Paris parties as marriage and baby rumors surface

By Robin Leach

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 1:10 p.m.

If, once upon a time, there was feuding and fighting between Simple Life reality TV co-stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, today they are the best of friends -- and all thanks to love being "all in the family." Nicole and Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden have a baby, Harlow -- and Paris, who is now dating his twin brother, Benji Madden, has begun talking about marriage and having a baby with him. The girls were doing the love, romance, marriage and baby chat-fest in a VIP cabana at the Hard Rock Hotel pool, where their "boys" and the band played for the holiday weekend.

Paris and Benji are wearing each other’s initialed diamond rings of "PH" and "BM" that Luxe Life first showed you photos of three months ago. Now, friends say it's all leading to marriage and babies. I’m not saying anything specific, but let me just throw it out there that Valentines Day 2009 will be the anniversary of when they first met in Vegas! Wouldn’t that be an easy anniversary to always remember? "It certainly looks as if the Madden brothers have brought them really close now" said one of my spywitnesses. "They are really nice, down-to-earth, good people just having fun."

It was a busy jam-packed weekend for Paris -- and twice, not once, she came perilously close to bumping into former boyfriend Stavros Niarchos.

It happened at the Planet Hollywood hotspot Prive. Paris and Benji were low-key and hardly drinking except for a sip of Patron Tequila and Dom Perignon champagne. They waved to the other celebrities in VIP, including comedian Eddie Griffin, Tito Ortiz with girlfriend Jenna Jameson, Reggie Bush, Mindfreak magician Criss Angel and mixed martial arts fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who arrived after his loss at UFC 86 to Forrest Griffin. (Luxe Life will have that full photo report, along with more on Paris and Benji, tomorrow). No sooner did Paris and Benji leave than Niarchos arrived with friends -- but Vegas being the small nightclub city that it is, it was only the first brush. According to my candy-in-crime columnist, Norm Clarke, they nearly cannoned into each other again later at the Blush boutique nightclub in the Wynn Las Vegas, but Niarchos fled when he learned he was going to be seated near them.

Also on Paris and Benji’s non-stop run around town were visits to Carey Hart’s new Wasted Space rock lounge at the Hard Rock, which will officially open July 16. In their group partying was Paris’ color king, Michael Boychuck, makeup mistress Rain Andreani, The Hills actress Audrina Patridge, Everlast, Ben Lyons, plus Benji and Joel’s mom, Robin. Benji was so pleased with Paris’ hair that he complimented Michael and wondered if he could do a makeover on his mom. No sooner said than done -- and the following day Robin got her very own "beauty day" at Michael’s Color salon in Caesars Palace with Rain doing the makeup!

Meantime, Joel and Nicole, who had been staying with their baby, Harlow, in one of George Maloof’s sky villas at his Fantasy Tower in the Palms, found themselves in a catfight in valet parking at the Hard Rock when they left to return to the Palms. Security was called and Nicole allegedly was asked to leave the property. But all was well the next day with a happier two-some enjoying lunch at Iron Chef Kerry Simon’s Palms Place poolside restaurant.

Paris and Benji relaxed at their MGM Mirage bungalow and persuaded Sunset Tan’s top technician, Janelle Perry, to bring over the portable tanning guns for a totally private in-room spray session.

And now you know all the intimate details of their red, white and blue weekend in Sin City!