The Oscar-winning actress had just given birth to 17-month-old daughter Sunday Rose when she started shooting musical movie ‘Nine’ so took her and her spouse Keith Urban to work with her so they could all be together.

The film’s director Rob Marshall said: “She was excited to be part of a company and go back to work right away. And her baby was on set with us. It was beautiful.”

The movie’s choreographer John DeLuca said: “Keith just watched and had this big smile while holding the baby. It was nice to have little Sunday Rose there.”

Although Keith is a huge country music star, he didn’t offer any advice vocal tips to his wife for her singing role.

Rob added to ‘E!’: “Keith was always there, but he stepped back into the background. He just steps back, which is really nice.”

Nicole recently revealed she took on her role in ‘Nine’ to prove there is more to life than motherhood.

She explained: “I’d just given birth, so I was like, ‘OK, I’m still a woman – I want to do this film! And I do have a life other than simply feeding this baby.’ I think when you give birth you get itchy to get back to work and you want to feel life still goes on.”

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The ‘Bodies’ singer – who is dating actress Ayda Field – has revealed his mother Janet is so desperate for him to settle down and start a family, she told people he was already engaged to try and hurry him along.

He said: “I’m probably going to get married but I didn’t get engaged on the radio the other week. It was just part of the interview. Then my mum went, ‘Oh yes, oh yes. I’ve bought the hat, I’ve bought a card.’ She just wants grandkids. She just wants to speed up the process.”

Last month, Robbie jokingly proposed to his lover of three-years during a live interview with an Australian radio station.

He said to Ayda: “Will you marry me, baby? Ayda Field, I love you so much, would you mind being my betrothed until the end of time?”

The 30-year-old beauty replied: “Yes, I’ll marry you.”

The next day, Janet claimed the engagement was real and admitted she was “excited” about seeing her son getting wed.

She said: “It’s a lovely match. She’s a lovely girl.

“We don’t always have to have the ring, but there is one. I’m very excited.”

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The singer-and-actress doesn’t want to rush into anything too serious with the Smashing Pumpkins frontman following her split from American football star Tony Romo.

A source said: “They are getting to know each other. He’s a nice guy.”

Meanwhile, Jessica’s twitter postings have revealed she has been building up a close relationship with Billy over the last few months.

On September 11, Jessica tweeted: “My friend, Billy Corgan, has a pure and enlightened outlook on faith.”

Jessica – who, at 29, is 13 years younger than Billy – was pictured leaving New York’s Ritz Carlton Hotel with Billy last week.

The pair were first romantically linked in November when they both attended a party in Los Angeles.

A source said: “She has completely fallen for Billy and his easygoing, smart attitude. She says she wants to take things a lot further.

“She had secretly been crushing on him for months and felt there was a connection at the party.

“As the night went on things got more intense and they talked with their faces just inches apart.”

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The former Destiny’s Child star told organisers at the Elton John Aids Foundation bash that she wanted “untold amounts of KFC” and a “love seat” before her performance.

It seems Kelly is undertaking an unusual diet – last week it was claimed the 28-year-old had banned chocolate from the gig and also needed a hypnotherapist to make sure she didn’t succumb to her urge for the treat.

In the past Kelly has admitted that she sometimes allows herself to eat burgers and cookies when she gets lazy.

The ‘When Love Takes Over’ singer performed a number of her biggest solo hits, as well as some songs from her time in Destiny’s Child.

Guests, including Lily Allen and Liz Hurley, enjoyed a three-course meal at the event which was held at London’s Grosvenor House hotel.

They started with a winter salad of glazed figs, ham and goats cheese mousse, followed by sea bass and potatoes with a chocolate truffle with blackberries for desert.

Elton said: “It’s the first time we’ve thrown a Winter Ball in the UK. So I’m really pleased that we’ve been able to put on such a great night for such a worth cause.”

Cocktails for the charity bash were created by Lily Cole, Roland Mouret and Lily.

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The Black Eyed Peas singer – who married ‘Transformers’ actor Josh Duhamel in January and has previously admitted to being bisexual – has revealed she will always lust after womanly figures but will never give into temptation and cheat on her husband with a girl.

She told Cosmopolitan magazine: “Oh, I totally celebrate women. Of course, I’m married now so it’s a different story – I’m a one-man woman. But yes I still appreciate beautiful women.”

The 34-year-old beauty believes she has calmed down a lot since her partying days when she was in her 20s.

She said: “That was like a different life! I was going to clubs a lot and staying up for days at a time. I still love the club scene and seeing what people are wearing, but I’m not taking drugs and damaging myself like I was. I can’t go out every night like I used to.”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ actress reportedly split from French financier Arpad Busson because she was tired of him trying to take over her life and telling her what to do.

A friend of the actresses told the New York Daily News newspaper: “It seemed like he always wanted to run the show.”

The relationship allegedly turned sour when the 47-year-old businessman decided he wanted to make drastic changes to Uma’s lavish homes without even consulting her.

The friend explained: “He wanted to bring in his own chef and his own security. He’d talk about redesigning her house in the city and knocking down buildings at her place upstate.”

It had been reported that the couple ended their year-long engagement almost two months ago after a row about money.

Uma – who has 11-year-old daughter Maya and seven-year-old son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, and was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman – recently admitted she wasn’t ready to marry again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything.”

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The 22-year-old actress, who plays vampire Alice Cullen in the movies, is grateful for the opportunity because people are now interested in her talents.

She said: “Instantly, we have this fan base, instantly, we have these careers and people know who we are. People now actually care about what project I’m in.”

Although she is happy with the attention she has gained from her performances in the movie series, Ashley admits some of the films’ hardcore fans can be tough to deal with.

She added in an interview with the USA Today newspaper: “I’ve been asked by people to get a lock of Rob’s hair. I’ve even had girls come up to me and ask to smell my hair.

“I’ve gotten proposals, and I always wonder, ‘What would people do if I said yes?’ ”

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The ‘I Can Transform Ya’ singer – who was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, leaving her covered in cuts and bruises – has posted angry messages on his twitter account blasting stores who refuse to sell his LP ‘Graffiti’.

He wrote: “I’m tired of this s**t. major stores are blackballing my CD. Not stocking the shelves and lying to customers. what the f**k do I gotta do? (sic)”

He later added: “WTF… yeah I said it and I aint retracting s**t.

“I’m not biting my tongue about s**t else… The industry can kiss my a*s. (sic)”

Chris, 20, has received widespread criticism for his attack on Rihanna, 21, following a pre-Grammy Awards party.

He was found guilty of the assault and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community labour, undergo 12 months of domestic violence counselling and received five years probation for the incident. He also has to stay at least 100 yards away from Rihanna for the next five years.

Since the attack, Chris vowed to “learn from” his behaviour.

He said: “Domestic violence is totally wrong whatever the circumstances, no exceptions.

“I’m only 20. This is a bad mistake I made, but one that I’m not denying nor running away from. I don’t believe I should let it shatter my life.

“I’m owning up to the wrongs I’ve done and am working on myself. I’m trying to find the positive amid the negative. I’m urging people to learn from what I did and not take the same route. If I do that – act as an example – then I feel I have no reason to go through the rest of my life with my head hanging down.”

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The 20-year-old Russian waitress – whose turbulent relationship with the Rolling Stones rocker ended last week – has blasted the 62-year-old guitarist’s immature behaviour and blamed his reliance on alcohol for wrecking their romance.

Ekaterina insists their 16-month relationship started to turn sour after they moved into a rented “fairytale” turreted castle.

She said: “The whole thing started off like a fairytale. Then it felt like an evil fairytale. When Ronnie and I moved into a tower my friends were laughing and saying I was like the princess trapped in the tower. I’d be trapped there with an evil goblin king.

“He was like a child with tantrums when he was drunk, throwing water bottles and doing impressions of my voice.

“It was like trying to keep a child under control. In the end I was so unimpressed by everything. I found it very fake.”

Ekaterina insists she was the one who grew out of their relationship by the time they split, even though it was Ronnie – who was still married to his wife of 23 years, Jo, when he eloped to Ireland with Ekaterina in July 2008 – who called time on the romance.

She added to Hello! Magazine: “I grew out of him, I just thought, ‘What’s the point of being with an older man if he acts about 12?’ I thought, ‘What a pathetic person.’

“I felt dead inside. My friends said by the end I’d look like a zombie – really pale.”

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The music legend has reportedly sparked a bidding war between record companies who are desperate to release his new music – which he has worked on with Australian producers P’Nau, known for their work with Empire of the Sun.

A source said: “Elton says he’s writing his most exciting new stuff for years – possibly decades. Working with P’Nau has got the creative juices flowing again. They have got a load of big companies sniffing around.”

The ‘Your Song’ hitmaker is not the only veteran star to take their music in a different direction.

Sir Paul McCartney released the album ‘Electric Arguments’ under the title of his side-project The Fireman with music producer Youth.

Speaking about the LP, the former Beatles star said: “Originally, when I started the group, I used to joke with Youth in the studio, where we’d be putting together these midnight-dancey, ambient records, saying to him, ‘This is like everything they won’t allow me to do in the studio, what I won’t even allow myself to do in the studio. This isn’t like working, it’s like goofing around.’ ”

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The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor – who was recognised with a career achievement award at the Bahamas International Film Festival last night (13.12.09) – feels “stupefied” as to why his “strange” work would be honoured by anyone.

He said: “Whenever anybody says they are going to give me some kind of award, I’m always a little stupefied by the notion. The first thing I say is, ‘Why?’

“I just go to work like anyone else, except my job happens to be a little stranger.”

The 46-year-old actor – who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ – also admitted he is surprised to still get offers of work.

He joked: “I’m still amazed I get jobs after all this time.”

Paying tribute to Johnny – who was presented with his award at the Balmoral Club in Nassau by Sir Sean Connery – festival founder Leslie Vanderpool described him as an “icon”.

In a statement, Leslie added: “What makes this tribute to Johnny even more special is that he has a home in the Bahamas and possesses a true love and appreciation for the region and culture.”

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The ‘Bleeding Love’ singer is concerned for the future of the planet and believes it will only be saved when occupied by other “life forms”.

She told The Sun newspaper: “We’ve done so much damage I worry the world will have to end and start again.

“It will be the next people who occupy the planet who will learn from our mistakes. People are too selfish to stop the things that have caused global warming now.

“But the universe is too big for us to be the only life forms.”

The vegetarian singer – who performs ‘I See You’, the theme song from new blockbuster science fiction movie ‘Avatar’ – hopes to meet an extra-terrestrial, especially if they are like the otherworldly Na’vi who appear in James Cameron’s movie.

She added: “I hope aliens are like the Na’vi. I really like them.

“They care about the things I’m passionate about – nature, the planet, the environment.

“This song required a powerful performance so I had to find an emotional connection. I found one to them.”

Leona is not the only star who believes in aliens.

Robbie Williams is fanatical about extra-terrestrials and regularly takes late night trips in the hope of spotting UFOs.

The ‘Angels’ hitmaker claims to have had three close encounters of the third kind over the years and believes in ghosts.

He said: “People will think I’m mental – which I am!”

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The ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’ star purchased the Andy Warhol painting in 2001 for £2 million and was praised for his knowledge of the art world when he sold it for £13 million in 2007.

But Hugh, 49, has confessed he ordered a member of his staff to bid for the painting at a New York auction during two-days of drinking.

He is quoted by the Mail Online website as saying: “To my horror, she did, and even worse, got it. It all began with drink. I’d been having a drunken dinner with my father the night before, and I said, ‘We ought to go see my brother Jamie. You know, the Concorde’s amazing.’

‘And he said, ‘I hear it is.’ So I bought him a Concorde ticket and we went. We had lunch, drank a lot of beer. And I was thinking about some stuff in the Sotheby’s auction and I saw the Liz Taylor. I slightly regret selling it now, even though it made me rich.”

The pop art painting was one of several portraits Warhol created at the height of his fame and creative output in the 60s.

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The ‘Avatar’ actress has long been rumoured to be bisexual or a lesbian despite insisting she isn’t, and says if she had anything to prove to anyone she would do it on camera.

She said in an interview with Style magazine: “If I wanted to tell people what I do with my vagina, I’d have made a sex video a long time ago. Largely, people don’t know the whole story about anything. But still they need to put a name on it so they can label it and put it on the side and not dedicate any time to figuring it out. It’s laziness.”

Rodriguez – who was romantically linked to her openly bisexual ‘Bloodrayne’ co-star Kristanna Loken in 2006 – also revealed she aspires to be like Angelina Jolie.

The 31-year-old actress admires 34-year-old Angelina – who is openly bisexual but currently in a long-term relationship with Brad Pitt – for the action-packed roles she takes on and the sexual energy she exudes.

She said: “I like women like Angelina Jolie because of her ability to harness masculine and feminine energy into one. There are certain people who are so sexual that it doesn’t matter how old they get, they’re still sexual. Angie, at 50, will still be sexual.”

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The ‘Atonement’ star has reportedly been visiting London’s Halcyon Gallery to be painted naked by artist Mitch Griffiths for a new exhibition.

A source said: “It’s considered a great honour to be painted by Mitch. He is a highly respected nude painter and is painting as number of subjects for a new exhibition next year. He is delighted Keira decided to take part.”

The 24-year-old actress – who is widely considered to be one of Hollywood’s most beautiful women – is currently starring in play ‘The Misanthrope’, which is running in London’s West End theatre district.

In the production, a modern-day version of Moliere’s 17th Century comedy work, Keira plays a vacuous Hollywood starlet.

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The ‘Thelma and Louise’ actress – who has sons Jack, 20, and 17-year-old Miles with partner Tim Robbins – says her “sexual” boys were keen to wed their mother and she had to tell them it wasn’t possible.

She said: “If I kissed someone in a film, my son used to ask, ‘Did you have sex in that movie?’ and I’d say, ‘No, we just kissed,’ yet he considered it sexual. But that is the dance, because sexuality exists around children. From the time they’re walking, they’re completely sexual. I remember having to explain to both my sons that we couldn’t get married.”

Susan – who also has a 24-year-old daughter Eva from a previous relationship – also revealed she began to stop doing nude scenes when her children began to ask difficult questions.

The 63-year-old star told Psychologies magazine: “They’ll point out something I did earlier and ask, ‘Did it never occur to you that you might have a child?’ I say, ‘No, it didn’t, really.’ But I accept them; they have to learn to accept me.”

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Alexa Ray Joel – daughter of the ‘Piano Man’ singer and ex-wife Christie Brinkley – was rushed to hospital on Saturday (05.12.09) when she was discovered by her friend after reportedly taking eight sleeping pills.

She was treated at New York’s St. Vincent Hospital before being released later that evening.

Her famous father’s representative said: “She is in a stable condition. She is going to be fine.”

Although it has officially been claimed that 23-year-old Alexa took sleeping pills, sources claim she had taken the homeopathic antihistamine Traumeel.

A source told the New York Daily News newspaper: “Her friend said Alexa had taken pills and was feeling despondent. She said she wasn’t feeling good about herself.”

In August, Alexa described herself on her MySpace page as “forgotten”.

She also revealed she hated dating and considered herself “terrible” at it.

Alexa – who split up from boyfriend Jimmy Riot twice last year – wrote: “I HATE the game-playing! Can’t stand it.”

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Elizabeth, who was best friends with the ‘Bad’ singer, loved the documentary – which was pieced together from footage of the ‘King of Pop’ rehearsing for his sold-out London residency – and has urged everyone to watch it.

She said: “Michael and I shared a pure and perfect love. Usually, I don’t speak publically about the loss of a loved one.

“But I am encouraging everyone to please, please see his mastery in ‘This Is It’. Michael’s genius will never be equalled. Tragically, we shall never see the likes of him again.”

The 77-year-old actress also revealed she has Michael’s music on her iPod, as well as British singing sensation Susan Boyle.

She added in an interview with the USA Today newspaper: “We’re just starting to load my iPod now. I ask my secretary to help me with those things. I have Andrea Bocelli, Enya, Susan Boyle and of course my loved one, Michael Jackson, on it.”

Despite constant rumours she is in ill health, Elizabeth insists she is still going strong.

She said: “I’ve outlived many who have prematurely buried me. There are so many things in the world that are more important than my health watch.”

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The glamour model is believed to have reconciled with the cross-dressing cage fighter just weeks after dumping him on live TV but pals don’t believe he is a strong enough character for her.

Friend Phil Turner said: “Katie needs a man around her, she is always telling us that. But Alex is not the one for her. She needs to find someone else.

“She doesn’t care about being the bread winner – none of that matters to her. She just needs a real man to dominate her, to take control and stand up to her and look after her. She doesn’t need a doormat.”

Phil believes Katie only reconciled with Alex because she is finding life without ex-husband Peter – who she split from earlier this year – so difficult.

He added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Katie has really been through it this year. She loved Peter and this divorce has been so hard for her.

“Katie keeps changing her mind about Alex. She’s lonely since splitting up with Pete and I can understand that. But I wish she would find someone else.

“Katie is one of my closest friends and I will always be here for her. Ultimately, I just want her to be happy.”

Katie’s closest friend singer Michelle Heaton has previously urged her to dump Alex.

She said: “Listen, you know how we all feel. You need to get rid of him. I’ve told you.”

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The ‘Bodies’ singer – who released new album ‘Reality Killed the Video Star’ in November – wants to hit the road in Britain in the next two years.

He said: “I will be going on tour. That will be happening. When, where, I don’t know. But it will be happening. Definitely before 2012.”

The 35-year-old star – who rose to fame aged 16 when he joined boy band Take That – also hinted again he is to rejoin his former bandmates, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald, for a new project.

He said: “Am I going to rejoin Take That? I don’t know what’s happening. Something is in the offing. We have been spending a lot of time together. I’m a big fan of them and the band.

“I want to be involved someway, somehow. But I don’t know how that’s going to work.”

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The actress – who plays the former British monarch Queen Victoria in the period film – has revealed the corsets she wore were so restrictive she couldn’t feel her body during shooting.

She said: “I learned how to survive when they lace you tight. It takes getting used to. You must inhale so your rib cage expands. This way, after you’re all done up you can have room to breathe.

“After a day’s shooting, I’d instantly put on sweat pants. I needed something comfy. I needed to feel my inner organs working again!”

However, one thing she did enjoy about the period outfits was that she didn’t have to wear high heels.

Emily added: “We wore flats under those huge, voluminous gowns, which, in fact, they actually did in the early period. They wore ballet boots.”

The movie also gave the 26-year-old star a new respect for the British monarchy.

She said: “Everyone thinks royalty is so grand, but it’s really hard. I wouldn’t want to live with that protocol, being on all the time, constantly under watch.”

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Lisa – who played Pheobe Buffay in ‘Friends’ alongside Courteney’s Monica Geller – stars as a mean dermatologist in the series who treats Courteney’s character Jules.

‘Cougar Town’ executive producer Bill Lawrence said: “They didn’t want to play friends.

“Lisa plays a dermatologist who is a horrible, horrible person, but Courteney goes to her because she’s the best.

“The sight of them playing people who dislike each other intensely was very funny for me to watch.”

Lisa’s character Dr Amy Evans has a reputation as one of the best doctors in town with a very harsh manner.

The cameo scene sees Dr Evans inject Jules with Botox after prodding and pulling her face.

‘Cougar Town’ follows the story of Jules, a recently divorced 40-something who is looking for some excitement in her life.

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The ‘American Pie’ actress – who was left with a scarred stomach after a liposculpting procedure went wrong – can be see topless in the next edition of the famous men’s magazine and she decided to accept the shoot to show off her healed and sexy body.

She said in an interview US TV station WPIX: “It wasn’t a good surgery, it happens sometimes. I got it fixed and now I’m OK, and I want people to know that I’m OK. I’ve been OK now for the last five or six years but people only show old pictures which is so unfair and that’s part of the reason why I did the Playboy shoot – to show the world this is me and this is what I look like.”

Tara, 34, had been offered to strip for the publication – which is owned by Hugh Hefner – several times in the past but always turned down the opportunity.

However, the blonde beauty decided it was the right time to appear in Playboy’s pages this time because she is in a good place “spiritually, physically and mentally”.

She added; “I’ve been offered Playboy in the past but I didn’t really think it was the right time. I was younger and I’m in my 30s now and I feel I’m at the best age in my life – mentally, physically and spiritually – and I’m proud of it.

“So many unbelievable stars have done it throughout the years and I figured, ‘Why not?’ ”

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The ‘Transformers’ actress – who has been dating actor Brian Austin Green on and off since they met in 2003 – had an argument with him after they were unable to agree on their festive holiday plans.

A source is quoted by website Absolute Now as saying: “Basically, Megan wanted it all her way with Brian joining her and her friends and family for the holiday but Brian isn’t so keen.

“He is very loyal to his family and thought they would at least share the holidays between the two. It’s all ended in another tiff which means they probably won’t see each other at all over Christmas.”

The 23-year-old actress might not yet know where she is going to spend Christmas, but she recently revealed she’s already got Brian’s present.

The ‘Jennifer’s Body’ star was searching auction website eBay with her lover when she came across a classic red 1966 Mustang Fastback at a bargain price, although the vehicle needed a lot of repairs.

She said: “We were going through cars on eBay and I found one in really good condition that was beautiful and for a good price.”

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The former Playboy Playmate welcomed Hank Baskett IV – her son with American footballer husband Hank Baskett – after undergoing a caesarean section at 12.37am at a hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The new arrival – who was two weeks premature – weighed 9lb 5oz and measured 22 inches long.

The couple issued a statement saying: “We are all healthy and incredibly happy and can’t wait to spend every moment with little Hank.”

Kendra’s ex-boyfriend Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is delighted by the news.

He said: “I send my love to Kendra, Hank and the baby on this memorable day. What a wonderful Christmas present.”

Her friends and fellow former Playmates Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt also offered their best wishes.

Holly said: “I can’t wait to meet little Hank. I am so excited for Kendra and Hank. They are going to have the best holiday ever!”

Kendra added in an email to E! Online: “This is what I call a Christmas gift that will keep on giving (and taking… lol)! I wish both of them and little Hank Jr. a lifetime of joy and happiness! The only things I wonder… Can I help plan the birthday parties and how will they top this gift next Christmas??? (sic)”

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