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From the WTF? department, a soap star on the British soap opera "Coronation Street" is being made to smoke cigarettes for her role. Apparently, they've conceded to allow herbal, but the medical community isn't buying it. Two takes on this: a) I stood next to a very pregnant woman on...

Tricia Penrose, of BBC's "Heartbeat," has given birth to a baby boy. Freddy Jay is the second son for Tricia and her husband Mark Simpkin. The couple may be heading backing to the drawing board, or headboard as the case may be, as a then pregnant Tricia admitted she "would like a girl...

Tori Spelling's son Liam sure is getting big and it was only a matter of time before he'd go Hollywood and get his own "look." It's baby Blue Steel! Photo

"24" actress Mary Lynn Rajskub delivered a baby boy two weeks after her due date. Valentine Anthony is the first child for Rajskub and her boyfriend Matthew Rolph. "It was like an episode of " 24 " with the clock ticking," said Rajskub. Source / Photo

Mexican actress Susana González is pregnant. The father is rumored to be Eduardo Santamarina, but González, for reasons not exactly clear, has said that she will not have a DNA test done to identify the father, suggesting that perhaps Santamarina has some competition. González has stated that the baby...

Kim Raver took her son Leo Kipling to the set of her hit show "Lipstick Jungle." See what I did there? Kipling wrote the "Jungle Book." Man, this stuff writes itself. Source

Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral has announced that her baby, due in September, is a girl. Congratulations, Itatí. Source

British soap star and multiple winner of the "Best Bitch" award ( really ) Kate Ford has given birth to her first child. No information has been released as Kate and her husband apparently are under contract with a British magazine. Glad to see that kind of crap isn't confined to Hollywood...

Selena Gomez has been all but crowned the next 'it' teen for Disney. This is a long and impressive list, and it is also a very checkered one. Remember when it was generally accepted that Christina Aguilera was the bad one and that Britney Spears was golden? Time is funny, isn't it? The thing...

Over on the main page Babble has a great interview by Mina Hochberg featuring the always charming Helen Hunt. There's lots of talk about babies and movies. Check it out !