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Zooey Deschanel pregnant


Zooey Deschanel is pregnant.
The 34-year-old actress and her producer boyfriend Jacob Pechenik - who have been dating since last year - are said to be delighted to be expecting their first child together.
Zooey told PEOPLE: "Jacob and I are over the moon. We are so excited to meet our little one."
The raven-haired beauty will be able to swap pregnancy tips with her sister Emily Deschanel as the 38-year-old actress is expecting her second child with her actor husband David Hornsby.
Zooey will also be happy when her first child is born because she will never be asked if she wants children again, as just last year she admitted she was getting tired of being asked that question in every interview because men never have to answer such a query.
She said: "Like every woman is dying to give birth! I don't think so. Nobody asks guys that.
"And you go into a supermarket and every tabloid is like, 'Pregnant and Alone!' Stuck in the 1950s ideal of how a woman should live her life. This brings out the fiery feminist in me."
Zooey was previously married to musician Ben Gibbard for three years until their divorce in 2012.

Kelly Clarkson wants another baby


Kelly Clarkson's husband is "running" from her because she wants another baby.
The 32-year-old singer has daughter River Rose with her spouse Brandon Blackstock and although the tot is only seven months old and she endured a tough pregnancy, Kelly is ready to have a second child now.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1, she said: "I had to take longer off because I had such a horrible pregnancy."
Speaking about motherhood, she added: "I love it. I love it. She's pretty awesome and my husband is running from me because I want another one!"
The former 'American Idol' winner says having River has completely changed her outlook on life and she regrets having a selfish attitude on occasions in the past.
She explained: "I'm annoyed by my previous self. You have a baby and realise you worried about stupid stuff. In our job we get very self-involved and it's nice to have a different perspective. I didn't like me before, but I like me now."
Kelly - who married talent manager Brandon in October 2013 - is releasing her seventh album 'Piece by Piece' in March and although she's excited for the world to hear her new songs she will be able to handle any criticism due to her new outlook on life.
She said: "I love what I'm doing, but if people don't, that's cool. That's another thing that comes with being a mom, I've got a baby girl and she's awesome."

Frankie Bridge’s ‘horrific’ morning sickness


Frankie Bridge "hasn't left her bed" for days.
The Saturdays singer - who already has 14-month-old son Parker with husband Wayne Bridge - is thrilled to be expecting her second child but is battling severe morning sickness that has seen her have to pull out of the 'Strictly Come Dancing' tour.
She said: "I'm obviously over the moon but the sickness is horrific.
"I haven't been able to leave my bed for days and my doctor's instructed me to rest and not exercise, so dancing was completely out of the question. I'm hoping it will pass quickly so I can continue to enjoy my pregnancy and get back to work."
The 25-year-old star - who is still in her first trimester but announced her pregnancy so fans would understand why she wouldn't be on the dancing show's tour - can't wait to welcome another addition to her and Wayne's family.
She added to OK! magazine: "I absolutely love being a mum and having Parker was the best thing that ever happened to me.
"The thought of another addition to our little family is the most exciting thing ever."

Sienna Miller’s ‘complicated’ motherhood


Sienna Miller initially found motherhood "really complicated".
The 33-year-old actress struggled to deal with being a parent at first because she was so affected by the tough birth of her daughter Marlowe, who is now two, as she endured a 27-hour labour and ended up having an emergency caesarean.
She said: "My birth went all wrong. I had my heart set on this natural water birth and I ended up, after 27 hours, having an emergency C-section.
"I spent so much time thinking about the birth and not realising that you take a baby home at the end of it.
"It's a shock, of course it is, and some people find it really easy, but for me I found it really hard."
But the blonde star - who is engaged to Marlowe's father, Tom Sturridge - has admitted being a mum was an advantage in her latest movie, 'American Sniper', in which she portrays real-life mother Taya Kyle, whose husband is the titular shooter Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), who was deployed to Iraq.
She added to Time Out magazine: "I think being a mother and playing a mother, yes, I understand motherhood in a way I just couldn't before.
"I had a huge amount of empathy for Taya. To be going through motherhood on her own, not knowing whether her husband would survive every day, I can't imagine how difficult that would be.
"Especially because that experience of motherhood for me was really complicated."

Randy Savage to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame by Hulk Hogan


'Macho Man' Randy Savage is to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Hulk Hogan.
The late wrestler is to be honoured for his incredible 15-year sports entertainment career which saw him crowned WWE Champion twice, WCW World Heavyweight Champion four times and Intercontinental champion.
Savage died in May 2011 at the age of 58 after suffering a heart attack at the wheel of his car while driving in Tampa, Florida, and his former Mega Powers tag team partner, long-time friend and frequent opponent Hogan has the honour of inducting him.
It was announced that the grappling legend - who also had a successful acting career, and appeared in the 1992 'Spider-Man' film as wrestler Bonesaw McGraw - is the first entrant in the Class of 2015 on TV show 'RAW' on Monday night (12.01.14).
Savage's absence from the Hall of Fame was criticised by WWE fans and some of his peers and rumours had been rife that he would not be honoured because of a strained relationship with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
During an interview with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin broadcast on the WWE Network McMahon was asked if Savage would ever be inducted, to which he replied: "Oh, absolutely. Definitely ... I'm not so sure if it's this year, but it'd be soon. Yes, he's going in."
Savage - real name Randy Mario Poffo - was the son of wrestler Angelo Poffo and he was managed by his real life wife 'Miss Elizabeth' Hulette.
The couple split in 1992 and Savage remarried in May 2010 when he tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Barbara Lynn Payne.
He will be the 121st inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. The other entrants in the Class of 2015 will be announced in the coming weeks.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 28, the day before 'WrestleMania 31' is held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Lena Dunham won’t wed until gay marriage is legal


Lena Dunham won't get married until gay marriage is legalised across the US.
The 'Girls' star is very happy in her relationship with Fun musician Jack Antonoff - who she was rumoured to have got engaged to following an Instagram post of a ring - and she sometimes thinks about tying the knot but she's adamant she will not walk down the aisle until her lesbian sister Grace has the same legal right to wed as she does anywhere in America.
In an interview with the new issue of Grazia magazine, Lena said: "It's really important for us to wait, because we both have a lot of gay friends and the idea of skipping ahead of them doesn't feel good to us.
"I don't want to do something my gay sister, Grace, can't do in a number of states."
Lena and Jack sparked speculation they had got engaged after posting a photo of her wearing a ring on her wedding finger, and she admits her and Jack's pals were disappointed when she told them she wasn't a bride-to-be.
She said: "It's a friendship ring, one of a stack of three that Jenni Konner [co-writer] and I have collected over the last four years.
"Jack's friends were texting, 'Congratulations on the big news.' Finally I had to say something because soon people were going to start getting offended that they weren't invited to our non-existent wedding."
Although marriage is occasionally on her mind, Lena, 28, insists having a wedding isn't high on her list of priorities.
She said: "There are lots of things I'm obsessed with, but marriage isn't my be-all and end-all."

Dakota Fanning’s J.K. Simmons crush


Dakota Fanning has a "cinematic crush" on J.K. Simmons.
The 'Very Good Girls' actress has admitted she is a big fan of the 'Whiplash' star - who won the Best Supporting Actor prize for the role at Sunday's (11.01.15) Golden Globes - because she loves the 60-year-old actor's performance in the drama motion picture.
Dakota - who started dating model Jamie Strachan in 2013 - said: "I just saw Whiplash, and I have a cinematic crush on J.K. Simmons. He was so good in that movie.
"He doesn't play the most likeable person in the movie. I saw it the other night and I totally relate to it."
While she is only 20 years old, Dakota has already had an illustrious film career and had her first on-screen kiss aged seven when playing a younger version of Reese Witherspoon's character Melanie in 2002 movie 'Sweet Home Alabama', but she has revealed she didn't exactly enjoy her first smooch.
Speaking in a W magazine video, she added: "My teacher, who was my teacher until I went to a regular school, she told me that in between each take I would just go to the side and just go like that, like wipe my mouth off because I was so embarrassed and didn't want to hurt his feelings."

Billy Bob Thornton has ‘lifelong’ crush on Jennifer Aniston


Billy Bob Thornton has had a "lifelong" crush on Jennifer Aniston.
The 59-year-old actor took part in a playful game of 'Who Would You Rather?' during an interview with 'Access Hollywood' following his Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie award win at the Golden Globes on Sunday (11.01.14) and chose Aniston twice as his dream woman.
The game was based around gags made by Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and when Thornton was asked to pick between the former 'Friends' star and Reese Witherspoon, he said: "Jennifer Aniston. Lifelong goal, that's all I'm saying."
Thornton quickly added he was joking, but when asked by Billy Bush and Kit Hoover to choose between Aniston and Keira Knightley, he replied: "Jennifer Aniston. How many times does it take to get this through your head?"
Aniston - now engaged to Justin Theroux - was previously married to Brad Pitt who is now wed to Angelina Jolie, the ex-wife of Thornton.
The 'Fargo' star has revealed he is still in contact with Jolie - whom he split from in June 2002 and was divorced from a year later - and has congratulated her on her work as a director on 'Unbroken'.
When asked during an interview on 'Extra' if he still spoke to his former spouse, he said: "Oh, yeah, from time to time. Not often. I don't want to bug them. Everything's so good in her life right now. I'm so proud of her movie that she's got out. What a great thing. I hope she does 10 more movies as a director."

Eminem visits terminally ill fan


Eminem visited a 17-year-old terminally ill fan on Sunday (11.01.15).
The 'Berzerk' hitmaker went to see Gage Garmo, who has been told he only has a week to live due to suffering from Osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, at his home in Michigan after the teenager's family started a hashtag #GetGageGarmoToMeetEminem on Twitter in an attempt to get the rapper to pop round.
Eminem didn't want the visit to become a media spectacle and secretly went to Gage's house at 5pm on Sunday, where they chatted about basketball and hip hop for around two hours.
Rainbow Connection, a charity which aims to grant wishes to children in Michigan with life-threatening illnesses, helped to arrange the visit and the aid organisation's Ingrid Todt revealed it brought a rare smile to Gage's face.
She is quoted by USA Today as saying: "Gage sat up with a grin on his face. His family hadn't seen their son do that in such a long time."
The 42-year-old star was later praised by the charity after he managed to fit the visit in at "short notice".
Mary Grace McCarter, executive director at Rainbow Connection, said: "We're so glad we were able to reach Eminem's people and they were able to respond, and Eminem was able on such short notice to go and see this boy in his own home.
"It says something about everybody, really. I hope all the students and friends of Gage feel good about their well-wishes too."

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