How high did Tom Cruise jump when he heard this news? He and fiancée Katie Holmes are expecting a baby.
Holmes’ pregnancy was reported Wednesday by People magazine. The couple have been dating since April and became engaged in June. It would be Holmes’ first child. Cruise has two children, Connor, 10, and Isabella, 12, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.
Mick Jagger’s girlfriend is no Yoko Ono. British newspaper have reported stylist L’Wren Scott angered members of the Rolling Stones by giving them fashion tips and urging some to stop smoking.
“It is completely untrue to say that L’Wren has caused a rift between myself and the rest of the band,” Jagger said in a statement. In the same statement, Jo Wood, wife of Stones guitarist Ron Wood, denied Scott had tried to get her husband to quit smoking. “Ronnie is the only one who can stop himself from smoking. No one can tell him to stop,” she said.
Speaking of the Beatles: Paul McCartney told Rolling Stone magazine he has no plans to buy back the band’s publishing rights from Michael Jackson. The American pop star needs money to pay attorneys after being acquitted in a child molestation trial.
“The thing is, I get some money from the publishing already. … And in a few years, more of the rights automatically revert to me,” McCartney said.
Paris Hilton has hopped from one Greek shipping heir to another, the New York Post reports.
Fresh from dumping fiancé Paris Latsis, Hilton has taken up with Stavros Niarchos, who hails from a Greek shipping family believed to be worth $7.5 billion. Niarchos, 20, also is the ex-boyfriend of Mary-
Kate Olsen. The Post reported Hilton and Niarchos were spotted at Los Angeles’ Spider Club on Friday night and at Element with Hilton’s sister, Nicky, the next night.
Food Network star and best-selling author Rachael Ray has signed a deal with King World Productions, Harpo Productions and Scripps Networks to host a daily, one-hour talk show to be syndicated next fall.
A King World news release announced the new series, saying it would be based in New York. The release also said Ray will continue her work with Food Network. Ray hosts four shows on the cable channel: “30-Minute Meals,” “$40 a Day,” “Inside Dish With Rachael Ray” and her newest show, “Rachael Ray’s Tasty Treats.”
Kevin James’ wife, Steffiana, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Sienna-Marie, on Friday, the “King of Queens” star’s publicist said. The couple married in June 2004.
Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium gave birth to a baby boy Tuesday. He’s the third child for the princess and her husband, Crown Prince Philippe. He was named Emmanuel Leopold Guillaume François Marie.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
Royal rites in Tokyo
Princess Sayako of Japan, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry Tokyo government employee Yoshiki Kuroda on Nov. 15. The Imperial Palace officially announced the wedding, completing a year-long traditional rite. It will be the first wedding for a female member of a reigning emperor’s family in 45 years.
