybe next time they can get a bouncy house or hire a clown to make balloon animals. Ooh, ooh, or balloon hats! I love those!


Photo credit: ONTD

The closest things to friends that Nicole Richie has are Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, so it goes without saying that she deserves every bad thing that happens to her. Namely, one of them trying to bang her fiance. Star Magazine reports:

The trouble started for the new mom after she decided to stay home with their 4-month-old daughter, Harlow, while Joel deejayed at Hornitos' Cinco de Mayo party at Crown Bar in L.A. However, while there, the Good Charlotte rocker seemed more interested in a seductive Lindsay than in spinning records. "Their heads were practically touching, and he had his leg over hers," says one onlooker. "Joel has a flirtatious side, and he definitely wasn't turning her away." Nicole was immediately alerted to the situation by her arch-frenemy Paris Hilton, who sent her a devastating text message: Lindsay was all over Joel! He was so zeroed in on Lindsay, he never heard his cell ring," a friend of the couple tells Star. "Nicole felt so incredibly helpless and upset that she threw her phone against the wall in a rage."

Not to get lost in the fact that Lindsay Lohan attacks like a werewolf whenever she's within three feet of boxer shorts, is that this was over Joel Madden. To reiterate, Joel Madden. If Good Charlotte wasn't popular like five years ago, this dude couldn't get laid with duct tape and a secluded spot.

Lindsay and her boyfriend, Samantha Ronson, in Paris a few days ago:

Hey, you remember last month when Nicole Richie had a baby? Yeah, maybe somebody should probably remind her about that. PageSix.com says:

During the Grammys weekend, the couple went to several parties each night for hours. Last weekend, Richie and Madden once again left their tot at home to spend some quality time with Joel's brother Benji and Lindsay Lohan at Teddy's in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. They didn't rush home until the end of the evening - "It's almost as if they aren't parents," said a spy."

I don't know what the big deal is. According to Disney movies, when kids get abandoned by their parents they get adopted by a Pharoah's daughter or raised by gorillas. Maybe I haven't caught up with the latest in parenting techniques, but that seems pretty exciting to me.