Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden JUST split up with his long time girlfriend singer/actress/fashion designer Hilary Dugg and he's apparently moved on....to Nicole Richie! {Joel has a thing for the skinny chicks, I see.} Joel and Nicole hooking up is all speculation until the pictures of them scrolling around Tinseltown pops up.
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Are Nicole Richie and Good Charlotte's Joel Madden a couple? Both stars recently went through very public splits - he with Hilary Duff, she with Brody Jenner and DJ A.M. And now both stars seem to be rebounding in each others' arms! The two have been secretly dating for a few weeks, reports Us Weekly.Nicole and Joel's "coming out" as a couple occurred this past weekend. On Saturday, December 2nd, the pair were spotted at hotspot Teddy's in Hollywood. "Nicole couldn't stop smiling," a clubgoer tells Us. Richie and Madden were seen dancing and holding hands. "I've never seen her happier," adds the source. {Source}

UPDATE!

Check out the first shot of Hollywood's latest "couple", Nicole Richie and Hilary Duff's ex-beau Joel Madden, at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood on Friday night (12/8/2006).The couple has been dating for more than a week. Poor Hilary! :(