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Following a brief stay in Los Angeles after partying in Las Vegas for her sister Nicky’s 25th birthday party on Saturday night, Paris Hilton was spotted jetting out of LAX Airport earlier today (October 6).
The heiress browsed the shops throughout the terminal, looking through the DVD selections before heading off to board her flight.
Minnie Driver, 38, has chosen to reveal the first photo of her newborn son on her own terms and has posted a photo on MySpace. The picture features a fresh-faced Minnie holding her one month old son, Henry Story Driver. Driver has only dropped minor hints about the baby’s father and has not revealed his identity. She’s only said that he’s English, he’s “sort of in the same business,” and that “he’s really busy, like me.” There’s speculation that her costar on The Riches, Eddie Izzard, is the baby’s father, and that seems possible looking at the baby, but a lot of newborns probably look like Izzard. The baby is adorable and best wishes to Driver and the unknown husband.
Both Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise have managed to handle themselves with a lot of grace regarding their marriage and divorce. Though they did eventually discuss some of their deeper disappointments, neither of them did it in a salacious or defamatory way. They also seem to have been very gracious and congratulatory with each other when they moved on to new phases in their lives: getting remarried, having new children, etc.
Nicole was recently asked by Elle magazine about her relationship with husband Keith Urban. Said that she never dreamed that she’d meet someone that she felt something deeper for with than she felt for Tom, but she did. She also said Tom has that same deeper connection with Katie.
“I didn’t foresee it, that you can meet somebody who you have a deep and more profound love with,” the actress - who divorced Tom Cruise in 2001 - tells November’s Elle.
“I don’t mean to take away anything with Tom, but I would hope that he has the same thing - I know he has the same thing with Katie,” Kidman adds. “You move into a stage where you’re able to be a more fuller [sic] person in your relationship.”
She continues, “I want to be really careful with that because I don’t want to take away from 11 years with that man that were really important. Really, for our kids — they were amidst a lot of love. It wasn’t bad. And now we’re amidst a more evolved love.”
Does she have any regrets about marrying Cruise at the young age of 22?
“Um, no. Would I want my kids to get married at that age? No!” Kidman says. “But that was an extraordinary thing for me. [Tom] taught me an enormous amount — as a girl into a woman. Absolutely, I would do it again.”
[From Us Weekly]
It’s interesting that there clearly isn’t the same level of interest in Nicole and Keith’s relationship as there is in Tom and Katie’s. Almost every article that talked about this headline was titled something like “Nicole Kidman: Tom Has a “More Profound” Love With Katie Holmes.” Which is technically what she said, but completely misses the context. But Tom and Katie probably sell more because their relationship confuses and intrigues people. Though Nicole and Keith seem a little unusual, they don’t seem whacky by any stretch. Tom and Katie’s relationship seems so superficial – at least the part that they show to the rest of the world – that you’re just left sitting there befuddled, trying to figure it all out.
Nicole also talks about giving birth for the first time at 41 and the ways it’s different to be a mother at this age than when she was younger. The way she puts it, it sounds like there’s a lot more anxiety for her now, and like she actually feels more intensely about motherhood.
On becoming a mother later in life:
“At 41, it’s a more painful love. I look at that little girl, and I’m, like, Oh, no, what’s going to happen? It’s almost like my heart is stretching; I’m feeling all these muscles stretch with emotion. It’s a beautiful love but there’s a lot of fear and pain for her life, and for Bella’s and Connor’s life. I like to believe that nothing was stopping Sunday from coming into the world.”On natural childbirth:
“It was the most beautiful thing to go through with him [husband Keith Urban]. I had a great team of women, too. At one point there were nine women in the room and Keith.”
[From the Huffington Post]
Nicole seems to have to catch herself every so often and include Conner and Isabella in her statements. In the one above, it sort of seems like they’re added in there as an afterthought.
Nicole pays the ultimate compliment to Keith in the article, saying, “‘He’s the greatest man besides my dad I’ve ever met,’ the actress says. ‘He’s loyal and he’s a soul searcher.’” It sounds like they’re clearly a much better fit for each other, and have an entirely different kind of love than Nicole ever had with Tom. If nothing else, it seems like they’re both really happy in their lives and their families.
Here’s Nicole and Keith stopping for coffee in Nashville on Saturday. Images thanks to Fame.
The negative buzz continues to build for the new Shrek musical!
After a rock out-of-town run in Seattle before its Broadway debut in November, the show is making some big changes tweaks.
A new actor is coming in to replace the current "Donkey" and other substantial changes are being made.
We're also hearing that a "show doctor" has been brought in to "save the production."
Sounds like a hot mess!
Heath Ledger would be proud of his family.
The late actor’s parents and siblings have decided that his entire estate, which is thought to be worth $20 million, should be left to his daughter, Matilda Rose.
A couple years before Matilda was born Heath had a will made up, leaving everything to his sisters and parents.
But Ledger’s father, Kim, says that “from the moment my boy passed away,” they had planned to leave the estate with his grandchild.
He adds that Ledger’s family and Matilda’s mother, actress Michelle Williams, remain extremely close.
“There was never any question about the fact that Heath’s estate would go to Matilda. Never a question. We are very close to Michelle and Matilda.”
In fact the Ledger family has just returned home (Australia) after spending time with Matilda and Michelle in New York.
Kim says of the visit, “It was lovely. There is no animosity. We are all just one family.”
[People]
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Katie Holmes arrives at the Schoenfeld Theater for her matinee performance in Arthur Miller's play ‘All My Sons' on Saturday.
Katie Holmes' eyes tell me ______________.
[Image via Buzz Foto.]
So it’s been in the news that Lynne Spears is an angry mother who feels that her daughter was “crucified” by the media because she was pregnant YET Sarah Palin’s daughter was “glorified”.
I’m going to have to agree with Lynne on this one. It was foul play.
John Stewart couldn’t have pointed out any better about Bill O’Riley speaking out about teen pregnancy. When Bill talked about Jamie’s preganacy he insulted the Spear’s family. But when he spoke about Bristol’s pregnancy he was like well, you know…oh kids these days. It was totally a what the f*** situation.
Lynne adds by saying it was a hypocritical situation. True that! Bristol and Jamie are equally two stupid girls who should have kept their legs closed.
If you haven't seen it yet, better go and check it out soon!
Legally Blonde the musical is ending its run on Broadway on October 19th.
It's been playing the Palace Theatre since April 29, 2007 and will have played 30 previews and 595 regular performances upon closing.
The show has had problems getting people to see the show.
Sources say as of late its been playing to houses that are 60% full in a theater with almost 1,700 seats.
Ouch!
The first national tour of Legally Blonde kicked off on September 23.
Hope the show's doing better on the road!
[Image via PNP/WENN.]
Spotted: Ingrate Luke Perry walking into NYC's 1650 Broadway, the premier office building for Broadway producers.
Is there a Broadway opening in the works for Mr. 90210 Hasbeen?
Just how far will they go?
Yesterday we talked about the new Spider-Man musical.
Today, American Psycho is hoping to go from novel to screen to stage.
Producers are working on a musical about Bret Easton Ellis' wealthy New York serial killer, Patrick Batemen.
It'll be like a modern-day Sweeney Todd!
Neither a director, book writer nor songwriter have been attached to the project yet, but producers are aiming for a 2010 debut on Broadway.
The success of staged killers has traditionally been a little unpredictable, from the popular Sweeney Todd to the not-so-popular Carrie.
So is this idea a little, oh shall we say, psycho?
Not that we didn’t know already, but Clay Aiken has decided to officially come out of the closet and declare to the world that he is gay.
He says he’s not doing it to appease the public, nor is he really doing it for himself. He is doing it for his new baby, Parker.
“It was the first decision I made as a father. I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.”
Still, he says he expects a backlash from fans who don’t accept him for who he is.
“Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it’s going to be a lot. [I hope my fans] know that I’ve never intended to lie to anybody at all. But if they leave, I don’t want them to leave hating me.”
Aiken, 29, comes from a Christian family and says he found it difficult to tell his mother the truth. Then one day he just couldn’t hold it in anymore. He and his mother, Faye, had just dropped off his younger brother Brett, who was being deployed to Iraq, at Camp Lejeune.
He recalls, “I started crying in the car. It was dark. I was sitting there, thinking to myself. I don’t know why I started thinking about it. I just started bawling. She made me pull over the car and it just came out.
“She started crying. She was obviously somewhat stunned. But she was very supportive and very comforting. She still struggles with things quite a bit, but she’s come a long way.”
Regarding his own son, who was conceived via in-vitro fertilization, he says that he will be “accepting and allowing him to be happy. I have no idea if he’ll be gay or straight. It’s not something I’ll have anything to do with, or that he’ll have anything to do with. It’s already probably up inside the code there. No matter what the situation you’re in, if you’re raised in a loving environment, that’s the most important thing.”
Good for Clay. People make fun of him, but I think he is adorable. I bet he feels like the weight of the world has just been lifted off his shoulders.
And isn’t his baby just darling??
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Reunited!
Dolly Parton gathers with her 9 to 5 castmates - Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dabney Coleman - to celebrate the musical adaptation of their hit '80s film this weekend.
9 to 5 the musical had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, and the original cast came out to support Dolly.
Parton wrote the music and lyrics for all the songs in the show!
We were in Toronto on Saturday, so we couldn't make it, but we're very excited to catch the show's very last Los Angeles performance next month.
Didn't Dolly look great????
[Photos via Getty Images.]
Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut last night in a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
And, no one was more enthusiastic about "Kate's" performance than - you guessed it - husband Tom Cruise, who gushed to The Associated Press, "Did you see it? … It was extraordinary."
He then leaped onto a sofa and pumped his fists in the air.
Just kidding!
But that would have pleased the group of about thirty Scientology protesters who had gathered outside the theater under the name Anonymous. With some of them wearing masks like the one in V For Vendetta and one member waving a "FREE KATIE" sign, the protesters chanted, "Scientology kills!"
Despite her captivity, Katie apparently put on a good show, much to the surprised delight of audience members. "I'm actually surprised that she's, you know, enough of an actress for being on Broadway," said one of them.
With a resume that includes such impressive titles as Dawnson's Creek and Batman Begins, are you really that shocked?!
Ha!
[Image via WENN.]
Jennifer Lopez is still working the “I’m a hands-on parent” shtick to death. She claims she didn’t have a nanny until very recently – and by most accounts that’s true. Because they kept quitting on her due to such bad working conditions that $9,000 a month couldn’t hold anyone. J-Lo downplays that little nugget of information in her recent glowing motherhood interview with People. She also claims to be actively involved in the twins’ day, and the nanny is just there to burp them or something.
“I did it for a long time but we started using a nanny a few weeks ago,” says Lopez, 39. “[Most days] I get up early with them. Then when the nanny comes, I can take a shower and give them their breakfast. She’s there to help me get things done.”
As for getting back to work, Lopez says she’ll take it a day at a time. “It’s gonna be a learning experience. How will I do both? I try to take breaks from work,” she tells PEOPLE. “I’ll do a little work with the choreographers and then come back. I try to spend every free moment with the babies.”
The mornings are her favorite time with the twins. “When they see you and have that big smile on their face – I live for that,” she says. “And when I put them to bed at night and they melt in your arms. I give them a bottle and wind it down. I say, ‘It’s time for beddy-bye.’ I hold them and sing a little song. By the time you know it, they are asleep.”
[From People]
Lopez also did a lot of triathlon dropping. That’s like name dropping but with sports. J-Lo was supposedly pretty damn shocked that the media wasn’t covering her training with the same fervor with which they were following Michael Phelps’ gold medals. Which seems to be why she’s still talking about it. If J-Lo wants you to cover her story, you will cover her story. And consider yourself damn lucky to get to talk about her spandex-clad-long-distance-running ass.
Adding to her bliss: Lopez is perfectly happy with her post-baby body. “The triathlon really helped get me in better shape, and snapped me back into my body,” she says, referring to last weekend’s Nautica Malibu Triathlon. “I don’t weigh myself a lot. I still have 10 lbs., or so. [But] I don’t have any problems with it. I never felt I had to get rid of it.”
Asked how she stays so sane about her body image, she laughs: “We like to eat!” On a serious note, she adds, “I think you have to love yourself and indulge when you want to, as well as be happy and just have a healthy attitude towards it.”
Besides, she notes, “Marc loves the way I look!”
[From People]
So basically this is just your standard issue Jennifer Lopez “My life is perfect/I am awesome” story that was part of her deal with People. Lopez also just became an aunt again. Her sister Lynda gave birth to a daughter on August 28th. I’m sorta surprised that J-Lo allowed Lynda to steal some of her baby attention so soon. I expected she’d put some moratorium on all family fertilizations for at least the next two years.
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are shown outside his surprise 40th birthday party in NY on 9/14/08. Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Katie Holmes - with alien princess Suri - arrives at the Schoenfeld Theater on Wednesday.
The actress' Broadway debut is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, when her play opens.
Holmes will star alongside the dreamy Patrick Wilson in All My Sons.
Can't wait to read what the critics have to say about her performance!
P.S. Who takes a young child with them to rehearsals???
[Image by Christopher Peterson/BuzzFoto.com]
Click here to read what the critics are saying about the new Shrek musical, which just premiered in Washington and debuts on Broadway this December.
David Spade, 44, has confirmed that he’s the father to a baby girl, born on August 26 to an ex girlfriend, Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace, 22. It seems it took so long to make the confirmation to the press because they were waiting for the DNA results to come back, at least that’s what I’m reading into it. E! Online titled their story “DNA IDs Daughter for David Spade,” although there’s nothing about a paternity test in the article itself:
It turns out that David Spade did, in fact, produce an heir.
A baby girl born last week to former Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace is the 45-year-old funnyman’s biological daughter, a rep for Spade has confirmed.
“David and Jillian have been in close contact throughout her pregnancy and he plans to go see the baby during his first break from shooting Rules of Engagement,” publicist Meredith O’Sullivan told People.
[From E! Online]
Spade reluctantly admitted the possibility that the baby was his in a statement released after the news broke of Jillian’s pregnancy. He seemed to suggest he only had a fling with her, saying, “I had a brief relationship with Jillian Grace. If it is true that I am the father of her child, then I will accept responsibility.”
Reports came out in the tabloids shortly afterwards that Spade led the young model on, telling her he did want a baby and flying her out to LA from Missouri several times. He supposedly consciously had unprotected sex with her. When she broke the news that she was pregnant, he turned cold and broke it off, according to reports. Grace stayed in Missouri, pregnant and brokenhearted.
Spade strikes me as one of those guys who is not into monogamy at all and isn’t about to let a baby get in his way. At least Grace will get some child support.
It’s possible Spade and Grace have some kind of friendly relationship, though. Spade was seen out with a woman identified as Grace on 7/8/08. Credit: Fame.
Halle Berry’s adorable five month old daughter, Nahla Ariela Aubry, was photographed for the first time in public yesterday. Halle was seen out at the LA Zoo with her mom, Judith, and a security guard. Little Nahla is the daughter of the Oscar-winning actress and her boyfriend, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, 31.
In June, Halle said that being a mother was “the most beautiful time of my life,” and that Nahla has left her “so happy and fulfilled.”
Halle made a deliberate decision not to pose for a high-paid photo spread with her infant. Last month Halle threatened action over faraway photos of her with Nahla in her backyard that were taken with a telephoto lens. She issued a statement, which read in part “[Gabriel] and I have always remained that we would never sell baby photos or otherwise exploit her in any way…. I will do everything I can for the sake of her safety and well-being to keep her out of the public eye.”
Berry eventually gave in and went out with baby Nahla. She invited the paparazzi and clearly didn’t broker a deal for exclusive photos, because several agencies have these.
Nahla is so cute and you can see that she’s Gabriel’s daughter. She’s going to be beautiful when she grows up.
Credit: ODuran/ Fame Pictures. Photo of Gabriel Aubry credit: WENN
We reported on August 6th that Jenna Jameson was pregnant with her boyfriend Tito Oritz, but no confirmation was made. Turns out, she wasn’t pregnant, but the speculation prompted her to take a test…
Earlier this month (Aug08) a New York newspaper reported the 34 year old was expecting her first child with her partner, Ultimate Fighting Champion Tito Ortiz.
Jameson insists she wasn’t pregnant at the time, but the story prompted her to get tested - and discovered she really was with child.
She tells PerezHilton.com, “Funny enough, that story was fake, but I just found out I am pregnant.”
Jameson adds, “We’re over the moon.”
Now, I have a reasonable idea of how babies are made, if you are unsure just google Jenna Jameson for some tips, but now I’m starting to wonder – did we somehow make this happen? Did the collective blogosphere, starting with Page Six, cause the word’s least likely candidate for motherhood to spawn?
Jenna in the past underwent IVF with her now ex-husband but failed to conceive, so I guess I’m pleased for her good news. I do have a reasonable amount of sympathy for her child – school is not going to be easy for the children of any porn star. I used to be embarrassed when my mom came to pick me up from school in a pair of bright green Hammer pants, but I should have just been grateful she was wearing pants.
Note by Celebitchy: Jenna Jameson is rumored to have had vaginal restoration surgery a little over a year ago. Natural childbirth after that type of surgery is not recommended by doctors, who usually advise patients to have a c-section if they get pregnant afterwards.
Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz are shown on 6/19/08 and 7/5/08. Credit: WENN
Nicole Kidman, 41, was photographed holding her six week old baby Sunday Rose in Sydney yesterday. Kidman has chosen not to debut Sunday in a magazine and the photos taken of her boarding a private plane headed to London are the best yet captured of the newborn. You can see her cute little head and hands poking out of the blanket bundle mom Nicole is carrying.
Kidman told a radio station that Sunday was feeding every two hours but didn’t specify whether she was nursing the baby or bottle feeding. The photo agency reports that the nanny was seen with bottles of formula, so I guess we can assume that the baby is being bottle fed at least part of the time:
Nicole Kidman carries baby, Sunday Rose, in her arms and looks down at her lovingly as she boards a Gulfstream 5 plane bound for London, UK, and a new film. Sunday Rose has a nanny that carries her formula bottles ready for a feed as they take off. Husband, Keith Urban left Sydney for California yesterday. Before the couples departure from Australia, Kidman and Urban went out to a cafe to have some alone time leaving Sunday with the nanny.
[From Fame Pictures photos description]
How cute that Sunday was finally photographed (sort of) on a Sunday. There have been other photos of Sunday in a carrier, but you couldn’t catch much of a glimpse of her.
Nicole has reportedly been told to keep Sunday to herself on the set of her film Australia. Supposedly director Baz Luhrmann says the tyke is too much of a distraction to cast and crew.
It seems like everyday there is another couple announcing their pregnancy, another baby or set of twins born into Hollywood royalty or another adoption of a child from a foreign country.
Well, today is no different! Same stuff, just different people.
Those making the baby news today are:
I warn you it is not a pretty sight, but if you want to see Minnie Driver’s baby bump then
Singer Ricky Martin, 36, surprised a lot of people by announcing last Wednesday that he would be raising twin boys that were born a few weeks ago through gestational surrogate. MSat said that pretty much settled the case on those gay rumors, and she could be right. The NY Daily News writes that there’s not a high demand for the photos given the kind of mysterious way they appeared without warning.
Celebrity magazines, which usually start sparring over exclusive photos the second a famous sperm hits an egg, are backing off, top editors tell us.
“We aren’t jumping like we usually do,” one editor said. “We don’t think he is going to tell the backstory, so the whole thing just seems kind of icky.”
Martin’s rep John Reilly said they’ve received inquiries from various media outlets, but wouldn’t comment on whether Ricky is negotiating.
Word in magazine land is that someone will end up running a photo of Martin (who admitted last week that he is now caring for twin sons delivered through an unnamed surrogate) and his babies somewhere in the glossies, but that the family isn’t cover-worthy.
“When someone seems like they are hiding something, it’s a big turnoff to the public, who want to share in celebrities’ lives,” another editor spilled. “No one really cared about Clay Aiken becoming a single dad, either.”
The National Enquirer, naturally, has reporters hot on the trail of the mystery mama.
[From The NY Daily News]
I can’t wait to see what The National Enquirer digs up. They’re on fire lately and keep getting the exclusives.
It’s pretty obnoxious for their insider to say it’s “icky” that a single guy is choosing to raise two kids on his own. How is that icky? Does single man automatically indicate “pedophile” to these people? Having children is a human desire, and I find it touching that he wants to bring up kids and now has twins. I’d love to see those photos and hear more about it, but editors are right that some vague explanation of how the babies came about isn’t going to cut it. People want to know why he didn’t go the traditional route and if he’s truly single or has a partner helping him. Either way, congratulations to Martin. Wouldn’t you rather hear of a singer raising twins than hooking up randomly with some other celebrity for 2-3 months at a stretch? You all know who I’m talking about.
Ricky Martin is shown at the Latin Grammy Awards on 11/8/07. Credit: PRN / PR Photos
Gwen, Gavin and Kingston out on 05/10/08. Credit: Fame
Last night when the news broke that Gwen Stefani had her baby and named it Zuma but the gender wasn’t known yet the first thing I did was look up the name. Since it was listed as a girl’s name, and sounded pretty feminine to me, I made up an “it’s a girl” graphic, declared it a girl and hoped to call it a night. Then People came out with the news that the Stefani-Rossdale’s had decided to name their little boy Zuma and it became the latest addition to the ever-growing list of bad celebrity baby names. It’s certainly not the worst name, and I guess you can consider it inventive and cute, it’s just not something I would pick for a boy.
Nesta is a pretty cool name, though, and it turns out it was originally Bob Marley’s name. According to statements Rossdale gave in an interview, Zuma beach is where had an epiphany and decided to turn his life around and become successful, rich and famous. Since it worked, he’s made the decision to pass that revered name on to his second son. His first son was named after the capital of Jamaica, Kingston:
By naming their newborn son Zuma Nesta Rock, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale “have proven decisively that they’re masters in choosing names that are both highly unusual and carry a lot of personal meaning,” baby name expert Pamela Redmond Satran, co-author of The Baby Name Bible, tells Usmagazine.com.
“They’ve continued their own place-naming tradition by naming their son after Zuma Beach in Malibu,” Satran explains, citing a profile of Rossdale which said he had an epiphany that began his career.
“He was standing on Zuma Beach in the early morning after working all night as a production assistant on a music video and was quoted as saying he realized he was wasting his time,” Satran says. “He drove up the coast, slept in his car, and started making the moves that would launch his career.”
Zuma is also the name of a 1975 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Nesta, meanwhile, was Bob Marley’s first name before an immigration official switched it with his middle name, Robert.
“This name obviously links to big brother Kingston’s and is another nod to Jamaica and reggae,” says Satran.
Bob Marley’s son Ziggy used Nesta as a middle name for his son, as did his other son Rohan, who has a son named John Nesta Marley with singer Lauryn Hill.
The name Rock “needs no explanation,” given that the baby’s parents are rock stars, Satran says, and the fact that we’re “long overdue for a Rock Hudson-inspired revival.”
[From US Weekly]
Maybe Zuma Nesta will take a page from his namesake’s book and decide to switch his middle and first names later in life. He also has another name to pick from that’s pretty decent. It really doesn’t matter though. This kid will be so famous that he won’t have to worry about substitute teachers thinking he’s a girl as they do the roll call. There will also be plenty of other little boys named Zuma now that Stefani has set a trend. She’s been known to wear fashion that a lot of people wouldn’t be caught letting the cat out in though, and maybe her influence only goes so far before taste overrides celebrity trend setting.
As we reported yesterday, Gwen Stefani gave birth at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles yesterday.
We now know that the child is a boy and his name is Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale.
Uh, ok.
I’m thinking Zuma probably is derived from Zuma Beach in Malibu. Maybe that’s where the little dude was conceived. You never know these things.
Anyhow, Zuma is a little chunk, he weighed 8½ pounds at birth. No wonder Gwen looked so big.
Gwen and Gavin releases the following statement:
“Kingston, Gwen and Gavin Rossdale welcomed the newest member of their family. Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy.”
What, no explanation on the name?
Nicole Kidman’s adopted children, Connor and Isabella, reportedly don’t see much of her since her split with Tom Cruise, but the two did meet Nicole’s six week old daughter shortly after her birth, according to OK!
OK! reports Isabella and Connor secretly flew to Nashville to meet half-sister Sunday Rose Urban in late July.
“Connor and Bella don’t see that much of their mother,” an insider tells OK! “But everyone felt it was important for them to meet their new sister.”
[From OK!, print edition, August 25, 2008]
Connor and Isabella stay mostly out of the spotlight, unlike their other half-sister, Suri Cruise, who is a tabloid staple and fashion icon at the ripe old age of 2.
Nicole and Keith recently brought Sunday back to their native Sydney to show her off to family and friends.
“We’ve brought her back to meet the grandparents,” Nicole says. “My mom was there for the birth, but my dad hasn’t met her. And Keith’s mom and dad are coming.”
[From Life & Style, print edition, August 25, 2008]
Nicole visited her sister with Sunday in Sydney on August 7. Hugh Jackman met Sunday on a Sunday, August 10.
OK! also reveals Sunday will likely split her time between Nashville and Sydney.
“She [Nicole] lives in Nashville — part of her is in Australia. She is centered,” Nicole’s stylist Phillip Bloch tells OK! “People think of her as cold, but she’s not that way at all.”
[From OK!, print edition, August 25, 2008]
Nicole and Keith are in the minority of major stars who have yet to sell their newborn baby’s pictures to a magazine for millions of dollars.
Nicole should begin promotions soon for her latest film Australia with Hugh Jackman, which will be released November 14. Keith is scheduled to perform September 4 from New York City’s Columbus Circle for the “NFL Opening Kickoff 2008 Presented by EA Sports.”
Nicole Kidman is shown out in Sydney on 8/19/08. Credit: ICON/ Fame Pictures
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell on 1/17/08. Credit: PRN / PR Photos
Supermodel and expectant mom Rebecca Romijn, who is having twins with her new husband Jerry O’Connell, says she has already picked out at least one name- provided, of course, one of the twins is a girl. Romijn is a huge fan of country legend Dolly Parton, and hopes to give one of the babies the same moniker.
She’s not due to give birth until next year, but Rebecca Romijn has already decided to name one of the twins with hubby Jerry O’Connell after her favorite singer, Dolly Parton.
“I have been a fan of Dolly all my life. She’s a wonderful woman. I really connect with her music. I can’t think of a better role model for my children!” says the mom-to-be, who finally met her idol at the “Backwoods Barbie” show in Tennessee’s Dollywood theme park on August 17. “She has this great, sweet personality but she’s also strong and wise,” gushed Rebecca, 35, who got Dolly’s blessing for her choice of name. “She was honored.”
[From In Touch Weekly print version, Sept. 1, 2008]
I actually think Dolly is a really cute name. But I hope she doesn’t get crazy and name the kid Parton if it turns out she’s carrying twin boys. Then again, it’s not any worse than Zuma. I’m actually thinking about naming my baby “Carlin,” after my idol, George Carlin, if it’s a boy. Is that weird?
Note by Celebitchy: Jerry O’Connell recently joked about naming the twins Mary-Kate and Ashley, saying “I’m not kidding. I really thought about that.”
62 year-old Dolly Parton is shown below on 6/7/07. Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos.
Gwen Stefan has given birth to a baby boy named Zuma. We were initially relying on E! Online’s report that she gave birth this morning and that the baby’s name is Zuma, but that they weren’t sure about the gender of the newborn. I assumed it was a girl given the name. It turns out that it’s a boy named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale.
I am tepid on the name Zuma for a little girl, but it seems kind of off for a boy. That name sounds like one of those jagged word clouds that would pop up during a fight on the old Batman TV show. It’s an onomatopia, not a name, but it’s kind of cute and not stigmatizing. There are certainly worse celebrity baby names. I wasn’t fond of “Birdie,” either, but many of you pointed out that it’s a perfectly common and acceptable name.
According to Think Baby Names, Zuma is a very rare name and is a variant of Zulema, which means peace. Gwen and husband Gavin Rossdale’s first child, Kingston, two, is thought to be named after the capital of Jamaica, which may have been where he was conceived.
Congratulations to Gavin and Gwen on their second child!
When epic foreheads collide
Yesterday Jennifer Garner finally confirmed that she’s been knocked up by Ben Affleck in another attempt to get the lauded Nobel Prize for “child with biggest forehead.” From the New York Post:
“When asked by a USA Today reporter about her upcoming projects, Jen pointed at her bulging bump and said, “This.”
She then went on to joke, “Oh, I’m not pregnant. I just had a lot of carbs for breakfast. It’s just — what do they call it — a breakfast pouch?”"
She could spend the rest of her life pregnant but the “bulging bump” she’s known for is that monstrosity sitting between her eyebrows and hair. If the sun hit it at the right angle she’d be able to flag down planes and pick up XM radio. Does that thing get HD?
At this very moment Gwen Stefani is about to give birth to her second child.
Stefani is currently at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and was scheduled for a C-section at 10am PST.
Gwen, 38, and gorgeous hubby, Gavin Rossdale, already have a darling little boy, Kingston, 2.
InTouch reportedly spoke with a friend of Gwen’s who had this to say about the singer,
“Gwen’s so excited to have this baby because she gained a lot of weight during this pregnancy. She is ready to meet her new baby and get her body back.”
Of course that’s the concern. Geeze, give me a break! The woman hasn’t even had her child yet and already the gossip rags are all over her sh*t about losing the weight. That woman is bangable at almost any weight..
Anyhow, congrats to G&G on the new baby!
Matt Damon and his wife Luciana had a baby girl on Wednesday, August 20. Little Gia Zavala is Damon’s third daughter. Damon and Luciana also have daughters Isabella, two, and Alexia, 10, from Luciana’s last marriage.
“Matt and Lucy Damon had a baby girl named Gia Zavala on Wednesday, Aug. 20th. Everyone’s doing great,” Damon’s rep, Jennifer Allen, tells PEOPLE. “She is a healthy baby girl.”
The newest addition is the third little girl in the Damon household, joining big sisters Isabella, 2, and Alexia, 10.
Damon recently joked about living with so many females, telling USA Today from his home in Miami, “I’m so outnumbered down here, it’s crazy.”
[From People.com]
Damon gained 30 pounds to play the role of a troubled executive in The Informant, out next year. He has to quickly lose the weight to reshoot scenes for his film Green Zone in early September. Damon is boxing for exercise and joked that “if you get hit enough times, [the weight] will fall off.” He has also started a charity, the H20 Africa Foundation, which aims to bring clean water to villages in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The 37 year-old actor will take the rest of the year off to focus on his growing family.
Congratulations to Matt and Luciana! I like the name they picked, Gia Zavala, with an exotic middle name. Luciana was born in Argentina and I wonder if Zavala is a family name or what significance it has.
(top photo from Ricky Martin)
Ricky Martin is the proud father of twins via a surrogate. No more info is currently known at the time, buy by the looks of the last line of announcement no one want to buy pictures of the twins so he will be in seclusion until then. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fseriouslyomg.com%2F%3Fp%3D8977'; addthis_title = 'Ricky+Martin+is+a+daddy'; addthis_pub = 'seriously';
Christina Applegate is shown in stills from her movie with Rainn Wilson, The Rocker
The National Enquirer broke the story of Christina Applegate’s double mastectomy two weeks ago, but I made the decision not to cover it at the time and to wait until the actress made the announcement herself. It just seems like a personal medical condition and one that I wouldn’t want to repeat unless she came out with the news on her own - not that we always take the high road on those type of stories.
Applegate, 36, spoke with fellow breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts on Good Morning America this morning and revealed that she did have a double mastectomy, saying that it was a very tough decision that she ultimately made for her health and to be rid of the disease. Her mother is a two-time breast cancer survivor and Applegate learned she had the breast cancer gene, which influenced her decision to undergo a mastectomy. She will have reconstructive surgery:
Having watched her mother, Nancy Priddy, battle breast cancer – and then suffer from a recurrence many years later – the Emmy-nominated star of Samantha Who?, 36, told interviewer Robin Roberts that she wasn’t taking any chances, especially since she has the breast cancer gene, BRCA1.
“My decision, after looking at all the treatment plans that were possibilities for me, the only one that seemed the most logical and the one that was going to work for me was to have a bilateral mastectomy,” said Applegate. “So basically I had a prophylactic double mastectomies.”
Explaining her rationale in taking that dramatic step, she said, “I didn’t want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of be rid of this whole thing for me. This was the choice that I made, and it was a tough one.”
The surgery took place three weeks ago. She did not undergo radiation or chemotherapy.
Applegate, whose initial reaction when she received her diagnosis, was. “Oh my god. I was so pissed off, so mad … I was just shaking.” But then, she said, “Immediately I had to go into take-care-of-business mode.”
Asked her prognosis, Applegate told Roberts, also a cancer survivor, “I’m clear. Absolutely 100-percent clear and clean.”
Over the next eight months she will undergo reconstructive surgery. I’m gonna have cute boobs till I’m 90,” she quipped, as Roberts pointed out how Applegate’s sense of humor has helped the actress endure the ordeal.
[From People.com]
Now that Applegate has announced that she had a double mastectomy, I don’t feel bad about repeating other gossip about her. The Enquirer reports in their latest issue that she made the decision not to undergo chemotherapy in order to be able to have a baby. Chemotherapy can cause women to be infertile by stopping ovulation. Applegate is dating 39 year-old Martyn Lenoble, a bass player from Holland. He is said to have been incredibly supportive during her cancer diagnosis and treatment, accompanying to the hospital and being there for her. Applegate wants to have a baby as soon as possible, according to the Enquirer:
Christina decided to opt out of the chemotherapy regimen because it can permanently stop ovulation, leaving her infertile, according to an insider. However, another leading medical expert says Christina is making a smart decision.
Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Yale University told The Enquirer she thinks Christina’s decision to refuse chemotherapy is “absolutely reasonable.”
“I think sometimes breast cancer patients are overtreated to make sure that the cancer is cured. I applaud this, but I think that oncologists should assess the needs of the patient as well.”
Christina now plans to conceive a baby with her boyfriend, musician Martyn Lenoble, 39, as soon as possible. If necessary, after giving birth, she may have to evaluate further treatment options.
“A baby is the most important thing in the world to her right now,” said the insider. Having a baby is her dream.”
[From The National Enquire
