Uma Thurman gave birth to a baby girl one month ago, and we STILL don’t know this baby’s name. Can you believe that? Usually the name leaks in the first week, or the celebrity issues a press release. The one exception is Natalie Portman, I guess – it took us a while to learn that her son’s name is Aleph. Uma’s older kids (by Ethan Hawke) are named Maya and Levon – both names I like a great deal. Slightly “unconventional” in that they’re not, like, George or Mary or something. Now that I’ve realized that we still don’t know this baby’s name, it’s killing me. I need to know!!! I also want to know if the baby is going to be a “Thurman-Busson” or just “Busson”. Because the baby-daddy is Arpad Busson, Uma’s on-and-off boyfriend. Obvs.
Anyway, these are some new photos of Uma and the baby. She was photographed in a grainy cell phone pic, like, a day after giving birth (you can see that pic here), but Uma really stepped out with the baby several times last week. There are even a few clear shots of the baby which we don’t have access to – you can see one here. The baby is a brunette, and she has a serious little face. From what I can see, she takes after her father.
Incidentally, these photos show Uma trying to shield the baby from photographers with the help of some dude with a really long tarp. Unfortunately, Uma got caught up in the tarp and she almost fell with the baby in her arms. Fame/Flynet says she was coming out of a midtown office building and the tarp dude is an employee of the building. You know that dude must feel pretty rough – tried to help a mom with a baby and he ended up almost making her fall.
PS… Yes, Uma has a Prada baby bag. I kind of love her for not wearing makeup though.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I like Uma … What a switch from Elle! Can’t believe that guy almost tripped her …wow!!
I like her too. Poor guy trying to help.
Thoses photos should not have been taken, too close, too..aggressive.
Exactly! The woman has a new born for crying out loud. Jeez. Back up.
Disgusting. There needs to be a law about the distance photographers can be to people with their kids. This looks dangerous for her and the baby.
+1
Unfortunately as long as there is a market for it and we remain undying capitalists, it’s gonna keep happening.
(No political slant intended)
Uhhh…*this* is the market.
@deehunny: well when Diana died, the Royal family made the request to let her children paparazzi free, because they still were kids (sort of), and it was respected.
Totally agree.
I remember having to go to the store with my newborn and people would come over to me to politely ask his age or say he was cute or whatever. I felt like I couldn’t protect him from strangers or their germs. It was a little irrational but it didn’t feel that way to me. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I had strangers clamoring to get photos like what is happening here. Yikes.
I couldn’t agree more. Back off! Too damned close! She does not owe anyone a peek at her child. Are these people willing to take accountability if/when something bad happens because of their actions? I didn’t think so.
I feel for her. This looks like a pretty harrowing situation.
Wow are those invasive photos or what!? Uma (and every other celeb new mom) needs some space and respect. This is one of the hardest times in a mom’s life, the last things she need is a bunch of cameras going off in her face while trying to transport and protect her precious new child. Bad paps.
Uma’s skin is great, for her age & no make-up.
Also, she has lost a lot of her baby weight so fast! She was HUGE before the baby was born.
She’ll release pictures and the name of the baby if and when she feels like it. She seems to value her privacy. I realize that taking pictures is their jobs, but can’t they have a sense of decency for when it is and isn’t appropiate.
Seriously. They have a zoom function
I don’t get it. An ordinary looking woman without her make-up comes out of a mid-town office building in the middle of NYC with her baby covered by a blanket and yet there are paps everywhere.
Uma is unrecognizable so why would they be there if someone hadn’t called them? And then there is the guy who just happened to have a tarp available.
Rita, I was thinking the same thing…the only question I have is, if she called the paps, wouldn’t she have make-up on and fixed her hair?
I think it’s the staged “ambiance” of “celebrity pandemonium” these PR firms are going for. The scene is meant to appear so spontaneous, “Look, she must be an A-lister with all these paps around and she’s not even wearing make-up!!!!”
That’s my theory anyway.
But what would be the point of calling them if she wasn’t going to reveal the baby’s face?
I agree with Rita and I was going to hint at that myself but couldn’t find a way to say it without going in to detail but in answer to your question I would say probably the need for attention that is why she called the paps. I never understand how these supposed billionaires would be interested in washed up celebs like Uma so she probably has to make him see how important she still is. I mean I rarely see any photos or mention of her so why would the paps suddenly be in her face.
Someone in the building tipped them off.That’s why they often catch celebs leaving.Paparazzi agencies in LA and NYC pay tipsters who call when they spot celeb show up for appointment especially doctors appt.
+1. Really don’t think uma’s the type to call paps. Since no photos or info at all were released, there was a bounty on that poor baby’s head.
Have to say that I was thinking the same thing. Something about it seems orchestrated in order to get people to think:
-Wow, no make-up: She will be our new God!
-Get people to speculate on the name of the baby and start a countdown to the unveiling of baby’s face.
-The ‘Paparazzi, Be Gone’ movement will be bolstered because they do dumb stuff like this and have a pretty poor concept on how they’re viewed. A baby is a reliable sympathy grabber, bug a newborn, bug your audience. However, how could they all know that she’s walking into some random building? Someone must’ve told on her–or it was staged or she was complicit, I dunno, but this is sloppy stalking on the part of the photographers.
-Remind people that she’s alive before she gives up and works with Tarantino again, because goodness knows she dwells in the casting graveyard when they don’t collaborate.
Heck, I like her, but I’m not sure what’s going on with this.
scary that she almost fell with the baby. people need to back off, seriously.
Thank God she wasn’t wearing high heels.
I feel bad for her just trying to leave a building but almost falling with her baby.
She looks exhausted as any mother with a new born would be.The baby is as cute as cute could be!
Oh wow, I feel bad for her in these photos. She does look good for a new mom though, exhausted, but glowey.
I have that blanket for my son & he loves it.
Anyway, she looks amazing! I would be seriously upset if people were crowding me & my infant like that. Like screaming crazy woman upset
She looks like hell but that might mean she is actually taking care of her child rather than relegating those duties to a nanny. I have never thought she was pretty but happy for her if she takes good care of her daughter. I had forgotten she existed until I saw this article
I can’t imagine being stalked by photographers everyday. I don’t envy theses peoples lifes.
Those pas should back off!
All I have to say is I’m really glad I didn’t have a bunch of photographers in my face right after I gave birth to my daughter. How ridiculous.
Maya isn’t unconventional. Heavy use started in the late ’90’s, continued until the early 2000’s. After that couldn’t say. Every Heather, Kelly, and Megan was naming their baby girl Maya or a variation of.
Watched movie Prime yesterday…very good!
That’s so wrong of the paps. I’ve fallen with an infant in my arms (raised stepping stone) and it was TERRIFYING! (She was fine; mommy was not.)
Oh my that would have been terrifying! I hope you weren’t to badly hurt as I Imagen you would have taken the brunt of the fall. In Uma’s case these paps are adding to the hazards, they are the raised stepping stone! I would think this wasn’t leek from her because if I had just had a baby that would be the last thing in my mind regardless of fame.
My toe was broken under the nail (which was mostly ripped off) so they just took the whole thing off (and gave me loads of antibiotics and a tetanus shot). It was gory. The rest of me (my right shoulder, arm, and hip) were battered and bruised. I was just so thankful she was okay. I honestly thought I dropped her, but the ER doc said I’d cradled her to me and let her go after I’d landed, so she’d only rolled.
These paps are creating dangerous situations where none actually need to occur.
I do doubt this was “staged” but staged or not, there is no reason for that level of aggressiveness toward a mother and her child, especially a newborn.
I love and miss Uma. What happened to her career?
That must have been such a scare for her.
Note to Beyonce: this is how a woman looks like after giving birth, and this is how a baby looks like when a mother is accidentally being photographed holding a baby.
When things look too staged, a women looks exactly the same before and “after” “giving birth” and when the mother doesn’t even look tired and claims to have breast-fed, then people can tell the difference.
“accidentally being photographed,” uh, I don’t think so. Love Uma, though. Can’t wait to see this little girl grow up and get cute 🙂
You guys kill me with the “Omgz the paps should back off!” “They are taking it too far”.
Do you realize that YOU are the reason for that!? All of you who clicked on the link to see the pic of Uma’s baby and read gossip blogs are the reason why the paps are so aggressive, because there is obviously a market for it!
No the irony is not lost on me, I am also a part of it but I’m not a hypocrite, however I must add that I didn’t click on the link to see the close up pics of her baby.
I’m not interested in celebrity babies in general and wish there was a law that would forbid it.
Even though Uma Itries hard to have privacy, it is impossible. I saw her and her family years ago in Israel. They had a tour guide with the same idea as ours. We followed each other from site to site. Even across the world, it was impossible to avoid photographers. It was embarrassing watching the people I knew fall all over themselves trying to get her attention. I tried not to notice, being a former new yorker.
I think this intrusiveness comes with the job. And uma handles the paps as well as anyone.
And I did look at the baby. she is adorable. Very glad Uma had a safe delivery.
she is gangsta for even having that baby out like that. i guess after having 2 kids, she doesn’t have that new mom ‘shelter the baby from the elements’ thing.
p.s.- that kid sure does look exactly like the papa. errr…yeah. 😉
I just love baby toes. Baby feet sticking out the blanket. So cute. Sigh*
Who doesn’t love baby feet?
also…Uma’s got the cheekbones of DEATH (it’s a compliment, as my gay makeup-artist would say)! f*cking gorgeous even at this age & w/o a stitch of makeup. loves! 😉