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• Larry Birkhead Brings Dannielynn Home

  For the first time in her young life, the Bahamian-born daughter of Anna Nicole Smith is in the United States with her father, Larry Birkhead. Birkhead brought Dannielynn to his native Louisville, Kentucky where he plans to show her off at a Kentucky Derby preparty, the same party where he first met Anna Nicole. Birkhead could be seen at the airport today unloading Dannielynn and a bunch of baby gear into a black SUV. He kept Dannielynn hidden from photographers' view with his jacket, because photos of Dannielynn cost money, beeyotches. And checks can be made out to Larry Birkhead. Photographer Birkhead is no fool, and he's not letting anyone have a piece a of his baby girl unless he gets paid. It was also revealed recently that Birkhead has a deal with NBC giving them exclusive access. Specifics weren't disclosed, but the contract is said to be worth millions. Birkhead lives in Los Angeles and has said that he's unclear about where he and Dannielynn will live. Seeking more privacy for his family, he may move as far away as San Fernando Valley.  Posted May 02 2007, 09:31 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, anna nicole smith, larry birkhead, celebrity parenting, dannielynn hope smith

• Larry Birkhead Wastes No Time Cashing in on Dannielynn

  What's it been, a little over a week since Larry Birkhead found out that he was Dannielynn's father? Despite the fact that all kinds of experts (including us) have given him parenting advice, he's not listening to a shred of it, and has already started pimping Dannielynn out to the tabloids.  First up: OK! Magazine who paid him $1.7 million. The magazine includes an interview with Birkhead talking about the joys of being a new father, what a sad sack Howard K. Stern is, and how he isn't going to let Virgie Arthur get her grubby hands on his kid. He also manages to sneak in a little jab about Dannielynn's name: (It's what) what her mother named her and, even though I didn't get a say, I still want to respect her mother's wishes. Uh-huh. We know you hate it. The article also includes a really creepy cute photo of a frost 'n tipped Birkhead hunched over little Dannielynn where he is wearing more Pan-Cake than the mom-ebrities (like Brooke Shields) usually photographed in this pose. Oh, and by the way, Birkhead has also been taking parenting classes. How ever did he find the time between between his root touch-ups, his Mystic Tan appointments, and his media whoring. I know we're supposed to be rooting for him, but he's also supposed to be the sensible one shielding his daughter from the media spotlight. Posted Apr 20 2007, 12:04 PM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, anna nicole smith, larry birkhead, celebrity parenting, dannielynn hope smith

• Parenting Experts Offer Advice to Larry Birkhead (Including Us)

  Larry Birkhead, the ultimate BabyDaddy, is getting advice from all sides and angles about how he should raise little Dannielynn, his daughter with Anna Nicole Smith. Sally Lee, editor of Parents Magazine, suggests that Birkhead shield Dannielynn from the limelight and move somewhere where she can be a kid. Lee also hopes that Birkhead will mend family ties and always tell little Dannielynn how much her mother loved her. Still, with more to say, Lee advises that Birkhead be open to therapy to deal with Dannielynn's family history of addiction issues. David George, author of Good Dad/Bad Dad notes that a strong father figure will help her self image. Birkhead needs to set an example for the men in her life. Here at Strollerderby we also have some advice for Larry: Big Lar, please put on a baseball cap. Your shiny five-head and wiggling hairline are distracting me from looking at your beautiful daughter. —Jessica Ashley Dear Larry: When she's a teenager, be sure to show all of Dannielynn's friends the tattoo you have of her naked mother. They'll think you're totally cool, and so will she. —Patti Nichols And I'd just like to add: Hey Larry, After you bring Dannielyn home, I don't ever want to see your MysticTanned mug on TV ever again. You need to stop hitting up Toys R Us every ten minutes and start thinking about how you are going to take care of that kid. I hope I never have to see her face or yours splashed across a tabloid rag ever again. You seem like a decent guy so enough media-whoring. Give the kid a shot at a normal life by stepping away from the limelight. Forever. Posted Apr 13 2007, 07:01 PM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, anna nicole smith, larry birkhead, celebrity parenting, dannielynn hope smith

• Larry Birkhead and Dannielynn: What's Next?

  It's official: Larry Birkhead is the biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn.  So what's in store for the new daddy and his little girl? Well, for starters, they'll be getting to know each other in the Bahamas. L.A. resident Larry cannot legally take his daughter home until he is granted full, legal custody of the baby. Until then, Birkhead must remain in the Bahamas (it should only be a matter of days).  In a really sweet and surprising turn of events, Howard K. Stern has joined Team Larry, graciously hugging him outside the courtroom where the formal statement was made to the press, and vowing to fight for Larry to get sole custody of Dannielynn. (Anna Nicole's mom, Virgie Arthur, is expected to fight for at least partial custody).  Howard told the press he hopes to make Dannielynn's transition "gradual" for her sake, and has invited Larry to his house to spend as much time as he'd like to with the baby.  Still unresolved is the matter of Anna Nicole's will, which specified that her now deceased son, Daniel, was to inherit her fortune should she be named the beneficiary of her late husband's $500 million dollar estate.  Howard is named as trustee for Daniel in the event of Anna Nicole's death, but no provisions were made for baby Dannielynn.  So the question remains: will Dannielynn inherit her deceased mother's possible fortune, and if so, who should administer it?  Will the baby's name be changed to Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern Birkhead?  What role will Howard K. Stern play in her life?  And what about that wild card, Virgie Arthur?  One down, baby Dannielynn.  Many, many more hurdles to go...  [Via TMZ, AP]     Posted Apr 11 2007, 09:53 AM by Alisyn with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, larry birkhead, dannielynn stern, custody battle

• Breaking News: Larry Birkhead is Father of Anna Nicole's Daughter

  DNA testing has confirmed that Larry Birkhead is the father of Dannielynn Smith, daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith. Birkhead gathered along with Smith's mother Virgie Arthur and would-be babydaddy Howard K. Stern at a Bahamas court to hear the news. Word is that Arthur plans to petition for custody of her granddaughter, so this poor kid's life isn't settled just yet. But ruling out the various jokers and douchebags attempting to claim paternity is a big step in the right direction. Posted Apr 10 2007, 03:50 PM by Patti with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, anna nicole smith, larry birkhead, celebrity parenting, dannielynn hope smith, bahamas

• Anna Nicole Smith's Baby Swabbed for DNA Testing

  Dannielynn Hope Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's baby was taken by her "father" Howard K. Stern to be DNA tested yesterday. (Finally!!!) This after a Bahamian court judge ordered the tests to determine just who the six-month-old's real father is. No one is happier than Larry Birkhead, the self-tanner and frost-n-tip-addicted photographer who has claimed all along that he is Dannielynn's dad. It's about time we got to the bottom of this sad ordeal. My money is on Birkhead. Let's hope he's up to the task of loving and protecting that little baby like nobody ever loved and protected a baby before. No word on when test results will be announced.   Posted Mar 22 2007, 08:37 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: Paternity Tests, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, dannielynn hope stern, larry birkhead

• O.J. Simpson Says Anna Nicole's Baby Might Be His

  Deep breath. Ok. Type. Fox News reports that O.J. Simpson reportedly told an associate that he's "throwing his hat into the ring" in regards to the paternity battle over Anne Nicole Smith's baby. Pause. Throw up into nearby trashbin. Continue. According to documentary filmmaker Norm Pardo, Simpson apparently finds humor in the situation, jokingly saying that he hopes the baby isn't his, because Fred Goldman, father of the man O.J. murdered, Ron Goldman - oh, that's right, O.J. was innocent, my bad - would try to take her. Also competiting for the title, lest we forget, Anna's companion/attorney/Svengali Howard K. Stern, her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkman, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Smith's former trainer, and a player to be named later. Oh, and if you have the stomach to read the entire article, there's a sex tape. Of course there's a sex tape. Apologies for the brevity, but after writing about this I feel the need to bathe. Posted Mar 08 2007, 08:36 AM by JasonAvant with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: celebrity, Paternity Tests, are you insane?, celebrity moms, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, zsa zsa gabor, paternity, O.J., O.J. Simpson

• Anna Nicole Buried In True Anna Nicole Style

  In a pink marabou draped coffin worthy of Dolly Parton on speedballs, Anna Nicole Smith was buried next to her son today in the Bahamas.  Anna's coffin rolled up to the church in style - chrome rims and pink streamers, y'all! - and was carried up a Hollywood-style red carpet, before heading into a church filled with pink roses and baby daisies.  The funeral was attended by Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Anna's crazy-ass mom Virgie Arthur, Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash (what the...?), and a couple of Anna's former "bodyguards," among 300 others. I don't know about you, but I lost track of this story about two weeks ago.  The body was here, there and everywhere, with everyone Anna has ever known - and I mean "known" in the biblical sense - vying for a piece of her estate.  Anna's long-estranged mother Virgie has been fighting for the right to take Anna's body back to her home state of Texas, as well as the right to exhume the body of Anna's son Daniel, up until minutes before the funeral began. Way to go, Grandma!  There were just too many crazy rumors and emergency court hearings to keep track of - to tell you the truth, I grew tired of the whole mess. Sadly, I do not think that Anna's flashy burial marks the end of her increasingly bizarre story.  As the custody battle for baby Dannielynn - who attended the funeral with her court-appointed guardian Richard Milstein - heats up, my guess is that things are going to get really ugly. I hope that wherever she is now, Anna is resting peacefully, and not watching the spectacle that her "family" and "friends" are making of themselves, in her name.  And by "spectacle," I mean, "shameless, gold-digging ASSES."  Rest in peace, Anna.  You deserve it.   Posted Mar 02 2007, 08:37 PM by Alisyn with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: celebrity, anna nicole smith, celebrity parents, funeral

• Howard K. Stern Negotiating Dannielynn Hand-Off to Larry Birkhead

  TMZ is reporting that Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's fake-ass husband, is negotiating with Larry Birkhead to possibly maybe hand over baby Dannielynn.  Stern is apparently willing to cooperate with paternity testing, but he'd like to get paid first. The money-grubbing creepazoid Stern allegedly would like one of Anna Nicole's houses and her boat plus "other assets" before even sitting down to talk.  He's already allowed Birkhead to have visitation rights and some see that as a sign that Stern is about to give up pretending he's a decent human being. Stern obviously has his priorities in order and is looking out for the most important person in his life: Dannielynn himself. Dude is whack. Posted Feb 28 2007, 07:35 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Paternity Tests, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, dannielynn hope stern, larry birkhead

• Anna Nicole Sought to Help Britney; That Explains It

  It's hard to keep up on the current crazed mother celebrity gossip, because there's been so much recently. But I have to admit this made me chuckle for unknown reasons -- maybe it's just the vision of two of the world's less sane people raising children together, a fantasyland where a deceased Playboy Playmate and a tweaked-out pop singer can hang out and discuss which diapers and pills work best. It seems before she died of crazy, Anna Nicole Smith sought out another flailing celebrity mother, which may explain why the latter has been in and out of rehab like Colin Farrell is in and out of, well, never mind. "I think you're totally cool, and I think we're about to have babies around the same time... I would just love to meet you," Smith said. Turns out the two never met, which is too bad -- because I think the two would have been perfect for each other. Or at least for the rest of us. Can you just imagine the headlines? Posted Feb 22 2007, 06:42 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, news, celebrity moms, celebrity babies, Britney Spears, anna nicole smith

• Anna Nicole: The One about the Methadone

  Unless you just turned on your computer after being without power, newspapers or radio for two days, you've no doubt heard that Anna Nicole Smith was prescribed methadone when she was pregnant. Now, I'm no doctor, but I have seen "Sid and Nancy" and some HBO specials and I am familiar with methadone. It is the drug that they give people when they are trying to kick heroin. That explains the slurred words, doesn't it? Or maybe not the doctor in this article (Dr. Sandeep Kapoor) said that he thought Anna Nicole was "acting" drugged up. I'm thinking, maybe that doctor is on some drugs, too. Is it possible that Anna Nicole Smith's doctor is the only person in the world who believes that Anna was sober? The story is that the baby, Dannielynn, was born healthy and didn't suffer from any withdrawal symptoms. I can only hope that this part of the story is more accurate than the part about Anna being 'sober'. Posted Feb 16 2007, 11:05 AM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: anna nicole smith, pregnancy and depression, methadone

• Anna Nicole Smith: Howard K. Stern May Not Be Dannielynn's "Baby Daddy"

  People are starting to point out that this Howard K. Stern guy might be kinda shady. People like Anna Nicole Smith's mother, who won a legal victory today by getting the Bahamian Supreme Court to bar Stern from taking Dannielynn out of the Bahamas. She worries for the safety of her granddaughter saying that Stern is a common denominator between her grandson's and her daughter's deaths. (Well, Stern and enough prescription medication and Methadone to stock a small pharmacy.) Bonnie Stern, Howard's sister, says Smith told her months before Dannielynn's birth that Larry Birkhead could be the father. Bonnie Stern says she was shopping with Smith in March of last year when Smith confided that the baby could have another father besides Howard K. Stern. Smith apparently said that that person was "Larry Birkhead, but nobody else." If this is true, then it seems that Birkhead has a case. Can we just bust out the Q-tips, swab some cheeks, and get this shit resolved quickly?   Posted Feb 15 2007, 07:01 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: celebrity, baby, celebrity moms, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, paternity

• Anna Nicole Smith: Baby Dannielynn Reunited with "Father" Howard K. Stern

  Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's fake husband (and the man that apparently doesn't know the meaning of the word "exploitation") is back in the Bahamas and caring for his alleged daughter Dannielynn Hope. We know this because he has signed an exclusive deal with Entertainment Tonight to spill his guts to reporter Mark Steines.  Steines was on the plane with Stern as they returned to the Bahamas and was there when he held Dannielynn for the first time after Smith's death. Steines related the entire ordeal in his "ET Field Blog." According to Perez Hilton, Stern brokered a million dollar (minimum) deal "to speak exclusively to Entertainment Tonight and let them videotape his 'dramatic' reunion with baby Dannielynn."  Just...ew.    Posted Feb 12 2007, 08:02 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, celebrity moms, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, dannielynn hope stern

• Anna Nicole Smith: Baby is with Howard K. Stern's Family

  People magazine is reporting that Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, is in the care of her "husband's" mother and sister in the Bahamas. Dannielynn was being cared for by the mother of a Bahamian official who was a close friend of Smith's but apprently now is with Howard K. Stern's family. Stern remains in Florida and it is not known when he will return to the Bahamas. Anna Nicole's mother, Virgie Arthur, went to Nassau to try and arrange emergency custody of the baby but that request was declined by local officials. The next paternity hearing is scheduled for February 20. [Reuters photo]   Posted Feb 10 2007, 12:38 PM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, celebrity moms, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, dannielynn hope stern

• Anna Nicole Smith: Zsa Zsa Gabor's "Impotent" Husband Says He's Dannielynn's Father

  In a story that has everyone scratching their heads going, "WTF?" today, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor claims he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her baby's father. The claim by Prince Frederick von Anhalt comes amid a paternity suit over Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as Smith's attorney and pseudo-husband Howard K. Stern, but former Smith boyfriend Larry Birkhead (who wanted to take a DNA sample off of Smith's dead body) is waging a legal challenge, saying he is the father. But wait, it gets even more effed up. Radar Online is reporting that according to a June 2005 article in London's Daily Mail, Von Anhalt and Gabor sued the makers of Viagra claiming the drug had made him impotent. In the suit, Von Anhalt claimed that his wife was suffering from lack of sex and that she had needs that he couldn't meet. So if his plumbing don't work, how could he possibly be the father? Von Anhalt, 59, and Gabor 90, have been married for more than 20 years, but he's probably been a money-grubbing opportunist for much longer than that. [photo: Radar Online] Posted Feb 09 2007, 06:02 PM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, celebrity moms, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, zsa zsa gabor, frederick von anhalt

• Anna Nicole: What's Next For Her Baby Daughter?

  A day after Anna Nicole Smith's mysterious death, an emergency hearing is scheduled, to determine whether or not it is lawful to swab her mouth for a DNA sample, which has already been court ordered, to determine who fathered the baby girl she left behind.  An autopsy is also scheduled for today. Read More... Posted Feb 09 2007, 12:43 PM by Alisyn with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: celebrity, anna nicole smith, howard k. stern, dannielynn hope stern, larry birkhead