Nicole 'signs up to alcohol programme' - Oct 2 2007
Nicole Richie has reportedly enrolled in an alcohol education programme, to help get back behind the wheel.

According to People.com, The Simple Life star who's six months pregnant, has signed up for an 18-month anti-drinking driver course, known as the SB 38 Alcohol Programme - apparently for people who have been convicted of DUI on more than one occasion within a seven-year period.

The website claims to have obtained papers filed with the Superior Court of California and says Nicole may have to take part in 52 hours of group counselling, face-to-face interviews twice a week and 12 hours of alcohol education.

Only last year, the 26-year-old was booked for driving under the influence after being arrested for driving the wrong way down Southern California's Highway 134.

This July she was sentenced to four days in jail, but served just 82 minutes. She was also fined and forced to sign up for the driving rehab course because of a previous DUI conviction in 2003.


Joel wants to marry Nicole - Sept 19 2007
Joel Madden has reportedly confirmed he fully intends to marry pregnant girlfriend Nicole Richie - he just doesn’t know when.

"Obviously, marriage is in our future," the Good Charlotte frontman told American Idol host Ryan Seacrest on his radio show.

"I don’t know when or where or how, but right now our priority is our family and is the baby."

The 28-year-old singer added: "That’s all we’ve been thinking about. We are in love and are really happy."

Meanwhile, Joel couldn’t contain his enthusiasm about his impending fatherhood.

"I’m excited. We are all really excited about it," he said. "It’s the best thing that has ever happened to us. It’s awesome."

And the celebrity couple are already planning for B-day with a nursery, although they still don’t know whether the baby is a boy or a girl.

"I already got a stroller and a playpen," he said.

"We don’t even know [about the sex]. We’re waiting. So right now it’s an it. Which sounds wrong. We call it the baby. When we talk to it, it’s a you," he added.


Nicole to wed - Aug 20 2007
Nicole Richie could be one step closer to walking down the aisle - her boyfriend is thought to have popped the question.

Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden apparently proposed to the Simple Life star - who is expecting the couple’s baby - last week, reports People.com.

After a late night performance with his band in Arlington, Virginia, the singer was walking offstage when Hot 99.5 morning show DJ Kane announced to the crowd: "He got engaged yesterday. Congratulations, Joel!"

"We heard this morning," Kane told People following Good Charlotte’s 40-minute set, saying he had heard the news from "good sources".

The DJ said he had offered his congratulations to Joel earlier in the night.

"He said, ’Thank you so much’," recalled Kane.

"They’re very excited about the baby and the wedding. They want to keep their personal life personal," he added.

Although Nicole wasn’t spotted at the gig, she and her beau were seen touring Washington DC earlier in the day, where they had a late lunch and popped into upmarket baby boutique Dawn Price Baby.

Joel About To Pop the Question? - Aug 16 2007
Could Nicole Richie soon be saying ’Yes’?