Nicole Richie Hospitalized In LA

First Published: November 18, 2009 5:15 PM EST Credit: Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Nicole Richie steps out at the March of Dimes 4th Annual Celebration of Babies at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on November 7, 2009Nicole Richie has been hospitalized with pneumonia, a rep for the star has confirmed to Access Hollywood.

“Nicole has checked into Cedars-Sinai where she is being treated for pneumonia,” Nicole’s rep said. “She is doing well.”

Over the weekend, Nicole, 28, posted a message on her Twitter page noting that she was feeling under the weather.

“ok cold, it’s been 6 days. Lets part ways graciously & keep it moving,” she wrote.

Earlier this week, Nicole was in a Los Angeles courtroom where a judge granted her and longtime beau Joel Madden a temporary restraining order barring two celebrity photographers from coming close to her or her children.

Nicole gave birth to son Sparrow James Midnight Madden in September. She and Joel also have a daughter, Harlow, who turns 2 in January.

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