Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are about to release their latest production, their twins, into the world. Like every expectant mother they have things to plan – what hospital will my baby be born at? Breastfeed or bottle feed? Which magazine will buy the pictures for the most cash?

The bidding for the Brangelina twins pics has reached a whopping $15 million — and will probably go a lot higher.

Our magazine spies tell us only PEOPLE and OK! are left standing in the bidding war. One spy says the pics are so valuable they would “print blank pages” the rest of year to get them.

Can a weekly mag actually recoup all that cash? Probably not, but it doesn’t matter. The prestige is what counts.

No deal has been inked yet. Brad’s peeps didn’t return our calls. A PEOPLE rep says, “We’d love to see the photos in PEOPLE. We wish the family well” OK!’s rep refused to address a dollar figure, but admits they’d be “foolish” not to make a play for the photos.

We’re told the $$$$ Brad and Angie get will go to charity.

TMZ

$15 million dollars is going to be wonderful for the charity it will go to, but that is a lot of money for pictures of two little babies. Particularly when babies just look like babies, they aren’t really very interesting. Jennifer Lopez was paid $4-6 million for her twins by People, the same magazine that bought Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s picture for $4.1 million, which is the most expensive picture of a single child to date.

The bidding for the pictures got very heated following the innacurate reports that Angelina had given birth at the weekend. If the price is already around $15 million, by August these pictures could give several charities a financial boost.

I don’t believe those babies are due as late as August, but if they are, I’m feeling really sorry for Angelina Jolie. Sure, pregnancy might make you feel sexy, but she is just enormous for someone around the seven month mark, even taking into account that those are twins.

At the end of March the price of the pictures was put around $10 million, so maybe the price really has reached $15 million.

Despite all the half-baked reports that Angelina Jolie had her twins over the weekend, including a somewhat-convincing story from “The Insider” television show that claimed to have confirmed the news along with the supposed twins’ names, People Magazine reports that it’s not true. They say that a rep for Angelina (although she doesn’t have a rep but maybe it’s someone else), confirmed that she’s still pregnant and resting at home. That would be the newly-leased 1,000 acre estate in the South of France that she and Brad are thought to have moved into at this point.

As for Angelina’s home life, there may not be photos of her family for some time, but she provided plenty of details in a recent interview with Vanity Fair. She says they have a bunch of women who help them with the children but that no one stays overnight so far. I wonder how they manage that with all the places they travel. As for her pregnancy, Angelina claims that it makes her feel “like a woman” and that her partner, Brad Pitt, finds it sexy when she’s knocked up:

On being pregnant:
“I love it. It makes me feel like a woman. It makes me feel that all the things about my body are suddenly there for a reason. It makes you feel round and supple, and to have a little life inside you is amazing. Also, I’m fortunate. I think some women have a different experience depending on their partner. I think that affects it. I happen to be with somebody who finds pregnancy very sexy. So that makes me feel very sexy.”

On her international family:
“When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents. It’s not a humanitarian thing, because I don’t see it as a sacrifice. It’s a gift. We’re all lucky to have each other. I look at Shiloh — because, obviously, physically, she is the one that looks like Brad and I when we were little—and say, ‘If these were our brothers and sisters, how much would we have known by the time we were six that it took into our 30s and 40s to figure out?’ I suppose I’m giving them the childhood I always wished I had.”

On Shiloh’s birth:
“We were in this little hospital in Africa when Shi was born. I don’t think there was anybody else in the hospital. It was just a little cottage, the three of us. It ended up being the greatest thing…. I had a C-section and I found it fascinating. I didn’t find it a sacrifice and I didn’t find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.”

On nannies:
“We don’t ever have anybody spend the night. We may have to adjust that when the next one comes. But we do have ladies that work with us, and they’re also from different cultures and back-grounds. One lady’s a Vietnamese teacher — wonderful. One is of Congolese descent from Belgium. Another is from the States and is really creative and does art programs.”

On raising her children:
“Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books, we go to plays, we talk. Our focus is art and painting and dress-up and singing. It’s what we love. So I think you can see how artists in some way raise other artists.”

[From Vanity Fair via US Weekly]

Angelina has overshared in the past, but in this recent interview it sounds like she’s letting us into her life without revealing too many personal details. The sexy pregnant thing I could have done without, but it’s not like it’s news. She looks hotter pregnant because she has some much-needed meat on her bones. The Vanity Fair cover just emphasizes that and I hope she doesn’t lose the weight too fast after she has the babies. Maybe she is due in late August after all.

Marc Anthony called into the Billy Bush radio show yesterday in advance of his new tour. He revealed that he and his wife, Jennifer Lopez, don’t have a nanny for their three month-old twins, Max and Emme. He also said that he’s getting the short end of the stick and that his job is caring for the twins overnight from 10 pm to 8 am. As for reports that they have multiple butlers and gold chandeliers hanging in the twins’ nursery, Anthony says all of that is false and that they’re very hands on:

“[Max and Emme] are just big and gorgeous,” he told Billy.

Marc revealed that he and wife Jennifer Lopez handle baby duties all by themselves.

“She expects me to help and she makes no bones about it,” Marc said. “I get the late shift. I get literally from 10 PM because we don’t have a nanny. It’s just me and Jennifer figuring it out. From 10 PM to 8 [AM], that’s my shift”

That’s right – Marc and Jennifer have no nanny for their twins.

“It’s just us man,” Marc said. “We’re figuring it out and having a great time.”

When asked if Jennifer has been working out hard to get her figure back, Marc confirmed his wife is in fitness mode, but more importantly, she is all about their children.

“Yeah, yes she is, but she’s more in mommy mode,” Marc said. “She has three movies lined up and she’s eager to go back to work, but the babies have been a blessing all the way around and she’s just amazing. She’s such an amazing mom and I’m so proud of her. She’s such a gem to watch.”

[From AccessHollywood.com - site may contain automatic sound]

He also joked “I’ve heard that they have 24 karat gold chandeliers and 8 nannies and 10 butlers and stuff like that. No, It’s just us.”

Good for them! There was a story that their nanny “abruptly left” for whatever reason around mid April, and it sounds like they’re not in a hurry to hire a replacement or just haven’t found one yet. They must have a babysitter or at least a family member to watch the twins though, as they’ve made several appearances together without the newborns.

They have also supposedly said that “the next year will be all about family,” but they’re not putting their respective careers on hold. Lopez has three movies coming up, according to Anthony, and she is also working on a fragrance and a reality show with TLC. Anthony will do a music tour soon and it’s unknown whether he’ll bring his wife and twins along.

Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are shown on 5/12/08 at a Christian Dior fashion show, thanks to WENN.

OK! Magazine is reporting a rumor that Angelina Jolie had her twins over the weekend in the Aix-en-Provence region of France, which would be near Brad and Angelina’s newly leased $60 or $70 million estate. (Depending on which reports you believe.)

OK! says we should take this with a grain of salt, and that it’s just an unsubstantiated rumor for now. The details are pretty sketchy:

There may be nothing more than wishful thinking to reports coming out of France this morning that Angelina Jolie, who was due to give birth to twins some time in the next three to four weeks, has indeed already delivered her fifth and sixth children.

According to rumors, the Oscar-winner gave birth on Sunday in a Catholic clinic in the Aix-En-Provence region of France. No further details are forthcoming at this moment.

[From OK! Magazine]

OK! reminds us of the rumor that Brad and Angelina were married in the French Quarter of New Orleans in March. It turned out that the wedding was for a couple from New Orleans’ elite and that all it took was a few blocked roads and an expensive wedding for the story to get started. Maybe there’s a wealthy French woman or even another celebrity who arranged to have secrecy surrounding her birth and it’s not Angelina at all.

Angelina has said that she will disappear for a couple months after her twins are born. Dustin Hoffman leaked the news that she was due August 19, but that could have been a cleverly arranged setup by Brad and Angelina to ensure that they have time alone after the birth. It’s hard to tell how far along she is, especially if she’s having twins.

Update: D-Listed is reporting that Angelina named the twins Isla Marcheline Jolie-Pitt and Amelie Jane Jolie-Pitt.

Update 2: The Insider claims to have a source that confirms that Angelina had her twins and that those are indeed the names. Congratulations to the happy family if all this is true.

Update 3: People has an exclusive that Angelina didn’t have her babies, and since they’re at the top in the gossip hierarchy I think I’ll believe their version.

Angelina Jolie is shown on 5/20/08 at a photocall for The Changeling, thanks to WENN.

No your eyes are not messed up: you read that headline correctly. Of all the upsetting, horrendous things I’ve ever had to report, this may very well be the worst. Clay Aiken is going to be a father, according to Us Weekly and TMZ.

Idol Clay Aiken’s producer is pregnant with his child, TMZ.com reports.

Jaymes Foster (who is reportedly in her late 40s) was artificial inseminated with the 29-year-old singer’s sperm, according to the report.

Aiken lives with Foster – described as his “best friend” – when he’s in L.A. and plans to be involved with parenting their child, TMZ reports.

The crooner has consistently avoided questions about his sexuality.

“People don’t want to have that type of stuff pushed, people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever,” Aiken told Access Hollywood last month.

“They don’t want stuff like that pushed in their face,” he added. “I don’t think that’s necessary and that’s also not what I’m here for. I mean, I went on Idol to be a singer, I went on Idol to be an entertainer and that’s what my priority is.”

[From Us Weekly]

This means that someone intentionally chose to have Clay Aiken’s DNA growing inside them. It wasn’t some drunken mistake (I realize that’s even less likely to happen with Clay Aiken, but you get the point). It was this conscious, thought-out plan. It means that Jaymes Foster looked around at the men in her life, and the VERY BEST CANDIDATE was Clay Aiken. Which makes me really judge the other men she knows.

According to TMZ, Foster is 50-years-old, the sister of record mogul David Foster, and has produced several of Clay’s albums. The way they phrased it is that “Clay is a lot more than sperm — we’re told he will have an active role in raising the child.” Considering the way Clay supposedly bosses everyone around and lectures people on manners, he’s going to be one uptight dad.

Clay is scheduled to perform on the Tonight Show this evening. Something tells me this won’t come up, but you never know.

Here’s Clay arriving at Planet Hollywood in Times Square to promote his role in Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ on April 8th. I don’t think that’s the actual cup he used, but no guarantees. Images thanks to WENN.

Jack Black, 38, and his wife Tanya Hayden, 37, welcomed their second child into the world last Friday, reports the National Enquirer. The newborn weighed 6 pounds at birth and has yet to have an official name. He will join the couple’s other son, two year old Samuel.

When Jack confirmed his wife’s pregnancy at the premiere of Be Kind, Rewind in early January, he quipped “I’ve been told that two children is three times as hard as one,” and said that his parenting style is “day-by-day.”

My husband keeps telling me that two kids are easier than one, but he’s trying to convince me and I doubt he truly believes it.

Congratulations to Jack and Tanya and best wishes to their family. It seems like very good timing for them, because Black had just wrapped up promotion for Kung Fu Panda at Cannes the week before. The animated film premieres in the US on June 6.

Jack Black and his wife Tanya Hayden are shown on 4/30/08 at the Iron Man premiere, thanks to WENN.

I hope you all are sitting down, because I have some shocking news. Newlywed Ashlee Simpson is pregnant! I know- I had no idea, either! Simpson and her new husband Pete Wentz confirmed what everyone else already knew: Ashlee has just completed her first trimester of pregnancy. So now the question is: did Ashlee wait to confirm her condition because she wanted to do the customary “wait until the third month” thing, or did she want to wait until she and Pete were married? Wait. That’s not the question. The question is, “Who gives a crap?”

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz have confirmed they are expecting their first child.

They announced the news — which Usmagazine.com first broke in April — on his Web site, friendsorenemies.com, on Wednesday.

“While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child,” they wrote. “This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family.”

The couple wed in Los Angeles on May 17. They just returned from their honeymoon to the Caribbean.

[From Us Weekly]

So, it really was a shotgun wedding after all. How quaint! I don’t know if the pregnancy and the baby are going to help their image or Ashlee’s album sales, but congrats- I guess. I’m sure we will get a comment from Papa Joe any day now, and he will be selling off photos of Ashlee’s growing baby bump to the highest bidder. One thing’s for sure - this kid will have horrible taste in music, and will probably emerge from the womb with eyeliner, fringe bangs and its own reality show.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are shown on 5/23/08 out in NY, thanks to WENN.

I didn’t learn this until recently, but it is legally possible for one adult to adopt another adult. There are all sorts of reasons people do this: to will rent-controlled apartments, to circumvent laws, etc. But it happens. As such, I will be petitioning Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to adopt me. We already know they’re into adoption. We know they like to adopt in unconventional ways – no common American babies for them. What would cause more of a stir than adopting an adult? Nothing. And I am now damn sure they’ve got the money. And compared to what they’re spending on their other kids, I am a relative bargain.

Brad and Angie have set aside $20 million for the birthing expenses of their twins, according to Life & Style.

Angelina Jolie had been keeping a low profile in recent weeks. But on May 15, after the premiere of her new animated movie, Kung Fu Panda, at the Cannes Film Festival in France, she looked thrilled to be out in public — and showing off her pregnancy. “She seemed so happy,” says an onlooker. “She let Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman [her co-stars] hug her belly.” And as Angie schmoozed with other celebrities, Brad Pitt was by her side. “She looked so comforted by his affection,” says the onlooker. “She was always smiling.”

As her due date nears, Angelina, 32, finally seems eager to talk about her babies. And she and Brad, 44, are clearly willing to do — and spend — anything to bring them into the world secure and healthy. In fact, insiders estimate Brad and Angie will spend at least $20 million in France on security, medical costs and shelter for their growing brood.

“Brad and Angelina love all their children and will do everything to protect them and keep them healthy,” says an insider. “Money is no object when it comes to the kids.” That’s true when it comes to the twins as well. “They can drop thousands of dollars on them in a day,” says the insider. “They’d do anything for them.”

[From Life & Style]

The sample breakdown is pretty damn impressive too. I know they’re worth an insane amount of money, but it still boggles my mind that anyone can go through this kind of cash.

* $332,000 is going toward a helicopter, which remains on call for when Jolie goes into labor
* $3.3 million is the cost for the Florentine-style villa in the French Riviera that the couple reportedly rents
* Nearly $100,000 goes to the nine cars the couple is renting.

[From the Scoop]

I’m sure a large amount of their money goes to security – and one would think the nine cars are a part of that. Can you imagine having a helicopter on call for your birth? At this point, why not just have a hospital built next to your house? I mean they’re spending so much as it is. That’s the only thing more dramatic than a helicopter.

Life & Style points out how happy Angelina has seemed in the last few weeks, and that’s very true. It’s easy to forget she used to be such a dark character. She’s been beaming from ear to ear, despite carrying around 2 fetuses that look bigger than she does. At $10 million a kid, those are two lucky babies.

Here’s Brad and Angelina at the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ premiere in Cannes on May 15th. Images thanks to WENN.

I always thought that the Charlotte character in ‘Sex and the City’ was a little unreal – I don’t personally know any woman that dives into relationships like a kamikaze pilot looking for marriage and babies right now.

Then Paris Hilton appeared on my radar. She’s got to be the girl bachelors have nightmares about. She’s been gushing all over the media about how much she loves her boyfriend Benji Madden (of 2 ^½ months) and how they’re going to get married. Now, she’s talking babies with her man, and she’s given him a deadline.

The hotel heiress has been dating the Good Charlotte rocker for three months, but already has marriage and babies on her mind.

And although she insists she is not currently pregnant, Hilton admits she hopes to be with child in 12 months’ time.

She tells Britain’s Heat magazine, “I do want a baby. Pretty soon. Not yet because I’m so busy, but next year.”

San Francisco Chronicle

This isn’t the first time that Paris has talked about wanting a baby, although I’m still a little unsure of whether she knows what having a baby entails. I’m not just talking about the actual childbirth part, which is disturbing enough in itself, but does she know they grow up? They don’t actually stay all little and cute, they turn into toddlers who have tantrums (if you have one that doesn’t I’ll trade you mine), then into children who pick their nose. And spend a lot of time with their hands down their pants. Then they turn into teenagers and continue doing all of these things, as well as hating you.

Paris, at 27, seems a little young to feel that biological clock ticking. I’m also not sure she’s ready for a baby. It was in 2004 that she lost her little dog Tinkerbell and plastered the world with ‘Lost Dog’ signs, only to discover she’d left the pooch at her grandparent’s place.

How will she care for the 18 dogs she has along with a baby?

Picture note by Celebitchy: Paris Hilton is shown outside a “medical center” (oh no!) in LA yesterday, thanks to WENN.

Deep down in my little heart, I truly, deeply believe that the most romantic thing a couple can do is talk about the legal specifics of their love. What says “I am passionately, over-the-moon in love with my new spouse” more than calling Ryan Seacrest three days after you got married to tell him about your pre-nup? You’re sitting there silently because the answer to that question is obvious: nothing. Nothing says love more than chatting amicably with Seacrest’s hair spikes about your big day.

And as a wedding gift to his new wife, that’s exactly what Pete Wentz did this morning. Actually, he snuck out of his bedroom while Ashlee was still asleep. But that’s just a technicality.

“We have signed a pre-nup,” the newlywed rocker admitted on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday. (Ashlee was alseep, he said.) He said “she legally is a Wentz … I don’t know what she’ll do with her stage name, that’s up to her. She hasn’t decided that.”

He said they’re skipping out on a honeymoon (for now) and have been hanging out in their basement in L.A. “We got some blow-up palm trees,” Wentz said. “A little fake-n-bake tanning booth. We’re eating DiGiorno’s pizza, getting in that tanning oven every once in a while, it’s great. It’s gonna look like we’re on that private jet,” he added. “We’re gonna save that 30 grand, you know?” I feel great!” he said. “It is sunny and 65 in my head.”

Wentz still refused to confirm Simpson’s pregnancy. When Seacrest asked why they decided to wed now, Wentz replied, “I get the backdoor question you’re asking me, but it’s been something we’ve been planning for a long time. I gave her a promise ring four months ago.” Seacrest later asked if he’s thought about baby names. Wentz laughed. “Ryan, this baby has not been confirmed,” he said. “The only thing I’m confirming now is that we’re in the basement on our honeymoon with these blow-up palm trees.”

[From Us Magazine]

Um…

Um…….. alright. Where to start. [JayBird inhales deeply]. I didn’t HEAR the interview, so it’s hard for me to tell if/to what extent Pete Wentz is teasing. On the one hand, my instinct is to think Ryan Seacrest must have asked him what they were doing instead of a honeymoon, and Pete was just joking. On the other hand, it’s Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, and having a bunch of blow-up palm trees and a microwave pizza for a basement honeymoon doesn’t seem that out of character.

I will point out that Pete said this” baby has not been confirmed. Not “a” baby has not been confirmed. To me, the phrasing he used is a little more personal, and implies that a baby does indeed exist. But frankly my brain is so boggled from trying to figure out if there’s a blow-up kiddie pool in the Simpson/Wentz basement that I’m not sure I’m able to dissect the inner-workings of Pete Wentz’s brain. And I’m pretty much okay with that.

Here’s Pete Wentz trying to eat Ashlee Simpson’s face at the Cloverfield premiere on January 1st. Images thanks to WENN.