Happy Getting Older

According to Contact Music, Mischa Barton's about to officially become a U.S. citizen. Naturally, she had to pass a test to be granted citizenship (one that eighty percent of my eleventh grade AP American History class failed) -- but perhaps she's more brainy than we give credit for (although her mom Nuala never fails to remind the press that she's been offered a spot at Yale University), because she said, "I was really nervous about it because they make it sound so difficult. It turns out they are like, 'What colors are the American flag?'" She'll be sworn in a February 2006 ceremony. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Furthermore, Mischa's recent jaunt to Paris for Couture Week was actually a surprise birthday present from boyfriend Cisco Adler!

In Touch reveals that Nicole Richie has gotten so thin that she's been shopping in the children's department at Fred Segal. "Nicole has a difficult time buying clothes now that she's so thin. Even size 0 seems to be too big," a friend shares. There's only one way to solve that and still be dressed fabulously, Nicole. Gain weight.

Socialite and sometime actress Bijou Phillips is just another star who's a little miffed with Lindsay Lohan. Phillips dated Sean Lennon for four years and was overheard shouting at Teddy's in Los Angeles, "Lindsay Lohan, dating Sean? How could he! How could he stand to be with her?" Dina Lohan, mom extraordinaire, tells Star People, "Sean is a really good friend of hers. More power to them. I'm not going to say they're dating, or not dating." I'm growing to dislike Dina more and more each day ...

Kristin Cavallari tells Teen People that she's tried cocaine: "It was fun for, like, 20 minutes, but the next day, I just didn't feel good about myself ... It's a dirty drug. I find people who do coke to be very shady, that they're doing it makes them lie about things. I wouldn't want to date someone who's into it." Instead, she's dating drug-free Brody Jenner ... which she calls her "first mature relationship." "With Stephen [Colletti], it was like high school fun." That is, except for when he two-timed her with fellow "Laguna Beach" star Lauren "LC" Conrad. "I saw what happened when I watched the season-one DVD," Cavallari said. "I cried for days." This, of course, didn't stop Cavallari from doing something similar to Lindsay Lohan, who she says flipped out when she walked in on Talan Torriero and her in bed together. "She was never nice to me until the story about the fight came out," Cavallari said. "But she was so nice once that went public."

Cult favorite Silent Bob director Kevin Smith had a few things to say about Miss Paris Hilton at a recent industry party at the Sundance Film Festival: "[Hilton] is just like, 'Where's there a camera? I'm there. Where's my little dog? In two years, nobody's going to remember that name; mark my words. But to be fair, two years from now, nobody's gonna remember mine either." God, I hope.

Jennifer Aniston's po'd at English chef Jamie Oliver!? She's "furious" that he's agreed to cater Brangelina's wedding, even though Aniston and Oliver are close friends. Geez, Jen hasn't taken anything relating to this Brangelina thing well. She needs a massage or something ...

According to Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girls were never going to get back together: "Geri has stopped working so hard now she's pregnant so we've been able to spend more time together ... She came to stay at my house and I've been looking after her a bit. Geri looks amazing, pregnancy suits her. She's feeling really good and is very happy ... We weren't plotting a reunion. I haven't got that many friends so it was lovely to spend time with Geri." Thanks for crushing my dreams, bitch.

Britney Spears has been seeing psychic Ed Cayce who reveals to the Daily Star that "Britney's fascinated by the Hindu concept that we are all reborn as different people or animals, depending on how good or bad we were in our previous lives ... Britney says she had flashbacks of being a Shetland sheepdog. And she reckons her bossiness is a by-product of her days pushing sheep around." Hahahahaha.

Happy Birthday to Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. He turns twenty-six today. (He's getting old ...) I believe it's also Alex Murrel's nineteenth birthday today, so Happy Birthday to her as well.