Bobby Rachpoot, PacificCoastNews

Nicole Richie must be sweating in her uggs right now, as though she may have felt that she dodged a bullet when it came to Paris Hilton becoming her new sister in law, along comes another equally chilling notion. Britney Spears. Who for Nicole would be the lesser of two evils? Hard to say. But she may not have a choice, as last week Britney Spears was spotted out and about on a few secret dates with Paris’s ex and Nicole’s brother in law Benji Madden. And though it has not gone past Nicole’s watchful eye, it certainly hasn’t been missed by Paris either, who reportedly ‘saw red’ over the situation. In fact, Paris was so mad, she pulled out her entire arsenal of Mean Girl platitudes saying ‘that girl’s nothing but a dirty Southern trashbag who can only get my sloppy seconds’. That makes her look so classy, doesn’t it? And Britney’s side of the coin sounds like ‘pathetic loser’ when it comes to Paris, and acknowledges that Paris is just jealous because Brit is more famous than she is. Which is a pretty good point, I mean, out of the two, only one of them has a best selling album right now, right? So what is the real story here? Are Britney and Paris pulling out the claws, or is this whole Britney and Benji thing just a way to get some publicity? Or is it just someone starting a rumor to get Paris all riled up? Anything is possible, but I am leaning towards the all fact no fiction side of the coin. Has anyone seen Britney’s promotional calendar lately? Yep, as far as this rumor is concerned, go ahead and file it under when pigs fly.

Louise Barnsley

We have been following this cute foursome for some time. Nicole and Paris are BFF’s that love to hate each other, and love to love each other. They can’t decide how close they are so we’ve almost given up on them as BFFs. Then we have Nicole with her boyfriend Joel Madden with whom she has baby Harlowe, so they seem to be one of the more solid Hollywood couples as we haven’t heard anything about relationship strife between these two. Enter Paris and Benji, Joel’s brother and a couple that was touted as heading for the aisle one day. Of course we know that Paris and Benji didn’t quite make it that far, in fact, she never even got the ring on her finger, and they split up in what is sounding like a rather ugly split. And from the other side of the camp, Nicole can’t seem to decide if she is relieved that Benji is out of Paris’s life, or if she wants them back together, so much so that she is currently sabotaging any chances Benji is taking to ‘move on’. At a recent party at the L.A. Ecco Ultra Lounge, Joel Madden was DJ’ing, and Nicole was doing the supportive girlfriend baby mama thing. Benji Madden was doing the supportive twin brother thing and was also in attendance at the party. Of course, Benji was sans Paris and was seemingly enjoying the single life until Nicole got involved. As Benji and Nicole were chatting it up, a busty blonde in some kind of pletherette ensemble tried to divert his attention towards her, and Benji was all over that like stink on a pig. And onlookers described the entire event like this:

Benji was approached by dozens of ladies. Girls were trying to flirt with him… but Nicole kept getting in the way. She stopped every girl trying to take a photo of him [and] dragged him by the arm [away from the girls.

Of course Nicole had to rush off to Le Deux later that evening to meet up with Paris and give her the full low down, and you can only imagine how thrilled Paris was over that situation. And given that Paris has been known to be stalking Benji and not handling the breakup all that well, I wonder what kind of cat claws towards her ex are going to come out now. Or maybe just maybe, Paris will wise up and realize that yes, there is nothing wrong with simply moving on, and getting over it. And we all just wish she would.

Ah well, yes, more is coming out with Paris and Benji breakup as these things always do. Paris Hilton is seen here leaving the Viper Room for the launch party of the Pussycat Doll Lounge in Los Angeles, and it seems like she is not that much of a happy camper. Guess she is taking the breakup with Benji Madden a little rough, which can only suggest that SHE is not the one that suggested their permanent hiatus. Reports are that Paris is desperate to get him back and has been pining for him since the split.

On Saturday night, she made somewhat of a fool of herself by chasing him around Los Angeles in an attempt to reconcile. She has also been bombarding him with text messages, none of which he is replying to. When she heard that he was hanging out at the Villa on Saturday, she dragged her pal Avril Lavigne out for the night and decided to confront him head on. Because when a guy refuses to answer your barrage of text messages, one has no choice but to confront him publicly right? I mean, that’s the cool thing to do, no?

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Josephine Santos, PacificCoastNews.com

Paris Hilton is seen here leaving Mr. Chow restaurant the other night, and this was the first of many nights where Paris had to remember what it was like to do things solo. Ah yes, it sounds like the inevitable has happened. Come on, nobody here REALLY believed those two were getting married do you? After Paris ate dinner at Mr. Chow all on her lonesome, she headed over to her sister Nicky’s house. Guess some commiserating with family was on her agenda. Maybe some Ben and Jerry’s? And while we don’t really know exactly what went on between Benji and Paris, we do know for sure that they are definitely done. Stick a fork in ‘em folks, it’s splitsville. And from the sounds of it, Benji is the one that did the goodbyes. A friend of Paris’s told People magazine:

“She is saddened by the breakup but they’re just too different and they wanted different things in life. He was loyal and sweet but it was time to take a break.”

Is it possible that being spotted with her ex boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos on the evening of the 15th could have pushed the split? Yes, Paris was spotted with her former squeeze at a hot nightclub in Miami, and onlookers were saying the two were a little too close for comfort. And oddly enough, the Paris/Benji split came just DAYS after this event. Hm. Perhaps Paris has forgotten that cameras follow her every move. But both parties deny any claims that there was some unfaithfulness in this romance. But hm well, perhaps that statement was made before Paris screwed it up, if she did. Do you think we will see any boyfriend recycling here? Hard to say….tough call, that one.

The Media Circuit, PacificCoastN

Ryan Seacrest Fights With Jaws! ~ Hollywire

Paris and Benji Match Colors and Clothes. EWW. ~ Bitten and Bound

Reese Witherspoon Warming Up for a Workout ~ I Don’t Want Your Life

Alecsey Boldeskul, Pacificcoastnews

Paris Hilton and Benji Leaving the Crown Nightclub ~ Celebrity Body Gossip

Mary Kate Olsen Lands a Spot on Samantha Who ~ Bitten and Bound

Keira Knightley Looking a Little Haggard ~ I Don’t Want Your Life

Brooke Hogan Covers Maxim ~ Hollywire

These two have been doing the love bug thing long enough that it is well within that Hollywood relationship timeline for engagement rumors to be popping up. And though they are brushing it off, you can’t mistake the big ring dangling off Paris’s engagement finger. The couple were spotted in LAX International Airport yesterday holding hands, being all schmoopsy poo, and somehow, someway, Paris just managed to get a perfect picture of her left hand avec rocks out to the paparazzi. But I am sure that was just a slipup. But both parties are saying it’s just a love token, and not an engagement ring. Paris says it’s just a present because he’s soooo sweet. However, she was noted saying much later that she did want to spend the rest of her life with him. Ugh. So tired of these two. Just get on with it and put the rest of us out of our misery, will you?

How long is it going to take before they realize we are sick of them? But here is Paris Hilton and Benji Madden heading off to their car to do who knows what. I think knowing what they are up to and caring are two different things at this point. The happy couple were spotted here after Paris stopped in to visit him at his DCMA store just off Melrose Avenue in Hollywood the other day. Yes, Melrose is MUCH more Paris than South Africa I imagine.