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The celebrity baby boom of 2011 With so many stars sporting baby bumps this year, the stork is working overtime in Hollywood. Here are the celebrities who have recently welcomed children or are expecting.
Reality TV star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 12. The "Jersey Shore" cast member originally denied rumors that she was expecting, but now she is reported to be about three months along.
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Actress and singer Jessica Simpson displays her baby bump in costume as a mummy in a photo released on her Twitter page on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Simpson confirmed Monday that she is pregnant with her first child.
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Actress Kristin Davis welcomed daughter Gemma Rose Davis a few months ago through a domestic adoption.
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Actress Emily Deschanel ("Bones") welcomed her first child, Henry, with husband David Hornsby on Sept. 21.
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Actress Jenna Fischer ("The Office"), shown here at the premiere of "A Little Help," gave birth to her son, Weston, on Sept. 24.
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Actor Mike Myers and his wife, Kelly Tisdale, welcomed a baby boy, Spike, in September.
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Actress Sarah Lancaster who plays Ellie in "Chuck," gave birth to Oliver Michael Jacobs in June.
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Melanie Brown, a.k.a. Scary Spice or Mel B, gave birth to her third child — and third daughter — on Sept. 1. Baby Madison joins sisters Phoenix, 12, and Angel, 4. Madison is the daughter of producer Stephen Belafonte, while Angel's father is Eddie Murphy. Phoenix was born during Brown's first marriage, to a dancer.
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Actress Alyssa Milano and her husband, agent David Bugliari, are new parents to son Milo Thomas Bugliari.
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English footballer David Beckham pats wife Victoria's baby bump as they arrive at Westminster Abbey in London for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton in April. Their daughter, Harper Seven, arrived July 10. The Beckham family brood also includes Brooklyn Joseph, 12, Romeo James, 8, and Cruz David, 6.
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Jennifer Connelly and husband Paul Bettany welcomed their daughter, Agnes Lark Bettany, on May 31. The child is Connelly's third.
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Tina Fey and her husband, Jeffrey Richmond, welcomed daughter Penelope Athena to the world on Aug. 10. Fey and Richmond already have a 5-year-old daughter named Alice. Before the birth, Fey joked to talk show hosts that the baby's gender was "werewolf."
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Ethan Hawke and his wife, Ryan Shawhughes, welcomed a daughter, Indiana, in late July. The couple also has a 3-year-old daughter, Clementine Jane. Hawke and ex-wife Uma Thurman have two children, Maya, 13, and Levon, 9.
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Bull rider Ty Murray and Jewel welcomed a son, Kase Townes Murray, in July.
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Actress Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy of the British rock band Muse had their first child — a boy, Bingham — in July. Hudson has another son, Ryder, with ex-husband Chris Robinson.
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Actress and author Alicia Silverstone chose one of the celebrity baby boom's most unconventional names — Bear Blu. The baby boy was born to Silverstone and her husband, Christopher Jarecki, in May.
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Victoria's Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr gave birth to baby Flynn on Jan. 6 — and was back on the runway in August. She is married to actor Orlando Bloom.
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Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart, gave birth in August to a girl, Delilah Genoveva. The father is actor Benicio del Toro, who is reportedly supportive of the child even though he and Stewart are no longer a couple.
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Actor Ben Affleck and actress Jennifer Garner welcomed their third child -- son Samuel -- in February of this year. The actors have two daughters, 6-year-old Violet and 3-year-old Seraphina.
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Maya Rudolph gave birth to a baby boy in July. The "Bridesmaids" star and "Saturday Night Live" alum and her partner, director Paul Thomas Anderson, named their son Jack. The couple have two daughters, Pearl, 5, and Lucille, 20 months.
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French actress Marion Cotillard gave birth to a son, Marcel, in May. Her boyfriend is French actor and director Guillaume Canet.
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Singer Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, on April 30.
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Natalie Portman, winner of last year’s Oscar for best actress, and fiance dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied welcomed a baby boy, Alef, in June. This week, rumors have swirled that the couple wed in secret.
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Singer Lauryn Hill gave birth to her sixth child, a boy, in July.
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Actress Hilary Duff is expecting her first child with husband and Pittsburgh Penguins player Mike Comrie.
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Kevin Federline, ex-husband of Britney Spears, welcomed his fifth child on Aug 15. Federline’s girlfriend Victoria Prince gave birth to daughter Jordan Kay. Federline has two children with Spears — Jayden, 4, and Preston, 5 — and two children with former girlfriend Shar Jackson — Kaleb, 7, and Kori, 10.
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Actress Jessica Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, welcomed their baby girl, Haven Garner Warren, in August.
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Actress Selma Blair and her boyfriend, Jason Bleick, welcomed son Arthur Saint Bleick in July.
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Actress January Jones, best known as Betty Draper on AMC’s "Mad Men," gave birth to Xander Dane in September. Jones has not announced the identity of the father of her child.
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Singer Pink gave birth to a baby girl, Willow Sage Hart, in early June. It was her first child with husband Carey Hart.
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R&B and pop singer Beyonce gave birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter in January. The father is Jay-Z.éarrives at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, where she announced her pregnancy. The child, Blue Ivy Carter, was born Jan. 8 and was the first for the singer and her husband, rapper Jay-Z.
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Actor Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan Downey, are expecting their first child together. Downey has one child, an 18-year-old son named Indio, from a previous marriage to Deborah Falconer.
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