Nicole Richie is an amazing Mom

So I asked all my followers on Twitter what they like most about Nicole Richie and everyone agreed that Nicole Richie is an amazing Mom, she is not only a great Mother she also manages to find time to be a talented designer, writer, actress, philanthropist and fashionista.

In late 2006 Nicole Richie & rocker Joel Madden became acquaintances and by 2007 they were officially an item.

On January 11th 2008 Nicole Richie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Harlow Winter Kate Madden.

Before the birth and also after the birth of their baby girl Nicole Richie & Joel Madden became dedicated philanthropists with their own charity The Richie Madden Children's foundation and they took time to raise the awareness of giving all children a happy and safe life.

Whilst bringing up their first child and raising money and awareness for their charity Nicole also had time to develop and debut her jewellery collection House of Harlow 1960.

In the year of 2008 Nicole Richie also made a cameo on the hit TV show Chuck.

In the year of 2009 Nicole Richie announced she was pregnant with her second child. She also worked with 'A Pea In The Pod' and released her first maternity collection.

On September 9th 2009 Nicole Richie gave birth to her second child, a cute baby boy Sparrow James Midnight Maddden.

Whilst raising her two beautiful babies Nicole began to extend her fashion empire and she was busy designing apparel for her Winter Kate clothing line and footwear for her House of Harlow collection.

Into 2010 Nicole Richie released her Winter Kate collection, it received an outstanding reception and Nicole was even awarded with 'Entrepreneur of the year' in the 2010 Glamour Awards.

Nicole has now announced the release of her second novel Priceless and she is also busy developing her fashion empire which is soon extending into handbags.

Nicole Richie truly is a hardworking Mommy!

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The Richie-Maddens at the Beyond Shelter awards

Nicole, Joel and Benji attended the Beyond Shelter 2010 inspiration awards (29th April) at Paramount studios.

The evening began with cocktails and a silent auction.

The Richie-Madden children's foundation was awarded for their remarkable generosity and continuing efforts for families and children living in poverty, and their dedication to bring meaningful opportunities to children in all corners of the globe. Nicole wore a classy outfit from her Winter Kate line.




For more info on Nicole and Joel's work with Beyond Shelter head to The Richie-Madden children's foundation.

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Listen to Nicole Richie on Kiss FM!

Last week Nicole Richie chatted to Ryan Seacrest on LA's #1 radio station Kiss FM.Click Here and search the page for 'Nicole Richie' to listen to her joke with Ryan, talk about the 'we are the world' recording to support Haiti, chat about the Richie-Madden children's foundation, Beyond shelter and their coffee cup with a cause.

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Nicole Richie's 'Coffee Cup With A Cause'

Nicole Richie has been pictured on numerous occasions with a Coffee cup in hand, which is why it isn't too suprising to hear Nicole Richie is designing her own Coffee Cup for 7-Eleven. This is actually a really great idea developed by '7-Eleven Coffee cup with a cause.'

Throughout 2010 7-Eleven will be introducing limited-edition 20-oz coffee cups designed by entertainment and sports celebrities to be sold in 7-Eleven stores nationwide.

Proceeds from cups sold will benefit the featured celebrity's charity of choice. Cups can be filled with any 7-Eleven hot beverage including coffee, tea or hot chocolate.

7-Eleven aims to donate more than $2 million to charities through their 'coffee cup with a cause' campaign.

Nicole Richie, Joel Madden and Benji Madden will kick off the program. Proceeds from their cup, featuring a custom-designed drawing representing their cause, will support The Richie-Madden Children's Foundation.

The Richie-Madden's will join 7-Eleven representatives in early February, at a Beyond Shelter Neighborhood Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles to formally announce their partnership and cut the ribbon for the facility's new playground for young children.

"7-Eleven's 'Coffee Cup with a Cause' program and its donation to The Richie-Madden Children's Foundation will help us provide a wonderful and safe atmosphere for children and their families at the new Beyond Shelter playground," said Nicole Richie.

A spokesperson from 7-Eleven stated, "We've turned our coffee cups into canvasses, and celebrities are creating artwork for our program that allows customers to directly support charities and causes that make dramatic changes to so many people's lives."

Sounds like a great way to raise money for the Richie-Madden Children's foundation.

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden open The Richie-Madden Children's Playground

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have been running a text campain Text 'Child' to 90999 as part of their Richie-Madden children's foundation.

The text campain hoped to raise $35,000 to build a playground for the children at the Beyond Shelter. Nicole Richie revealed through Twitter that the playground has now been built, Nicole wrote "Just left Beyond Shelter. It felt great to be back. The playground has happened thanx to all of you who helped!"

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden cut the red ribbon at the opening of the Richie-Madden children's playground. Image source.

Yesterday (October 22nd) Nicole Richie and Joel Madden spoke to a small crowd inside the Karsten Neighborhood Resource Center at a ceremony to open the Richie-Madden Children's Playground.
This new playground gives the children of these families a green space to play in a safe and protected environment.

Nicole Richie also tweeted "THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the Text CHILD campaign. We are giving these children a chance to have an imagination & be free."




I'm so happy they raised the funds for The Richie-Madden Children's playground and the Children now have somewhere safe to play.

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Shop Nicole Richie's closet - for charity!

An Ebay auction cause store has been created called Celebrity Fashion.

The store includes items from Nicole Richie's and Christina Aguilera's closet, and part of the final sale amount goes towards their chosen charity.

Of course Nicole Richie's chosen charity is The RichieMadden Children foundation.

~ The Richie-Madden Children's Foundation's mission is to provide meaningful opportunities to children around the world, while also striving to bring light and laughter into their lives through unique entertainment and special events. Nicole and Joel aim to harness the power of pop culture and mass media to raise awareness about the domestic and international issues endangering children and to inspire others, especially young people, to get involved.

The store includes so many pieces from Nicole Richie's actual closet!

Im sure there is going to be alot of bidding wars on these amazing pieces.

Get Bidding!

Nicole Richie wears the poppy dress designed by Kate Moss for Topshop.
Nicole Richie wears Dries Van Noten skirt printed bohemian skirt.


Nicole Richie wears a vintage Thea Porter printed floral dress.

This is my favourite Nicole Richie item on the auction.

Nicole Richie wears Siwy overall shorts.


Nicole Richie's Halston polka dot blouse.
Nicole Richie's silk tunic dress.
Nicole Richie's very own Adini sleeveless floral dress.

This is my second favourite item on the auction list!

Nicole Richie's vintage red printed dress.

Another one of my favourite auction items!
Nicole Richie's Ossie Clark cream chiffon dress.
THIS IS STUNNING!!
Ossie Clark designed Emma Watson's vintage gown which she has now made iconic.
Emma wore the Ossie Clark gown to the Harry Potter premier this year.

Nicole Richie's Isabel Marant silk dress.

All of these pieces from Nicole Richie's closet are amazing!
Will you be bidding on any of Nicole's clothing?
I will be!!

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM NICOLE RICHIE

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM NICOLE RICHIE - WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!!

THE POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS.

Please watch this video to become aware of this horrifying crisis which has been brought to the attention of the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation.

We have been working closely with John Prendergast and learning about this situation in the Congo, but we cannot bring about change alone.

Please, I urge you to take the time to watch the film “The Greatest Silence” (for info and purchase go to http://thegreatestsilence.org).

The crisis in the Congo is fueled by conflict minerals, but I’ve included several steps below that we believe will also help to bring this vicious cycle to an end.

By using our power as consumers and activists, we ALL can make an impact!

1. Join the Movement at www.raisehopeforcongo.org.

2. Text “CONGOPLEDGE” (one word, no spaces) to ACTION (228466) or visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org/special-page/conflict-minerals to endorse the Conflict Minerals Pledge.

3. Send emails to the industry leaders and ask them to be a leader on this issue by signing the pledge. Visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org/special-page/conflict-minerals to send your emails now.

4. Call the White House switchboard at 202.456.1414 or write to President Obama at www.whitehouse.gov and ask him to appoint a special envoy for the Great Lakes region.

I have signed the pledge ..

HAVE YOU?

Nicole Richie selling Harlow's clothing on handmedowns.com

Nicole Richie recently posted this blog on http://www.myspace.com/richiemadden ..

"Hello everyone,

I wanted to tell you about a charity hand-me-downs auction that I'm participating in that starts today on the site handmedowns.com.

I'm proud to be donating some of Harlow's baby clothes and other gear to this auction. The proceeds will go directly to The Richie Madden Children’s Foundation to help bring more opportunities to children in the US and abroad.

When I heard about this auction, I thought about how fortunate I am to be able to give Harlow so many things, from basic essentials to clothes. I have seen first-hand how many children lack the most basic items.

I was so happy to clean out her closet and donate some of her hand-me-downs to this auction.

I hope you will check it out.

I also encourage you to clean out your closets and garages and consider giving some of your stuff away too. There are so many families in need.

Thank you for taking a look--I hope you enjoy the things as much as we did!

And please go to handmedowns.com and help support our cause.

Nicole."

So please visit HandMeDowns.Com and participate in Nicole Richie's auction!

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Esprit and Richie Madden Children's Foundation Event

Yesterday afternoon (April 2nd) Esprit and the RMCF worked together to raise money for Charity.

The event was held at Esprit's new store in Santa Monica and 10% of all which sold went to the Richie Madden Children's Foundation.

Nicole Richie kept her look simple in a faded denim jacket, simple black top matched with black capri pants and wrapped up with a white and green scarf.

Joel Madden was looking super cool in his shades at yesterday's event.

I like this look - he looks great!! ;)

I am LOVING Nicole Richie's laid back hair at the moment, with the long fringe and wavy hair.
I think it suits her well!!

After yesterday's events Nicole Richie then went to Twitter and left this message ..

" Home from the Esprit/RMCF charity. Thank you all for your support! "

Click here to see a video from the event!

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Nicole Richie attends the Sony Cierge and The Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation Event

Lastnight (March 23rd) Nicole Richie, Joel Madden and Benji Madden attended an event held by Sony and their own foundation the Richie Madden children's foundation.

Nicole Richie looked stunning in a red and blue silk maxi dress, she kept the look relaxed with long wavy hair and simple make-up.

I am a fan of eyeliner and I love the way Nicole Richie's eyeliner is done, she always wears it quite heavy on top but plain on the bottom!

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** Happy Valentines Day **

I hope you are all having a wonderful Valentine's day.

Do you have anything planned for the big day .. please share!

I'm going for a meal later on tonight with my boyfriend, thats as much as i know!

Anyway back onto the subject of Nicole Richie and Joel Madden.

People.com have named Nicole Richie and Joel Madden as the #2 celeb power couple, and this is what people.com had to say ..

These days, the Good Charlotte frontman and the former wild child are better known for their charitable endeavors than outrageous exploits.

Through their Richie-Madden Children's Foundation, the couple raised $10,000 for a playground for an L.A. children's shelter. "The charity stuff is emotional – every kid becomes your child," Joel Madden, who is the proud dad to 1-year-old Harlow, told People.com.

"Every little baby deserves to be held and fawned over."

I hope Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have a great Valentines day!
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Nicole Richie interview with TV guide

On the professional front, the 27-year-old Nicole Richie is attempting a bit of a career reinvention, designing a line of jewelry, reportedly working on an album and even returning to TV, On Oct. 20. Nicole guest stars on NBC's espionage comedy Chuck.

TV Guide: How did you get the role on Chuck?

Nicole Richie: I auditioned like every body else. I knew it was a really fun part and it seemed like a challenge. I get a lot of scripts to play blonde, bubbly cheerleader types. She was different than that. She has a dark side. She is a typical mean girl. I was a cheerleader in high school, but I was never in a clique and I never treated anyone like she does.

TV Guide: You have a delicious fight scene with Yvonne Strahovski. Did you do your own stunts?

Nicole Richie: I did them all except for the falling down part, where I might get hurt. I worked with a martial-arts trainer for a week. It was so freeing. The director was nervous about the scene. He wasn't sure I could do it. They thought they would have to pull me through, but it was easy — except by the second or third day, I was really sore.

TV Guide: After The Simple Life, would you ever do another reality show?

Nicole Richie: I would never let them bring cameras into my home. That was the great thing about The Simple Life: It took a month to film, you went away, and it had nothing to do with your personal life. I am a very private person who does not love to open up my home or any information about my family, especially now that I have a daughter.

TV Guide: Paris Hilton has a new reality show searching for a new best friend. Have you guys patched up your feud?

Nicole Richie: Oh, yes. It is a really great friendship even though I am a mom and she isn't. But I don't want to get into my personal life. [Hilton appeared on the Late Show that very night and said that she and Nicole, who have been friends since grade school, are BFFs again.]

TV Guide: I understand you and Joel are getting more involved in philanthropy.

Nicole Richie: Joel is actually going with UNICEF to Africa this month. Unfortunately, I can't go because I am still nursing. I am so jealous.

TV Guide: And you're raising funds for a playground?

Nicole Richie: Beyond Shelter is a transitional living place for families. There are 175 children living there and they have no playground.

My parents never let me see any problems they were going through.

These kids are taking on all their parents' problems.

They have no place to just be innocent, and it's heartbreaking.

So we worked out a system where you can text "child" to 90999 from any cell phone and it automatically bills $5 to your phone bill and that money goes directly to building a playground. Joel and I are trying to do some good.

TV Guide: It sounds like you have a really solid relationship.

Nicole Richie: Yes, we do. But we don't talk about it because we have a very private family.

TV Guide: You were in a lot of trouble a few years ago, and even served 82 minutes of a four-day jail sentence for DUI. What do you think you have learned from your mistakes?

Nicole Richie: I made bad decisions. So has every body else. Mine happened to be in public. I would never put pressure on anyone to say you can't make mistakes. That's the point of making mistakes, to learn from them. And I learned not to do them again.

Would you like to go for a walk in the Park with Nicole & Joel?

JOIN NICOLE RICHIE AND JOEL MADDEN ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19TH FOR A WALK IN THE PARK AND FAMILY PICNIC FOR BEYOND SHELTER.

After visiting Beyond Shelter and learning that Los Angeles has the largest number of homeless families in the country, Nicole and Joel wanted to help. You can, too.

Every night, 17,000 children and parents are homeless in Los Angeles- alone they find it almost impossible to break the cycle of chronic poverty and homelessness that has become the reality of their lives.

Please join Nicole, Joel, The Richie-Madden Children's Foundation and Beyond Shelter at Cheviot Hills Park on October 19th to walk for homeless families in Los Angeles.

What:

The Richie-Madden Children's FoundationWalk-in-the-Park & Family Picnicfor Beyond Shelter

When:

Sunday, October 19th, 2008Check-In at 8:30 a.m.Walk begins at 10:00 a.m.Picnic activities from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where:Cheviot Hills Park2551 Motor Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90064

For more information and to register for the walk please visit:

http://www.beyondshelter.org/Walk-In-The-Park.html

Text "CHILD" to "90999" official facebook page

Click here to RSVP to Nicole Richie's official facebook charity event

Just a little reminder

If you haven't done so already ..

The RMCF is hoping to raise $35,000 to cover the cost's of building a Children's playground for the Children at Beyond Shelter.