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In true Matthew McConaughey fashion, the actor announced on his Web site that he and his Brazilian model girlfriend, Camila Alves, “made a baby together.”

Just weeks after Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban confirmed that they’re expecting, Australian media reports claim that Kidman’s parents may be the ones doing the delivering.

Courtney Thorne-Smith, who has starred in ‘Melrose Place,’ ‘According to Jim’ and other shows, gave birth to son Jacob Emerson Fishman on Friday. Her husband and Jacob’s proud father is media consultant Roger Fishman.

Christina Aguilera and her husband — music executive Jordan Bratman — welcomed their first child, a baby boy, on Jan. 12. While the pregnancy has been rumored since June, the singer didn’t confirm it publicly until early November.

Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden and Nicole Richie welcomed daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 11.

Comedian David Alan Grier and his wife Christine Kim were “ecstatic” over the birth of their daughter, Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim, on Jan. 10.

‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actress Toni Collette and musician Dave Galafassi welcomed a baby girl, named Sage Florence Galafassi, on January 9. It is the first child for Collette, 35, who first rose to fame in 1994 with the Australian comedy ‘Muriel’s Wedding.’

Tim and Elisabeth Hasselbeck received something a bit unexpected for their 2-month-old son, Taylor Thomas — a baby gift from Rosie O’Donnell. O’Donnell also says she and Hasselbeck are communicating and that “peace prevails.”

Jack Black and wife Tanya Haden announced that they’re expecting their second child, but gave no due date. Their son Samuel Wyatt Black was born on June 10, 2006.

T.I. and girlfriend Tameka Cottle, formerly of the band Xscape, are expecting their second child together. Their son King Harris is 3.

Adam Kaufman and ‘Without a Trace’ star Poppy Montgomery welcomed their first child together on Dec. 23, a son named Jackson Phillip Kaufman.

Actress Teri Polo and musician Jamie Wollam welcomed seven-pound daughter Bayley on Dec. 20.

Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, told OK! magazine that she is pregnant and that the father is her longtime boyfriend, Casey Aldridge. “I was in complete and total shock and so was he,” she says.

Caroline Fentress and Chris O’Donnell welcome their fifth child, daugher Maeve Frances. The couple’s four kids are Lily, Chip, Charlie and Finley, ages 1 to 8.

The Sun reports that singer Lily Allen is expecting her first child with boyfriend Ed Simons, a member of the Chemical Brothers (and 15 years her senior).

CNN anchor Campbell Brown gave birth to a son, Eli James Senor, on Dec. 18. The father is her husband, Dan Senor.

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter welcomed their second child on Dec. 15, just a week before the release of their other recent collaboration, ‘Sweeney Todd.’

‘Awake’ and ‘Sin City’ starlet Jessica Alba will have to take some time off of her busy schedule, as she and boyfriend Cash Warren announce they’re expecting a child in the spring or summer of 2008.

Paolo Mastropietro and ‘Crossing Jordan’ star Jill Hennessy, who already have a 4-year-old son together, added another boy to their family on Nov. 21.

‘Sopranos’ actress Drea de Matteo and boyfriend Shooter Jennings welcomed their first child, a daughter named Alabama Gypsy Rose.

‘La Bamba’ actor Lou Diamond Phillips and wife Yvonne, a makeup artist he wed in late summer, have welcomed their first child. Daughter Indigo Sanara was born on Oct. 9. Phillips has three daughters from a previous marriage.

Tameka Foster and Usher, who wed in a small civil ceremony this past August, welcomed their first child together, a baby boy. Foster has three children from her previous marriage.

Zac Hanson and his wife Kate are expecting their first child together. “I am utterly thrilled at the thought of becoming a father,” the singer says.

Boy band legend Joey McIntyre and his wife Barrett got a pre-Thanksgiving surprise when their 7-pound, 12-ounce baby boy was born on Nov. 20.

Dennis and Kimberly Quaid welcomed twins Thomas and Zoe on Nov. 8, via a surrogate mother. Now, the twins are in intensive care after being given an overdose of the anti-coagulant heparin.

Actress Tara Wilson and ‘Sex and the City’ star Chris Noth are expecting their first child together.

‘Headline News’ host Nancy Grace is home with her kids following complications stemming from the birth of her twins John David and Lucy Elizabeth, born on Nov. 4.

Giada De Laurentiis and her husband of four years, Todd Thompson, are expecting their first child together in April. “When I found out I was pregnant I was in complete shock,” the Food Network chef said.

Paul Anderson and ‘Resident Evil’ starlet Milla Jovovich have their first child together, as their daughter Ever Gabo Anderson is born on Nov. 3.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett and her writer-director husband Andrew Upton are expecting their third child in April. Sons Dashiell John and Roman Robert are 5 and 3, respectively.

Vincent D’Onofrio and wife Carin Van Der Bonk are expecting their second child this winter. The couple already have a seven-year-old boy, Elias.

Tracey Gold, who became a household name in the 1980s as Carol Seaver on ‘Growing Pains,’ is expecting her fourth boy with husband Roby Marshall.

Actress Melissa Joan Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson, seen here with their 2-year-old son Mason, are expecting their second child together.

While in Venice for the premiere of his new film, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,’ Summer Phoenix and Casey Affleck revealed that they’re expecting their second child this winter.

Actress Jeri Ryan and Christophe Eme, who wed last June, are expecting their first child together. “They are beyond excited and are beaming from ear to ear,” her rep says.

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry are expecting their first child. “Gabriel and I are beyond excited and I’ve waited a long time for this moment in my life,” the Oscar-winning actress says.

Actress Samantha Morton and fiance Harry Holm are expecting their first child in January. Morton’s 7-year-old daughter, Esme, is from a previous relationship with British actor Charlie Creed-Miles.

Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal, here attending the Oct. 24, 2007 screening of ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,’ are expecting their first child this winter.

Ever wanted to see what your friends are typing to you as they type it? You’ll get your chance with latest AIM Beta. Now at version 6.8, the newest version of AIM includes support for real-time IM. Unfortunately, Freudian slips are no longer a vocal problem.

The new feature is incompatible with iChat, Pidgin, and other third party IM clients, but if this catches on, it’s likely they’ll add support to for real-time IM soon. For now, if you’d like to use this feature, you’ll need to use the official AIM client.

Real-time IM requires one of the users to activate a direct connection. The other party may choose to decline, so at least it’s optional. Though it may seem “regular” and “bland”, the ability to edit instant messages is a blessing. Maybe we’re just a bit geekier and a little more old-fashioned than the average person, but we’ve been caught in way too many awkward, verbal situations because of something as minor as a forgotten name (it’s hard to remember everyone from high school, dammit).

In the past we’ve covered how to put Google Notebook and Google Personalized Home in your sidebar. And although you were able to see your calendar through iGoogle in the sidebar, there’s a better alternative that is cleaner, better, and most importantly, all about the calendar.

Mitch from Firefox Facts came up with this solution by tearing some code out of the iGoogle gadget. Nicely enough, it comes without the extras of iGoogle and is better than Google’s mobile calendar site. You can select to view any of the upcoming appointments from any of your calendars, all below the month overview. And best of all, obviously, it loads in your sidebar.

Clean, sharp, simple. Here’s how to make it happen:

1. Bookmark this link: Google Calendar Sidebar
2. Go to your bookmarks, find the bookmark you just made, right-click and select “Properties.”
3. In the “Properties” pop-up, select “Load this bookmark in sidebar” and hit “OK.”
4. Click the link and your calendar should load up in the sidebar (as long as you’re logged into your Google account).
5. Rinse and enjoy.

Just in time for MacWorld, Google has announced sizeable improvements to it’s mobile applications for Apple’s iPhone. Applications that have been updated include Google Reader, Calendar, Gmail, iGoogle, Search, and Picasa.Google aims to make the mobile experience slicker and usable for iPhone users by better utilizing the iPhone’s touch screen. Users can expect to see:

• A quicker Gmail: you no longer have to hit refresh to see when news messages arrive. Also, auto-complete makes typing in address quicker.
• Speedier Calendar: now look at month view and be able to see your entire month’s activities at quick glance
• Default tabs can be customized: change and place your tabs on your iGoogle page. Also, single sign on for Google unlocks all google apps with one entry of your username and password
• iGoogle now shows your iGoogle Gadets. Chose from weather, stocks, newsfeeds, clocks, and many more.

If you have an iPhone, all these improvements can be seen by heading over to google.com on your mobile browser.

We’re glad to see Google embrace the mobile market in this way. With great features such as these, more people will look at cell phones as a natural extension to their online lives.

The Associated Press reports MySpace is looking to implement structural changes as well as independent monitoring in the hope of blocking sexual predators from preying upon its innocent user base. MySpace supposedly has made the agreement with 49 states, and is going to make the announcement official later today.

Considering that last year Internet safety ranked as one of the top 10 children’s health concerns, this is hardly surprising. It is however a classic example of the old freedom vs. security debate, and whether what a child does online is the responsibility of the parents to monitor or a third party. Hopefully, the change will be a positive one, providing tools to parents instead of limiting usability to the average user of MySpace who is neither a child nor a sexual predator.

Or maybe it’s just a cover-up for MySpace to model itself a little more after Facebook and having a good excuse for it - who knows. As MySpace has implemented a number of features that are eerily similar to Facebook, not excluding the MySpace platform, it wouldn’t exactly be beyond them. But then again, MySpace might just be sincerely concerned about sexual predators on social networks.