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Aussie ice maiden Nicole Kidman is the latest celeb to be embroiled in one of Hollywood's greatest guessing games: am I pregnant or not?
Speculation that Kidman might well be in the pudding club began when photographs of the actress looking slightly fuller of bosom were
circulated on the web.
Well, British newspaper the Daily Mail has gone the full hog and is claiming that the Bewitched star is definitely with child.
Sources tell the newspaper that Kidman shared the news that she's carrying hubby Keith Urban's baby to her family over the Christmas period.
The pair, who married in 2006, has reportedly been keen to breed from the get go, and are said to be over the moon with the news.
If the jungle drums are to be believed, this will be Kidman's first child, having undergone months of fertility treatment to help in her quest to become a mother.
The actress also has two adopted children, Isabella, 14, and twelve-year-old Conor, from her marriage to Tiny Tom Cruise.
A source tells Aussie mag Women's Day, "Nicole and Keith are having a baby. They've been riding on clouds since they got the news.
"Nicole's been hoping for this day since they got married. Everyone knows she's been aching to have a baby. It's all she's been talking about for ages."
Kidman has talked openly about wanting another baby. "I'm yearning to have one," she told Vanity Fair earlier this year. "I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby. Keith knows I want one, and he has been getting there slowly."
Adding further fuel to the pregnancy rumours, Kidman has only one movie project lined up for 2008.
She's also dismissed the idea of returning to the stage next year.
"It wouldn't fit in with the logistics and dynamics of my family", she said.
UPDATE: Kidman's reps dismiss pregnancy reports as a big fat lie.
Kidman's spokeswoman said: "It is incorrect. She must have had about 30 babies by now.
"She's in Australia making a film and her family are in Australia," she said.
"She's happily ensconced away somewhere having a few days' break. As far as we're concerned it's another rumour out of London."
However, a source close to Kidman says that the idea that she's pregnant isn't that loopy.
"She did have a small baby bump a month ago, so it would be reasonable she'd now be three months and telling her friends and family," the friend said.
Stay tuned for updates.
Sources: dailymail.co.uk, Usmagazine.com, Hollywood.com
It's over
Shock Goths Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese are officially divorced.
The rock star and the burlesque dancer wed in 2005, but Von Teese - real name Heather Sweet - filed for divorce in January of this year, citing irreconcilable differences.
So it looks like the bug-eyed freak is back on the market. His marriage is over. O-V-A-H. Over.
Form an orderly queue, ladies: he's definitely a hot catch, and one your mother would certainly approve of.
One woman's Titanic is another woman's Love Boat, as they say.
Poisoned Penns
It's a marriage they said would never last.
Ten years after they got hitched, Sean Penn and Robin Wright are divorcing.
Both parties have filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason and ask for joint legal and physical custody of their two teenagers, Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16.
But dismiss any visions of Sean Penn, 47, crying in his corn flakes and lamenting his broken marriage, for the star is reportedly already moving on.
Four days before Robyn Wright filed for divorce on December 21, Penn was spotted dining with "very young, very attractive" brunette at San Francisco's Caf de la Presse restaurant.
"He seemed nervous and on edge," a diner tells Usmagazine.com of the actor. "He didn't seem very happy."
"It was bound to happen," added a source of their split. "He always seemed like a bachelor at heart and the kind of guy who just couldn't be married for long."
It would seem that in Hollywood, partners, like nappies, have to be changed frequently - and for the very same reason.
Sources: usmagazine.com, people.com
Paris is busy, and very important
Famous-for-naff-all socialite Paris Hilton is giving her granddaddy the evils for nabbing her inheritance and giving it to charity instead, but at least she's got her 'career' to fall back on.
The ubiquitous party girl, who launched her champers in a can idea last month, is now making ends meet by peddling the effervescent tackiness known as Prosecco.
Click here to watch blondie hawk her fizz.
The whole charade smacks of desperation, and it's naively fabulous.
Clearly, Paris' raison detre is to "make more money and gain power, and to take less shit from you people."
You go girl, and take those tacky shoes with you.
Britney's a comeback queen
Troubled former pop star Britney is determined to resurrect her flagging career, and is reportedly eyeing up the silver screen as the remedy to solve all her woes.
2007 was an annus horribles for poor Brit Brit, so it's now wonder she's delusional and in the mood for inflicting celluloid pain on us all.
Spears is so determined to bounce back, she's even prepared to feast on scraps: she's reportedly eyeing up a role originally offered to her pal Lindsay Lohan.
LiLo had originally been linked to movie project Memoirs of a Medicated Child, playing the girlfriend of a mental-illness patient.
Realising that Britney's particular brand of crazy has immense pulling power (Kerching!), movie producers are now said to be considering ditching LiLo from the project.
Director Tommy Parker told the New York Post: "As far as Britney's concerned, we're talking."
Oh Britney, your mental power is experiencing rolling blackouts, but you're still optimistic.
But you know what they say about optimism: it's like waiting for a ship to come in when you haven't sent one out.
Lesbionic Sistas
Sisterly love is one thing, but Penelope Cruz has taken her love of her sibling a step too far.
The Latina actress and her look-alike sister, Monica, lock lips in their brother Eduardo's latest music video, and the salacious scenes are somewhat scandalous.
Monica and Penelope play porn translators (WTF?) in the steamy video, and get carried away with themselves, indulging in a spot of lower lip nibbling and casual undressing.
Hello, incest?
The bizarre fact, and the biggest worry, is that their brother Eduardo conceived the idea for his two big sisters to get sexy in the video.
Watch the family keeping it together here.
Leaked 'lesbian' pics
Yes, I'm sensing a theme here too.
Singer Miley Cyrus has laughed off claims that she's a lesbian, and insists photos of her being playfully intimate with a friend are entirely innocent.
Photos (be warned, this website contains swearing) of Cyrus, showing her frolicking on a hotel floor and sharing a lolly with a female friend circulated like wildfire over the net last week.
Several websites deemed the candid images had sexual undertones, but the 15-year-old pop sensation insists they're innocent.
She said: "They're nothing bad! It's not something I'm going to let slide.
"I'm really upset about it, 'cause it was, like, not even a big deal.
"That's one of my best friends. I have all these girls who I hang out with all the time.
"It's two girls at a sleepover, and if all of a sudden that's bad, then what is the world coming to?"
Hurrah!
Two girlies eating candy and clowning around does not a lesbian make.
This kind of pigeonholing is below the belt, and you know how sensitive I am there.
Is this legal?
Singer Michael Bolton gives Nicolette Sheridan an upskirt while sunbathing on the island of Saint Barthlemy.
They're probably lost, and he's checking out their location on her map of Tasmania.
Get a room, guys!
Cry me a river
Mum-to-be Jennifer Lopez is reportedly struggling to control her hormones, and says pregnancy has turned her into an emotional wreck.
The Latina signer is about to pop her first sprog with hubby Marc Anthony, and says she's likely to burst into tears at any moment.
She says, "Anything that is touching makes me cry - any commercial that is sappy and silly. Things about dads make me cry, maybe because of my relationship with my own father. But anytime I see anything about a dad with his little girl, and I'm over tired, I'm gone!"
Cry me a river, build me a bridge - get over it!
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Britney Spears is still a bad driver
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