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Jun 29 2009 06:00 PM ET
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David Spade and His Blue-Eyed Babe


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“Me and Harper raging in my hotel room,” is how comedian David Spade captioned this recent photo of himself with his 10-month-old daughter!

Fatherhood “is going well,” David, 44, told Ellen DeGeneres in March. “She’s starting to kind of know… not really who I am yet, but she’s getting it.”

Mom is former Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace.

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Jun 29 2009 05:00 PM ET
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Candace Parker: Motherhood is 'Truly a Blessing'

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Although her daughter Lailaa Nicole is just six weeks old, WNBA star Candace Parker says there’s already an informal college recruiting frenzy taking place. “When I first told [University of Tennessee] Coach [Pat] Summitt that I was pregnant, she was like, ‘Where can we send the papers?’” Candace tells TIME magazine. “I had to remind her that my husband [NBA star Shelden Williams] went to Duke, so he’s pushing for her to go there.” All joking aside, life as parents has been “great” for the couple, who married last year.

“My baby is the joy in my life. Obviously, I’m suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.”

As promised, Candace is working hard to return to her team — the Los Angeles Sparks — by the end of July, and has stated her intent to resume practice over the next two weeks. “I don’t think it’s going to be easy, by any means, but I think it’s possible to come back better than I was,” she says. “I understand my body a lot more. I focus a lot more on stretching and taking care of myself.” Inspiration — should she need it — is everywhere, Candace adds.

“My teammates have done it. Tina Thompson came back the same season she delivered her son. Lisa Leslie waited a year. They’re still at the top of their game.”

Sources: TIME, Twitter

– Missy

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Jun 29 2009 04:00 PM ET
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Richard Gere and Homer: Batter Up!


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Take me out to the ball game! Richard Gere and his son Homer James Jigme, 9, were spotted in the New York Yankees dugout on Saturday, prior to the start of the Mets vs. Yankees game at Citi Field in Queens.

Homer, who is named after Richard’s father, is the only child for the actor. Wife Carey Lowell also has a daughter Hannah, 19, from her marriage to Griffin Dunne.

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Jun 29 2009 03:00 PM ET
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Simply Breastfeeding: The Criso Breastfeeding Method

Like many new moms, I had a lot of trouble breastfeeding my daughter the first few days of her life. Despite having read every single book I could get my hands on, breastfeeding was really difficult to figure out. I wish I had Simply Breastfeeding: The Criso Breastfeeding Method ($40) during those early days. Read More

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Jun 29 2009 02:00 PM ET
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Kelly Ripa and Her Boys Smile in Soho


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Say cheese! The Ripa-Consuelos family — minus daughter Lola — smile for a quick shot while out and about in New York City on Friday.

Kelly, Mark, Joaquin Antonio, 6, and Michael Joseph, 12, had stopped for a bite to eat and were on their way to do a little shopping downtown.

The family recently returned from a Father’s Day roadtrip out West — read all about it in our new interview with Mark!

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Jun 29 2009 01:00 PM ET
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Natascha McElhone Keeps Memory of Late Husband Alive for Sons

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Having lost their father at such an early age, Natascha McElhone says she knows that memories of Martin Kelly “will ebb at some point” for the couples’ sons Otis, 6, and Theodore, 8 ½. Fortunately, new baby Rex Coltrane, 8 months, is in a unique position to help. “I think the little one will start to ask questions just at the stage when memories are fading,” Natascha says in a new interview with Red magazine, “and hopefully that will bring them back to life again.” For now, Martin has stayed “very alive” in the 37-year-old actress’ London home. “We talk about him all the time,” she says, adding,

“There are pictures of him everywhere and his office is still exactly as it was. The boys go in there and raid it — they love the fact that they’re not going to get told off.”

Natascha also invokes Martin’s memory when the boys are in need of encouragement, or more recently, when they need to straighten up! “I’ll often say to them ‘That would really make Daddy laugh’ or ‘He’d be so proud of you,’ but the other day my eldest son was being trying,” she recalls. “I said to him, ‘I think Daddy would have a few words to say to you about that.’”

“He was so shocked, because I’ve never used Martin in that way before — it’s always been for positive stuff. But it just came out. I felt dreadful about it, but then I thought, ‘No, that’s probably much more real than always using him to commend. Of course Martin sometimes lost his rag with them — I’d forgotten about that.”

Click below to read about how hormones kept Natascha strong.

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Jun 29 2009 12:30 PM ET
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Liv Tyler and Milo: Made in the Shade!


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Keeping their eyes shaded from the sun, Liv Tyler and son Milo William, 4 ½, were spotted strolling in the West Village of New York City on Thursday.

The actress, 32 this week, recently joked that she has no need for an alarm clock when her little blond boy is around!

“Milo wakes up every morning at 5:30 or 6 — ping! — and so the hardest thing is the lack of sleep,” she says. “I beg Milo to try and snooze for 30 more minutes! Of course, when they’re up, they’re up!”

Dad is Liv’s estranged husband, rocker Royston Langdon.

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