Saturday, February 23, 2008

And Babies Make Four

The wait is over for Jennifer Lopez, 38, and hubby Marc Anthony, 39, who welcomed twins -- a boy and a girl -- early yesterday morning at a Long Island, N.Y., hospital.

The healthy babies (whose names have not yet been disclosed) were born 11 minutes apart: the girl at 12:12 a.m., weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces, and the boy at 12:23 a.m., weighing six pounds, People reports. The new arrivals are the first children for Lopez and the fourth and fifth for Anthony, who has a daughter and two sons from two previous relationships.

"Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Lopez's manager told People.

After two stays in psychiatric facilities and numerous court proceedings, Britney Spears will be allowed to see her two young sons again.

Ex-husband Kevin Federline agreed to the visitation rights in a modification of a court order, his attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said yesterday.

"We're pleased that . . . the process of reinstating the children's mother as a participant in their lives can commence," Kaplan told People magazine. He did not provide details of the agreement.

A court commissioner gave Federline sole physical and legal custody of sons Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2, and suspended the former pop star's visitation rights on Jan. 4, after her first hospitalization.

Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Madonna are just a few A-listers being urged to get hepatitis-A shots -- and fast. Turns out a bartender at New York City hot spot Socialista was recently diagnosed with the disease, the New York Post reports, and a large number of patrons who partied there earlier this month could have been exposed.

Moore and Kutcher were at Socialista on Feb. 7, celebrating Kutcher's 30th birthday with scores of their famous friends. Lucy Liu, Salma Hayek, Kate Hudson and Bruce Willis are also on the list of potentially infected clubgoers, the Post reported.

The virus, which is rarely fatal, is found in fecal matter and causes inflammation of the liver. If someone with the disease doesn't wash his or her hands properly and handles food or drinks, the virus can be spread.

New York's health department is offering free hepatitis-A shots to patrons who think they are at risk.

appearance before a magistrate; he was released yesterday afternoon.

Expecting: Yet another Hanson brother has made a baby announcement: Big brother Isaac Hanson, 27, said yesterday he is expecting his second child with wife Nicole, 24, People reports. The youngest Hanson bro, 22-year-old Zac, recently announced he and wife Kate will welcome their first baby in May; middle brother Taylor, 24, and his wife, Natalie, already have three kids.

Honored: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), former D.C. Council chairman Linda Cropp, D.C. Chamber of Commerce President Barbara B. Lang and Carol Thompson Cole, president of Venture Philanthropy Partners, were all scheduled to be feted last night as "Phenomenal Women" at the Thurgood Marshall Center. The first annual event was created to salute women for their contributions to the community.

Quoted: "What you have is several young women in this town, and several young men, who are basically making fools of themselves and tying up not only my resources but the resources of the media, that would do better covering legitimate stories instead of a bunch of airheads running around out there." -- Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton in an interview Wednesday with KPCC radio in Los Angeles, reacting to proposed legislation that would curb the behavior of paparazzi. (He's opposed, saying he's already "got laws coming out of my ears to deal with this issue" and "what we need is Britney Spears to stay home instead of traipsing all over town. . . . That would solve the problem."

-- Marissa Newhall, from staff and wire reports