Paparazzo Richie’s Beach Blanket Bingo

Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie played voyeur for her Fourth of July festivities as the new mom strolled sans baby Harlow and rocker beau Joel Madden on the beaches of Malibu.

With several girlfriends in tow, Nicole happened upon an interpretive dance performance going on in the sand. Either that or a new strip club was opening. Whatever the case, an eyewitness tells us that eight Cal State dance students were “gyrating,” part of a traveling beach exhibit that explores man’s relationship with the ocean. Ah, the motion of the ocean.

Are we absolutely sure it wasn’t a traveling strip club?

Anyhoo, Richie cheered on the dancers and even whipped out her own camera to film them, paparazzi-style. But the camera love only went so farand in only one direction. When several stargazers tried to snap Richie filming the dancers, a peeved pal of Nicole’s approached and barked at the fans, “You need to stop.”

Talk about a buzzkill. So much for our new business venture: Beach Blanket Ba-Da-Bingo!

Reporting by Matt Donnelly

Nicole Richie: Fourth of July Beach Bliss

Nicole Richie: Fourth of July Beach Bliss

Sometimes a girl just needs time for herself.  And yesterday, Nicole Richie left her boyfriend Joel Madden and daughter Harlow Winter behind for an afternoon with some gal pals.

The paparazzi caught up to the former Simple Life cutie enjoying a day of fun in the sun at a beach party in Malibu, California.  She wore a short white cleavage-baring dress overtop a pair of denim shorts with a pair of sunglasses.

And it sounds like Britney Spears isn’t the only cameo queen in Hollywood.  According to sources, when Nicole filmed her bit part on “Chuck” last week, she was a huge hit.  And there’s even talk of her returning for another episode.

An insider revealed, “It was fantastic. She was friendly. Everybody loved her. She has a great fight scene.” Richie plays a high school nemesis of Yvonne Strahovski’s character Sarah.

Joel Madden Kills the Mood

Paris Hilton, Benji Madden

In case you’ve been stuck in a cave for the past several months, Paris Hilton is smitten with Benji Maddenand for the millionth time, the heiress proclaimed her in-loveness to the world.

On his KIIS-FM morning show, Ryan Seacrest surprised his guest Benji by playing a prerecorded interview with Paris. But what could have turned into a sweet, touching moment following playback was cut short by Benji’s twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Joel.

Here’s what Paris had to say about realizing she had feelings for her current beau:

“When I heard [Benji] make a speech about Joel and Nicole and the baby [at the couple’s baby shower], I thought he was cute then. And then when I saw him with Harlow, I just realized he had a really sweet, kind heart. Then we just totally had a crush on each other, and we fell in love right away.”

Following Paris’ touching, Lifetime-movie moment, Joel stepped in and set the record straight.

“[Benji’s] speeches are not touching. They’re likethey always degrade me. They make fun of me. Like ’I never thought I’d see the day when Joel actually had sex with a girl and then make it count. But you did it, Joel.’ It was a classic Benji-Madden-makes-fun-of-Joel speech.”

Hmmm, guess it doesn’t take much to win over Paris. We’ve heard positive things about Benji, but if that is a speech she believes revealed the rocker’s good heart, we don’t even want to hear what she considers a slam.

Click in below to hear the entire interview…

Nicole Richie Did Not Get Married This Weekend!

Nicole Richie, Joel Madden

Though her dude, Joel Madden, gave people a good scare.

The Good Charlotte rocker posted an entrywith some doctored wedding pictureson the band’s blog that began, “We Did It! Nicole and I Finally Got Married!!”

They didn’t, but you can read the reason why you might have thought so after the jump.

Madden wrote:

HA HA. JUST KIDDING. So I feel really stupid even posting this, but I’ve been getting calls and texts from my family all week asking me why they weren’t invited to my wedding. I guess the only answer I could give them was that I didn’t know we were having one. So I just found out that Star magazine wrote some story about a 2 MILLION dollar wedding we are supposed to be having, and that’s where it came from. Sooooo if you were pissed at me for not inviting you or even telling you, don’t blame me, there’s nothing to worry about. It’s just Star magazine. How long do you think it will be before they write we called it off, or we broke up? I give them a week or two…

Via That Other Blog