Celebrity News:

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have always been the best of frenemies, but would Paris really have the gall to shop snaps of herself at Nicole's baby shower to the tabs?

So says Gatecrasher, which reports that Paris may have asked as much as $4,000 for "pirated" pics from the shower, which was covered exclusively by InStyle magazine. "All the photos that were offered had Paris right in the center of them, as the star. They look set up," rats a pal.

Paris' rep rips the tale, saying that Paris was a hostess at the shower, adding, "There is no way she had anything to do with this."