NEW PICS OF A VERY PREGNANT JILL SCOTT.

I've almost forgotten how to blog! It took me nearly 30 minutes to post this one blog entry! LOL! Happy Belated Holidays to everyone! Anyhoo.

I know I'm late in posting this, but I still wanted to dole out a big 'congratulations' to singer/actress Jill Scott, 36, who is expecting her first child in April with her fiance/drummer boy Jon Roberts. Of her pregnancy, Jill says, The first trimester I spent in Botswana (filming her movie The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency). That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. First trimester! You're sick every morning. It was seven hours time difference, the heat, the bugs, the 14 hour days. My doctors gave me a clean bill of health and said you can do this (continue working), so I did it."

Although this will be Jill's first child with Jon, word around the web is that he has at least 3 or 4 children with several different women. It it what it is. The couple, who announced their engagement last June, has not announced any plans of a wedding.
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LISA BONET PREGNANT WITH 3rd CHILD.

Actress Lisa Bonet is pregnant with her third child. The former 'Cosby Kid' and her actor boyfriend Jason Momoa have announced they are set to become parents for the second time. The couple already have a 14-month-old daughter, Lola. Bonet also has a 19-year-old daughter, Zoe, with her former partner, rocker Lenny Kravitz. She tells People.com, "I'm seven months and I feel great. I've had a tremendous amount of energy, which is lucky, because I have a 14-month-old." Recently voted one of the top 25 sexiest movie stars in history, Lisa says she doesn't want to know if she will add a boy to her brood. She adds, "When my friends ask me, I say, 'I really don't know. I love the mystery and I trust the mystery about it. It adds a whole other component at the end."

Below are pics of Lisa on the set of the American re-make of the BBC drama Life on Mars in the Lower East Side, New York City back in August.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ CONCEDES TO HIRING NANNY FOR HER TWINS.

Looks as if twin mommyhood has finally worn Jennifer Lopez down enough to hire a nanny...although she once claimed that she never would because she wanted to be a hands-on mom. Up until now, the singer, actress, dancer, designer...let's just call her a multi-tasking, mini-mogul and her hubby Marc were taking care of their seven month old twins Max and Emme on their own, but now J. Lo says, 'Screw that!! I need help!!' Well, she really didn't say that, but she was probably thinking it. Anyhoo, she did say she's still a full-time mom...if that makes any sense. "I did it for a long time but we started using a nanny a few weeks ago. Most days I get up early with them. Then, when the nanny comes, I can take a shower and give them their breakfast. She's there to help me get things done. I try to spend every free moment with the babies. When they see you and have that big smile on their face - I live for that. And when I put them to bed at night and they melt in your arms. I give them a bottle and wind it down. I say, 'It's time for beddy-bye.' I hold them and sing a little song. By the time you know it, they are asleep."

She sings them a 'little song'? With that voice? She better stop playing!!

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KENNETH 'BABYFACE' EDMONDS EXPECTING THIRD CHILD FROM GIRLFRIEND, NIKKI PANTENBURG.

Congratulations are in order for Kenneth `Babyface' Edmonds. The super-producer is set to become a father once again. His dancer girlfriend Nikki Pantenburg is reportedly pregnant with his third child; and her first. The smooth singer/songwriter, 50, has two sons, Brandon and Dylan Michael with ex-wife Tracey Edmonds who has been romantically linked to rapper 50 Cent, chef Rocco DiSpirito and most recently Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Sources insist Babyface and his 35-year-old partner, who began dating after his divorce from Tracey, have no plans to wed. The baby is due at the end of 2008.

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ACTRESS TERRI J. VAUGHN & HER HUSBAND WELCOME A BABY BOY; HIS FIRST, HER SECOND.

According to Essence.com, Actress Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show, All of Us, Daddy's Little Girls, Dirty Laundry) and her new husband Karon Riley of the Arena Football League (AFL) welcomed a baby on Monday (April 21) evening in Los Angeles. Vaughn, who spent six hours in labor, named her bundle of joy Kal'El Joseph Riley. Lil dude came bouncing into the world at 6:05 P.M. PT, weighing in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measuring 19.5 inches. The proud father, a defensive lineman for the Cleveland Gladiators and self-professed Superman fanatic, named his son after his favorite superhero's Kryptonian name (Kal'El), which he interprets to mean 'of God-like abilities. I think the name is very fitting for him. He's strong, cool and mellow, just perfect. I could tell even when I was carrying him inside me because he made me feel like Superwoman!,' Vaughn said from her hospital bed.

And the first-time dad wasn't short on compliments for mother and child: "Terri was amazing during the delivery, and Kal'El looks just like his daddy." Although this is the couple's first child together, the 38-year-old actress has a son, Daylen Ali, 6, from her first marriage. Daylen was excited and ready to assume his new role as Big Brother. 'He couldn't keep his hands off of him,' Vaughn said. 'I keep him loaded up with hand sanitizer!'
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Vaughn, who eloped with Riley this past January in Vegas, said motherhood the second time around is familiar territory. 'Once a mom, always a mom,' she proclaimed. 'But my sons each bring different spirits to my life. Daylen softened my heart and spirit while Kal'El strengthened my heart and soul. God knows what He's doing. I need them both. I just hope that Kal'El fulfills his God-given purpose, which will make the world a better place.'

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BERRY'S 3-DAY OLD BABY IS ALREADY BEING SPOILED.

Halle Berry's baby girl has spawned several articles since her birth last Sunday. On Tuesday, Berry revealed that she has named her baby, Nahla Ariela Aubry. "We didn't have a name picked out until just before we left the hospital," Berry told Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell. "For us, it was hard to name the most important person in our life until we met her." The 7-pound, 4-ounce girl born Sunday to the actress and her boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, is not only surrounded by a reported $60,000 worth of nursery items reportedly spread across three homes, but her mama's neighbor and Perfect Stranger co-star, Bruce Willis, showered her with baby gifts from Petit Tresor in West Hollywood. Berry also shopped for the baby at Petit Tresor, buying everything from a $1,200 Mia Bossi leather diaper bag, to sheets and stuffed animals in "all whites and neutrals," a witness told the Daily News.

And if recent reports are true, Berry will encourage her baby to become bilingual by learning about her father's French Canadian heritage by learning the language. According to one of Aubry's family member's Berry is keen to become a fluent speaker, so she can pass it on to her offspring. Aubry's sister Eugenie tells People.com, "It's been a long time since we've had a new baby in the family. It's very exciting. I'm a Quebecer, and it's great that she is learning how to speak French. I'm glad that the little one will speak French, too."

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HALLE BERRY GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL.

Halle Berry has become the latest celebrity to give birth this year in what is being called the biggest celebrity baby boom ever. The 41-year-old actress and her 32-year-old boyfriend model Gabriel Aubry welcomed a 7 lb 4 oz baby girl around 10 a.m. Sunday (March 16) morning at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Halle's rep has confirmed to Us Weekly and People, saying Halle is "doing great." According to Star magazine, the actress had checked into the hospital for the second time that day after feeling contractions earlier Saturday morning. Reportedly, because her blood pressure was skyrocketing, everyone was a little tense. She's a diabetic so that was complicating matters as well. The doctors checked the fetal heart rate and everything seemed okay. After a while Halle's blood pressure came down. She wasn't dilating anymore so at around 2:45 pm they let her go home. Halle felt her contractions come on a lot more intensely later that night so she came back to the hospital at 11:00 pm Saturday night and gave birth Sunday morning. Sources claim Halle was overcome with emotion when she finally held her little girl. She said everything she had gone through was worth that moment. The tears kept coming as Halle didn't even want the nurses to take her baby to clean her up and measure. It was a truly beautiful scene.

Halle announced that she was three months pregnant in September, telling Oprah that she and Gabriel chose a delivery surprise because, 'We have a whole life[time] to know what it is. There's so few genuine surprises in life anymore -- why not have a huge surprise? I like fantasizing [that] one day it's a girl, one day it's a boy.'

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J.LO....EXCUSE ME...JENNIFER LOPEZ THROWS DIVA-TUDE @ PEOPLE MAGAZINE OVER THE USE OF HER STAGE NAME.

That's Jennifer to you. Jenny from the Block does not want to be called J.Lo - at least not in an upcoming People story. Lopez demanded her most popular nickname be banned from an upcoming feature in People magazine, TMZ.com reported Friday afternoon. The Bronx-born diva and newly-minted mom made nixing the moniker a condition when she granted People the rights to publish the first photos of her twins, Max and Emme. People paid a reported $6 million for the privilege of running the baby pics. The superstar from the block also reportedly stipulated that hubby Marc Anthony snap the photos himself. "This is absurd, but thanks for the additional publicity on the pictures," said a People magazine spokeswoman about the reports. Representatives for Lopez were unavailable for comment.

The next step in Lopez's apparent quest to control how she's presented in glossy magazines? After her successes as a dancer, actor, singer, and fashion designer, perhaps celebrity reporter is up next. She can profile herself.
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TERRI J. VAUGHN ON HER HOW SHE COPED WITH THE FAILURE OF HER FIRST MARRIAGE & WHY SHE ELOPED ON HER SECOND.

Actress Terri J. Vaughn who is best known for her eccentric portrayal of Lovita Alize Jenkins Robinson on The Steve Harvey Show recently sat down with Essence.com and dished details on the failure of her first marriage and why she chose to elope in Las Vegas last month with her 30-year-old fiance of 15 months Karon Riley, a former NFL player. The couple, who are expecting a baby boy in May (Vaughn has a six-year-old from her first marriage) pulled a Britany Spears/Kevin Federline move by reciting their nuptials while wearing tracksuits. Let's just hope their marriage will never have to endure a tenth of the severe trials and tribulations which plagued the aforementioned former couple's marital union. Peep the excerpts from Vaughn's interview below.

Essence.com: Is it true you are expecting your second child and newly engaged?
Terri J. Vaughn: Yes, I am about to have my second boy and actually my fiance [Karon Riley of the Cleveland Gladiators] is now my husband. We eloped last month (January 19, 2008).

Essence.com: Congrats! Here you are trying to pull the okey-doke on the public. What made you decide to go to Vegas?
T.V.: Actually, it was actually his idea. Maybe two days before we started talking about it he was like, 'So you still want to get married?' I'm like, 'Yeah.' But really I was keeping it all low-key because after my first marriage failed I wasn't ever thinking about doing it again. So he says, 'You want to go this weekend?' and I'm like, 'Are you serious?' and the next day came and he booked a hotel room and we jumped in the car and drove to Vegas. I started to calling people on the road and four of his friends and two of mine met us there. The whole picture of planning your wedding is really for everyone else and not the couple because you have to be considerate of everyone else's feelings. I recommend eloping because it's so genuine and really is just about the couple.

Essence.com: Hey when it's right, it's right. How'd you two meet?
T.V.: We met when I was touring with the play Golddiggers, Men and Money, co-starring Robin Givens, Carl Payne and Tank. He came out to see Tank, who is on the record label that his family owns.

Essence.com: True love happens when you're least expecting it. So how long were you dating before you got engaged and then married?
T.V.: You're right. After nine months of dating we were engaged and then we got married six months after that. But it's truly amazing how you just know something is right.

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Essence.com: Did you have that same feeling with your first husband?
T.V.: With my first husband, I wasn't honest with him or myself for the seven years we were together. I was so busy trying to live up to the picture I had created in my mind of what I wanted "us" to be in the picture that I was presenting. I planned everything to a tee: when we were going to get married, how my wedding would look, when I wanted to buy a house, when I was going to get pregnant because it was my picture and I couldn't draw outside those lines. As long as I kept busy painting that picture I was fine, but the minute I was still, I had to face what was real and that was that I didn't want to be there, but I was too afraid to leave. I've always been a people-pleaser and the thought of being a black woman divorced especially after seeing my mom go through it, I just didn't want to wear that title or the guilty of another breaking up another Black family.

Essence.com: Yet that failed marriage didn't discourage you from taking the leap again?
T.V.: Trust me, I said I was never going to get married again because I had never tried or worked so hard for anything that didn't pan out. I kept asking myself, What else could I have done? My thought was, If I couldn't make this marriage work by doing all of this for [seven] years then I just can't be married. With Karon, it's different because I don't have a picture. We're just know following our hearts and being led by God. Before I got in this business and got married the first time, I remember being care-free and allowing myself to go wherever God was leading me. I was open but then I started trying to create this picture and that's when everything went wrong. Now, I'm back at that place, following my heart and not concerned about what people are going to say about it or about me. and the support and love and your friends of your family I'm not creating the picture.

SOURCE: To read Terri J. Vaughn's entire interview, click HERE

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JENNIFER LOPEZ DENIES RUMORS SHE HIRED 6 NEW BODYGUARDS TO PROTECT HER BABIES.

Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony have denied reports they've hired six new bodyguards at a cost of $600,000 to protect their newborn twins. Lopez gave birth to a boy named Max, and a girl named Emme in Long Island, New York on February 22, 2008. The Chicago Sun-Times claimed the couple had employed six security guards to guard the babies at an annual cost of $600,000 because Lopez is "paranoid about a possible kidnapping". However, the Latina's representative says, "This story is ridiculous and without merit."

And in related news, Lopez's OB/GYN has heaped praise on the new mommy stating the singer/actress is the perfect mother. Dr. Anita Sadaty was with Lopez when her baby twins were born and she reveals the delivery was easy and uncomplicated. She tells Life & Style magazine the babies, a boy and girl, were both healthy - and Lopez is adjusting to her newest role as a mother well. Jennifer was amazing. She has this motherhood glow about her, very serene. Her boy and girl are healthy - and for that she feels so thankful and blessed. The delivery went without a hitch. There were no complications whatsoever. Marc was by her side. He and Jennifer are simply overjoyed."

The doctor also confirms the twins were both delivered by Caesarian Section, and entered the world 11 minutes apart - with Lopez's baby girl coming first. As previously reported, Dr. Sadaty sent Lopez home with her babies on Monday (25Feb08).
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DIDDY'S READY TO BLING HIS NEW GODCHILREN

When Diddy says he's going to do something, nine times out of ten, he does it (with the exception of the way he threw New Edition under the bus when he signed them to his record label, but that's neither here or there, so I'll digress...for now). While Jennifer Lopez waddled around Tinseltown and beyond with an obvious baby bump and denied she was with child(ren), her ex-ex-ex boo, Diddy could be heard flapping his gums to anyone who would listen saying he couldn't wait to take on his new self -proclaimed Godfather role by sending gifts to his soon-to-be godchildren. "I'm extremely happy for her, and I will be sending some expensive god-daddy presents to her baby," Diddy stated late last year. The hip-hop and fashion mogul, who became a father to twins last year, was delighted to hear the news that Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony had become parents to a boy and a girl on Friday, and now he's hoping to play their fashion godfather. Diddy says, "I'm going to send her some baby clothes from my Sean John line. I'm so happy for her. It's such a blessing." And he hopes Lopez will find as much joy in her twins as he has in his new babies: "It's double the love, and it's also double the crying and the screaming, so it's a unique blessed situation. It's a rarity to have twins." Aside from his own twins, Combs also has three other kids by three different women.

Lopez and her babies, who are now recovering at home, has reportedly set up a $120,000 nursery. For now, the two will be sharing an ocean-themed room stocked in English furniture and French-made cribs decked out in hand-embroidered bedding. The tiny pair will also gaze upon 18-karat gilded trim and chandeliers in Jennifer and Marc Anthony’s Long Island home, as well as in the nurseries in their Bel Air and Fisher Island homes.
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JENNIFER LOPEZ & HER HUBBY ARE NOW THE PROUD PARENTS OF BOY/GIRL TWIN BABIES.

Bless her everlasting heart.

The long awaited twins of celebrity expectant mother Jennifer Lopez have been born. The actress-singer and her husband Marc Anthony are now the proud parents of twins, a boy and a girl, Lopez's manager has confirmed to People. "Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Lopez's manager Simon Fields told People adding that the babies were born early Friday, February 22 in Long Island, N.Y. While the girl was born at 12:12 A.M. and weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz., the boy then followed at 12:23 A.M., weighing 6 lbs. No words on the names of the newborn twins though. The babies are the first children for Lopez, 38, and the fourth for Anthony, 39. He also has two sons and one daughter from two previous relationships. Longtime friend Leah Remini calls Lopez, 38, "a born mom" and very nurturing. "With our daughter, she's so great. I mean, lets her go in her closet and play with her coats or her jewelry. She's just so giving and loving," Remini said.

Lopez announced her pregnancy Nov. 8, telling the crowd during her final Miami concert: "Marc and I are expecting a baby!" The news of twins was finally confirmed by Lopez's dad earlier this month, in an interview on Spanish-language television. Various reports on the media Wednesday, February 20 reported that Lopez checked into North Shore University Hospital in Long Island, New York and was said to be ready to give birth.

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RUMOR HAS IT THAT ...J. LO BANS HOSPITAL STAFF FROM HER SOON-TO-BE DELIVERY ROOM; SINGER TO RAKE IN MILLIONS FOR FIRST BABY PHOTOS

Rumor has it that Jennifer Lopez has told hospital staff not to enter the room where she will give birth. The Latina beauty is set to give birth to twins, her first children with husband Marc Anthony, later this month, and has allegedly asked staff at Long Island's North Shore Medical Center not to use the room until she arrives. A source told the New York Post newspaper: "There is a room, which even has a brown leather couch, that has been sitting empty for two weeks now. No one is even allowed in there until she gets here. It's just sitting there for her." The hospital has reportedly prepared an entire suite for the 38-year-old star, complete with wooden flooring and a giant TV. It was recently revealed the hospital has been put on kidnap alert. Staff have been undertaking specialist 'Code Pink' drills to ensure they are prepared in case anyone attempts to snatch Jennifer's babies. A friend of the couple said: "Jennifer has spoken so much about how excited she is about the birth that anyone who is considering a kidnapping knows how far she would be willing to go to get her babies back." However, hospital officials claim their 'Code Pink' practice drills, which involves locking down the hospital if a baby goes missing, has nothing to do with the star's scheduled stay. Officials have played down kidnap fears, insisting the timing of the drill was "coincidental".

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In related news, J. Lo and Marc will rake in between $4 million and $6 million for exclusive rights to the first snaps of their expected twins, Ad Age reports today. The buyer? People — though the mag, as well as Jennifer’s reps, denied to Ad Age that any deal for U.S. rights for the pics has been finalized. The asking price will be split with OK! magazine, which will pay for the international rights for its editions around the world. If the $6 million figure turns out to be accurate, it would easily dwarf recent payouts to other A-listers: People’s current issue features Christina Aguilera with her newborn son — which was rumored to have cost the magazine $1.5 million. And in 2006, the tab shelled out an estimated $4 million for pics of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s biological daughter, Shiloh.

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NEW PICS: MONICA & HER 2 SONS, RODNEY & ROMELO HILL

It's truly a small world. Just last night, my best friend, Meek had I were sitting around my house chilling when she asked me if Monica had had her baby yet. I told her yes, she gave birth earlier this month. Of course she asked me if I'd come across any pictures, After I told her, 'No, I haven't seen any pictures yet, but what I do know is that Monica named her son, Romelo. Being the always mindful person that she is, Meek quickly reminded me that the name Romelo is akin to the name of an original member of Atlanta's 90s boy band, ABC (Another Bad Creation). I brushed it off and told her as soon as I came across any pictures, I'd post them. Well, during my search I found out that there's a possible reason as to why Monica chose to name her son Romelo (aside from the fact that the name also starts with the letter 'R'...her son's first name is Rodney).

Anywhoo, Romell, a.k.a. RoRo is the ABC bandmember whose name is similar to Monica's son's name. 'Ro-Ro' is also related to Dallas Austin who Monica has always referred to as her big brother. So, I'm thinking maybe Monica opted to keep the name in the family. BTW, Romelo's middle name is Montez...which also happens to be the first name of Monica's brother. Go figure, right? Oh, and please don't quote me on this! I just put two and two together in my own way and came up with this possible assumption.

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NEW PICS: JENNIFER LOPEZ (WITH HER HUBBY, MARC) ARRIVING AT HER BABY SHOWER IN NYC (1.19.2008)

Celeb couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony celebrated the upcoming arrival of their baby (or babies, as rumored) with a shower, hosted by producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, yesterday (January 19) on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City. According to PEOPLE magazine, guests were seen arriving with presents that were topped with pink ribbons and some with blue, which adds to the speculation that Jennifer and Marc are expecting twins. Recently, Jennifer's sister Lynda Lopez gave the couple a set of pink and blue onesies from Tuni & G. The 38-year-old actress is rumored to give birth in March (or perhaps January or February...) to the couple's special arrival(s).

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RUMOR OR REAL: NICOLE & JOEL AT ODDS ON DECIDING IF PARIS SHOULD BE THEIR CHILD'S GODMOTHER.

New parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are battling over who will be their baby daughter Harlow's godmother. Richie wants pal Paris Hilton to act as the tot's guardian, while rocker Madden would prefer to name his future sister-in-law, Aussie actress/model Sophie Monk, godmother. A source tells Globe magazine, "Joel doesn't think Paris is up to the task... He's lobbying for Sophie." Monk will become part of the Madden family when she weds fiance Benji Madden, Joel's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate. Richie and Madden welcomed baby Harlow into the world in Los Angeles last Friday (January 11,2008).

Note to Madden: Fight like bloody hell!

In related news, Richie's father, Lionel has broken his silence about his daughter's newborn baby, admitting he's struggling with the idea he's a grandfather. The singer released a statement last Tuesday (January 15, 2008), saying he's "extremely happy and proud" of the new mommy and her partner, Joel Madden. But he admits, "It may take me a moment to adjust to being called grandad." He added, "Harlow Winter Kate Madden, the newest and most beautiful addition to the Richie clan, is a lucky little girl. She was surrounded by a great deal of love at that hospital as she entered the world. Nicole and Joel are going to be wonderful parents."

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HALLE PROUDLY FLAUNTS 'ETERNITY/COMMITMENT/PROMISE' RING GIVEN TO HER BY BOYFRIEND, GABRIEL.

Pregnant Halle Berry has sealed her commitment to boyfriend Gabriel Aubry by accepting his gift of a $10,000 eternity ring. The actress, 41, has previously revealed she has no desire to wed model Aubry after two failed marriages - first to former baseball player David Justice in 1992 and then to singer Eric Benet in 2001. Her second union ended in divorce in 2005. But Berry has been happy to show off her Cartier paved diamond eternity platinum ring from Aubry, a present from the 32-year-old to celebrate the upcoming birth of their baby.

According to In Touch Weekly the two lovebirds already think of themselves as a married couple, even without the legal document to prove it. "It's gorgeous. The diamonds aren't huge but they are perfectly cut and sparkle. Gabriel gave Halle the ring to symbolize their commitment," says one source.

Berry, who is due to give birth in the spring (08), has been spotted flaunting her new piece of jewelery at a Cartier event in Los Angeles earlier this month.

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CANDID PICS: HALLE IN HOLLYWOOD; ACTRESS SAYS SHE'S PETRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF GIVING BIRTH.

Awww, bless her precious heart! Mother-to-be Halle Berry says she is absolutely terrified at the prospect of giving birth - insisting childbirth is more nerve-wracking than awaiting the winners' announcements at the Academy Awards. The first-time parent, who suffers from diabetes, has been warned by doctors she will have to be carefully monitored when she goes into labor in the coming months, because her condition can cause birthing complications. She tells British magazine Reveal, "I'm worried about giving birth. I've been pretty cool about my pregnancy up until lately, but suddenly I'm realizsng that there's a baby that's got to come out and someone is going to have to be there to push it out. Emotionally, I'm a bit of a mess. Besides all the hormones bubbling and boiling inside me, the anticipation is starting to get to me. I'm more nervous now than I was during the Oscars." Berry - who won an Academy Award in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball - is expected to give birth to boyfriend Gabriel Aubry's baby in March (08).

Below, peep the candid pics of Halle (along with her security guard) shopping on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.

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NICOLE RICHIE GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL, HARLOW WINTER KATE MADDEN.

Congratulations are in order for Nicole Richie and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden. They are now the parents of a daughter, the couple's rep at Handprint Entertainment tells PEOPLE. Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. "The beautiful healthy baby girl left the hospital with her ecstatic parents," says the rep, who confirmed the birth to PEOPLE exclusively.

Richie, 26, said she was pregnant in July, telling Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America: "I would really want to be someone my child would look up to." Later, Richie, who had a famously wild childhood, said the idea of parenthood had made her more mature. "When I found out that I was pregnant, there was just something inside of me that felt a responsibility to mend any issues that I've had with my parents in the past, because, listen, I've put them through a lot," she said. As for Good Charlotte frontman Madden, 28, he told PEOPLE in November he was looking forward to being a dad. "Having a baby is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me, and to us," he said.

Let's hope Nicole decides to maintain the weight she gained while she was pregnant. It looks good as hell on her! She's the only person I know of who could don a red bikini at 7 months pregnant!

And the new parents plan to teach their little one the value of generosity. In December, the couple started the Richie Madden Children's Foundation to help the less fortunate. "We want our child to be a part of the community, and to know that there's a responsibility to help the community," Madden said at the time.

The couple have yet to set a wedding date, but in September Madden said "marriage is in our future" – he just wasn't sure when. "Right now our priority is our family and is the baby," he said. "That's all we've been thinking about. We are in love and are really happy."

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MAG SCANS & CANDID PICS: HALLE TELLS IN SYTLE MAGAZINE: 'I WANT TO BE PREGNANT FOREVER!'

Halle Berry is all about baby these days. And with fellow celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and Cate Blanchett also expecting, she's in good company. Berry, who is due in March, tells February's In Style magazine, on stands Friday, that "it's a perfect time to be pregnant, because everything in fashion is loose-fitting with an Empire waist." In reality, she says the pregnancy has made her look and feel better. "My skin is aglow from all the hormones. I actually wear less makeup now, which is really good. When I got pregnant, I stopped drinking diet soda because of the caffeine and aspartame." These days the Mommy-to-be exercise regimen consist of yoga, swimming, light weights, and an elliptical machine. "Right now I just have so much joy and energy that I feel like I’ve already done 12 things today. I can just go and go and go. I want to stay pregnant forever."

Berry, who claims to not know the gender of her child, is decorating the nursery in neutral colors and hasn’t even decided up on name. "But we know the last name will be Aubry," she says. Then again, she admits: "Isn’t She Lovely, by Stevie Wonder, has been playing a lot in our house. And for some reason, that song keeps coming up on my iPod too – even though it’s on shuffle. We’re like, ‘It’s a sign! It’s a girl!’"

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And although there is no talk of a wedding from the twice-married actress, one thing the actress will reveal is that she won't be hiring a full-time nanny because she wants to be a hands-on mom. Just like her own mom. "I may only do this one time, so I want this moment to be as big as it can be." And she has been practicing. "I've been checking out eco-friendly disposable diapers. I have this little teddy bear that I diaper."

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