We read an unsourced rumor in the popbitch e-mail newsletter that Gwyneth Paltrow was tired of not being able to get drunk and had a C-section scheduled for this weekend. It looks like the rumor may have been true as Perez Hilton reports that Paltrow’s child is now on the outside.

We’re waiting to hear confirmation on the poor kid’s name.

Update: The boy’s name is Moses. That’s not as bad as it could have been.

We have sort of exclusive googled-derived pictures of the Namibian resort that Brad and Angelina have booked out just in case Angelina decides to give birth in Africa.

The world’s most famous couple have holed up in the “Burning Shore Lodge” in Namibia. Angelina is said to be uncertain if she wants to give birth in Africa or France, and Brad is along for the ride. They have a jet on standby in case they choose to return for Paris in time for the birth of their first biological child.

Reports say Angelina and Brad have booked up all “seven” rooms in the resort for three months, but there are seven rooms and five suites, so the reports are probably mistaken.

Prices range from a modest $134 to $268 per night for two people. By our crude calculations, a three month stay in the entire hotel would cost around $240,000 USD.

The couple have been plagued by fighting and breakup rumors, which initially seemed like heresay but have come to ring true to us.

In Touch reports that Brad and Angelina are fighting over common issues like:

Hopefully some time away from the paparazzi and pressures of the city will help bring their relationship back on solid ground.

Here are our exclusively google-found pictures of the resort where Brad and Angelina are staying.

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Star speculates that Katie is having second thoughts about her involvement in the Scientology cult and having a Scientology birth because she’s spending 8 hours a day at the Celebrity Scientology Center with Tom, which means that she needs extra convincing:

If the Scientologists were clever about it they would let off from Katie and let her come around gradually and think it’s her own idea - kind of like Stockholm syndrome.

While the media focusses on the fact that she’s supposed to remain silent during the birth, no one has really picked up the story that her baby will be left entirely alone on its first day in the world, and then removed from her and cared for by Scientology handlers for three days. That’s even crazier and more cruel than asking a woman to stay silent during childbirth.

Fellow cult member Kelly Preston tries to clarify that a silent birth is all about being polite:

Here’s Katie out shopping yesterday for paper goods. A commenter on the board where we found the pictures (although they’re originally from Just Jared) said that her Scientology handler(s) had enough sense to keep out of the picture.

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Avril Lavigne probably is pregnant as we mentioned yesterday, because now TMZ is reporting that she plans to marry her fiance, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley this summer.

She also is said to wants kids right away, which is celebrity-code for “I’m pregnant.”

Avril is said to be planning a reception with circus performers, comedians and popular rock bands. She’ll probably make a mint off selling the pictures.

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Update: pictures of Lavigne returning to her car after jogging on Monday. [via]

Liev Schreiber hosted Dewar’s “Hot Scot” party at Cielo last night in New York. Noticeably absent was his girlfriend of one year, Australian actress Naomi Watts.

Watts and Schreiber have been plagued by breakup rumors since Watts attended the Oscars alone. The NY Daily News reported a couple weeks ago that the two were seeking different partners and that a source said Watts found Schreiber too controlling.

Reader Millie e-mailed her take on the relationship. She thinks that the control issue is bogus and that Schreiber remains interested and wants to marry Watts, but that she has cold feet. She also points out a video of Schreiber protecting Watts from the paparrazi that was filmed in late January as clear evidence that he cares for her.

To further complicate matters, Watts might be pregnant.

Here’s Schreiber at the party last night. Other pictured guests include Stephanie March and Fisher Stevens.

Reader Carrie hooked us up again by pointing us to these pictures from KatieHolmes.com of Holmes shopping in Hollywood yesterday.

As they’ve done throughout her pregnancy, people joked that she didn’t really look pregnant and seemed to be carrying a beach ball under her shirt in the pictures that came out yesterday. In these latest pictures, you can see her protruding belly button through her top.

PopSugar does the math and points out that Katie is due any day now, belying the rumors that she’s too far along and faking the pregnancy.

PageSix thinks it’s news that Tom and Katie slobber all over each other in front of the press. Supposedly Katie looked vacant and wide-eyed during Tom’s interview with Premiere magazine, in which he revealed his abusive childhood and made out with her:

Seriously, though, why is this news?

What seems the most suspicious to us is the fact that Holmes is shopping for shoes right before she’s giving birth. My feet were incredibly swollen when I was pregnant. Holmes is seen with some sensible flip-flops, but she also considers some pointy flats. Girl - those are not going to fit after the baby comes!

Here is Holmes shopping.

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Tom Cruise has denied reports of an adult-sized pacifier that was custom-made to keep his girlfriend, Katie Holmes, silent during childbirth in accordance with Scientology edicts.

Hi publicist “dismissed the reports as nonsense,” so we can rest assured that Tom’s publicist doesn’t think it exists.

Here is Katie supposedly out to do some shopping yesterday. Commenters on the bulletin board where we found the pictures note that her stomach looks weird, but it may just be her outfit.

Unless the Namibian government is cashing in on the tourism trend of claiming that the Jolie-Pitts favor your nation, Angelina and Brad are now in Africa. This means that the rumor that Angelina wanted to give bith is Africa may have been true and that we were totally wrong. This will not be the first time.

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Maybe the Jolie-Pitts will get some peace from the paparazzi in the nation of Namibia, or maybe some enterprising Namibians will get out their cameras and start shooting.

Regardless let’s hope that Brad is no longer banished to the couch and that he gets some loving in Africa. PopBytes posted these scans of a Star Magazine article that claims that Angelina is uncomfortable in bed due to her pregnancy (been there) and is having Brad sleep on the couch of their apartment in Paris.

Star also claims that Jolie and Pitt are fighting and that Jolie wants her children to grow up in Europe while Pitt is homesick for the comforts of America.

We were reluctant to admit that Pitt and Jolie were having trouble, but this might be true. Maybe after the baby is born and they’ve carved out a little space for themselves in Africa they’ll be on better terms. It certainly must be stressful to have people follow you everywhere, and it can’t be easy to move around so much.

Reader Carrie sent these pictures of Avril Lavigne taken on April 1st with what looks like a little baby bump! We first mentioned the rumor that Avril Lavigne was pregnant on March 19th.

Lavigne, 21, has been engaged to Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, 25, since June 2005. The two have owned a home together in Beverly Hills for nearly two years. Lavigne has a small heart-shaped pink tattoo on her right wrist inscribed with the letter “D” and her fiance has been seen out with a wedding band on his left hand.

In a picture of Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff out partying with their significant others on April 1st, Lavigne is the only one who looks sober.

It could just be a bad picture of Lavigne, but she’s skinny everywhere else and we think she’s pregnant!

Update: Carrie sent another picture from November for comparison. We’re even more convinced. And here’s a high-res version of the bump picture.

Kevin Federline, who amazed everyone by getting a paid job last week, is under fire from 80s pop star Thomas Dolby for using the signature music from “She Blinded me with Science” on his latest “rap” song accessible from his 1997-era MySpace. (link launches automatic “music”)

Dolby blogs about Federline’s theft of the sample:

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Dolby is touring again as a single act after 15 years, and finds it amusing that press outlets are more interested in his feud with Federline than the fact that he’s revitalizing his music career.

Here is Federline’s wife, Britney Spears, rotting her child’s teeth and accompanying her husband to a promotion gig for his album at Club X in Dallas.

Header image is from Thomas Dolby’s upcoming tour.

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