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Rep confirms Penelope Cruz is pregnant

Los Angeles -- Penelope Cruz's publicist has confirmed the Oscar-winning Spanish actress is pregnant with her first child.

Cruz married her "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" co-star Javier Bardem earlier this year. Baby rumors have swirled around them since.

"Penelope is 4-and-a-half months pregnant," representatives for the couple told People.com.

The baby's gender was not reported.

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Lopez's girlfriend gives birth to daughter

Burbank, Calif. -- TV host Mario Lopez has confirmed his girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, gave birth to their first child in Burbank, Calif., during the weekend.

"We are so overjoyed. What an amazing, wonderful and overwhelming experience to welcome our daughter into the world," Lopez told "Extra," the television entertainment news program for which he is anchor.

Lopez and Mazza met in 2008 when they appeared together in the Broadway musical "A Chorus Line."

Their daughter, Gia Francesca Lopez, was born Saturday and weighed in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces, "Extra" said on its Web site.

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Ali Larter pregnant with first child

Los Angeles -- Ali Larter's publicist says the U.S. actress is pregnant with her first child and is expected to deliver the baby this winter.

Whether it will be a boy or girl was not disclosed.

The "Heroes" star and her writer/actor husband Hayes MacArthur married last August.

"Ali and Hayes are thrilled to be expecting their first child," her representative told People.com.

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Tiffani Thiessen expecting her first baby with hubby, Brady Smith

Los Angeles, November 10 -- Former ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ mean girl Tiffani Thiessen is pregnant with her first child!

Mel Gibson's Russian girlfriend gives birth to girl

Los Angeles, November 2 -- The Oscar-winning actor-turned-director, Mel Gibson, and his Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, have welcomed their first child together into the world on Friday, according to media reports on the Internet.

Duggar family welcomes first grandchild

California, October 11:Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, the proud parents of 18 children, have become grandparents! Their eldest son Josh and wife Anna welcomed their first child, a baby girl, into the world on Thursday.

Sources say model Bundchen is pregnant

Los Angeles -- Brazilian model Giselle Bundchen, who is married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, is pregnant, sources tell People magazine.

People.com reported Friday that unidentified sources confirmed earlier reports the 28-year-old Victoria's Secret model may be pregnant with the couple's first child.

While released photographs of Bundchen in Brazil this week hinted the model may be expecting, representatives for Bundchen have not commented on such reports.

Bundchen married Brady Feb. 26 in Los Angeles and again in April at the model's home in Costa Rica.

"Gisele will be an excellent mother," one of the anonymous sources said. "She's always wanted kids."