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It was a banner year for celebrity births. The competition was stiff, and the reader response was overwhelming! With Awards season out of the way for their parents, the real stars of Hollywood– the babies– can finally add some bling of their own to the family mantles!

For the complete list of nominations and winners, click Continue Reading.

It turned out to be a near sweep for the ever-growing blended family, the Jolie-Pitts. Along with the adoption their new son, Pax Jolie, the blended family can celebrate a near-sweep, with first-timers Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Garner snagging wins for new-mom style. The most anticipated baby of 2007? Julia Robert’s impending follow-up to Favorite Twins winners, Hazel and Finn Moder! We also asked readers what they considered the nuttiest celebrity baby story of 2006. Results probably won’t surprise you.

Our premium sponsor for the Celebrity Baby Blog Awards is Skip-Hop,one of our favorite diaper bag companies.  Thirty lucky CBB Readers whovoted in the Awards have won a Skip Hop denim Pronto Mini-Changer (which I’ve named as one of my must-have five baby items).

The Prontois a portable diapering essentials kit that ensures that baby is alwaysclean, dry and happy, and that mom and dad are always prepared. Drop itin any bag, strap it to your wrist or clip it to your stroller andyou’re good to go! Visit Skip-Hop for more info about the Pronto and their other great products, including a great new bottle dryer and a diaper changing caddy.

Two lucky readers who answered the "What is the nuttiest celebrity baby story of 2006?" question, sponsored by Everybody’s Nuts, won a variety packs of all 4 flavors of Everybody’s NutsPistachios and a tee shirt.

The winners are…

Nuttiest celebrity baby story of 2006 – It was a tie between the paternity and custody battle over Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern and anything having to do with Suri Cruise! Anything having to do with Britney Spears, son Sean Preston Federline and her pregnancy with Jayden James Federline was a close runner-up.

Favorite baby girl born in 2006 – Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Favorite baby boy born in 2006 – Kingston Rossdale
Favorite toddler girl (1-3) – Violet Affleck
Favorite toddler boy (1-3) – Deacon Phillippe
Favorite girl (4-12) – Ava Phillippe
Favorite boy (4-12) – Maddox Jolie-Pitt
Favorite teenager (13 and over) – (Isa)Bella Cruise
Favorite twins – Hazel and Finn Moder
Favorite siblings – Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Favorite mom – Angelina Jolie
Favorite dad – Brad Pitt
Favorite first time mom – Tie: Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Garner
Favorite first time dad – Brad Pitt
Favorite family – Jolie-Pitt
Favorite large family (3+ kids) – Jolie-Pitt
Favorite blended family (kids from different parents in one new family) – Jolie-Pitt
Favorite celebrity grandparents – Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Celebrity baby/kid you’d like to be part of your family – Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Baby/kid looks most like mom – Ava Phillippe
Baby/kid looks most like dad – Kingston Rossdale
Most look-alike siblings – Ava and Deacon Phillippe
Best dressed baby – Kingston Rossdale (by a landslide- 70%)
Best dressed toddler (1-3) – Violet Affleck
Best dressed kid – Maddox Jolie-Pitt
Best dressed family – Stefani-Rossdale
Most stylish mom – Gwen Stefani
Most stylish dad – Brad Pitt
Best pregnancy style – Gwen Stefani
Best pregnancy recovery – Angelina Jolie
Best/cutest baby bump – Angelina Jolie
Favorite 2006 pregnancy – Angelina Jolie
Most unexpected baby bump of 2006 – Angelina Jolie
Most anticipated baby of 2007 – Julia Roberts
What celebrity couple are you looking forward to seeing children from? (who don’t already have kids together) – Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, with close runnerup Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Favorite celebrity parents – Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Favorite celebrity baby of a celebrity baby – Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Sexiest mom – Angelina Jolie
Sexiest dad – Brad Pitt
Mom you want to be your platonic friend – Reese Witherspoon with close runner-up Jennifer Garner
Dad you want to be your platonic friend (not boyfriend or husband or father of your children) – Brad Pitt
Mom you most identify with (if you are a woman) – Reese Witherspoon
Dad you most identify with (if you are a man) – Brad Pitt
Dad you would want to be your baby daddy (if you are a woman) – Brad Pitt
Mom you would want to be your baby mama (if you are a man) – Angelina Jolie
Favorite babywearing parent(s) – Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt with close runners-up Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
Favorite celeb baby/kid’s name – girl – Ava, with close runner-up Shiloh
Favorite celeb baby/kid’s name – boy – Kingston, with runners up Finn/Finley
Most unusual/unique name – girl – Moxie CrimeFighter in a landslide (40%)
Most unusual/unique name – boy – Pilot Inspektor
Best sibling names – Maddox, Zahara & Shiloh Jolie-Pitt

Are you surprised by the results?

Do you love celebrity babies and parenthood?
Are you up on all the latest celebrity baby gossip?
Are you an avid reader of gossip blogs and/or celeb magazines?
Are you a good writer who has good grammar and knows what a spell checker is?
Are you reliable?
Are you web-savvy?

If you answered yes to these questions and are looking for a part-time gig at your favorite blog, then you should apply to be part of the Celebrity Baby Blog. We are looking for a news editor, a fashion editor, writers, and interns.

Click Continue Reading for more information.

About the Celebrity Baby Blog
Featuring news, commentary and style trends, the Celebrity Baby Blog (www.celebrity-babies.com) is the authority for information about celebrity babies and their famous parents. The Celebrity Baby Blog prides itself on its professionalism, respect towards celebrities and readers, and original content. Over the past three years it has grown exponentially- it now draws over 1.5 million unique visitors and 2.5 million page views per month. There is no other baby blog that gets this kind of traffic. A media darling, it’s been in magazines like Us Weekly and on TV like CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and VH1.

We are looking for candidates with strong writing, communication, and research skills.
All positions (besides internship) are paid, telecommuting, and contract. You must have your own computer and fast, reliable internet connection.

News editor:
-Be familiar with Typepad or at least another blogging platform.
-Have VERY good grammar and spelling skills.
-Be available on a regular schedule through the week, at least 20 hours per week
Duties include:
-Editing the weekly newsletter
-Updating the site’s hot posts and past features links
-Research and write at least 30 posts a week, throughout the week
-Copyedit/proofread contributors’ stories
-Research and post photos from photo agencies
-Email other blogs with other hot story links
-Moderate comments on a daily basis

Fashion/gear Editor:
-Be very familiar with infant, children and maternity fashion- budget-luxury.
-Be familiar with baby gear like strollers, diaper bags.
-You’ll need to read the site frequently and let the news editor know if you can identify clothing and gear in photos.
-Responsibilities include product research, communication with publicists,
-Post a minimum of four 300-word stories per week.
-Be familiar with Typepad or at least another blogging platform.
-Ability to attend tradeshows is a plus

Writers:
-Please note: This position is paid a sliding scale quarterly bonus rather than a weekly salary, based on regular posting each week. You can also choose to be paid with baby products and clothes.
-Post a minimum of ten 200-word posts per week, throughout the week.
-Some of our posts summarize photos while others are features that require more work and research.
-Be familiar with Typepad or at least another blogging platform or at least very web-savvy.

Interns:
-Responsibilities include daily blog postings, product research, contacting publicists, writing and sending press releases, attending special events (depending on your location), and generating feature story ideas.
- Tasks included scouring the web daily for juicy bits, transcribing talk show interviews, writing up stories we send you, and other exciting grunt work.
-At least 10 flexible hours/week. You can make your own schedule, but it needs to be consistent.
-Familiarity with basic HTML is preferred, but not required.
-Knowledge of and experience with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements is a huge plus.
- The job is unpaid, with the possibility of college credit, and with the opportunity to grow into a paid gig. If our relationship works and you’re happy working with us, there is the possibility of getting hired part-time after 4 months.
-Interns will be able to receive baby-related products and the occasional Starbucks gift card.

Applicants for all positions will need to submit three samples of your writing (if you don’t have any, please write three posts that you would contribute to the CBB) AND one post about celebrity baby news. Please prepare those samples before applying.

For your audition pieces:
# Limit topics to celebrity pregnancies and babies. We no longer post stories on engagements, marriages and break-ups (well, with a few minor exceptions). We leave that to the million other gossip blogs.
# Do your homework and make sure we have not already posted the news. We have a search function on the site so you can look up the topic before you write and send anything.
# We have a definite style: objective and not bitchy. Unless it’s an opinion piece, don’t editorialize. Double-check your spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.
# Submissions must include: Title, your original story, source and full URL of the story if it’s an online source, issue date if it’s a magazine.
# Your source needs to be a –primary- source. If you see a story on another gossip blog, figure out what the original source was and base your story on that, not the secondary source.
# You need to find your own stories. Freshest news is typically found on the web. By the time stories hit print media, the news is old hat so if you are using magazines for a source, make extra sure we haven’t already written about that item. Check out magazine and news sites and gossip blogs for new info and then look to see that we haven’t already posted the news.

Click here to apply for the positions.

Categories include:
Favorite baby boy born in 2006
Most look-alike siblings
Favorite celebrity baby of a celebrity baby
Favorite celebrity grandparents
Baby/kid who resembles dad the most
Most anticipated birth of 2006
Favorite babywearing parent
Most unique boy’s name
Most stylish mom
Celebrity mom you most identify with
and many more

The Celebrity Baby Blog Awards is sponsored by Skip-Hop. Everyone who votes is eligble to win one of 30 denim Pronto Mini-Changers that we are giving away.  The Pronto is a portable diapering essentials kit that ensures that baby is always clean, dry and happy, and that mom and dad are always prepared. Drop it in any bag, strap it to your wrist or clip it to your stroller and you’re good to go!

Plus, be sure to answer our "What is the nuttiest celebrity baby story of 2006?" question, sponsored by Everybody’s Nuts. Answer the question and give your email address and be entered to win one of two variety packs of all 4 flavors of Everybody’s Nuts Pistachios and a tee shirt. (Everybody’s Nuts! California-grown pistachios is a super premium line of snack nuts featuring the largest grade pistachio available, specially sorted for a more perfect nut.)

Click here to vote for your favorite celebrity babies and their famous parents. Voting closes March 11.  Winners will be announced by March 16.

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We are gearing up for our first annual Celebrity Baby Blog Awards and are taking nominations for the categories.  Please post suggested categories. 

Later, we will ask you to nominate your favorite celebrity parents and kids and then you will have the opportunity to vote.  The Awards will take place in early 2007.

Here are a few to get you started. (I’ll try to update the list as the suggestions roll in.)

Favorite baby girl
Favorite baby boy
Favorite toddler girl (1-3)
Favorite toddler boy (1-3)
Favorite girl (4-12)
Favorite boy (4-12)
Favorite teenager (13 and over)
Favorite twins
Favorite siblings
Favorite mom
Favorite dad
Favorite family
Favorite grandparents
Looks most like mom
Looks most like dad
Best dressed baby girl
Best dressed baby boy
Best dressed toddler girl
Best dressed toddler boy
Best pregnancy style
Best baby bump
Most anticipated baby of 2007
Favorite blended family
Sexiest mom
Sexiest dad
Favorite celebrity baby of a celebrity baby
Best name
Most unusual/unique name
Best pregnancy recovery
Mom you most identify with
Dad you would want to be your baby daddy