Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Welcome a Baby Girl

By Brenda Rodriguez and Stephen M. Silverman

Originally posted Monday July 07, 2008 10:30 AM EDT

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Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, have welcomed their first child together, a daughter, born Monday morning in Nashville, PEOPLE has confirmed.

The pregnancy was first announced in January. Kidman has two other children with her former husband Tom Cruise: Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13.

In the days leading up to the birth, the couple - who celebrated their second wedding anniversary on June 25 - didn't stray from their normal routine in and around Nashville, where they reside in a gated community.

From early morning stops at a local Starbucks for warm drinks to a little sweat at the gym later in the day (Kidman was a regular at spin and yoga classes during her pregnancy), the couple remained low-key.

"She's never been happier and healthier," says a close family friend. "She is absolutely radiant and enjoying nesting and homemaking with Keith at their new home in Nashville."

But getting ready for their baby was a priority. Urban admitted he was learning a new vocabulary for fatherhood and doing Lamaze lessons. "He doesn't know the name [of the classes], but he has been very good at it!" Kidman told a local radio station on June 24.

The new parents also bought a couple of books to help them along: Pocket Dad: Everyday Wisdom and Your Pregnancy, Week By Week.

"The unknown excites me a lot," Urban told reporters in May. "What kind of feelings will fatherhood bring? I'm sure I can't even imagine, but I am really looking forward to finding out."

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Matthew McConaughey
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Report: Matthew McConaughey is a dad

July 8, 2008, 3:15 AM EST

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Matthew McConaughey is officially a dad.

The actor, 38, and girlfriend Camila Alves, 24, welcomed their first child on Monday in Los Angeles, Usmagazine.com reported.

"We are stoked and wowed by this miracle of creation and this gift from God, and so excited for the adventure that will come in raising this child, being a mother and a father, and sheparding him or her through this life," McConaughey wrote in his blog after the pregnancy was made public in January.

Levi Alves McConaughey - Matthew McConaughey's Son!

Tue, 08 July 2008

Matthew McConaughey and longtime girlfriend Camila Alves named their son Levi Alves McConaughey, reports OK!

Matthew also took the time to explain how they came up with the name for their baby boy: "Levi was another name for the apostle Matthew in The Bible. They were, in fact, two names for the same person… Our son was born at 6:22 pm, and this particular time represents my favorite verse in the book of Matthew in The Bible: 'If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.'"

As for the name Alves (Camila's last name), McConaughey explained, "We wanted to incorporate her family name."

Matthew and Camila also released the following statement: "We welcome Levi Alves McConaughey into this wonderful life and look forward to living in it with him. In the mean time and all times, just keep livin'." -Matthew David McConaughey and Camila Maria Saraiva de Araujo Alves

Jamie Lynn Spears: Meet Maddie!

Wed, 09 July 2008 at 6:32 am

Jamie Lynn Spears opens up to OK! with an exclusive interview and photoshoot, talking about life as a mom!

For Jamie, family comes first, saying, "Around here, everyone has the same focus. The focus is family, and that's a good way to live."

The 17-year-old actress also talks about life with boyfriend Casey Aldridge, parenting classes and labor pains! "They'd told me it would be an eight- to 12-hour labor, and I was ready to have the baby in three to four hours," said Jamie. "I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed."

The former Zoey 101 star continued, "We get up in the morning, and she gets her little bath. Then I get my bath. We have a routine, and I love routines. I've worked one out with her, and we're happy going about our little life!"

Ewan McGregor Revs Up His Reality Show

Ewan McGregor hypes up his new reality TV show, Long Way Down, during the FOX Reality Channel 2008 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In Long Way Down, the 37-year-old actor and his pal Charley Boorman ride motorcycles from Scotland to South Africa to raise money for charity. The travel adventure show will premiere on the Fox Reality Channel on Saturday, August 2nd.

At the event, Fox Reality served shortbread cookies as a nod to Ewan's Scottish heritage.

20+ pictures inside of Ewan McGregor revving up his reality TV show… More Here! »

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Doctor: Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins

July 13, 2008, 1:30 AM EST

PARIS (AP) - The Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy.

The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Dr. Michel Sussmann, told The Associated Press that the actress, the babies and Jolie's partner, actor Brad Pitt, "are doing marvelously well."

Sussmann said Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarian section on Saturday night.

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He told the AP on Sunday morning that the boy weighed 5.03 pounds and the girl 5 pounds.

Pitt was there during the operation, said the doctor, who delivered the twins at the seaside Lenval hospital in Nice in southern France.

"Everything is going well," said Sussmann. "The mother, the babies, the father are doing marvelously well."

He said the Cesarian was moved forward from its originally planned date "for medical reasons" so that the babies could be born "in the best conditions." Sussman did not give details.

He said Jolie is expected to stay in the hospital for a few more days.

Jolie and Pitt already have four children: Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2.

Jolie had checked into the hospital late last month to rest and be monitored by her doctor before the birth.

Before that, she, Pitt and their children had moved into a large estate, Miraval, in the French hamlet of Correns, which is just a short helicopter ride from the hospital. Correns is about 60 miles from Nice, a resort on the Mediterranean.

Though the lenses of the world's paparazzi had been trained on maternity wards across the French Riviera, Jolie managed to slip unobserved into the clinic, reportedly arriving by helicopter on the hospital's rooftop helipad.

Pitt was seen coming and going after Jolie's hospitalization became public.

The first photos of the new twins are expected to fetch millions of dollars.