I don’t buy into the notion that Jennifer Aniston is nearly as obsessive or upset over the whole Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie romance. It’s been a long time, I’m sure she’s moved on. However magazines keep asking – or her friends keep feeling compelled to share – just how she’s doing. So Jen has to make the requisite “I wish them all the best” speech.

Jennifer Aniston couldn’t be happier for her ex Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

“She hopes the twins are beautiful,” a pal of the actress, 39, tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on stands now.

“She’d never want anyone to be unhappy with their kids,” the friend adds.

Aniston – who would have celebrated her eighth anniversary with Pitt, 40, on July 29 – has been heating up her summer with John Mayer.

[From Us Magazine]

Oh come on. Look I doubt that Jen’s wishing evil on Brad’s babies or anything, but I doubt she hopes they’re beautiful either. Who the hell would in that situation? I think the best you can do is feel nothing at all. It’s certainly not a Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman thing where one sends the other a roomful of flowers after the birth of their child. It’s not fair to expect Jen to wish years of pristine happiness on the couple or their offspring; and it’s kind of unnatural to imply that she should.

Despite what the tabloids say, I highly doubt Jennifer is sitting at home crying over Brad’s life. She has bigger things to worry about – like what’s bound to happen when you date John Mayer. Who would have thought he’d already be hitting on other women?

Here’s Jennifer Aniston doing a spot of shopping at one of her favorite stores ‘Noodle Stories’ in West Hollywood yesterday. Images thanks to Splash.

Protesters gathered outside of Angelina Jolie’s hospital in Nice Monday night to decry the intense media focus on the couple and their new babies. They were incensed by mayor Christian Estrosi’s effusive praise for Brad and Angelina in light of his lack of response to the recent murder of a young man. The family is trying to get the remains of the victim released in time to have a traditional Islamic funeral, which dictates that burial rites take place as soon as possible.

It’s a conflict as old as the media - why do we give so much coverage to celebrities when there are people dying and starving in the world? It’s particularly painful for this young man’s family, who have to see the story of their murdered son, brother and cousin quickly fade from the headlines and aren’t even given his body to bury while it’s big news that Angelina gave birth there.

They probably can’t even get a meeting with the mayor and while they were desperately trying to plead for their dead relative’s body Estrosi went on TV holding Knox’s birth certificate and talking about how proud he was that Brangelina picked Nice. As someone who works to bring attention to the plight of refugees and children of war, Angelina probably empathizes with the protesters. She thought she picked a nice safe place to give birth, but there’s no escaping controversy when you’re that famous. Maybe the mayor will think twice about snubbing victim’s families now that these people were able to get some attention for their cause.

Update: I have no idea if the mayor specifically snubbed this family or didn’t meet with them, and I overstated that in order to make the title short and make a point. From the Access Hollywood report above, and on reports from X17 photographers, the protesters wanted attention to their cause which received little or no media coverage especially compared to the Brangelina twins. They were especially incensed that the mayor put so much focus on the celebrity story while they were anxiously trying to get the stabbing victim’s body released for burial.

Thanks to BreitBart for the video and to Megan for the tip.

OK! Magazine has posted more photos of their exclusive photoshoot with 17 year-old Jamie Lynn holding little baby Maddie and rocking that overly-frosted hair and bad makeup. In the quotes they include with the photos, Jamie Lynn says things like “I love taking care of her. It is so much fun. I just want to hug her and kiss her, and I’m happy all the time.”

A lot of you posed the question whether the positive press surrounding Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy set a dangerous precedent and glorified teen pregnancy. There was that story with all the teens getting pregnant in the small town of Glouchester, Massacusetts that caused a lot of uproar. At least some of the teen moms admitted to the National Enquirer that they were influenced by young stars like Jamie Lynn and Nicole Richie having cute babies and making it seem easy.

This didn’t seem like such an issue to me when I read the earlier excerpts from the OK! interview. Jamie Lynn said she took parenting courses and she admitted that Maddie gets up every few hours to feed at night, but said she doesn’t cry much and is a good baby. She got her GED before she had the baby and it sounds like she’s trying to be a responsible mom and be there for her child.

Now that I see she’s saying stuff like “it is so much fun” to care for a newborn it does give me pause. There’s no way I would describe caring for a new baby as “fun.” “Fulfilling,” maybe, but it’s possible Jamie Lynn lacks the vocabulary to explain how she’s feeling exactly, or maybe she really does think it’s great fun. She says she’s “happy all the time.” I was crying my eyes out for the first few weeks, but I definitely had postpartum depression. It’s great that Jamie Lynn is happy with her baby and all, but fun takes on a completely different meaning once you have a baby. Fun happens on the child’s schedule, not yours. You wonder if young girls are grasping that when they see Jamie Lynn and her sweet infant. She even said “I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed.”

Life isn’t so perfect for the average teen mother who might not get to finish high school and could be struggling for the rest of her life to support a child, both financially and emotionally.

Jamie Lynn also says that her boyfriend Casey was great with Maddie right from the start, and “It was amazing. Guys are always a little awkward, and he was perfect with her.” How many times can she use the word “perfect?”

One thing Jamie Lynn does that makes her life a lot easier with a new baby is have her sleep right in the same room in a bassinet. That definitely helps you get more sleep when they’re little and may be contributing to Jamie Lynn’s great mood. That and the million dollars she got paid to say how wonderful her life is.

The header image is slightly disturbing to me. The girl may be a mom, but she’s just 17 and they didn’t have to pose her in lingerie like that.

For more photos of Jamie Lynn and Maddie, including the baby’s nursery, check out OK! Magazine’s website.

Jessica Alba and her five week old baby, Honor, appear on the cover of this week’s OK! Magazine. In the accompanying interview Alba talks about her birth experience, calling it “zen,” and says she didn’t scream and was calm the whole time. She also calls her baby a “miracle” and talks of her in spiritual terms, saying it’s like “she’s connected to the other world.” That’s poetic and I wouldn’t expect to hear that from her. Alba has started gradually exercising to shed the baby weight, and says she’s “doing it slow” and trying to eat healthy.

“I didn’t scream,” Jessica tells OK! in an exclusive interview and photoshoot. “It was really Zen.” And Cash could only marvel at his wife’s quiet strength when she gave birth. “She didn’t make a sound,” he says. “It was amazing.”

Here, the proud pair open their door exclusively to OK!, introducing the adorable Honor Marie Warren.

“It hasn’t totally sunk in,” Jessica reveals to OK!. “She dreams, she smiles, and coos and does all these things, but she hasn’t seen enough of the world yet to understand any of that stuff. So I still feel like she’s connected to the other world, or something. There’s no other way to explain it. It’s a miracle.”

The Love Guru star tells OK! that she had natural birth. “The labor was more like meditation,” she says. “I did yoga breathing. I was focused.”

Jessica, who tells OK! she ate “a lot of soul food” in the weeks following Honor’s birth, says she’s just now starting to shed the pregnancy pounds.

“I started working out last Thursday, but for 20 minutes. I do cardio on my own. I’m doing it slow,” she says. “Now I’m starting to eat more healthy. Because after working out, having fried chicken and mashed potatoes is a little counteractive.”

So who does Honor look more like?

“She looks like a girl version of me,” Cash says. “She has my nose, my eyebrows and my…”

“Forehead and dimples,” Jessica finishes, adding, “She has my mouth when I was a baby. And my ears.”

“Maybe Honor is a mixture,” Cash reconsiders. “I want her to look like me, because a daughter looking like Jessica, I’d kill myself!”

[From OK! Magazine]

That’s cute that Cash says he’d be upset if their daughter is too beautiful. He doesn’t have a lot of say in the matter, and their baby sure is cute.

In Touch reports this week that Alba is working hard to lose weight so that she can be fit for a second larger wedding celebration with Cash. Jessica has reportedly lost 15 pounds but wants to get slimmer before they have a big party. The two were married in late May at the Beverly Hills courthouse and they didn’t even release a photo. Alba was said to have been reluctant to sell her baby’s first public pictures, but was eventually convinced by OK!, which reportedly paid $1.5 million for the photoshoot and another set of photos of one of Honor’s holidays. I hope it’s Halloween and they dress her up all cute.

We have long proclaimed that the amount of money celebrities are being paid for photos of their new babies is absolutely ridiculous. Many of them are supposedly competitive with one another, and get angry with other celebs get more money. Which is just disgusting. Not surprisingly, those same celebs are the ones that never mention donating the enormous sums – leaving us to believe that they probably pocket several million dollars.

Luckily, Nicole Kidman has more class than that. She and husband Keith Urban have chosen not to sell photos of their first biological child, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, born last week. The couple hasn’t yet decided if they’ll release photos to the press, but if they do it’ll be free of charge.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have rejected deals worth millions of dollars for first pictures of their newborn daughter Sunday.

The star couple have yet to decide whether to release a photograph officially but, if they do, it will be free, a source close to them said.

“They don’t think it’s appropriate to make deals. They are still deciding how they feel about - if and when they will release a photo at all. But they realise there is enormous interest from the public and they are grateful and appreciative of that,” the source said.

“… Nicole and Keith have been enjoying their first few days at home with the baby - Nicole is thinking about things like breastfeeding right now.”

[From the Sydney Morning Herald]

Good for her. I thought the way Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera bartered over the price of their baby photos was really disgusting. And although Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will likely end up with the most exorbitant price ever, it’s widely assumed that they will donate the entire amount. I think either donating the fee or doing it for free is the only way for celebs to debut their babies with class.

Many celebs that have gone the free route have simply not gone out of their way to make a big deal out of their new baby’s photos – and let the paparazzi get a few snaps. The idea of profiting off new babies is absolutely abhorrent, so let’s applaud the celebs who still have some class.

It’s all about the Brangelina twins today, and since Angelina reportedly wants to shed that moniker I’ve decided to use it as much as possible. It’s a lot easier than calling them Knox and Vivienne, which sounds suspiciously similar to the names J.Lo chose for her fraternal boy and girl twins, Max and Emme.

There are new details emerging about the birth of the twins that seems like way too much information. People are clamoring for details and Brad and Angelina have only so much control over what leaks out, but I think that birth room scenes are privileged information despite all the “Baby Story” episodes I watched on TLC when I was pregnant.

People Magazine has a whole section of their website dedicated to the birth of the twins with a big red banner across the top in all-caps italics that reads “ANGELINA & BRAD’S TWINS ARE BORN!” and it’s really too much. They had the babies, we’ll get to see them soon, good for them.

Brad “Very Emotional” at Birth, Angelina was talking and laughing during C-section
Angelina’s doctor revealed in his statement that Brad was “very emotional” when the babies were born. What dad isn’t, even for the fifth and sixth child? Dr. Sussman gave a lot of information to the press and I’m not sure I would want all those details made public if it was my family even though it’s all perfectly normal stuff.

During the labor and delivery, the couple “were talking, they were together,” Dr. Michel Sussmann told reporters outside Fondation Lenval Hospital in Nice, France, where twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon were born on Saturday. “It was an epidural, so [Angelina] was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy.”

Pitt never left Jolie’s side – “he was my assistant!” Sussmann said jokingly – and even cut the babies’ umbilical cords.

“He was … perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional,” said Sussmann.

Asked whether the birth had been a textbook delivery, Sussmann replied, “absolutely no problems.”

[From People.com]

Dr. Sussmann said Angelina will stay in the hospital for a few more days, which is how they do it in Europe and that “it isn’t like in the United States, where the patients go home after three days. ” He later clarified that the babies are in good health at 5 pounds each, but that they need to gain some more weight before they go home and are likely to stay in the hospital for about a week.

Dr. Sussmann also told the press that Angelina’s c-section was moved up ten days “for the mother’s comfort.”

The Associated Press reports that Brad Pitt chose to give the French daily newspaper the Nice-Matin the scoop on the birth because he wanted a local paper to have the story before the other outlets.

The mayor of Nice held a press conference and gushed in his praise for Angelina and Brad. He said it was a great honor that such big stars had chosen his city to give birth. He stood on the steps of the hospital while holding Knox’s birth certificate and said:

“On behalf of the inhabitants of Nice, I congratulate the happy parents, the most famous couple of the world who have chosen our city for this happy event.”

He also called the birth “a pride to Nice and all its citizens.” [Details From People.com]

It’s all a bit over the top, but congratulations to Brad and Angelina and it is kind of amazing that they had twins to add to their brood of four other children - whether they had IVF or not. And let’s wish them well for their babies no matter how you feel about them personally. They’re certainly willing to be open with the press and there are millions of people who want to read every little tidbit about them. Maybe they think if they open up all the doors and unlock everything people will get bored and go home. It’s pretty damn comfortable and perfect-looking in their house, though.

Jennifer Lopez seems absolutely intent on making sure her five month old twins Emme and Max turn into little divas as soon as humanly possible. J-Lo is going to pretty extreme lengths to make sure the kids know absolutely nothing of normalcy, or have even the vaguest concept of modest living. According to the Sun, J-Lo doesn’t let them wear any of their outfits more than once.

Even by Jennifer Lopez’s extravagant standards, this takes some beating…

The actress apparently insists on dressing her five-month-old twins in new designer gear every day.

We’re told: “Jennifer was approached by a charity and asked to donate some dresses for a celebrity auction. She agreed and donated a gorgeous £5,000 frock.

“She also offered some of Max and Emme’s clothes, telling organisers that she never lets them ‘repeat’ outfits.

“But the auction deals only in adult clothes. Jennifer told them it was a shame, as some items cost over Û1,000 (£500) each.”

[From the Sun]

That is really, really terrible. Lopez has also been widely reported to be a bit of a germaphobe about the babies, insisting on surgical masks and ridiculous amounts of hand sanitizers for anyone around them. Perhaps that plays into her insistence that the tots not wear anything more than once.

If nothing else she could donate the clothes to any charity for kids. It doesn’t need to be some fancy celebrity auction. She could do it just to put clothes on another little baby’s back. On Friday Celebitchy pointed out that the twins “probably have their clothes changed as often as their diapers, modeling designer outfits and tiny cashmere sweaters around the house while perfecting their haughty stares.” Sounds spot on.

Here’s Jennifer and husband Marc Anthony receiving an honorary award from the Milan town council in Italy on July 1st. Yeah, I find that confusing too. Images thanks to WENN.

Angelina Jolie gave birth to boy and girl twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline last night in Nice France. The babies weighed 5.03 lbs and 5 lbs and were delivered by c-section. Earlier reports were confused as to whether Angelina had giving birth to twin girls, was still pregnant, or had boy and girl twins. Now the Associated Press and People have confirmation from her doctor along with the names of the babies. He said that everyone is doing well and that Brad was by Angelina’s side during the birth:

“The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” Dr. Michael Sussmann told PEOPLE Sunday. “Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well.”

“The mother and father are very, very happy,” Sussmann told PEOPLE.

[From People.com]

Knox and Vivienne will join their four siblings Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3 and a half, and Shiloh, 2. Both Brad and Angelina have been outspoken about their quest for a large, happy family, with Brad saying at separate times that they wanted a soccer team, and that they would stop at somewhere between seven and nine children.

Little Vivienne’s middle name, Marcheline, is surely in honor of Angelina’s late mother, Marcheline Bertrand. It’s hard to tell what the twins’ other names mean and there’s sure to be a lot of speculation over the next few days.

Congratulations to the entire family on their new editions, and best wishes for a happy life together.

Jamie Lynn and her Lynne in October, 2007

The Spears family continues their full-on media blitz about what a star mom 17-year-old Jamie Lynn is. Maybe they’re trying to make up for all the damage Britney caused. The very fact that Jamie Lynn moved home to Kentwood, Louisiana and seems to be planning on raising daughter Maddie there does say a lot about her commitment to doing what she feels is best for her baby. OK! has some sort of deal worked out with the Spears clan, and had an interview with Lynne yesterday, in which they talked about how Jamie Lynn is handling being a new mother.

How proud are you of the way Jamie Lynn handled the pregnancy?
She’s been totally responsible. She is an old soul and very wise at such a young age.

As she was getting closer to her due date, what were your biggest concerns for her?
We have a history of difficult labors, and I didn’t want her to be terrified and never want to have another baby because mine were traumatic. I really worried about that, but my goodness, she just flew right on through it.

Describe that first moment when you saw Jamie Lynn, Maddie and Casey together.
Oh, my god. That is one of your most precious moments ever. Just that sight. It is indescribable.

What do your grandkids call you?
I started out being Nonnie, but it turned into Me-Ma.

What kind of mom is Jamie Lynn going to be?
A very good mom. She’s warm and nurturing. And the most fun time will be when she’s the soccer mom, the carpool mom. That was the most fun I had as a mother.

You don’t live very far away from Jamie Lynn. Are you planning to babysit?
It’s too soon for that yet with an itty-bitty baby, but I’ll go over as often as she wants and help with the dishes or the laundry. I’m always ready for my phone call.

[From OK!]

It’s always hard to tell how much of what’s said is honest and how much is PR bullshit, especially with a magazine like OK!. That said, it seems like Jamie Lynn is doing a really good job handling an unexpected situation. True, she has more advantages that most teenage mothers, but it’s got to be overwhelming for her no matter what.

Celebitchy reported that Jamie Lynn and Lynne were supposedly fighting because Lynne was planning on going to Los Angeles to help big sister Britney. OK! reports that she did indeed jet off to the west coast on Thursday. Jamie Lynn has had three weeks of being a mom… under most circumstances, it seems like it’d be fine for Lynne to leave. But it really does sort of seem like her 17-year-old daughter with a new baby should have a bit more of a priority than being with Britney while she puts out a new CD.

Despite reports that Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz were expecting a boy, Pete says they don’t know the baby’s sex yet, but are hoping to find out in the next couple of weeks. They must have picked out all that blue stuff because they prefer the color. Or hate Pink. Which doesn’t make any sense, because I can really imagine both those people wearing a lot of hot fuchsia for some reason.

Pete also says Ashlee is having the usual pregnancy cravings, including a lot of army green colored food.

What’s mom-to-be Ashlee Simpson craving these days? “Green olives and pickles!” her husband Pete Wentz revealed on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. “Green olives on everything!” He called her cravings an “anytime kind-of-thing. You always have to be ready.”

He said the pregnancy is “really, really exciting. “I heard women become mothers when they become pregnant, and boys become fathers when the baby is born,” Wentz, 29, said. “So I don’t feel all the physical things, but when I’m in the doctor’s office, I freak out. It’s … crazy because it’s this thing you made.” He said they still don’t know the baby’s sex, but is “hoping the doctor will see something in the next couple weeks.”

He also joked that he is turning into his dad. “I get up at 7 … complain,” he said. “I come home [to] a pregnant wife and two puppies.” But Wentz (who admitted he made out with guys) doesn’t mind. He said his new goal is to “live in the suburbs and hang out with my kid.”

[From Us Weekly]

It kinda creeps me out that 29-year-old Pete still refers to himself as a boy. Somehow the idea of him being a dad just doesn’t make sense to me. I think it’s the combination of his smile and that “boy” thing. Not that Ashlee Simpson seems really motherly, but I can imagine that a little easier that Pete Wentz playing soccer with his kid. He and Ashlee do seem really happy and solid though, and that obviously counts a lot.

Here’s Ashlee and Pete stopping at the Glen Market and Liquor Store for water and ice cream in
Los Angeles on Monday. Photographer: Apega/Agent47. Images thanks to WENN.