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Feb 09 2012 10:00 AM ET
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Hank Baskett: Wife Kendra is a ‘Super Mom’

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While he’s had plenty of practice on reality TV, Hank Baskett was nervous about making the jump to acting — until he learned his first role would involve a subject close to his heart.

“When I saw the script, I definitely thought this is going to play into my natural life,” he tells PEOPLE of playing a father and husband in the web series Super Moms, about a group of women whose superpowers help them juggle their parental responsibilities.

“To get that as your first opportunity to act, it was like training wheels.”

And lucky for Baskett, 29, he has the perfect person at home to run lines with: Kendra costar and wife, Kendra Wilkinson.
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Feb 03 2012 11:15 AM ET
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Elizabeth Banks: Why I Accepted Not Being Pregnant

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After years of unsuccessful attempts to expand her family, Elizabeth Banks finally got to experience What to Expect When You’re Expecting — at least on screen.

But off, when the actress and her husband Max Handelman eventually decided to travel down the path of gestational surrogacy, Banks kept her eyes on the prize: her son.

“It helps that other moms had said that once they had their babies, they forgot they were ever pregnant,” she says in the March issue of Women’s Health.

“So once my focus became the baby and not the pregnancy, it was a very easy decision.”
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Feb 02 2012 05:00 PM ET
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Jamie Lynn Spears: I’m Afraid of Not Being a Good Mom

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Jamie Lynn Spears may be kicking her music career into high gear, but says her number one priority is still her daughter Maddie Briann, 3½.

“These days, the only thing I’m afraid of is not being a good mom,” Spears, 20, tells Glamour in their March issue. “As long as Maddie is healthy and she loves me, the rest doesn’t matter.”

She’s been taking performance advice from her older sister, Britney, and says motherhood has helped to bridge the 10-year age gap between them.

“Maddie loves her Aunt Britney’s songs,” according to the younger Spears, who adds that her little girl often has playdates with cousins Preston and Jayden.

“She loves dancing and singing and all of that. I definitely think music is in her genes.”
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Jan 30 2012 03:45 PM ET
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J.R. Martinez Won’t Name His Daughter ‘Salami’ or ‘Apple Cider’

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J.R. Martinez and Diana Gonzalez-Jones, who are expecting their first child — a girl! — in May, have narrowed the names to two. Expect something special – but nothing absurd.

“We won’t name her Apple Cider or Salami,” the Dancing with the Stars champ, 28, vowed to PEOPLE at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.

“It won’t be our favorite dish or our favorite getaway or favorite car or show.”

So, what’s left after that?

“It will be something really close and personal to us that feels like we’re giving something to her that is very special,” he says.
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Jan 23 2012 01:00 PM ET
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Sharon Osbourne: ‘I’m Going to Be the Grandmother From Hell’

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Sharon Osbourne has never been known to hold back — and she certainly won’t start when her first grandchild arrives later this year.

With son Jack and his fiancée Lisa Stelly expecting a baby in April, the giddy grandmother-to-be is already counting down the days.

“It just gets better and better, the thought of it, as we’re getting closer and closer,” Osbourne, 59, told PEOPLE at Guitar World‘s Rock & Roll Roast in Anaheim, Calif. on Thursday. “I’m getting more and more excited.”

Holding off on buying for baby until the big debut — “I’m very superstitious,” she reveals — Osbourne isn’t shy about sharing her future intentions!
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Jan 18 2012 10:00 AM ET
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Emily Deschanel Graces the Red Carpet Three Months After Baby

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Make no Bones about it — Emily Deschanel looks amazing after welcoming 3-month-old son Henry.

At Sunday’s Golden Globes, the new mom hit the red carpet in a draped midnight blue Max Azria gown while on the arm of equally-stunning sister Zooey Deschanel.

She complemented her dress with Stella McCartney black pumps, a Jimmy Choo clutch and Bulgari jewels.

And although Emily looked completely at ease while posing for photos, she admits the evening began with a rough start.
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Jan 17 2012 09:00 AM ET
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Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Daughter Chose Her Golden Globes Look

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Who needs a stylist when you have a toddler?

“It’s funny – I didn’t try on that many dresses,” Sarah Michelle Gellar said on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globes.

“My 2-year-old [daughter Charlotte] walked in, walked up this dress and said, ‘Mama, wear this!’ So I put it on and said, ‘OK!’ “

“She really went for it,” the Ringer star, 34, adds. “She chose the bag and shoes. I let her pick all of it.”

Being a mom means fewer movie date nights for Gellar and husband Freddie Prinze, Jr. — they still haven’t seen Bridesmaids, she admits.
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