Nicole Richie's Million Dollar Baby

[Picture removed because, er, um, COPYRIGHT AND SHIT. That's right. We important enough now to attract lawyers from People Magazine. Which, okay, dubious distinction, but still.)

So. This is what People Magazine paid ONE! MILLION! DOLLARS! for (you can't see it, I know. Guess when a mag pays ONE MILLION DOLLARS for a baby mug they don'ts wants to shareses. SORRY). Some baby pictures. Some pretty adorable baby pictures (trust me on this), but still. I would have ponied some of my own for a lot less than that. Okay, so maybe I don't have skinny little arms like Nicole, but you can Photoshop that shit.

ANYWAY.

 

So that's Harlow Madden, first-born child of Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. She's cute, of course. And I love how she's looking at the camera over Nicole's shoulder (coyly arched toward chin in full camera-ready mug) with a look that clearly says WTF?

But again, all babies are cute, in the same way that all puppies are cute, so one wonders why gajillions of dollars need to be spent by gossip mags acquiring the rights to what might as well be outtakes from a Gerber shoot. I'll admit that 'People Magazine' cute is maybe a touch more slick that 'Sears Portrait Studio Cute,' but still.

I'd be far more likely to actually buy the magazine - as opposed to just click around on the interwebs for leaked photos - if they'd put something like this on the cover:

Maybe that puts me at odds with the rest of North America, but whatever. I find it just a little more compelling than I do Nicole Richie and her kid. Just sayin'.

Comments

[Sils]

Now that, my friends, is child abuse.

[cindy]

How on earth did they get that kid to sit still to do his? her? hair? I have to strap my kids down in their highchairs just to run a comb through their hair, and it involves a lot of screaming. The kids hate it too.

[kdiddy]

cindy, aqua net doubles as a sedative for kids, so that's probably how they accomplished that 'do.

[BaltimoreGal]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for that picture.

[Suzy Q]

Well, I don't necessarily believe all babies are cute. Maybe it's because I haven't had one. Perhaps I'm just a curmudgeon. Maybe I need some wine.

In any event, what I can say about this one is: She's no Shiloh.

[CindyRocks]

OMGOSh Cindy, I laughed out loud, HARD for a long time at your comment. Funny stuff.

[Jacki]

I am never one to go crazy over a picture of a celebrity baby, because in the end they are no more specialthan any other baby. They still poop 18 times a day and it still stinks.

All that money magazines pay for "exclusive" pictures could be put to better use.

But I agree with Suzy Q....no babies have been cuter than Shiloh.