“I'm chuffed that the Oz crew liked what I was at and it's actually come to pass”.

IN THE dingy bowels of a Dublin music venue, a heavily tattooed young man best known to the wider public for having dated Paris Hilton is waxing philosophical.

Heiress Paris Hilton has picked up thousands of dollars worth of presents for her 'The Simple Life' co-star Nicole Richie's new daughter Harlow - in a bid to be named the baby's godmother.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden further fuelled reports they're dating by ringing in 2007 together at nightclub Ghostbar at The Palms in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Winona Ryder is set to make her big screen comeback as a femme fatale in new romantic comedy Sex and Death 101.