RUMOR OR REAL: NICOLE & JOEL AT ODDS ON DECIDING IF PARIS SHOULD BE THEIR CHILD'S GODMOTHER.

New parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are battling over who will be their baby daughter Harlow's godmother. Richie wants pal Paris Hilton to act as the tot's guardian, while rocker Madden would prefer to name his future sister-in-law, Aussie actress/model Sophie Monk, godmother. A source tells Globe magazine, "Joel doesn't think Paris is up to the task... He's lobbying for Sophie." Monk will become part of the Madden family when she weds fiance Benji Madden, Joel's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate. Richie and Madden welcomed baby Harlow into the world in Los Angeles last Friday (January 11,2008).

Note to Madden: Fight like bloody hell!

In related news, Richie's father, Lionel has broken his silence about his daughter's newborn baby, admitting he's struggling with the idea he's a grandfather. The singer released a statement last Tuesday (January 15, 2008), saying he's "extremely happy and proud" of the new mommy and her partner, Joel Madden. But he admits, "It may take me a moment to adjust to being called grandad." He added, "Harlow Winter Kate Madden, the newest and most beautiful addition to the Richie clan, is a lucky little girl. She was surrounded by a great deal of love at that hospital as she entered the world. Nicole and Joel are going to be wonderful parents."

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NICOLE RICHIE REACHES OUT TO HER BIOLOGICAL MOTHER; SAYS LIONEL'S EXCITED ABOUT HIS 1st GRANDCHILD

I swear everytime I read something positive and inspirational involving Nicole Richie, rather she said it or not, it just makes me adore her even more, bless her heart. Especially considering everything she has gone through over the past couple of years.

Reality star Nicole Richie says that becoming pregnant has inspired her to mend her relationship with her biological parents. "It wasn't an overnight decision, but actually, yes," she told Billy Bush in a two-part interview that begins airing on Access Hollywood Tuesday night. "When I found out that I was pregnant, there was just something inside of me that felt a responsibility to mend any issues that I've had with my parents in the past, because listen, I have put them through a lot. Of course, you just want to heal any wounds before I become a mother myself," she added.

The 8-months-pregnant celebrity told Bush that she does know her biological mother. But, there have been reports that she doesn't maintain contact with either one of her biological parents.

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Richie said that her adoptive father, Lionel Richie, is excited about the baby, but doesn't want to be called "grandpa. It's all he talks about, actually. Of course, a father's first reaction, he was quiet and didn't really know what to think and I just said, 'Okay, so that's the news, so call me tomorrow,' because I like to give him a day whenever I give him news," she said. "He called me the next day and he was so excited and now he just doesn't stop. He has all these names that he's ready for the baby to call him, in substitute of 'grandpa,' because he doesn't like 'grandpa.'"

So far Richie and her boyfriend, Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, don't know whether they are having a boy or a girl. She admits that she's curious, but Madden has been with her for every doctor's visit so she hasn't been able to ask on her own. "I'm nosy," she said.

The couple have been dating since December 2006, but have no immediate plans to get married. "Well, look how much has happened this year," she said. "I got to hold something for when I get older, I can't have everything happen all in one year."

SOURCE: CBS.COM

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NEW CANDIDS: CHRIS TUCKER, QUINCY JONES & LIONEL RICHIE LEAVING SPAGOS IN BEVERLY HILLS.

What a trio! Comedian Chris 'Hell, Naw I Ain't Doing Another Friday Movie!' Tucker, legendary singer Lionel 'My Wife, Brenda, Once Beat My Ass Something Proper-like Back in the 1980s' Richie and Quincy 'I Only Date/Marry White Women' Jones were all spotted leaving Spagos restaurant in Beverly Hills, California on 10.29.2007.

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