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Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton starred in the 2003 reality series "The Simple Life", in which they lived for a month with a family in the rural community of Altus, Arkansas. In the second season "The Simple Life 2: Road Trip", the girls traveled the American South driving a pink pick-up and living in a trailer. In the third season "The Simple Life 3: Interns" the girls traveled the East Coast on a bus, staying at 15 different families' houses.
In late 2005, FOX chose not to renew "The Simple Life" explaining that they didn't see a place for it in their schedule. A month later, cable network E! picked up the fourth season "The Simple Life 4: 'Til Death Do Us Part", in which the girls traveled around California, acting as the mother of the family, raising kids for a day and acting as a wife to the father, though both would do tasks separately and not be seen together on screen. While the fifth season "The Simple Life 5: The Simple Life Goes To Camp" debuted on E! on May 28th 2007, it was announced on July 30th, 2007 that the show will not be renewed for another season.
Acting.
Richie made her acting debut with a supporting role as cheerleader Kelly Stepford in the movie "Kids in America" (2005). She has also made guest appearances in such TV shows as MADtv, 8 Simple Rules, Six Feet Under, and American Dreams. Recently, Richie appeared in her father's music video for "I Call It Love", opposite Adam Rodriguez.
Music.
Another project of Richie's is a music album. Nicole has stated to Tyra Banks while appearing on her talk show that her main career focus was and has always been music and that she's wanted to be a singer since she was a young girl. Richie was a member of the rock band Darling. She and model Josie Maran and socialites Soleil and Sofia Alberti were members.
The songs reported to be done so far are a mixture of rock, soul and dance. One track, called "Dandelion", which is her first single recording and a cover of a song by boy band LFO, was leaked early; it is a melodic pop-track. In recent magazine articles, Richie said the demo 'Dandelion' will not appear in her debut album. She also performed a song called "Tell Him", which can be heard on American Dreams.
As of August 2006, Richie has six out of ten tracks finished for her record. In September 2006, Richie announced that she will soon debut the artwork for her album on her official MySpace page, however 3 days after the blog was posted, it was taken down and her record label status was changed to "none." This caused the thought that Nicole has been either dropped from her label or the label wants to keep everything under wraps until promotion begins. As of April 2007 no artwork has been posted nor confirmed and her album has seemed to be put on hold. Speculation is that she is working on getting healthy and then starting promotion for her album.
According to new reports by OK! Magazine, she is continuing work on her new album with the help of boyfriend Joel Madden.
The album is currently on hold again due to Richie's pregnancy.
Writing.
Richie wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, "The Truth About Diamonds", which was released by Bharell Jackson Publishing. The novel is loosely based on her life, but is mostly fictional. It chronicles Chloe Parker, the adopted daughter of a singer who makes her way through all of the hottest nightclubs and parties in Hollywood and battles a drug addiction. It was rumored that a character in the book, Simone Westlake, was based on Paris Hilton.
Modeling.
Richie is a former model for Bongo Jeans and former face of Jimmy Choo.
And even more!
In an interview in the March 2007 issue of OK! magazine, Richie said: "I have a style book that I'm working on. And I'm launching a jewelry-and-accessories line, a sunglasses line and doing my own perfume."
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