Friends and family throw baby shower for Nicole

Nicole Richie marked another milestone on Sunday on her path to motherhood: her baby shower. About 90 people attended the Beverly Hills shower, organized by celebrity party planner Mindy Weiss, hosted by Richie's mother Brenda, and thrown by her sister Sophia and friends Paris Hilton and Masha Gordon. And while Richie has not revealed whether she's having a boy or a girl, some of the gifts offered a clue. From NoMi boutique in LA, guests picked up a pair of $50 baby sneakers for a boy and a $50 Tummy T Jack maternity shirt with a picture of a boy on the front. Invitations were hand-delivered to the Wizard-of-Oz themed event last Thursday. Richie and Joel Madden are due in January.

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Julianna Margulies weds

Julianna Margulies married lawyer Keith Lieberthal in Lenox, Massachusetts, on November 10. Marguiles, who is expecting a baby in January, donned a white Narciso Rodriguez gown. The actress's father walked her down the aisle. The couple quietly got engaged in June of this year. Instead of a honeymoon, the newlyweds returned to California, where Margulies is shooting the Fox legal drama Canterbury's Law.

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Britney ordered not to drive with kids

After being told that Britney Spears ran a red light with her young sons in the car, a judge ruled Friday that the popstar may no longer drive with the children. The sealed order came after a 90-minute hearing with lawyers for Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline. Attorneys declined to comment on the reported ruling after the hearing. "Orders were made... I can't discuss the content of those orders," said KFed's lawyer. "Documents have not been released by the court, and I don't know if they will be. The matter will be continued at a future date." Spears's lawyer told reporters afterward that everything "was great." At the request of Federline's attorney, the photographer who filmed subpoened video of Spears allegedly running a red light on November 8 was also present, but did not participate in the hearing. "The tape of Britney running the red light was not viewed today, but it was a major point of the hearing," a source says. "Britney's lawyers brought in an expert who argued that, for whatever reason, Britney could have made the turn through the red light."

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Katharine McPhee engaged

American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee is engaged to actor Nick Cokas. McPhee, 23, has recently been showing off a ring from Cokas, 42. They have been dating for more than a year. "Katharine is bubbling over with excitement for her upcoming wedding," says a source. "She is all smiles when she talks about the planning. It sounds like everything is going very smoothly." The couple met in 2005 when they performed in an LA theater production of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Their union began as a friendship, McPhee said last year: "He took me up to my San Francisco audition. We totally fell in love." As for the 19-year age difference, McPhee says that "was never really a concern." The two connect because "he just makes things really fun" and "we love business. We love going to meetings together and create things together." McPhee's rep has not commented on the engagement.

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Lance denies Olsen hookup

Lance Armstong is denying that he and Ashley Olsen are an item. "Ashley Olsen and I are strictly friends," he said in Friday's New York Post. "We have hung out amongst other friends, and she strikes me as a nice, smart lady." (Their actions paint a different picture, however: the pair both booked rooms at the luxe NYC SoHo House and dined together at the Waverly Inn after taking in the Broadway play Young Frankenstein on October 29.)

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Mr. Big to be Mr. Dad

Sex and the City star Chris Noth is about to be a baby daddy. Noth's live-in girlfriend, actress Tara Wilson, is "about five months along," according to sources. A rep for Noth has not commented, and his partner in the Plumm, Noel Ashman, would only say, "Chris is very happy."

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