Richie, whose best buddies include Hollywood hell raisers Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, says that her baby Harlow is responsible for improving their attitudes.

“My friends never go outside for smoke breaks anymore, they don’t curse, they are definitely more demure,” Extra reported Richie, 26, as saying.

“It’s actually been really interesting.

“I feel like my group of five to 10 friends, they really love her, like she’s theirs.”

This may explain Hilton’s sudden maternal urges, after reports stated the socialite was desperate to fall pregnant in the next year.

The 27-year-old believes her love of animals proves she would make a good mother.

“I have a lot of beautiful animals that I look after and I feel I would have a lot to give my children,” The Sun reported Hilton as saying.

The 29-year-old socialite has been dating Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden for a few months — the twin brother and bandmate of Nicole’s fiance Joel.

Richie was reportedly paid over $1 million by People magazine for Harlow’s prized baby pictures.

Last month, she raised eyebrows after making the extraordinary claim that her three-month-old baby was highly intelligent and had already started speaking to her in private.

Who wants to bask in the reflected glory of Paris Hilton?

That’s the challenge the ubiquitous socialite is throwing out to 20 men and women who will compete in an MTV reality show to be her new “BFF” (best friend forever).

Hilton, 27, unveiled the series, with the working title “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” during a news conference at a luxury home high in the Hollywood Hills on Thursday.

Production on the 10-episode series is slated to begin in Los Angeles at the end of May, with an air date scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Wannabe members of Hilton’s entourage must submit their details to a web site, www.parisbff.com, where online voters will decide their fate. The 20 finalists will move into a house with Hilton, and will learn from the master about “normal girl stuff,” like fashion, parties and shopping.

The winner, joining a long list of trusty sidekicks such as Dr. Watson, Tonto and Karl Rove, will get “an all-access pass to the VIP section of the VIP section,” according to a statement.

At least until the inevitable celebrity feud flares up, which Hilton joked would “probably” inspire a new reality series. She declined to detail how the winner would be chosen, and what exactly they would win.

What is she looking for in a best friend?

Now that Nicole Richie has gone and, selfishly, had a baby, Paris Hilton needs a new best friend. So, what’s a celebutante to do when she is looking for Miss Right to go clubbing with? Create a reality show, of course!

According to Usmagazine.com, Paris will star in a brand new reality show depicting her search for Nicole’s replacement. “The show is going to be about her searching for a new best friend,” a source said. “Paris is tired of the haters and she’s looking for someone new. She’s looking for someone new and cool who she can trust.”

Right, and what better way to find a trustworthy individual than to put out an open casting call.

This masterpiece is expected to be picked up by either MTV or VH1 and is “going to be full of good chick drama and you will see a side of Paris not seen on Simple Life.”

Dilemma: Paris Hilton is developing a new reality show in which she looks for a new best friend, and she’s also stepping out with her new boyfriend, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, who just split from his fiancee less than two weeks ago. Which item do we lead with? They just don’t teach you this in journalism school.

We’ll go with the one that lends itself better to cheap jokes. A source tells Us Weekly that the reality show will reveal a new side of “The Simple Life” star. Like the back of her left earlobe? Because we think we’ve seen Hilton from just about every other angle.

“Paris is tired of the haters, and she’s looking for someone new,” the source says. “She’s looking for someone new and cool who she can trust.” Yes, because reliability, stability and loyalty are hallmarks of reality show contestants. Us reports that the show, still untitled, is probably going to air on MTV or VH1.

Meanwhile, Hilton has been out and about with Madden, who is the twin of Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, who also happens to be the baby daddy of Hilton’s onetime BFF and “Simple Life” co-star, Nicole Richie.

Paris Hilton celebrated her birthday by stripping down, posing in leather and lace and climbing in a giant champagne glass while dressed in lingerie.  Lindsay Lohan went completely bare and has posed nude for a photo shoot.  The two former friends appear to have picked the same holiday weekend to try and boost their careers by flashing their bodies in what will surely be called a desperate cry for attention.

Hilton was working the “Pussycat Doll” routine in Las Vegas for her twenty-seventh birthday.  She went for the whole S&M look for a bit before stripping down for her lingerie photo shoot.  The girls went to the trouble to sing “Happy Birthday” to the dog-toting socialite.

Lindsay made her attempt to look like Marilyn is what can easily be dubbed as a pathetic failure.  To make matters worse, according to celebrity website TMZ.Com, LiLo brought along her little sister Ali Lohan to look on and see what her life will be like if she follows in the footsteps of her older sister.  Where is White Oprah?”

Just over a year ago, Lindsay and Paris were together playing with Britney Spears and were captured by photographers after a rough night of partying all in the same car.  Fifteen months later all seem to be in free fall.  Can stripping solve their problems?