People reports that Mischa Barton was seen out holding hands with a new guy in London recently, which may signify the end of her stormy relationshiop with Whitestarr frontman and all-around suspicious character Cisco Adler.

Mischa has hooked up with Rugby star Mark Robinson, also known as “Sharky” of the Northampton Saints. Robinson is from New Zealand so he’s got to have the sexiest accent:

As Mischa matures, so does her taste in men. Cisco seems like a decent guy, considering how he spoke candidly in her defense when Paris talked trash about her, but he doesn’t seem like he’s in Mischa’s league.

There’s also a report that Mischa snubbed British comic Russell Brand, who was briefly linked with Kate Moss. Brand tried to hit on Barton at a London club recently, but she wasn’t having it.

Barton won’t have much time to spend with her new sportsman this week. She flew into Australia on Sunday to help promote designer David Jones’ summer collection.

Here is Mischa with Mark Robinson, and some photos of her at the airport in Sydney and at David Jones summer collection launch. The first two photos are small, and the rest are high resolution. [via]

Update: I’m not sure Mischa is shown with Mark Robinson, because the guy she’s holding hands with doesn’t look exactly like the pictures I’ve seen of the rugby player. She hooked up with Robinson according to sources, but whether that’s the same guy in the photo with her is up to debate.

Update: The guy she’s holding hands with is her gay hairdresser, but she did supposedly hook up with that
Kiwi rugby player. I work with the information I have at the time, people! It’s like 6 hours later here, so I’m looking at the gossip at 2:00 AM EST. Sometimes it’s fresh, most of the time it’s green and not ripe enough to pick.

Mischa Barton is reportedly in talks to join the cast of the once-good “Desperate Housewives.” She’s young, intelligent and naturally gorgeous. That’s gotta piss off most of the cast:

If Barton joined, she could add a breath of fresh air to the failing series, and some much needed competition to the older women on the cast. There are no cute 20-somethings on the show, and it would be a good idea to court Barton to sign on.

Here are pictures of Mischa’s latest nip slip that you’ve probably already seen. They’re NSFW.

Mischa Barton’s limo was too big to maneuver around some tight curves in London, so the the driver had the former “O.C.” star get out and walk a little bit to get to the UK premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean 3.” She was accompanied by British talk show hosts Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins of Channel 4’s “Friday Night Project.”

Collins said he loved Barton’s foul mouth and had a great time with the 20 year-old actress:

Britain’s Mirror also reports that Barton said she didn’t “give a s*** where Paris is” when someone told her that she just missed Paris Hilton’s visit to the UK. That’s not surprising since the two have fought in the press before.

Here is Barton getting in her limo and at the “Pirates” premiere. Her dress is too short and the jeweled top and cap sleeves are just odd. Barton is seen with talk show host Justin Lee Collins and has not moved on from Cisco Adler to another shockingly unsuitable suitor.

Nicole Richie, Mischa Barton and her on and off-boyfriend, Cisco Adler, hit the beach this weekend. Richie is shown letting Mischa’s little dog, Ziggy, lick her on the lips.

Whitestarr frontman Cisco insists everything between him and Barton is fine, and that stories of their breakup are not true. He says Mischa is busy working and that’s why they weren’t photographed together in a while.

Nicole Richie’s dad has supposedly promised her a luxury Caribbean cruise with friends if she gains weight. Lionel Richie so worried about his daughter’s health that he thought up the vacation as an incentive. Given all of luxuries Nicole enjoys on a daily basis, this doesn’t seem like it will be an effective strategy. It’s kind of Richie to be concerned about his daughter, though.

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Mischa Barton’s character on The O.C., Marissa, died last night in the season finale in a tragic car crash while her on-screen boyfriend, Ryan, was driving. This came as a surprise to almost no one. Marissa’s death was rumored for a while, although it was originally said that she would die of a drug overdose. Barton spilled the beans to Access Hollywood before the finale that her character would die:

That’s so sad for Marissa and Ryan and I would have been crying if I lived in the states and could have watched it.

Here’s the trailer for next season of The O.C.:

Just seeing that brief montage gives me goosebumps!

Here are pictures of Barton getting swag at the Lucky magazine club on 5/17 and in Grand Central station later that day at the Chanel collection party. She is shown with Karl Lagerfeld.

Spoiler alert - if we haven’t already spoiled it for you. Sorry about that.
Mischa Barton’s character on The O.C., Marissa Cooper, may die of a drug overdose. Barton has several films coming up and is said to be tired of her ongoing role on the series:

Marissa had a near-brush with death when she took a handful of prescription drugs while in Mexico in season one of The O.C. Ryan found her passed out, heroically saving her just in time. It will be a sad end to her character, and that’s too bad that she’s not waiting out the end of the series.

O.C. creator Josh Schwartz says the show will go on for one more year, and that there will be a major plot climax at the end of this season. It sounds like he might be talking about Marissa’s death.

Here is Barton with Hayden Christensen in their film in production, The Decameron, a love story set in the middle ages. It is listed on IMDB with the title Guilty Pleasures.

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Here’s the quick version of Mischa Barton and Cisco Adler’s prolonged breakup or on-and-off relationship, whichever you prefer:

Mischa Barton, the new face of Bebe in ads that are tamer than the hype would lead you to expect, was snapped outside her trailer playing with her dog. She’s probably on the set of “The OC,” although there isn’t a description to go along with the photos.

Barton is reportedly single after ending her on-again off-again relationship with Whitestarr frontman Cisco Adler for good last week.

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Mischa Barton is the new face of Bebe, in ads to be launched soon. One commentor on the bulletin board where we found these scans said she’s already seen the pictures on a bus stop.

She’s said to be “playing the dominatrix” in these ads by photographer Steven Klein, but they look pretty tame:

Rumor has it that Mischa has been late on set and may be thinking of leaving The O.C. Her bosses have denied that there’s a problem, and say they “don’t comment on rumor or speculation.” That makes it sound true, doesn’t it?

Here are some of Barton’s Bebe ads, as seen in OK! magazine:

Mischa Barton has stopped smoking up long enough to realize that she’s out of Cisco Adler’s league. Adler was said to be unhappy with Barton’s partying, which led the actress to break up with the Whitestarr frontman:

The two were said to be engaged last fall, but that seems to have been short lived. Page Six, hardly known for its accuracy, reported that they first split on February 26. They were spotted together since, suggesting they had reconciled.

This time Barton seems to have wised up. She’s hardly as foolish as most other actresses, and Adler must have had some redeeming qualities, but she’s likely to move on to better fare now that she’s single.

Barton is also said to want to leave “The O.C.” now that the show is not doing as well in the ratings.

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Here is Mischa in New York on March 31st, and in California last week. And a glimpse at what she’s missing in these pictures of Cisco Adler performing at the Celebrity Rock and Bowl on April 6th.