My prediction was for late May. I theorized, weeks ago, that Charlize Theron would unveil her son Jackson closer to June, when she has two films coming out – Prometheus and Snow White & the Huntsman. But Charlize unveiled Jackson yesterday at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris – which means that Jackson is getting some attention a month before Charlize’s dual press tours.

So… Jackson. I’m still not sure how old this kid is. Charlize adopted him in… March. I think. We don’t actually know, because Charlize keeps her information locked down. The announcement came in March, and if I had to put a number on it, I’d say Jackson is about six months old, give or take two months. Is that a wide enough margin of error? I’m really terrible at guessing baby ages. Anyway, Jackson is super-cute. I love his expression of “OMG OMG OMG BRIGHT LIGHTS OMG.” He’s absolutely horrified. Charlize will totally teach him how to make the patented Theron bitchface soon enough. Trust it.

Can I just say? I’m still really happy for Charlize. I’m glad that she didn’t feel the need to wait around for a man to come around and help her fulfill her dreams of being a mom. I do think she and Stuart Townsend were the real deal, and since they split several years ago, Charlize has been feeling unfulfilled in some way. She seems so much more relaxed now, right?

PS… I love Jackson’s awesome little sweater. And his booties!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Jennifer Lopez is in that bad-looking ensemble parenting comedy, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, which is out next Friday, May 18. I blame Love, Actually for this phenomenon. What once seemed like a sweet, sentimental mediocre film has set the bar surprisingly high for all the films in that genre to come. I’m not saying that Love, Actually was a crappy movie, just that it’s average in general but superb in comparison to some of these other movies of that type. I could be wrong and What to Expect could have some redeeming factors. One of the trailers is mildly funny (the other one is dumb) as long as it didn’t reveal all the laugh out loud moments already. Plus, Rodrigo Santoro is in it. Jennifer Lopez is playing his lucky wife. In terms of her own future plans, she she told People that more children “would be a blessing,” but added that she has her hands full with her four year-old twins. Lopez has also said during promotion to the film that she is open to adoption and – spoilers but who cares – it’s something that she was exposed to through her character. Here’s what she told People:

Now that the relationship of Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Casper Smart appears to be stronger than ever, does the pop star possibly have more babies on the brain?

“It would be a blessing,” Lopez, the mother of 4-year-old twins, Max and Emme, told PEOPLE about the prospect of having more kids. “Every day … they just bring so much joy and happiness to your life, [and] they just bring you right back down to earth.”

But as the star of the new movie What to Expect When You’re Expecting, who’s been juggling her American Idol duties while preparing for her upcoming tour, also admits: “I’ve got my hands full.”

Besides, being a single mom is never exactly easy.

“There’s the guilt that comes along with it,” Lopez said. “You leave and they go, ‘Don’t go to work, Mommy!’ ”

So how has the star – who last year split with husband Marc Anthony – managed to balance it all? By putting her twins first.

“That’s my philosophy. So as long as that’s … working in the right way, then I can dedicate whatever time I need to dedicate to my career,” she said. “You just do the best you can, and say no when you have to say no.”

[From People]

Well we’ve heard that she’s trying for a baby with Casper, and that she is considering adoption. Of course she’s in this baby-centric film so the topic is coming up repeatedly, but if she wasn’t open to more kids she would shut it down and say that door is closed. US Weekly just had a whole spread on how Lopez is going to marry her man-boy a hot minute after her divorce is final. Plus she promoted him to “lead choreographer” on her tour, at least according to Casper.

So I could see her being so head over heels for this boy that she wants to have babies with him. If they get to that point it might prolong the inevitable, but I don’t see them lasting. I could be wrong, but I doubt Casper is powerful enough to hold her interest. As I’ve said before, she’s already divorced another backup dancer, and a waiter. The minute another pseudo celebrity comes along she’s going to drop Casper.

Have you seen Wisin and Yandel’s new video for “Follow The Leader” featuring Lopez? (Below) At least Casper isn’t in it. (Update: he directed it though.) The music starts at :49 in, with Lopez sporting big fake tattoos, “Lideres” across her breastbone, which I guess means leader in Spanish (which makes sense given the title) and a big inkblot dragon-looking thing on her back. I have to admit that the urban running stuff is cool, but there are better YouTube videos of it that are real. Plus it seems so 7 years ago. Lopez’s outfit is ridiculous. As for the song, it’s not terrible but it’s not my taste either. I would find it annoying in an aerobics class.

Photos are from 4-5-12 and 4-30-12. Credit: WENN.com

Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan welcomed their first son together, Exton Elias Downey, eight weeks ago. I kept getting the feeling that RDJ was really, really ready to be a father again (he’s already dad to 18-year-old son Indio), and I was thrilled when he and Susan got pregnant. Since Susan gave birth, RDJ has been on the international promotional trail quite a bit for The Avengers – hopefully after this week, he’ll get to spend more time with his wife and 8-week-old son. Of course, Iron Man 3 does start filming soon… so poor Susan. RDJ works like a maniac.

Anyway, RDJ was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, and he ended up showing the first photos of Exton. Little Ex! RDJ did the fake-coy thing and you could tell that he and Jay had worked it out beforehand. He said, “I would get in huge trouble. I have to exercise just a little restraint. I’m sorry. I mean… if you want me to, I will.” Here are the pics (and the video):

So cute. CB thinks Exton looks like Kung Fu Baby. Considering RDJ is all about his Wing Chung, little Exton might have some martial arts in his future. SO CUTE!! Of course, I’m still waiting to see photos of RDJ’s kittens.

Photos courtesy of The Tonight Show, WENN.

Back in February, Beyonce and Jay-Z trademarked their daughter’s name. Many assumed that the move was for profit, and that we would be facing a deluge of “Blue Ivy”-branded products. Well… nothing has really happened, as far as I know. Beyonce and Jay don’t need to sell baby Blue Ivy baby products – they both have full-fledged careers that have nothing to do with selling us baby stuff. But… here comes Jessica Simpson with her newborn Maxwell Drew. Jessica’s sole purpose is selling us stuff and making millions of dollars from marketing her own clothing, jewelry and shoe lines. Of course she’s going to start a maternity line. Of course she’s going to start making baby clothes. So Fox News is trying to add it all up – just how much money is Jessica Simpson going to make off of her baby?

After what seemed like the longest pregnancy in gestational history, Jessica Simpson has finally lost her baby bump. And now that Simpson is officially a mommy, she is about to get a financial boost to the tune of about $14 million, if she plays her cards right. And knowing Simpson, she will.

How can Jessica Simpson make money off her 9-lb. 14-oz. bundle of joy, baby girl Maxwell Drew? Let us count the ways.

First, we’re not talking about selling off her baby pictures to People or OK!. That is so 2006. Jessica is a smarter businesswoman than that.

Simpson’s branded empire already grosses between $750 million and $1 billion a year. Now she can add mom-friendly products to her line—that means diaper bags, maternity-wear, baby blankets and 6-inch pump baby shoes. We would not put it past her.

Jessica’s take home from her business has been estimated in the range of 14 percent of wholesale sales and is likely in the range of $10 million to $20 million a year. Baby product extensions could serve to make her at least another $5 million annually.

“Once people have babies it puts them in a totally different category. It starts when they get engaged and then they become a mommy and then they have the family. Now we will see the Jessica Simpson collection can go into kids things and baby things,” explains Lori Levine, the founder of Flying Television, a celebrity-based marketing agency. “Being a mom is her new platform.”

There is also money in endorsing other people’s brands. The market for celebrity mommies — mama-preneurs — is huge these days, as every product from strollers to stretch mark cream wants a famous mommy to talk about their product. Simpson can make a stack of cash signing on to promote other people’s products, particularly through social media where she can be paid as much as $5,000 to tweet about baby things. Just by tweeting, Jessica can make seven figures. Easy.

The real money, though, is in reality television. Now that Simpson is navigating the world of being a new mom, viewers will an intimate look at what her life is like. A reality show could bring Jess as much as $5 million a year, and even more if she capitalizes on product placement the way we have seen on Bethenny Frankel’s show and the Kardashian empire. And don’t forget all that baby weight! Celebrities can make up to $33,000 per pound lost with a diet endorsement deal and Jessica has already been negotiating with Weight Watchers. Criticize her baby weight gain all you want. She is likely going to laugh at us all the way to the bank to the tune of at least $3 million.

Add it all up, and you have $14 million. Or more. Whoever said having babies was expensive didn’t factor in Ms. Simpson.

[From Fox News]

I think Fox News probably has most of this stuff right. For one, I think Jessica is now going to get top dollar for the first baby photos. The sale will probably go to People – I don’t know if they’ve already worked out the deal or what, but I would imagine Jessica gets more than $1 million. And yes, Jessica will totally extend her brand to all things maternity and baby. And why not? It’s her thing. Plus Weight Watchers. Plus some more “exclusive” paid interviews, plus, plus, plus. God… Jessica is going to make buckets of money off of this baby. Ridiculous.

Photos courtesy of Elle Magazine.

I enjoyed seeing Jenna Fischer do the publicity rounds for her new movie, The Giant Mechanical Man, directed by her husband, Lee Kirk. (Jenna and Lee met thanks to this movie.) Jenna is funny, she’s genuinely grateful (she got two different mugs on The Today Show because she collects them, and I’ll be damned if she didn’t look thrilled each time) and she just seems like a very down-to-earth celebrity. The fact that she’s an average size person kind of adds to that. I know I shouldn’t judge people based on their size, but when women look more like me I somehow feel like I can relate to them more. It’s just how it is, and I’ll admit it’s probably prejudiced against super skinny women. (i.e. Hollywood.)

Well Jenna had her first child last September, and she said that she finds it outrageous how much pressure there is on women to lose the baby weight immediately afterwards. This isn’t a new sentiment for her – in January she said that she stood in “solidarity with all of the women who are not a size 2 six weeks after leaving the hospital,” and added “I think I’m just going to be a little bit bigger for a little bit longer, and that’s fine with me.” It was nice to hear, and she expanded on that topic in a recent interview with Celebuzz.

Don’t even get Jenna Fischer started on being a celebrity mom! The Office star has some very firm opinions on how Hollywood celebrates motherhood.

“I think it’s unnatural,” she told Celebuzz in an exclusive interview, referring to the intense pressure put upon celebrity moms to lose their baby weight.

“There’s so much pressure on you as a new mom that the last thing you need to have hanging over your head is some expectation of what your body is supposed to look like. I actually think that the scrutiny of new mothers bodies has gotten out of control.”

She continued: “Every new mother just gets a free pass. I’m actually angered by the ‘posing in a bikini six weeks after having my baby’ [trend] … Who cares if our boobs are hanging low and we have a little more junk in the trunk? We created a human being, everybody. Let’s celebrate!”

[From Celebuzz]

It’s not just celebrity moms who pressure you to be fit after giving birth – it’s other moms. I remember going to La Leche League meetings and hearing moms with 3 month old babies bragging about how they got their bodies back, and how they worked out from home and did sit ups in their free time. I just sat there politely listening and thinking “bitch, please.” I know, I should get over it. I just didn’t focus on exercise the first few months because I was so preoccupied with my baby. I can’t imagine being a celebrity and having to deal with that pressure too. I didn’t even like getting my picture taken.

Who do you think Fischer is talking about, though? My vote is on Jessica Alba or Kate Hudson, but they each waited a few months.

Jenna is shown on 4-15 and 4-23-12. Credit: FameFlynet, Inc

Yesterday, Jessica Simpson gave birth at long last. It felt like she was gestating for more than a year, especially considering I (correctly) called Bump Watch on Jessica way back in September of last year – because she already looked three months along at that point. It’s totally fun to go back and look at the photos of Jessica in her first trimester – she was showing so early! That’s why people think she was pregnant for so long. As for the name – Maxwell “Maxi” Drew Johnson – well, there are some complaints. Us Weekly explains why Jessica and Eric chose the name:

Jessica Simpson’s name for her baby girl, Maxwell Drew Johnson, has received mixed reviews from her fans. But the name is very special to her family! The new mom and her fiance Eric Johnson welcomed Maxwell into the world on Tuesday morning.

Announcing the birth on her website, the singer and designer wrote, “Eric and I are elated to announce the birth of our baby Maxwell Drew Johnson 9 lbs. 13 oz. 21 3/4.”

Both the Johnson and Simpson family names are carried on with the couple’s new daughter. Maxwell is Eric’s middle name and his grandmother’s surname. Maxwell takes her middle name from maternal grandmother Tina Simpson, whose maiden name is Drew.

Without revealing the name, Simpson talked about the baby name in the April issue of Elle saying, “It’s nothing shocking and nothing you’ll have to add to the dictionary. Still, when people hear it they’ll know … why.”

[From Us Weekly]

Now that I know that it’s a “family name” I like it a bit more. I like the idea of naming a kid after a grandparent or beloved aunt or something like that. But naming a baby girl her father’s middle name? Eh. I truly thought there would be a more Southern flavor to the name – like, Something Leigh or Magnolia BBQ.

Oh, and Hollywood Life claims Jessica is staying in a three-room maternity suite at Cedar-Sinai in LA at a cost of $3,784 a day. I still think Jessica probably had a C-section.

Us Weekly also has a story in which Jessica’s mother, Tina, was overheard talking about her newborn granddaughter, saying: “Maxwell is so precious and peaceful.” And just hours before Jessica gave birth, the Simpson family and the Johnson family all had breakfast together. An eyewitness says: “The party included Joe and Tina Simpson. They all sat at a corner table together and were in good spirits. The family was joking about astrological signs and what traits various family members had, and what the new baby could be like. Tina said she felt Jessica was in good spirits while others joked Eric seemed to be the nervous one.” A May 1st birthday means little Maxi is a Taurus. It’s a good sign – I have a lot of Tauri in my life. They’re all stubborn but generous people.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

FINALLY. Dear God, this poor pregnant woman. Jessica Simpson has finally given birth to her first child, a daughter she named Maxwell Drew. I can’t believe In Touch Weekly was right – they said the name was Maxwell months ago! Thoughts on the name? Yes, this girl’s classmates will call her “Maxi Pad”. But I’m not hating it. Maxwell for a girl is kind of cute. Oh, and this is one BIG girl too.

Welcome to the world, Maxwell! Jessica Simpson gave birth to a baby girl, Maxwell Drew Johnson, in L.A. Tuesday morning, Us Weekly can confirm. This is her first child with fiance Eric Johnson. “Eric and I are elated to announce the birth of our baby Maxwell Drew Johnson 9 lbs. 13 oz. 21 3/4,” Simpson wrote on her website Tuesday. “”We are so grateful for all of the love, support and prayers we have received. This has been the greatest experience of our lives!”

According to a source, little Maxwell (she takes her middle name from her maternal grandmother, Tina Simpson, whose maiden name is Drew) weighed in a 9 lbs. 13 ounces. “Mother and baby are doing just fine,” the source tells Us.

After just six months of dating, Simpson, 31, and Johnson, 32, got engaged in November 2010. The pair–who have yet to set a wedding date–had planned to hold off on making it official until after their baby’s arrival. Rushing down the aisle isn’t a priority for the star and her former NFL player beau, anyway; during a March appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, Simpson told the host that Johnson “feels like my husband already.”

The Texas native was previously married to Nick Lachey from 2002 until their separation in 2005. (The duo famously documented their life together for MTV’s hit reality show, Newlyweds.)

Following her divorce from Lachey, the Dukes of Hazzard actress dated Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo from 2007 to 2009. In 2011, both Lachey and Romo tied the knot with their current flames; Romo’s wife, Candace Crawford, gave birth to a baby boy Hawkins on April 9, and Lachey’s spouse, Vanessa Lachey, is currently expecting the couple’s first child.

Simpson first shared her own happy pregnancy news with the world on Twitter last Halloween.
Tweeting a photo of her wrapped in a mummy costume, she wrote, “It’s true! I am going to be a mummy!”
Since then, the Fashion Star mentor and Johnson have been counting down the days ’til their little one’s arrival. In December, Simpson opened up to Us Weekly about her excitement for “mummy”-hood.

“Eric and I love each other so much, and knowing that I love this baby inside of me is so amazing–I love it so much and I haven’t even met them yet,” Simpson gushed. “I can’t imagine how much love we’ll have for it once it finally comes!”

As her due date approached, the bubbly, uninhibited singer spoke candidly about the not-so-pretty parts of pregnancy, dishing on her strange cravings (buttered Pop Tarts!) and embarrassing physical traits (“I just started calling myself Swamp Ass,” Simpson told Jay Leno of sweating through her maternity Spanx.)

Among the most outrageous? During a March interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Simpson made even seasoned comedian Kimmel blush when she admitted, “I feel like I have a bowling ball sitting on my hoohah. Apparently I have a lot of amniotic fluid, so whenever my water breaks, it will be like a fire hydrant!”
And speaking to Ryan Seacrest in an appearance on his radio show last month, the fashion designer opened up about her third-trimester sex drive. “I am definitely ‘feeling intimate,’” Simpson told the host. “I’m kind of unstoppable right now. The Big O is, like, the biggest O ever!”

[From Us Weekly]

I wonder if Jessica flooded out the delivery room with her amniotic fluid of doom. I wonder if Jessica is already sipping a Scotch on the rocks right now. I also wonder how long Jessica’s labor was, or if she went in for that C-section, as some outlets were reporting? My guess: she went for the C-section.

Anyway, congrats to Jessica, Eric and baby Maxi! Love a May Day baby!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and PCN.

Yay, Maggie Gyllenhaal is a mom again! Maggie and her creepy/hot husband Peter Sarsgaard welcomed another little girl into their family. Maggie gave birth to daughter Gloria Ray on April 19 – and they’re just announcing it now! Because Maggie and Peter want to make sure that everyone knows they’re not shilling their baby out for publicity’s sake (not like anyone was asking, but sure). Gloria Ray joins big sister Ramona, 5.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard became the proud parents of their second baby girl, a rep for Gyllenhaal confirms to Us Weekly exclusively. Born April 19 in New York, the parents named their newborn Gloria Ray.

The Hysteria actress, 34, and the Lovelace actor, 41, are already parents to daughter Ramona, 5. Together since 2002, the couple tied the knot at a small chapel in Brindisi, Italy on May 2, 2009.

Since first becoming a mother in 2006, Gyllenhaal has struggled to balance her personal and professional life. “I had been so focused on Ramona — and she’s been everything to me — but I’m also an actress,” she told Us in January 2010. “It’s not possible to do it perfectly.”

Gyllenhaal waited until her second trimester to announce her most recent pregnancy.

“I find it difficult to pretend you’re not pregnant, which I had to do,” the Crazy Heart star told USA Today in March. “I didn’t let anyone know until three and a half months this time. I went to film festivals. I’m throwing up in the bathroom and having to keep pretzels in my purse, and having to fit into dresses.”

Sarsgaard, meanwhile, had another set of concerns — the biggest being how to prepare Ramona for sisterhood. “I’ve seen kids with siblings — I don’t have any siblings, so I don’t know — but they generally go for about five minutes, ‘Oh, cool! Anyway, what are we going to do now? Can we return it?’” he told reporters in February. “I think it gets boring quickly, at first, and it takes a while for them to bond.”

[From Us Weekly]

Ha, Peter’s got the right idea. Everyone’s always like, “Oh, so-and-so will love being a big brother!” Not always! Sibling rivalry is real. But two little girls, five years apart? They probably won’t have many problems, the age gap is big enough that Ramona will be okay with relinquishing her “only child” status.

Incidentally, did anyone watch Maggie on PBS’s Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.? I love genealogy shows, and Finding Your Roots is far superior to NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? One of the best features of Finding Your Roots is that Gates gets his guests to take DNA tests and he shows them what they are genetically, like 40% European or 20% Asian or whatever. Robert Downey Jr. was convinced that he was part African, and he ended being almost all white European. He was so disappointed! Anyway, Maggie was on and her genealogy is crazy-awesome. On her father’s side, she’s descended from Swedish royalty and nobility, by way of an insular Swedish mystical cult in Pennsylvania. On her mother’s side, she comes from Russian Jews – a long line of very intellectual, very strong Russian women doing amazing work in male-dominated fields. Maggie’s was a really good episode!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley have adopted their second child! After welcoming daughter Naleigh in 2009, Josh and Katherine have now added a second daughter to their family. They aren’t releasing any more information, so we don’t have a name yet. My guess is that this baby’s name will be reasonably “traditional” not some “Maple Syrup” catastrophe.

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley have adopted their second daughter, a rep for the actress confirms to Us Weekly. No other details were available.

The couple, who wed in 2007, adopted daughter Naleigh from South Korea in 2009. “Josh and I started talking about [adoption] before we were even engaged,” Heigl told Scholastic Parent & Child in February. “My sister Meg is Korean, and my parents adopted her three years before I was born. I wanted my own family to resemble the one I came from, so I always knew I wanted to adopt from Korea.”

Kelley, 32, “had to learn” to embrace the idea of adoption at first, Heigl explained. “But he was so gracious and accepting.”

The One for the Money actress, 33, said she and her singer-songwriter husband were open to all methods of having children.

“We have talked about having biological children as well, but we decided to adopt first,” Heigl explained. “I just wanted to be a mom. So however we did that, it’s fine with me. I’d like to adopt again.”

Heigl hopes to raise their children with “integrity and morality,” she told the magazine. “We feel strongly about these things, especially because of the industries we’re in. We’ll have to work a little bit harder to keep Naleigh grounded and to make sure she understands how blessed she is — how blessed we all are.”

[From Us Weekly]

There are really only two things I like about Heigl: I enjoy Heigl The Mom and Heigl The Dog-Lover. Naleigh is a total cutie, and I do think becoming a mom softened Katherine in real ways and in PR ways. It’s nice to hear that she and Josh have brought another little life into their family. It makes me think that Josh and Katherine are probably stronger than I give them credit for, but in my defense… she’s always with her mother. Josh often looks like the third wheel in the impossibly tight mother-daughter bonds. Anyway, congrats to the happy family!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Goodness, Peaches Geldof’s pregnancy went by in a flash, didn’t it? Peaches gave birth to a baby boy at some point over the past few days – maybe Thursday or Friday? The announcement just says “this week” – Peaches said before that she was due on her late mother’s birthday, April 24, so I guess the baby just wanted to come out a little bit early. Peaches and her fiancé Thomas Cohen named their son Astala… which sounds like a name from Lord of the Rings or The Chronicles of Narnia. Or both. I think Peaches’ pregnancy seemed to go by so quickly because she and Thomas only announced it in January, when she was already well into her second trimester. Plus, Peaches wasn’t bashing us over the head with pregnancy TMI – she and Thomas did a Hello Magazine cover interview, and she’s been tweeting about stuff here and there, but it’s not like Jessica Simpson’s TMI Pregnancy Extravaganza. Speaking of, Jessica is STILL pregnant. Everybody is having their babies but Jessica. Here’s more about Peaches:

British socialite Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Live Aid founder Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, gave birth to a son Astala.

“Yes, it’s true – I’M A MUMMY!!!!” the 23-year-old model wrote on Twitter Saturday. The baby, with fiance Thomas Cohen, lead singer of the band S.C.U.M, is her first.

She added later: “My little boy is the most beautiful thing in this world. When he holds @tomfromscum’s finger with his hand its the sweetest thing ever. X”

Cohen, 20, also shared the news on Twitter: “I’m a dad he is the most perfect thing ever so proud of his beautiful mum @peaches_g and overcome with joy x.”

Geldof, who’s full name is Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, revealed her son’s a similarly long moniker (Astala Dylan Willow Cohen-Geldof) to Hello magazine a few weeks ago.

At 19 she made news for marrying Max Drummey, frontman of the band Chester French, in Las Vegas. They announced their separation shortly after.

[From Us Weekly]

Congrats to Peaches, Thomas and little Astala. I wonder how you abbrieviate that name? “Asty”? Tala? Peaches turned 23 years old last month – her mom, the late Paula Yates, was having babies early too. Some days, I see a lot of Paula in Peaches. I wonder if Bob Geldof sees it too – probably. But right now, Bob is probably just thrilled to be a grandpa.

Photos courtesy of WENN.