FameCrawler : parenting

FameCrawler Has Moved!

Whit Honea — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:39:00 GMT

You've probably guessed by now that we're no longer hanging out in the old digs. In fact, I only came back because I forgot my wallet. That said, if you're still getting feeds (or lack thereof) from this URL, please update it to reflect our new address: http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/

Where else can you find celebrity gossip and parenting lessons wrapped in snark and heart? Sure, other sites are snarky, but they're heartless, and other sites are heart-filled, but they lack the edge of the aforementioned snark. Also, celebrities and parenting!

Thanks for reading FameCrawler over the past few years, and here's to a wonderful tomorrow (I'm raising my laptop). Cheers!

See you on the flip-side (conveniently located here)!

Nicole, Joel, And Harlow Rock Kidstock

Josh loposer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:01:00 GMT

Pretty much everything is cuter in miniature: ponies, White Castle burgers, even ~~midgets~~ little people -- so why wouldn't the same apply to outdoor concerts? Apparently, celebrity parents with a touch of hippie in their bloodlines have already figured this out.

Joel Madden and Nicole Richie made brought Harlow out to this year's 3rd annual Kidstock Music and Art Festival at the Greystone Mansion to revel in the music and art of a tiny generation. In order to blend in with the trippy psychedelic surroundings, they opted to dress Harlow up in flowery hippie-chic style.

Who enjoys Kidstock the most: kids or parents? Maybe it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to hold an outdoor music and art festival for toddlers -- since they would probably have more fun in almost any sandbox -- but it is super cute to think about announcements coming over the PA about bad brown gummy worms.

Plus, it provides us with awesome shots of stars hanging out with their little ones.

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Todd to Bristol: Dump Levi And I'll Buy You A New Car

Josh loposer — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Sometimes parents just have a bad feeling about one of their children's friends or, in this case boyfriends, that they just can't quite explain.

Maybe that is why Todd Palin was offered Bristol a new car in exchange for her breaking things off with now D-lister and estranged baby daddy Levi Johnston. That's what's being reported anyway, as part of a feature story about Levi in the upcoming edition of GQ. Did Todd's spidey senses tell him something was up?

Off course, it could also have been the fact that the teenage couple was having sex in the governor's house, as has been alleged. In that case, I'd buy my daughter two cars to break up with that dude, maybe three (and I'm not talking Kias here).

As it goes with accidental celebrities, Levi is caught between wanting to wring every bit of cash out of his 15 minutes and wanting to be off of the whole weird trip. Still, things are looking up. Getting featured in a sympathetic story in GQ is never a completely bad thing.

Also, it sounds like his relationship with Bristol is starting to thaw. Apparently, Bristol has started dropping baby Tripp off personally, and they even ~~sext~~ text each other from time to time.

"GQ writer John Jeremiah Sullivan watched them exchange flirty text messages. That led to a warmth between them, and now they're in regular contact."

Will the couple ever give things another try? Getting back together is apparently "not even in" Levi's thoughts right now. Still, it's good to hear that the couple is at least being civil toward one another. That should make sharing custody of Tripp infinitely easier.

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Mormon Marie Osmond Supports Her Gay Daughter!

Sassy Smith — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:00 GMT

I like Marie Osmond - sure, her doll collection is a bit creepy, but that's another story. Marie's eldest child, daughter Jessica is a lesbian and one might assume because Marie is of a Mormon upbringing, that would put distance between them. However, that is so not the way it is!

Osmond, mother of eight, tells ET via OK!:

"I love my daughter! She's my baby girl, come on. "So what if she's gay? She's my daughter and she's an amazing woman and a good kid. I raised her, she better be good."

Marie adds that her religion is no impediment when it comes to loving her children, regardless of their sexual orientation.

"I think it's sad when we have to separate something from society. Whether it's, 'Oh you're Jewish,' and then it was 'Oh you're a Mormon,' or 'Oh you're gay.' I love real people," she explains. "A lot of women out there have gay children. Who cares? I want love. I'm a Christian and Christ loved everybody."

Awesome! That's the way it should be - a parent supporting their child no matter what. Way to go Marie!

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Pregnant Lauren London & Lil Wayne Will Raise Baby Together!!!

Lee Ann Womack Knows The Secret

trix — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:32:00 GMT

Lee Ann Womack thinks that parenting classes should be mandatory for kids in school these days.

She says that she was not prepared for motherhood and that natural was last thing she felt when she became a mother.

She said: “A lot of young people don’t even know (or consider) the very basics of child rearing and home keeping anymore. I can remember my mom handing me a toilet bowl brush and saying, ‘Today you’re going to learn to clean a toilet.’ The same with cooking dinner, hemming a garment, doing laundry, taking care of pets … I just don’t know if parents are as engaged now as they were when I was a kid.”

So she's saying that these things aren't innate, I couldn't tell.

She believes that communicating with your kids is the key to child/parent relationships.

“Listen to what they have to say as if they are teaching you something, because they will! I sometimes play a trick on myself if I’m feeling a little disconnected at that moment: I pretend that I’m talking to a girlfriend of mine. It’s not long before my daughter has me either riveted or dying laughing at something.”

I agree with both the classes and communication, it seems like the most important thing to have when parenting is common sense.

What say you? What is your best advice for young, first time parents?

Is Ashlee Simpson Pregnant Again?

Baby Whisperer! Jennifer Love Hewitt Pregnant?

Beyonce Covers Her Tummy - Is There Something She's Hiding?

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Spying on the Neighbors: 5-14-09

Whit Honea — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:26:00 GMT

I solved LOST.

Dancing Suri (TomKat Crazy)

Sadie's birthday (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Romantic Jackman (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Reese's pieces (Celebrity Moms)

Brooke on Kiefer (Hollyscoop)

Pee-pee Pete (Perez Hilton)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-13-09

Whit Honea — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:32:00 GMT

Darn kids are on the lawn again.

James and Kate Plus What? (BWE)

Rudolph's belly (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Boy Madden? (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Violet flower (Just Jared)

Scooting with James (Knocked Up Celebs)

Palin writes? (Perez Hilton)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-12-09

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:20:00 GMT

Goodnight, Gracie.

Meet the Darwins (Just Jared)

Maya, Dave. Dave, Maya (Celebs and Bubs)

Sex and the Co-Stars (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Nicole Richie's garden grows (Perez Hilton)

Sweeney's kids (Knocked Up Celebs)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-11-09

Whit Honea — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:28:00 GMT

Helpful hint: Mother's Day cards will never be cheaper than they are today.

Soleil and the girls (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Kate's day (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Minnie's day (Celebrity Moms)

Seal and Heidi 2 (Hollyscoop)

Liv and Kate (Jezebel)

Cruising the White House (Just Jared)

Sandra and Jesse - Normal Couple?

trix — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:03:00 GMT

Sandra Bullock is a very laid back kind of girl. She is step-mom to her husband's kids and says she'd love to have kids of her own. Is that ever going to happen? Who knows? She says maybe, but she is in her mid-forties and the chances get slimmer and slimmer every day.

Her hubby Jesse James is on board with the more kids thing, because he says, "Kids Rule, so if it happens it happens".

The couple isn't your typical Hollywood couple either. They both claim to lead very normal lives, which is awesome, because I like Sandra Bullock and I don't want to have to think of her as just another Hollywood bimbo.

Jesse keeps himself grounded and didn't become a reality TV famewhore, thank goodness. He says, "We live a totally normal life. Other than driving Ferraris around and stuff, everything else is totally normal. {yes he laughed at that} We have the kids, our house, the dogs. I get up at 5:30 every day and come into the shop and work, go to the gym, and go home. We're pretty lucky to be doing what we're doing, but we try to live as normal as possible. I'm still at the shop in Long Beach every day and I deal with customers on a daily basis. I try to keep my feet grounded and not stray too far from what put me on the map in the first place and that's West Coast Choppers."

Good for them, maybe I'll add them to my list of celebrities that I would actually like to meet.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 5-10-09

Whit Honea — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:02:00 GMT

Happy Mother's Day!

Heidi crafts (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Mark and Ella Rae (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Bullock Bazaar (Just Jared)

Sunday on Sunday (Knocked Up Celebs)

Pot Run (Perez Hilton)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-8-09

Whit Honea — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:30:00 GMT

And now an hour of happiness...

Harlow in Miami (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Amy rocks (Celebrity Moms)

No kids for Lance (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Snacking with Ava (Knocked Up Celebs)

Oh, Hoff (Scanner)

Lisa and daughter (Celebs and Bubs)

Lance Armstrong Dishes On The Sheryl Crow Breakup

Josh loposer — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Three years after the infamous Lance and Sheryl fairytale came to an end, Lance is finally ready to talk about the straw that broke the camel's back -- and inadvertently call Sheryl old.

“She wanted marriage, she wanted children; and not that I didn’t want that, but I didn’t want that at that time because I had just gotten out of a marriage, I’d just had kids [Luke, Grace and Bella],” the 37-year-old celebrity cyclist says. “Yet we’re up against her biological clock — that pressure is what cracked it.”

According to Lance's upcoming biography, aptly titled Lance, the world renown cyclist opened up to author John Wilcockson about the celebrity couple's relationship, saying that it got pretty tense toward the end. Apparently, the last two weeks before Sheryl's 44th birthday, the relationship started feeling like “kind of a struggle."

Unfortunately, the whole biological clock thing is pretty tough to navigate, especially for a couple with a significant age gap. He must be ready now though, because Lance (now 37) and his girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby in June.

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Best of FameCrawler - Week of May 8th

Whit Honea — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Julia Roberts Shows Her Bikini Bod & Tattoo In Honor Of Her Kids (PHOTOS)

Jon & Kate - Jon Is Cheating -It's Been Confirmed - Photos

Elizabeth Edwards Has "No Idea" If John's The Baby Daddy

Jon Gosselin Tells EW Exclusively "I Did NOT Cheat!"

I'm Following You, Nicole Richie

Pregnant Heidi Klum Naked on Ellen - Video

Mary Stuart Masterson Has Reason to Smile!

'Idol' Winner David Cook Announces his Brother's Passing at 5K Race (VIDEO)

Matthew Fox Prepares to get UnLost with Family

Jenny McCarthy To Get Her Own Talk Show?

Ed Burns and Christy Turlington Are Not Selfish

Kate Gosselin To Address Rumors About Jon?

Diego Luna And Gael Bernal Conspired To Snyc Up Son's Births

Josh loposer — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:31:00 GMT

Diego Luna and Gael Bernal, two of Mexico's most heralded young actors, have pretty much been best friends since birth. Both had sons last year only a few months apart. Coincidence? I think not.

During an interview about their upcoming film Rudo y Cursi, Bernal and Luna admitted to Good Morning America that the birth of their boys wasn't such a coincidence -- they totally planned it. Says Luna:

“We were [on] the phone like, ‘Hey, are you ready? I am!’ … You know, control is not that easy, so [my son] is a little bit older.”

Bernal, 30, laments that his son Lazaro is the younger of the two, and won't have the pleasure of bullying little Geronimo. That's something that Diego, 29, obviously takes some pride in:

“Yeah, revenge is sweet. I have pictures of my kid just abusing Lázaro.”

Rudo y Cursi is set to open in select theaters May 8th.

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Gross Welcomes Baby!

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:29:00 GMT

Gabe Gross, an outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays, and his wife Kelly have welcomed their first baby!

Daughter Allie Lee Gross waas born on Sunday in Alabama.

That means Gabe has had a whole week to get a Mother's Day present. Happy shopping, Gabe.

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Backstreet Boy Welcomes Baby Boy

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:56:00 GMT

Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough and his wife Leigh have welcomed a brand new baby boy.

James Hoke Dorough wasn't due until June, but apparently decided to make an early appearance.

Everyone is healthy and happy.

Congrats!

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Spying on the Neighbors: 5-7-09

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Goodbye, Scrubs.

The Cam Fam (Knocked Up Celebs)

The Beckham boys (Perez Hilton)

Stinging Paul (BWE)

Moss trouble (Fametastic)

Jon Plus Doghouse (Superficial)

Scaredy Kat (Gossip Girls)

Babble Talk - Dr. Penelope Leach

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:28:00 GMT

Do you want to know more about all sorts of parenting in handy book form? Of course you do.

Babble's own Ada Calhoun recently chatted with Dr. Penelope Leach about the journey that is parenting.

I'm just glad to know that my impossible situation is normal.

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-6-09

Whit Honea — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Have you mailed your Mother's Day cards?

Dreams of Richie (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Honor on a train (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Ellen's box bump (Just Jared)

More Palin (Knocked Up Celebs)

M.I.A. is back (Perez Hilton)

George Clooney To Testify On Behalf of Cindy Crawford's Hubby

Josh loposer — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Last week, word got out that Cindy Crawford's husband Rande Gerber was getting sued for sexual harassment by two former employees. Now, it looks like George Clooney's stepping in to save the day.

The lawsuit accuses the restaurant mogul and father of two -- Presley, 9, and Kaia, 7 -- of kissing and getting touchy-feely with one employee and then firing both women because they wouldn't give in to his advances. It's a pretty serious charge, and it can be pretty damaging to a reputation whether it's true or not.

Thankfully, George Clooney has stepped in to set the record straight. He was apparently hanging out with Gerber on the night in question and is ready to testify against the sexual harassment story. This is what Clooney had to say:

“I was with Rande the entire night — as were a lot of people — they will all say the same thing that I’m saying. This event never happened. Period.”

While sexual harassment cases are notoriously difficult to prove, I tend to think of Clooney as a pretty honest guy. It would totally suck for Cindy and Rande's kids to have daddy getting branded as some kind of sexual predator. Hopefully, it is a total fabrication.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 5-5-09

Whit Honea — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:33:00 GMT

Shouldn't someone be drunk by now?

Pregnant Carnie (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Edwards on Oprah (Perez Hilton)

Bruce still bad (Jezebel)

Byron Allen and family (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Sheer Posh (Just Jared)

Will Ferrell And Family Enjoy Some Tennis (Video)

Josh loposer — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:32:00 GMT

Comedic black belt Will Ferrell faced off with Swedish tennis champ Mats Wilande at the K-Swiss Global Tennis Showdown this weekend in LA. You're going to have to read on to know who won. Big cliffhanger, I know.

"He has a slice backhand that's very similar to the one I hit when I'm really lazy."

That's what Mats had to say when asked whether there were similarities in his and Will's tennis style. The similarities probably end there.

Apparently, Will's tennis style consists of really weak play offset by mind games and insults -- which of course didn't work. Hey, Will's never pretended to be a tennis champ, only a professional figure skater, basketball player, cheerleader, and NASCAR driver.

View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.

For this unforgettable moment in sports history, of course Will brought along the family: his wife Viveca, Magnus, 5, and Mattias, 2.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 5-4-09

Whit Honea — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:28:00 GMT

We've got bees.

The Jenny Show (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Sting's daughter injured (Perez Hilton)

Violet under the sea (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Honor in the city (Celebrity Moms)

Rich Rooney (Fametastic)

Sing it, Gwen (Jezebel)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-3-09

Whit Honea — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:59:00 GMT

I think I see Fairy World.

Oh, Seal! (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Sheen leaves crazy (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Checking on Satyana (Celebrity Moms)

And Pandas do it (Jezebel)

Ellen bump watch (Just Jared)

FameCrawler : parenting

FameCrawler Has Moved!

Nicole, Joel, And Harlow Rock Kidstock

Todd to Bristol: Dump Levi And I'll Buy You A New Car

Mormon Marie Osmond Supports Her Gay Daughter!

Lee Ann Womack Knows The Secret

ANTM Model Pregnant

Is Ashlee Simpson Pregnant Again?

Baby Whisperer! Jennifer Love Hewitt Pregnant?

Beyonce Covers Her Tummy - Is There Something She's Hiding?

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-14-09

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-13-09

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-12-09

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-11-09

Sandra and Jesse - Normal Couple?

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-10-09

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-8-09

Lance Armstrong Dishes On The Sheryl Crow Breakup

Best of FameCrawler - Week of May 8th

Diego Luna And Gael Bernal Conspired To Snyc Up Son's Births

Gross Welcomes Baby!

Backstreet Boy Welcomes Baby Boy

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-7-09

Babble Talk - Dr. Penelope Leach

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-6-09

George Clooney To Testify On Behalf of Cindy Crawford's Hubby

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-5-09

Will Ferrell And Family Enjoy Some Tennis (Video)

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-4-09

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-3-09