Paris Hilton was detained in Japan and Lindsay Lohan has a warrant out for her arrest, but life's a beach for their former BFF Nicole Richie.
The hot mama, who turns 30 today, was celebrating South of the Border in a bikini bottom and not much else. She was joined by famous friends Christina Aguilera and Sam Ronson in Cabo, and she may have been celebrating more than just her birthday...
While having dinner at a local restaurant, Nic was spotted wearing a "bride-to-be" sash and necklace adorned with plastic penises.
Was this trip also a bachelorette party?
Nicole's rep didn't respond to our request for comment on what exactly she was celebrating, but either way, happy birthday!
Nice to see the former wild child is staying out of trouble but can still cut loose!
Nicole Richie has ordered dozens of sexy underwear sets to spice up her relationship with Joel Madden.
The 'Simple Life' star, who gave birth to the couple's first child Harlow Winter in January, has swapped her baggy sweatpants for lacy Agent Provocateur lingerie.
A source said: "They are thrilled to be parents but things have turned less romantic between them. Before Joel went on tour with his band Good Charlotte they were exhausted from sleep deprivation, which killed any sexual desire.
"Nicole has picked up a lot of very feminine, soft-pink items. She has stocked her lingerie drawer with hot little lacy things."
The 26-year-old socialite has also given their bedroom a sexy makeover and removed all of Harlow's blankets and toys.
The source added to the National Enquirer magazine: "Now their bedroom looks like only adults live in it. Nicole added a silk throw to the bed and put little lamps with amber shades here and there to create a warmer feeling. It is really intimate. Keeping things sexy is one of her biggest goals.
"She wants to get him alone and lock the door for a few days!"
New-mommy Nicole Richie doesn't seem to like her curvy post-pregnancy body, as nursing has left her with bigger breasts that don't go with her fashion style.
The socialite and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden have recently become parents to baby daughter Harlow Kate Winter Madden. And even after getting back to her svelte shape in just weeks after the birth, Richie has been left with significantly bigger bust due to nursing.
And the 26-year-old is uncomfortable with this look as she cannot wear the kind of clothes she likes.
"I'm bustier now, and I really don't like it. It doesn't really fit with my wardrobe, it's not who I am. I am not someone who is used to wearing a bra or having to wear a bra I really don't like it," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
She added: "I like wearing vintage hippy see-through shirts that aren't slutty on me because there's nothing to look at. Now I have boobs so I can't really wear it because it sends out a different message."
Over the past year, Nicole Richie has gone from "bad decision to bad decision" to blessed event.
After days of hype, the starlet's sit-down with Diane Sawyer finally aired Thursday morning, with the expectant Richie not only apologetic over her ill-fated driving-under-the-influence excursion last December but crediting it for turning her life around.
"I literally thought I was okay to drive, and clearly wasn't," the 25-year-old said on Good Morning America. "It was bad decision after bad decision after bad decision. It's been a pattern in my life. When I get into trouble, I try to get out of it...ever since I was little."
Hence her original not-guilty plea to the DUI charge, something she ultimately changed to guilty after reassessing her responsibilities and watching a particularly disturbing report on the news about children who had been killed by drunk drivers.
"At that moment, I literally felt like the worst person in the world for even trying to get out of the situation.
"I really wasn't learning anything from that," she said of her penchant for getting out of trouble first, learning lessons later. She added that her behavior pattern had simply led to her to make "mistake after mistake after mistake."
Of her exploits over the last year, Richie, who was accompanied during the interview by rocker beau Joel Madden, said she simply "wasn't growing, I wasn't going anywhere, and I saw myself going down that road again with this particular situation."
While in the past, Richie has openly admitted to taking drugs and, in 2003, attended court-ordered rehab after cops found her with a balloon of heroin, she told Sawyer that on Dec. 11, she had smoked marijuana and taken a Vicodin, for which she didn't have a prescription, to treat menstrual cramps—though had done nothing else.
"Just marijuana," she said. "I had Vicodin in my system from that day. I never in my head thought that could play a part in your driving. Like, never did I think that."
Richie also explained how exactly she found herself heading the wrong way down a Los Angeles freeway, before simply parking in the HOV lane.
"I got confused," she said of her orientation. "It was a new neighborhood for me...I just stopped."
Of how she felt when the police arrived, Richie said, "Scared would be the core word."
For his part, Madden, who lives the sort of rock lifestyle that involves studying the Bible, he said Richie's bust was a make-or-break situation for the couple.
"This is a great time to walk away," he says he remembered thinking at the time, adding that he had already come up with an exit strategy. "Nicole, it's been great, but you just freaked me out."
Madden, however, opted to "go my gut, and you know, my gut with Nicole has always been she's a great woman."
As for whether a repeat of the situation may occur down the line, both responded in the negative.
"There would no question, 'cause I don't have time for that," Madden said. "I bet on her. And I won."
As for Richie, four months along in her pregnancy, she said there is "absolutely no way" she would fall. When pressed by Sawyer as to how she could be so sure she'd stick to the straight and narrow, she admitted it was "because I never took it seriously before."
"I owe this baby my life. I owe this baby everything, and I have a responsibility now for someone else. I have to set the right examples. I want to be the best parent I can be. I would really want to be someone my child would look up to."
As for the child, the couple does not yet know whether they're expecting a boy or a girl, and Richie said they're "going to try and hold out" on finding out for as long as possible.
She said she discovered she was pregnant after taking five home-pregnancy tests.
"I didn't believe it," she said. "It was my best friend and I, and we were at her house. And she was like, 'You're definitely pregnant.' I actually didn't even really believe it until I heard the heartbeat."
Madden recalled breaking the news to Lionel Richie, the baby's soon-to-be grandfather.
"He was really quiet," he said, adding that the Grammy winner at first thought the call was to inform him Richie had gotten into trouble. Finally, the elder Richie composed himself and told the couple, "Now you're going to get to experience everything I have!"
Madden and Richie have begun keeping a video diary of the pregnancy, which they hope to one day share with their offspring. However, the twosome is more than aware that there will be a four-day gap in the recording.
Richie has been ordered to spend four days in jail before Sept. 28.
"She's doing what she has to do. She's paying her debt," Madden said.
Richie said she's "afraid of the unknown" but "not really afraid of jail."
As for criticism that's cropped up about the sentence possibly not being harsh enough punishment for the severity of her crime, Richie simply said, "That's not really up to me."
New pictures of Nicole Richie looking as skeletal as ever except for a noticeable belly bump have sparked the inevitable ‘Is she pregnant?’ speculation.
Whilst many tabloids, including the National Enquirer, have gone along with the pregnancy theory, others have claimed that her bulging midriff was simply the result of malnutrition.
Now, a source close to Nicole has confirmed the pregnancy to Celebrity Babylon, adding that it is ex-boyfriend Joel Madden’s baby.
"Nicole is pregnant," says their snitch, "and it's definitely Joel's baby."
Joel ended his relationship with Nicole last month, reportedly because she was 'too clingy.'
Nicole Richie has reportedly split with her boyfriend Joel Madden after the couple's trip to Australia and New Zealand.
Sources claim the pair, who began dating last November, ended their relationship during a recent trip to Australia, where they attended the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
Richie was also believed to have followed Madden to New Zealand for a performance by Madden's band, Good Charlotte.
A source told Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper: "Joel was acting like a single man at the awards after party and the couple openly argued in front of the crowd."
"Nicole was in tears at one stage, but no one really knows why."
Madden reportedly dumped Nicole for being "too clingy" during the trip, which included stops in Byron Bay and the Gold Coast.
US gossip website www.PerezHilton.com also claims the pair have split because they have not been seen together since their return.
Blogger Perez wrote: "Word is spreading fast that Joel and Nicole broke up right after their trip to Australia."
Earlier this year, it was reported Nicole and Joel were engaged.
The pair almost tied the knot in Las Vegas on February 17, but decided to get Nicole's adoptive dad Lionel Richie's blessing first.
A source said at the time: "They picked out matching silver and diamond rings at a jewellery boutique in Caesar's Palace and then headed to the Little White Wedding Chapel where the hovered outside for ages.
"But Nicole wanted her dad's blessing so they went straight to see him when they got back to Los Angeles."
The couple were then said to be planning to marry in front of their close family and friends at Mexico's Las Ventanas resort in Cabo San Lucas.
Nicole Richie’s recent collapses on the set of ‘The Simple Life’ are the result of low blood sugar levels.
The 25-year-old star was hospitalised for dehydration earlier this month and allegedly collapsed again on the set of her reality show last week.
Nicole is now said to have been diagnosed with hypoglycaemia.
A representative for the star said: “In her ongoing effort to focus on her well-being, Nicole has recently discovered she has hypoglycaemia.
“She is taking steps to manage it. Nicole has reported to work each day and the results have been fantastic.”
A ‘Simple Life’ source said: “Four or five times she’s felt really faint and almost passed out. She has to go into her trailer for a good part of the day.”
Nicole, the adopted daughter of singer Lionel Richie, announced in October she was seeking treatment for an “inability to gain weight”.
She is currently facing charges of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) after she was stopped by police in December for driving the wrong way on a California Highway. She admitted to police she had smoked marijuana and taken the strong painkiller Vicodin.
For the latest series of ‘The Simple Life’ she and close friend Paris Hilton, 26, are acting as camp counsellors.
