Paris Runs Over Paparazzo, Keeps Going

Lindsay Lohan's driver becomes subject of assault probe

(NEWSER) - A car in which Lindsay Lohan was a passenger struck and injured a paparazzo early this morning outside a Los Angeles nightclub, then quickly left the scene, police say. The BMW "sped away at a high rate of speed and hit a paparazzi photographer causing an injury to his hand, his wrist," an LAPD rep tells KTLA . The driver, an unidentified woman, is now involved in a criminal investigation of assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ reports. More»

Rocker, reality TV star add sibling for 20-month-old daughter Harlow

(AP) - Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are parents of a newborn baby boy. Richie says on her website that 7 pound, 14 ounce Sparrow James Midnight Madden was born early today. Sparrow is the second child for Richie and Madden. Their daughter, Harlow, will be 2 in January. More»

(NEWSER) - Paris Hilton and Benji Madden are splitting after 9 months, People reports. The hotel heiress, 27, and Good Charlotte guitarist, 29, are "just too different and they wanted different things in life," says one Hilton friend. Paris has been seen canoodling of late with former flame Stavros Niarchos. Madden, meanwhile, was spotted dancing with Nicole Richie, who dates his identical brother, Joel. More»

Top cop: "Paris is out of town not bothering anybody"

(NEWSER) - LA's police chief said yesterday the city's paparazzi problems are under control now that Britney Spears has “started wearing clothes and behaving” and "Lindsay Lohan has gone gay." A proposed anti-paparazzi law is a "complete waste of time," William Bratton told KNBC-TV before a meeting about the need for restrictions. More»

Spawn would be cousin of Richie's daughter

(NEWSER) - Paris Hilton is on the wagon and off drugs as she tries to get pregnant, the New York Post reports. Beau Benji Madden is the twin brother of Joel Madden, aka Nicole Richie's baby daddy. "She's jealous of all the attention Nicole Richie has been getting and knows she's fallen off in the tabs lately," says an alleged friend. "A baby would put her back in the news." More»