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Actress NAOMI WATTS has given birth to her second child with actor husband LIEV SCHREIBER.
Watts, 40 and Schreiber, 41 welcomed their second son in New York on Saturday (13Dec08).
A spokesperson for the couple reveals, "I can confirm that she had a baby boy yesterday." The tot is a little brother for Alexander, who was born in Los Angeles in 2007. (IG/WNWCEY/IG) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 14 December 2008 ————————————————————————–

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MADONNA and her estranged husband GUY RITCHIE plan to spend the festive season together at their English country estate - for the sake of their children.
The couple has been wrangling over custody of son Rocco, eight, adopted David, three, and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, 12, since their divorce was agreed last month (Nov08).
But they have decided to suspend their feud during the Christmas period - and will spend the holidays together at $15 million (£10 million) Ashcombe House in Wiltshire, England.
An insider tells British newspaper The Mail On Sunday, "Madonna and Guy want the best for the kids and so she has decided to come over to the U.K. so they can be with their father. Madonna arrives in England on December 23 and is planning to stay for Christmas.
"Madonna doesn’t really like Ashcombe but she thinks it’s important that they put on a united front for the kids." Director Ritchie has moved out of the family home in central London and is currently living above his London office whilst busy working on latest movie Sherlock Holmes.
Meanwhile the couple’s children have been accompanying their mother across the globe on her Sticky & Sweet world tour.
The source adds, "Guy hasn’t seen the kids for weeks and he is desperate to be with them over the holidays. They have been travelling a lot and he just wants them home."

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The daughters of former Hollywood couple CHARLIE SHEEN and DENISE RICHARDS are "fine" after the car they were travelling in was involved in a four vehicle pile-up at the weekend (13/14Dec08).
The pair’s children, Sam, four, and three-year-old Lola, were in their nanny’s car in Los Angeles when another driver allegedly swerved in front of their vehicle.
Their car and three others then collided with each other - but the children and their nanny escaped uninjured.
And Sheen has thanked motor giant Mercedes for ensuring their vehicles have a high standard of crash resistance.
The actor’s representative Stan Rosenfield tells People.com, "Charlie told me that the girls are fine. He said it could have been much worse. They were in their car seats, and he is extremely grateful for the safety features from Mercedes." No arrests were made in connection with the incident.

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Beloved British TV star KATHY STAFF has died at the age of 80.
The actress passed away last week (Begs10Dec08) after a lengthy illness, according to BBC producer Alan Bell.
Staff made a name for herself playing fearsome female characters in popular U.K. TV shows including Open All Hours and Crossroads.
Her most famous role was as Nora Batty in long-running BBC sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine, appearing in 243 episodes over a 25 year period.
Staff filmed her last episode of the show in August (08).

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R&B superstar BEYONCE KNOWLES proved she has the Midas touch with her appearance on hit U.K. TV talent show THE X FACTOR - the contestant she collaborated with won the $1.5 million (£1 million) prize.
The Crazy In Love hitmaker thrilled British fans when she performed on the show with Alexandra Burke in the series finale in London on Saturday (13Dec08).
Knowles joined a stunned Burke onstage and blew the audience away with a rendition of Listen - a track she sang in hit 2006 movie Dreamgirls.
And it seemed the appearance worked for the 20-year-old contestant - she was crowned 2008’s X Factor winner just hours after her performance with Knowles.
Burke will follow in the footsteps of former winner Leona Lewis - she has received a $1.5 million (£1 million) record deal and a management contract with the show’s judge Simon Cowell.
Knowles, who reportedly scooped $1.5 million (£1 million) for the appearance - also performed a rock version of her worldwide smash If I Was A Boy.

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GOSSIP GIRL star LEIGHTON MEESTER is to announce her engagement to boyfriend SEBASTIAN STAN, according to U.S. reports.
The pair met on the set of the hit show last year (07) after Stan played a recurring role alongside Meester’s character Blair Waldorf.
And the actress is allegedly keen to keep the happy news under wraps - she has only announced the engagement secretly on social networking site Facebook, according to New York gossip column PageSix.
A representative for Meester has refused to comment.

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A film director who worked with MACAULAY CULKIN’s sister DAKOTA before her tragic death has paid tribute to the HOME ALONE star’s older sibling remembering her as a "humble" young woman.
The 29-year-old stepped in front of a car in West Los Angeles just before 11pm on Tuesday (09Dec08), according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Richard French.
She was rushed to UCLA hospital with massive head trauma and died the following day.
Prior to her death, Culkin was trying to break into film production, and landed a behind-the-cameras role on independent movie Lost Soul.
The film’s director, Dana Schroeder, recalls: "Dakota was very humble. She didn’t want to get in front of the cameras, she wanted to work behind the scenes." A pal of Dakota Culkin tells People.com, "She was very low key, but at the same time proud of her siblings. She was very close to Macaulay. They would talk frequently on the phone or go out to eat.
"All of us who knew and worked with Dakota are in deep shock. It was a total freak accident." Culkin, 28, has five other siblings: Shane, 32, actor Kieran, 26, Quinn, 24, Christian, 21, and actor Rory, 19.

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PULP FICTION screenwriter ROGER AVARY has been charged with vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal car crash earlier this year (08).
Avary, 42, faced prosecutors at a Ventura County, California courthouse on Friday (13Dec08) to face charges of gross vehicular manslaughter for his part in the horrific car smash in January, which left his passenger Andreas Zini dead. Avary’s wife, was also injured in the accident, but made a full recovery.
Avary pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.
As well as the manslaughter charge, the writer faces two felony counts of causing bodily injury while intoxicated. If found guilty he could face up to 11 years behind bars.
A pre-trial conference is set for 20 February (09) in Ventura.
Avary won an Oscar, along with Quentin Tarantino, for his work on 1994 cult movie Pulp Fiction. He was also a co-writer on last year’s (07) animated epic Beowulf.

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Aussie pop duo THE VERONICAS have thanked THE JONAS BROTHERS for increasing their profile in the U.S. - but insist they taught the trio everything they know.
Twins Jessica and Lisa Origliasso supported the teen heartthrobs on the latest leg of their hit Burning Up tour in America, and the relative unknowns have seen their track Untouched fly into the U.S. charts.
And the pair are grateful for the invite to perform on the tour, as The Jonas Brothers’ fanbase has been passed onto them.
Lisa tells People.com, "Obviously, their fans are very dedicated and very enthusiastic. So every time we got onstage it was insane. We were definitely feeling the love from their fans, which was cool." However, the duo are adamant they showed the Disney sensations how to be rock stars, adding: "We taught the Jonas Brothers everything they know."

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FALL OUT BOY star PETE WENTZ wants to end his public row with THE KILLERS frontman BRANDON FLOWERS - because fatherhood has made him mellow.
The spat began in 2005 when Flowers claimed he wanted to "destroy emo", believing certain rock bands’ gloomy lyrics were a bad influence on kids.
But rocker Wentz, whose pop star wife Ashlee Simpson gave birth to son Bronx Mowgli in November (08), says his new-found fatherhood has put the feud in perspective.
He says, "My biggest public regret is the fall-out with The Killers.
Fatherhood has made me see our feud is petty bulls**t."

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Glam rockers KISS have shot down rumours the band is retiring, by confirming they will be recording a new album.
Earlier this year (08) it was reported the group was planning a reality TV show to audition replacement bandmembers, because founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were getting too old to rock.
Frontman Stanley has now admitted that rumours about a new album are true, and they are currently back in the studio working on new tunes - and he’s promising a treat for fans of the band’s original 1970s sound.
Stanley tells Askmen.com, "It’s going to be very much a vintage, classic, 70s Kiss album without much regard to what’s happened since then; it’s back to the roots."

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