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Christina Aguilera may have kept her pregnancy under wraps
for months, but she couldn't wait to share details of her bouncing baby boy's "very joyful" debut Saturday night at
Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. In a message posted on her Web site Sunday, Mrs.
Jordan Bratman revealed that Max Liron Bratman weighed in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces.
Liron? Yeah, we were wondering about that, too. Turns out the Hebrew-based
moniker roughly translates to "my song," an appropriate choice for the
Grammy-winning chanteuse and her music exec hubby. Christina also debuted a
"special video" for her song "Save Me From Myself," which features personal
footage from their 2005 wedding. "Just a little something to say 'thank you' for
your undying love and support," gushed Aguilera. "It is in no small part because
of you that I live such a blessed and wonderful life!" Check out the video here.
Also huffing and puffing inside the Cedars-Sinai maternity ward was Nicole Richie, who delivered a 6-pound, 7-ounce
bundle of pink-swaddled joy on Friday. Nicole and boyfriend Joel Madden went the three-name route for their
daughter, dubbing her Harlow Winter Kate Madden. Why Harlow? "There's a huge
trend, especially among young Hollywood, to honor classic Hollywood with names,"
a baby name expert (yes, there is such a thing) posits to Us. "Harlow is the
coolest glamour girl name." No word on whether the new parents are big fans of
seminal blond bombshell Jean Harlow, although they aren't the first to choose
the cinematic appellation. Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane have a 4-year-old daughter named Harlow.
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Nicolas Cage won't have to worry about a return
appearance from the naked intruder nabbed inside his Newport Beach,
Calif., mansion last October. Not only was the interloper in question sentenced
to a rehab program last week, but the Oscar-winning action star has also
unloaded the estate for a hefty profit. The Wall Street Journal reports Cage
pocketed an eye-popping $35 million for the waterfront compound, a record for
Orange County. The actor, who owns several properties around the world,
including a Bavarian castle and a Bahamian island, paid about $25 million for
the house in 2005.
Lauren Conrad insists she wasn't given the heave-ho
from her "Hills"-chronicled intern gig at
Teen Vogue. "No, no, it was a decision I made because I was kind of done," she
tap-dances to People. "I've been doing it for about two years, so I'm kind of
done."
Waiting on the world -- and the number of DUIs -- to
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On Sunday, Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" screenwriter Roger Avary was booked on suspicion of DUI and manslaughter following a crash
that injured his wife and killed a passenger. He joins an ever-growing list of
busted Hollywood types, an ignoble club to which John Mayer hopes never to be admitted. In a message posted
last weekend on his blog, the crooner recounts his designated driver-centric
adventure while out on the town Thursday night with pals. Mayer recalls how he
was feeling "wonderfully buzzy" after downing some smooth scotch, but when it
came time to call it a night, he had a problem finding someone clear-headed
enough to get his car back home. That prompted him to call his housemate Chad
for a ride -- at 2 a.m. "Here's what I want to tell you," he writes. "If I,
incredibly hot/fugly John Mayer can make that call, so can you. The distance
from the parking lot to my house was about 5 miles, mostly straight shot up the
coast of Santa Monica, zero traffic. And I didn't drive it. Me. The guy who gets
the VIP velvet rope treatment in life." Says the lately Minka Kelly-free singer-songwriter, "I'm not writing
this to earn golf claps, it's just that if I'm going to stand in any way as an
ambassador of something cool or influential, this is more important than any
pair of sneakers or a guitar."
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