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Sep 11 2010 12:00 PM ET
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Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum Expecting a Baby

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It’s shaping up to be a big year for newlyweds Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum!

The couple — married in January — have confirmed that they are expecting a baby.

“In response to a number of recent inquiries, Jamie Cullum and Sophie Dahl are delighted to confirm that Sophie is four months pregnant,” they said in a statement to the U.K.’s Telegraph newspaper. “There will be no further comment at this time.”

Baby-on-the-way will be the first for singer-songwriter Cullum, 31, and writer and former model Dahl, who will celebrate her 33rd birthday this week.

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Sep 11 2010 10:00 AM ET
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Fab Sale Round-Up: Gilt Groupe, Zulily and More!

Courtesy of Gilt Groupe

Next week, Gilt Groupe is co-hosting a drool-worthy sale for moms-to-be. You’ll find chic maternity fashions (stretchy tops, slim-cut jeans, body-hugging dresses, sexy lingerie) from brands including Michael Stars, Maternal America and J Brand at up to 60% off. Just make sure you sign-in at 12 p.m. EST on Sept.13 when the sale starts — or risk missing out on some great deals!

Our fave pieces: The Maternal America Diamond Top (now $34, originally $85) above left and the NOM Raleigh Dress (now $58, originally $116) above right.

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Sep 10 2010 04:00 PM ET
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Do Fun Stuff: Cool, Family-Friendly Tunes for Charity!

Courtesy of Ryan Marshall

When blogger and music promoter Ryan Marshall learned his oldest son, LB, had been diagnosed with Smith Magenis Syndrome, he jumped to action. In addition to learning as much as he could about the rare genetic disorder, he reached out to good friends in the industry to help him create a fun, family-friendly album that would help raise money and awareness.

The result: Do Fun Stuff — 13 catchy songs that you and your little ones will love to rock out to. Our favorite tracks? The high-energy “Potty Time” by Cracker Jackson and the lullaby-worthy “Everything Will Be Okay” by Astronautalis.

Buy the album at iTunes.com. You can also check out Marshall’s blog at Pacing The Panic Room.

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Sep 10 2010 04:00 PM ET
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Lily Allen’s Health Scares Left Her ‘Living In Fear’

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After suffering a miscarriage with her first pregnancy, Lily Allen‘s experience the second time around — she’s expecting a baby with boyfriend Sam Cooper — hasn’t been much easier.

“I came off the pill and, weirdly, a week later it happened. But then it was really difficult, I had complications,” the songstress, 25, reveals in The Sunday Times.

“I had about a week and a half of really heavy bleeding and had to have lots of scans … I’ve been living in fear for the past three months.”

But not even health scares can deter Allen from wanting a family — a wish, she says, she’s had since childhood. “I’ve probably been saying it since I was seven!” she admits.
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Sep 10 2010 03:00 PM ET
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Family Photo: The Ambrósio-Mazurs Say Cheese!

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How cute!

Jamie Mazur cuddles up to his two lovely ladies — fiancée Alessandra Ambrósio and their 2-year-old daughter Anja Louise — on Thursday in the Big Apple.

The Victoria’s Secret stunner, 29, and her fellow model mamas Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Karolína Kurková and Gisele Bündchen, plus mom-to-be Doutzen Kroes, are all currently in New York City for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

RELATED: Spotted: Alessandra Ambrósio and Anja – Peekaboo I See You!

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Sep 10 2010 02:30 PM ET
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Danica McKellar Welcomes Son Draco

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Winnie Cooper’s a mom — former Wonder Years star Danica McKellar has given birth to her first child, a boy.

Son Draco Verta arrived on Tuesday evening, Sept. 7, McKellar’s rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 2 oz. and takes his moniker — which means dragon — from the constellation of the same name.

“We are humbled, overjoyed and so grateful for this miraculous gift,” McKellar and husband Mike Verta tell PEOPLE. “It’s like we’ve only now just learned the true meaning of love.”

McKellar, 35 — now a mathematician and author of three books on the subject, including the current bestseller HOT X: Algebra Exposed — wed composer Verta in March 2009. They announced the pregnancy one year later.

– Sarah Michaud with reporting by Kate Coyne

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Sep 10 2010 02:00 PM ET
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Jamie Lee Curtis on Her New Book, My Mommy Hung the Moon

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Though Jamie Lee Curtis says her children inspire her daily, it’s often other people’s kids who spark the ideas behind her magical children’s books.

“Every book that I’ve written has come from a child, something that I’ve overheard,” she says. “That’s how they’re born.”

Speaking to PEOPLE Moms & Babies Tuesday at a luncheon celebrating her October Good Housekeeping cover, Curtis said the idea for her latest book, My Mommy Hung the Moon, came from a friend.

“She was talking about some problems she had — I don’t remember the context — and said, ‘Although I have these problems, I have a husband who loves me, and my children think I hung the moon,’” Curtis recalls.

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