JOEL MADDEN - BABY COUNTDOWN FOR MADDEN + RICHIE

Rocker JOEL MADDEN and girlfriend NICOLE RICHIE will be parents by next week, according to the GOOD CHARLOTTE star's older brother, JOSH. The heavily pregnant Simple Life star, 26, is expected to give birth "sometime in the next week", and DJ Josh cannot wait. He tells People.com, "That's all we know. We don't know what (gender) it is. We don't know any names. I'm being completely honest, I swear!" And Josh reveals that there was a double celebration over Christmas when his younger sister Sarah gave birth on 20 December (07). He says, "Christmas was awesome. Nicole couldn't fly, but we were all there." And he has already picked out his present for his new niece or nephew: "I got them some (baby) clothes, that's what I'm into. We're very excited." The baby will be