I’m sure we’d all prefer pictures (man, LA sucks) but will have to make do with Nat spotting of the textual variety.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, commandeering a couch in the back of West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont with a group of friends. Richie ate a salad and sipped on some white wine during her night out. She was enjoying her friends’ company when, according to an onlooker, Natalie Portman walked inside and took a seat on a nearby couch. (Portman had been laughing loudly over dinner on the patio.) The actress greeted Richie before slipping out through the crowded lobby. After Portman left, Richie and her friends relocated, bringing their party to the patio.