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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed the arrival of Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, 7.5 lbs on May 26, 2006.

"Sources at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles confirm to Us that Gwen Stefani gave birth to a baby boy shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday.

After the C-section delivery, Stefani’s husband, Gavin Rossdale, and Stefani’s father walked out of the operating room and greeted family waiting in a private room. Rossdale announced that the baby had been born and the entire room started screaming and clapping. Sources say the rocker parents are considering calling their son (who was born with a thick thatch of hair) Kingston, or “King” for short.

The couple arrived at Cedars-Sinai this morning, where Rossdale dropped his wife off at the maternity ward, parked Stefani’s silver Range Rover and “seemed a little nervous and checked the baby car seat before he got out,” according to a witness. Rossdale then took the elevator to the maternity ward. “Gwen was wearing her signature red lipstick and looked so excited,” the onlooker added.

Stefani, 36, announced her pregnancy last December during the final concert stop of her solo tour. “This is the end of a huge chapter for me,” she said at the time. Her tour completed, the singer spent the remainder of her pregnancy relaxing, swimming, and getting weekly manicures and pedicures near her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, California.

The couple met in 1995 when Stefani’s band No Doubt opened for Rossdale’s former band Bush. They married in September 2002 in two separate ceremonies in London and Los Angeles. Rossdale, 38, has a 16-year old daughter, Daisy Lowe from a previous relationship.

Just three weeks before his divorce with ex-wife Jessica Simpson, 25, is set to be finalized, Nick Lachey, 32, was spotted on a date in Westwood, CA, on May 24, with his latest fling, girlfriend Kim Kardashian, 25. The two were seen checking out an afternoon screening of The Da Vinci Code, their first official outing together as a couple. “They were holding hands throughout most of the movie, and shared popcorn and a drink,” an eyewitness tells Life & Style. “She was resting her head on his shoulder during the movie. It was definitely a date.” Afterwards, Nick dropped Kim off at her Beverly Hills house and went inside, staying for about half an hour.

As Life & Style first exclusively reported, Kim — daughter of late O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Kardashian — started seeing Nick in April. Insiders close to the couple confirm that the two have been quietly going out for almost two months. ”It’s real, it’s more than a one time thing,” one insider tells Life & Style. “They’ve been keeping it very low profile, just going to friends houses and small restaurants.”

Nick has been no stranger to the dating world since ending his three year marriage with Simpson. Flings with former Miss Kentucky Elizabeth Arnold, 26 Laguna Beach’s Kristin Cavallari, 19, and MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo, 25, along with the release of his What’s Left of Me album have kept the new bachelor busy. So can Kim keep his attention? “He definitely likes her,” the insider says. “It’s not just a one time thing.”

Pride & Prejudice heart-throb Matthew Macfadyen and his actress wife Keeley Hawes are expecting their second child together. Macfadyen, 31, and Hawes, 28, met on the set of BBC drama Spooks (also known as MI-5) and married in 2004. Hawes, who has a six-year-old son Miles from her first marriage to Spencer McCallum, is expecting the newest addition to the family in September.

Director Sofia Coppola has hit back at critics who mauled her new movie Marie-Antoinette as an attempt to Americanize French history. Coppola's film chronicles the life of the tragic French queen during the revolution in the 1790s. It has been criticized for its American pop video feel, but Coppola insists she wanted to accentuate the youthful slant to the story. She says, "I wasn't making a political movie about the French revolution, I was making a portrait of Marie-Antoinette and my opinions are in the film. We modernized certain things that were relate-able to me and a modern audience. The story is about teenagers in Versailles, so I wanted it to have that energy of youth and teenage feeling to it."

Brad Pitt appears to have seduced another beautiful co-star - Cate Blanchett has described working with him on the movie Babel as "like chocolate".

The married actress reveals acting alongside Pitt in the new film fulfilled an ambition for them both.

She gushes, "It is like chocolate - he is glorious and wonderful and we have been wanting to work with one another for a long time."

The pair play husband and wife in the movie. In real life Blanchett is married to playwright Andrew Upton. Pitt is expecting a child with Angelina Jolie.

The Arctic Monkeys made their first live performance with their new bassist in a low-key gig last night.

After regular bass player Andy Nicholson pulled out of their Canadian tour due to fatigue, Nick O'Malley stepped up to fill in. The band played East London's 120 capacity Old Blue Last pub to get some live experience under their belts before embarking on the tour tomorrow.

During their 40 minute set, the Sheffield group confirmed that 'Leave Before the Lights Come On' will be released as a summer single. NME quote singer Alex Turner as saying: "We’re going to play our new single for you now. It’s straight out of the hit factory. This is our summer hit, watch out for it."

Fearne Cotton has been confirmed as Patrick Kielty's new co-host for the upcoming series of Love Island.

The former kids' TV presenter replaces Kelly Brook, who was reportedly axed last year because of tensions with Kielty.

"I was hooked on the last series so am really excited that I’m going to be packing up my flip flops and setting off to the sun," said Cotton. "This time round I won't just be gossiping about the show with my mates, but the whole country."

The new series is expected to begin around mid-July.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's relationship has "totally broken down", according to reports.

The last straw for Spears was apparently returning home to find her husband lazing about, drinking and smoking weed. The issue of her aversion to Federline's friends is also said to have resurfaced.

Friends of the singer revealed that she tried to save the relationship, but had now banished Federline to a basement "bachelor" apartment.

"She wanted to wait, but their relationship has become so hostile she just doesn't see how she can make it work," one explained. Another added: "Their relationship has totally broken down. Britney desperately wanted it to work and still does for the sake of their family, but she has had enough of him and the awful friends he hangs around with.

"But rather than move out, she has ordered him down to a separate flat in their basement. They have in effect divided their house."

Michael Jackson is set to make his first public appearance since he was acquitted of child abuse.

The singer will collect the Legend Award from MTV Japan at a ceremony on Saturday then start an Asian tour, visiting Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

He will not perform but will visit orphanages and meet business people, his spokesman confirmed.

"I look forward to my visit to Japan because I have so many fond memories of my visits there," Jackson said in a statement. "I thank MTV Japan for this honour.

"I look forward to seeing old friends and saying hello to my huge fan base in Japan who, like my other fans around the world, have for so many years consistently shown their love and support to me and my family."

The spokesman also revealed Jackson's plans for a new album in 2007 and said he is working on a fund-raising song for Hurricane Katrina victims.