Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

'It's true. I am going to be a mummy,' she tweets

(NEWSER) - More from the Not Such Shocking News Dept : Jessica Simpson is pregnant. The 31-year-old performer today made a Halloween-theme announcement, tweeting a pic of herself dressed as a mummy and rubbing her tummy: "It's true. I am going to be a mummy," she wrote. Her first baby with fiance Eric Johnson apparently isn't impeding her schedule, either: She's agreed to mentor alongside Nicole Richie on the forthcoming NBC reality show, Fashion Star, the AP reports. Click to see a family portrait , and more photos of a clearly pregnant Simpson and her babydaddy . More»

Once BFFs, Richie now finds herself in a more mature place

(NEWSER) - One person who was not at Nicole Richie's nuptials this weekend: Paris Hilton. Richie agonized over whether to invite her ex-BFF to the wedding for months, friends tell PopEater , but after Hilton's cocaine arrest in Las Vegas, Richie decided to exclude her from the guest list. "Nicole is in a very different place in her life from when she was hanging out with Paris," says a source, but "Paris seems to be in exactly the same spot she was in five years ago. Still partying in Vegas and getting into trouble with the law." Click for more, including what Hilton did on Saturday instead . More»

You can't make this stuff up...

(NEWSER) - Celebrities say the darndest—and sometimes the stupidest—things. The Stir rounds up 15 that fall into the latter category:

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."
• Brooke Shields: "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
• Paris Hilton: "What's Wal-Mart, do they sell, like, wall stuff?"

Pamela Anderson not a fan of Kate Gosselin, and more

(NEWSER) - Everyone apparently hates Kate Gosselin, and that includes fellow Dancing With the Stars competitor Pamela Anderson. In their honor, the Frisky lists the 10 best reality show rivalries:

• Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie: The rivalry that all others aspire to. After starting The Simple Life as besties, they had a tiff during Season 4 and had to film the rest of the season separately. Awkward!
• Ali Fedotowsky and Vienna Girardi: Not only did they both vie for Jake Pavelka on The Bachelor, they just plain fought with each other, too. Vienna got Jake—but Ali got her own season of The Bachelorette.

Supermodel tells friends she'll soon be modeling maternity wear

(NEWSER) - The rumors are true and Gisele Bundchen definitely has one in the oven, Radar reports. The supermodel, who married Tom Brady earlier this year, has told close friends that her first child is on the way. The Patriots quarterback has a 1-year-old son from his relationship with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan. More»