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Drew Barrymore celebrates baby shower with Gwyneth Paltrow


Drew Barrymore celebrated the impending arrival of her second child at a star-studded baby shower.
The 39-year-old actress, who already has a 16-month-old daughter, Olive, with her husband, Will Kopelman, and is expecting another baby girl, enjoyed a huge bash in Los Angeles over the weekend with friends, including newly single actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
A source told PEOPLE.com: "Drew had a blast. (She is) so ready for this baby."
Other guests at the co-ed soiree included the 'Fifty First Dates' star's husband, Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon, who took a girls' trip to Napa Valley, California with the pregnant actress last month.
'Iron Man 3' star Gwyneth, 41, was also on hand for the festivities despite keeping a low profile since announcing her split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 37, on March 25 after 10 years of marriage.
The insider revealed that Drew is expected to give birth in the next two weeks.
The 'Charlie's Angels' star recently revealed her second pregnancy has been much smoother.
She explained: "It is easier because when you're first pregnant you're just terrified of every single thing that's happening, so this time you're busy, you're focusing on the kid, the time goes a little bit faster ... not a lot faster, but it helps."

JWoww and Snooki are ‘petrified’ of girls


JWoww and Snooki are "petrified" of having baby girls.
The former 'Jersey Shore' co-stars, who are both pregnant, are afraid of having daughters because they are worried they will inherit their wild personalities.
JWoww - real name Jenny Farley - is set to give birth to her first child, a baby girl, in July with her fiancé Roger Mathews, and admitted: "I'm petrified!"
She added: "Its funny because Roger will lay his head on my stomach and she will just drop kick him right in the ear. It's cute. He gets to feel it. Once we found out we were having a girl, he lost half his hair and he aged 20 years."
Meanwhile, Snooki, who already has a 20-month-old son Lorenzo with her fiancé Jionni LaValle, hasn't found out the sex of her second child, due in September, but "isn't ready" to have a daughter.
She told UsMagazine.com: "They are going to be raging crazy women! They are going to be just like us. That's why I'm scared to have a girl."
The 26-year-old star - real name Nicole Polizzi - thinks her best pal is going to be a great mother.
She said: "I know she is going to be a great mom. She took care of me for four years on 'Jersey Shore.' The whole labour thing she is really nervous about but anybody is nervous about that."
But JWoww hates being pregnant.
She said: "(Snooki) loves being pregnant right now and I f**king hate it. I'm not a fan of pregnancy right now with my thighs touching and my boobs changing but I know it will be worth it and hopefully I get back to that really quickly."




Sean Penn ready to propose?


Sean Penn is reportedly planning to propose to Charlize Theron.
Friends close to the couple, who began dating at the end of last year and flew to Hawaii to celebrate New Year's Eve together in December, predict the 'Milk' actor and the South African actress will get engaged in the very near future, but insist they haven't started making wedding plans just yet.
An insider told PEOPLE.com that they "wouldn't be surprised" by a proposal, adding: "But she's not engaged - yet."
The duo, who went public with their relationship at Sean's third annual Help Haiti Home gala in January, were "inseparable" when they flew to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for Valentine's Day weekend in February.
An eyewitness said at the time: "They held hands everywhere they went."
The 53-year-old actor is set to direct his Oscar-winning girlfriend and Javier Bardem in 'The Last Face,' which is expected to begin filming in Africa later this year.
A source previously claimed that the couple, who recently moved in together in Los Angeles, have also talked about adopting a child together.
Sean already has two children, Dylan, 23, and Hopper, 20, with his ex-wife Robin Wright, while Charlize, 38, has a two-year-old son Jackson, whom she adopted in March 2012.

Nick Carter’s wedding was ‘bittersweet’


A.J. McLean says Nick Carter's wedding was "bittersweet."
The Backstreet Boys star, 34, married fitness expert Lauren Kitt in an "emotional" ceremony in Santa Barbara, California on Saturday (12.04.14), and his bandmate admits it was tough watching the youngest member of the group, who went to rehab in 2005 for alcohol addiction and previously admitted he has a "toxic" relationship with his family, walk down the aisle.
The 'I Want It That Way' hitmaker, 36, told PEOPLE.com: "It was bittersweet. We're so, so proud of him. He's been through hell and back as we all have, once in our life here or there.
"And you know, we're all family. We're all brothers. To see our little baby brother finally make that big, big final step. Next step is having kids. Obviously they just got married, so obviously take your time."
A.J., whose 17-month-old daughter, Ava, was a flower girl and walked down the aisle just days after taking her first steps, said Nick's nuptials were "beautiful, rustic" and "very small."
The groom's bandmates Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough were also on hand for the celebrations, but Kevin Richardson was not present.
Nick's younger brother Aaron Carter, 26, also missed his special day, as he claimed his flight was cancelled from Washington DC at the last minute.
Nick skipped his sister Leslie's funeral in January 2012, and later claimed his family blamed him for her drug overdose.

Kim Kardashian visits wedding venue?


Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have fuelled speculation they will marry at the Chateau Louis XIV.
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star spent an hour talking to staff and walking around the grounds of the castle in Louveciennes, 14 miles away from Paris, on Sunday (13.04.14), ahead of their wedding on May 24.
A source told E! News: "Kim was so happy and enjoyed looking at all the beautiful details. She asked a few questions and seemed excited to be there. She shook hands with everyone and then left with a chauffeur."
The 33-year-old brunette beauty met up with her rapper fiancé, 36, in the French capital afterwards, where they were spotted shopping at Givenchy, Balmain and Lanvin.
The reality TV star, who got engaged to the 'New Slaves' hitmaker on her birthday in October, flew to Paris on Saturday (12.04.14) to begin final preparations for their nuptials but was expected to fly back to Los Angeles on Monday (14.02.14), as she left their 11-month-old daughter North West with family for the weekend.
Kim previously revealed she and Kanye are planning a "super, super-small intimate" wedding and insisted they are both heavily involved in the preparations.
She explained: "There's certain things I'm like, 'I know you're going to hate the seating chart, so I'll take care of this,' and then there's some things that are really important to him. [But] the seating chart is like death."

Selena Gomez wants to date older man


Selena Gomez wants to date an older man.
The 21-year-old singer has reportedly had enough of her on/off boyfriend Justin Bieber's erratic behaviour and is seeking an older suitor who can treat her the way she deserves.
A source told RadarOnline.com: "Selena is ready to date an older man. She's grown tired of Justin's attention-grabbing antics. A permanent breakup between the two could even be confirmed as early as mid-July."
Justin, 20, and Selena were thought to be back on after the Canadian heartthrob shared some Instagram pictures of the former Disney star - who endured a stint in rehab in January - in the studio last month.
They had also briefly rekindled their romance earlier this year, despite rumours of Selena's pals and parents warning her off the pop bad boy, who was arrested for alleged drag this January and charged with resisting arrest and possessing an invalid driver's license.
But now sources are claiming the 'Come & Get It' hitmaker is fed up of strip club-loving Justin's wild antics and impulsive antics like getting tattooed at 40,000 feet above the ground on a private flight earlier this year.
The insider added: "It's the same issue they had before. She just isn't the same person she was when they first got together and she doesn't really miss the 'old Selena' much at all.
"Justin is a little bit of a crazy guy who could do something weird like proposing marriage just to keep her by his side, but that's Selena's exact problem with him.
"She really finds it uncool how he buys into his own hype, and that's why she's spent a couple of months trying to re-establish herself - and distance herself from Justin."

Miley Cyrus gives away dog


Miley Cyrus has given away her new puppy.
The 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker was gifted little Mooney earlier this month by her mother Tish Cyrus after her beloved Alaskan Klee Kai Floyd was killed by a coyote, but she has decided it is too soon to care for a new pet.
Miley tweeted: "Moonie, thank you for giving me so much love, comfort, & peace. It's just to soon for me right now #missingmoonie (sic)"
The 21-year-old star admitted she was "scared" to care for another small dog after what had happened to Floyd, so had Moonie rehomed with a friend's mother.
Asked where he had gone, she told a twitter follower: "my friends mom who has a tiny pup 4 him 2 play with Molly. After wht happened Im scared 2 have a tiny dog (sic)"
Miley previously admitted she didn't feel "ready" for another dog after being given Moonie.
She tweeted: "I wanna sleep but all I can do is cry I never wanna go home to a house where Floyd isnt running & playing how do I get thru this
"I feel physically sick & I am so emotionally and physically exhausted I feel like I have nothing else to give sweet baby Moonie
"Maybe I'm not ready yet.... But being alone won't bring him back to me..... I'm at a loss I don't know what to do (sic)".


Elisabeth Moss: Mad Men end will be ‘freaky’


Elisabeth Moss thinks it will be "freaky" to finish work on 'Mad Men'.
The 31-year-old actress has portrayed Peggy Olson in all seven series of the drama - which will come to an end next year when the second half of the final season airs - and thinks it will take a while to fully accept she won't be returning to the show any more.
She said: "That last moment when I play Peggy and that last moment where they yell, 'Cut', and check the gate, that's the moment that's gonna be kind of freaky.
"But I think when it comes down to it, when it ends, it's going to be very much not real to me - it's going to feel like, 'Oh, we'll be back in six months.' "
Elisabeth has likened the ending of the advertising drama to the completion of a painting.
Speaking to Bello magazine, she said: "You really are putting this thing that existed for a long time and that you were a part of for so long, to bed, and this last season, it's for us, and it's for our audience that has been with us the entire time. It's kind of like a painting; you're putting the last of your strokes on it, and then it's a complete work of art, and then it's done."
The former 'West Wing' actress is now feeling confident about her work after previously suffering knockbacks.
She said: "I've been around for a while. I've had disappointments, I've had those moments where you really wanted to get something and you didn't, or when you thought you could do it, but no one else did, so it's nice to finally be like OK, maybe I don't suck."

Reeva Steenkamp ‘wanted to leave’ Oscar Pistorius’ home at time of death


Reeva Steenkamp "wanted to leave" Oscar Pistorius' home at the time of her death.
The model was attempting to escape the London 2012 Paralympian's house in Pretoria, South Africa, following an argument just before he shot her dead through the bathroom door, chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel has claimed during the athlete's murder trial.
Attempting to pick holes in Oscar's argument that he mistook his then-girlfriend for an intruder, the prosecutor said: "Why would she leave her jeans on the floor if everything else is in her overnight bag? She wanted to leave, and you weren't sleeping, you were both awake and there was an argument."
He also refuted the double-amputee's version of events that she hadn't eaten for hours before she was shot dead in the early hours of 14 February last year.
Gerrie added: "That is, as far as your case is concerned, devastating for your version that eight hours after she was killed, there was still that amount of food in her stomach. I put it to you that she must have eaten within two hours of her death."
Oscar broke down in tears several times, forcing the court to adjourn, as he was asked to clarify supposed inconsistencies in his story and was accused of using his emotional behaviour as an "escape".
The prosecutor said: "Today I'm going to prove your version of events is untrue. That you tailored your version, concocted your story.
"Your version is so improbable that it cannot reasonably possibly be true."
He also ferociously quizzed the Paralympian over his account that he had heard a door closing in the toilet, making him believe intruders might be there.
He said: "There's not a single word of the door shutting in your bail statement, why not?"
Oscar replied, "I'm not sure - I don't know why", while Gerrie continued, "It's even more devastating that it's not in your plea statement", adding, "It's because you invented it."
The cross-examination continues.

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