The Simple Life gets a little more complicated

Feuding ex- friends Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie will take The Simple Life

to E! Entertainment Television in a new format that allows them to have nothing to do with each other. Fox had declined to air a fourth season of the one- time reality hit, but E! said yesterday it would show 10 new episodes starting next spring. The series’ initial charm was the humour of spoiled, bratty rich girls interacting with real people and each other. But the two had a falling out, with Hilton saying last spring they were no longer friends, although not explaining what led to it. The fourth season will have Hilton and Richie taking turns playing wife and running households, with the family involved each week deciding which of the two did better.