Nicole Richie

Non-Public Biography Node
Birthday: September 21, 1981
Age: 30
Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berkeley, CA
Hometown: Glendale, CA
Big Break: The Simple Life
Biography
Nicole Richie was born on September 21, 1981. She is the adopted daughter of famed musician Lionel Richie. It is rumored that her biological father is musician Peter Michael Escovedo but Richie has continuously denied those reports.

Richie was a bright kid with a rough childhood. Her parents very public divorce caused Richie to rebel against everyone close to her which led to substance abuse problems. She first tried cocaine at the age of 14 and later moved on to heroin which landed her in rehab.

She moved away from Hollywood to attend the University of Arizona but decided to drop out before graduating. Her reasoning for dropping out was: "I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better."

Nicole has been best friends with fellow heiress Paris Hilton since the age of two and they were classmates at the renowned private school Buckley. The two had a very public falling out in 2005 but have since made up.

Richie announced her pregnancy on July 31, 2007 in an interview with Diane Sawyer saying that she was nearly 4 months pregnant and Joel Madden is the father. She gave birth to a 6 lbs. 7 oz girl she named Harlow Winter Kate Madden.

Did you know…

  • Her birth name is Nicole Camille Escovedo.
  • Her godfather is Michael Jackson.
  • Nicole has been a bad girl because she knows that she is set to inherit her father's $200 million fortune.
  • In 2006, Nicole was named the Worst Dressed Celeb by PETA.
  • Nicole can figure skate.
  • Nicole's father, Lionel, wrote the song "Ballerina Girl" for her.
  • Nicole knows how to play the cello, piano, and the violin.
  • Nicole is a mix of Caucasian, Black Creole and Mexican decent.
  • Nicole weighs 97 pounds.
  • Nicole has two dogs, Honeychild and Foxxy Cleopatra.
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The wild child. You know ‘em. The typical wild child is that girl at your high school who used to have blonde hair and played in the marching band and then overnight died her hair black and wore safety pins on her sleeves and always got sent home for being stoned.

They have those in Hollywood too. Except Hollywood wild-child’s get DUI’s and stumble out of Hollywood clubs in the middle of the morning only to be greeting by the flashing bulbs of TMZ’s paparazzi crew.

Here are the Top 5 Hollywood Wild Childs who are still stuck in their bad girl phrase and those former angry girls recently reformed.

Taylor Momsen: Former "Gossip Girl" star Taylor Momsen grew up on the upper east side (Well on TV at least) so really what does she have to rebel about? Never seen without raccoon eyes (what I call it when a girl goes overboard on the smoky-eye look), flaunting side boob and acting like her parents ruined her life; she is THE wild child of the younger generation.
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Nicole Richie has gained herself a fashionista title over the years thanks to her boho chic laid-back style. And thanks to her great sense of style, she’s landed a job on TV judging fashion.

Nicole will join model Elle Macpherson and Jessica Simpson on the TV show ‘Fashion Star’, which sees aspiring designers compete for a contract to have their products sold in retailers in the US.
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Earlier this week, “Real Housewives of D.C” personality, Michaele Salahi released her first single “Bump It’ which sounds like a geriatric Ke$ha. But Salahi is not the only reality star to force her way into the music scene.

Another old person and “Real Housewife” Countess LuAnn de Lesseps released her second single (she had a first single?) “Chic C’est La Vie” where she sings about going to the club (despite the fact she looks like she’s pushing 50) and sings with a “French accent” for the chorus. This video really could have benefited from some airbrushing and auto-tune.

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Britney who? Nicole Richie, a self-proclaimed die-hard Britney fan, put her best foot forward in this awesome new dance video.

Just hours before watching Britney perform at her concert in Los Angeles, Nicole tweeted...
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Penelope Cruz welcomed little Leo into the world back in January, but for the most part he has remained a mystery.

We've seen a few grainy photos here and there, and if Penelope gets her way that's all we'll see.

Find out why Penelope is keeping her son anonymous and other stars who are following suit.
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If people are obsessed with celebrities, they’re even more enamored with celebrity couples.

Maybe we’re projecting. Maybe we’re vicariously living through them.

Or maybe we just like looking at pretty things—and when there are two of them, its even better. Find out who our five favorite celebrity couples are after the jump!
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Lady Gaga has a new, and very important, role—playing Godmother to Elton John and husband David Furnish’s new son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. Whoa, that’s a long name!

Elton confirmed that great news to Barbara Walters in an upcoming interview on Good Morning America. “Yes, yes she is.” Babs already knew the news and kept it a secret. But than again, we all already knew.

Gaga seems a little out there. So why would he trust her of all people with his only son?

"When you get to the real person under there, there's a real simple person under there who loves her parents."

Added Furnish: "Zachary's going to inherit an incredible musical legacy from his father one day, and she will be a good person to guide him through the ins and outs of the music business, 'cause she sure knows everything about the business now."

What a lucky kid! He has Elton John as his Dad and Gaga as his Godmother. He’s pretty much set for life. Holidays and birthdays are going to kick ass for Zachary.

Other celebrities with famous Godparents include Nicole Richie, who had bragging rights that Michael Jackson was her Godfather.

We’ve been tweet-stalking celebs all week, and here are some of the outrageous things they’ve said on Twitter!

@lindsaylohan: “What does it mean when an #americanairlines employee says “ah! lady gaga!” to me #jfk airport!!? should I of bursted into Born This Way?”

I’ll tell you what it means. American Airlines is obviously an equal opportunity employer, because they’ve hired the blind.

@jonahhill: “Every time a sexy woman jumps out of a giant cake there is at least one guy who is bummed about the cake being ruined.”

Thanks, Jonah, now I’m hungry. For a giant cake, not a sexy woman.

@breeolson: “Don't cross me If so I'll butcher u brutally in my hotel bed & dispose of the body. I'll just tell house keeping I was having a heavy flow.”

Good one, Bree. But everyone knows your reproductive organs are too damaged to have periods anymore.

@nicolerichie: “I thought I saw myself on TV, turns out it was Bill Murray in What About Bob.”

I’m not sure what this means. But someone just came up behind me and whispered, “no one will ever believe you.”

@joerogan: “I trust a man that smells like farts more than a man that smells like cologne.”

Dilemma: if the man is wearing Unbreakable, how do you tell the difference?
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Apparently Nicole Richie has a body, and it—gasp—has the ability to lose and gain weight! Because of that, Richie has been rumored to be pregnant again. Is there nothing else going on that we're resorting to making up stories now?

Richie told Hollyscoop:

"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."

We all seem to be obsessed with pictures of celebs with their kids, so I can't help but notice Richie looks better than ever lately. If wearing a baggy T-shirt constitutes being pregnant, I've been with child for the past twenty years.

Richie continued, "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."

Precisely. So let's go back to talking about American Idol.
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I have no idea how to get into someone’s Twitter account, but unless Nicole Richie has turned into a computer genius, it’s not that hard.

Celebs have been posting some pretty uncharacteristic (and pretty uncouth) stuff all day long. Let’s take a look at some celebrity tweets and find out who-hacked-who, or if the joke’s on us.

· Kim Kardashian: “I just peefed but no one heard me! I know it smells like old peaches but should I say it was me? Dear peefe... don't sneak out again!” And there goes my lunch. Judging from Kim’s other tweets, it looks like her account was hacked by boyfriend Kris Humphries, though some reports are claiming it’s Nicole Richie. There’s a ton of other ridiculous tweets on Kim’s page. Mostly fart and penis related.

· Ryan Seacrest: “Mice are ssso tasssty. Oops. Darn it. Yes, it’s still me @BronxZoosCobra.” For those who haven’t heard, after the Bronx Zoo lost a Cobra this week, someone set up a Twitter account for the little guy, and he’s been leaving tweets like, “Does anyone know if the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle sells organic mice?” Today, BronxZoosCobra claimed to have taken over Seacrest’s page, and indeed, Seacrest’s feed has been overwhelmed with snake-related Tweets. His picture was also replaced with a picture of a snake. I think. I really can’t tell, they look the same to me.

· Joe Jonas: “I just broke my leg…” Shortly after, he revealed it was an April Fool’s joke. Good one, Jonas. You might as well reveal that your heterosexual relationship with female Ashley Greene was an April Fool’s joke, too.

· Ciara: “3months pregnant:(…whats a girl to do??...this is going to be hard:(no more spanx:(“ I have to admit, when I first read that, I thought Ciara was actually Charo (aka the 60 year-old “coochie coochie” dancer). That would’ve been a lot funnier. A lot more disturbing, but a lot funnier, too.

· Khloe Kardashian: “My poops are in the shape of Ks”. Poop just never ceases to lose it’s comedic edge, does it? Also included in Khloe’s April 1 Twitter feed is, “If no one was there to hear me qu—f, did it really exist?” and “I DON’T CRAP…I KRAP!” Kardashian is taking the prank pretty well, saying “Whoever [hacked] is really clever with these tweets! I wish I pooped Ks!” Uh, why?

Happy April, everybody! Don’t be anyone’s fool. It results in being pitied by Mr. T.

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