Actresses getting their digital cameras hijacked: catch the fever! Hot on the heels of Angelina Jolie's leaked baby shower pictures and Britney and the Fed's vacation photos comes yet another starlet whose private photos have been commandeered by nogoodniks. And what if we told you that the photos were of said starlet naked, cavorting with various sundry pals? Insta-boner, uncontrollable sweating, pupils transforming into comical pounding hearts? And what if we then told you that said naked starlet was Nicole Richie? Frowny face, projectile diarrhea, self-castration.

Naked Nicole after three weeks of intensive force-feeding at a neighboring Old Country Buffet might be a different story, but alas, naked pictures of Nicole at present might be similar to watching mosquito porn. At any rate, Nicole was enjoying a night of karaoke with Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, and others, when she noticed that her digital camera was missing. According to an eyewitness:

They were having fun and then suddenly she's freaking out after she realizes the camera's gone. Immediately, Nicole demanded the bar staff shut off the karaoke, turn on the lights and get everyone to search for the camera.

The search failed to unearth the missing camera, and Nicole promptly had kittens when she realized that the memory card was full of naked lady picture of herself, and friends. Another source is quoted as saying:

Nicole had been experimenting and had a memory card full of sexy nude photos of her and a lot of friends. They'd be embarrassed if they got out.

If, indeed, the rift between Paris and Nicole was over Nicole showing Paris's night vision porno to a group of partygoers, the post-n00dz fallout should be pretty interesting. And according to Life Style Extra,

The digital camera allegedly contained nude and semi-nude pics of Nicole taken by her as a joke.

Ah, what a way to save face. It was all a joke! A lark, a laugh, a big bunch of ha-ha's. We can only hope that if and when the pilfered photos emerge, they'll depict Nicole wearing a novelty umbrella hat and nothing else, pouring hot oil all over the equally naked body of Peter Scolari. THEN we'll see who's laughing. (Hint: everybody!!!)

Nicole gets bikinified at MrSkin.com.