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At the first of three baby showers celebrating Christina Aguilera’s impending motherhood on Sat 11/10, there was no announcement as to the baby’s sex…unless you take the color of many of the gifts given to Christina and her husband, record exec Jordan Bratman. Reports PEOPLE:

“Though the singer has not confirmed the gender of her baby, there was a distinctive theme to the gifts – the color blue.

Among the presents bought from baby boutique Bel Bambini, where the singer set up her registry last month, were a blue Loved Mom Guitar shirt, a Cariboo bassinet with blue dot bedding, Trumpette Johnny’s socks – and Sozo Whiz Kid wee block, meant for use when changing a baby boy’s diapers.”

The most interesting part of this story is the wee block. This is what it looks like:

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…which isn’t all that telling. But the description is! From Raspberry & Sage, a children’s boutique: “Say no no to wee wee. Designed to keep your babies fountain of youth under control during diaper changes! Wee Block is a machine washable wee wee absorbing sponge to use while changing a baby boy’s diaper.” Maybe I’m just acting like a 5-year-old today, but I can’t help thinking who the copywriter was that came up with that ad copy. And can’t they just say “pee”? I’d even accept “urine.”

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Another party that was big on the colored hints was Nicole Richie’s baby shower just this past weekend, where many of the gifts were blue. (Didn’t anyone read the instructions on the invite? DONATIONS to the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation!) At the “Wizard of Oz”-themed soiree in Beverly Hills, 90 guests attended the shower…and some seemed clued in to the baby’s gender, reports Bricks & Stones:

“And while Richie has not revealed whether she’s having a boy or a girl, some of the gifts offered a clue. From NoMi boutique in L.A., guests picked up a pair of $50 baby sneakers for a boy, and a $50 Tummy T Jack maternity shirt with a picture of a boy on the front.”

Richie is due in January (and barely looks pregnant) and Aguilera has not yet announced when she is due, only confirming to Glamour that she will “enter into mommyhood” early next year.

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–>Kimberley Stewart and Tommy Lee sat front and center - “together” - at the Nevada Cancer Institute’s sixth annual “Rock for the Cure” fund-raising gala at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas last night. They flew in together on her father Rod’s private jet, and the two were linked in the past…in fact, there was even a blind item about them, with a “blond heiress” who “couldn’t keep up” with her “hard-partying rocker boyfriend” and ended the night “foaming at the mouth.” BUT some good did come of the evening: the Institute raised $15 million for research.

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–>Hilary Duff and ex-boyf Aaron Carter were seen in LA yesterday…Carter, famously (and strangely) was involved with both Hilary and Lindsay Lohan at the same time, causing a rift between the tween stars that ended only a few years ago. Watching him on “House of Carters” did nothing but solidify his douche bag rep, and I know Hilary has been known to give a lap dance or two, but she just seems so out of his league. Maybe they’re FWBs though…oooh wait, she’s “waiting.”

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–> While the Nicole Richie’s baby shower is being thrown by her mother, Brenda, sister Sophia and friends Paris Hilton and Masha Gordon are listed as the official hosts. But are any of these women doing any actual work? Nope, that’s left up to “wedding planner to the stars”, Mindy Weiss, who takes care of all the annoying deets. In a surprise show of consideration, Nicole won’t be collecting baby sheets with a high thread count or thousand dollar strollers; she and baby daddy Joel Madden have set up the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation and have asked that baby shower attendees make donations of needed baby items instead of giving gifts to Nicole. They’re also asking fans to make donations to their foundation, with the items to go to families in need who visit the LA Free Clinic. Read more about it here.

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–>Us Weekly compared 13-year-old Lindsay Lohan (in 1996, left) and her 13-year-old sister, Ali, in 2007. I can only wonder who introduced Ali to eyeliner: mother Dina or sister Lindsay? I’m terrified to wonder what else they’re introduced her to…hopefully it’s just tampons.

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–>It was over before it even began. Lance Armstrong is now denying that he and Ashley Olson were ever an item. But, expectedly, they’re “friends.” From Dlisted: “He told Page Six they are just friends, “We have hung out amongst other friends, and she strikes me as a nice, smart lady.” Uh, a “lady”? I don’t doubt Ashley is the more proper of the twins, however, isn’t she about 11 inches short of ladylike stature? What do I know, they’re quadruple millionaires.

Cate Blanchett is. She confirmed her pregnancy at the Sydney premiere of “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” when the Sydney Morning Herald asked her: “Yes, I am. You know more than me. It’s early days yet. It’s due in April.” At last! A star finally cops to being pregnant. On to more evasive celebs…

Christina Aguilera, after months of letting her belly do the talking, let the world in on her biggest “secret.” She is pregnant. Shocking, yes? When asked by Glamour what her New Year’s Resolution is, she replied, “That’ll be about the time I enter into mommyhood, so I’m hoping to have started a beautiful family with my husband!” Why did she hold off for so long? And then announce it on the pages of Glamour? At least a cover story with US Weekly would have satiated the masses.

Katie Holmes appeared in a flowing dress to one of the many premieres for husband Tom Cruise’s new film “Lions and Lambs”, which of course sparked the baby rumor mill. But her spokeperson told Us Weekly, “She is not pregnant.” Okaaaay. I guess that takes care of that.

Uhhh, yep. Still pregnant.

Matthew McConaughey is……not. But he did celebrate a bday yesterday (38)!

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In yesterday’s NY Post, Cindy Adams reported seeing expectant mom Nicole Richie light up not once but twice outside two NYC restaurants:

“MOMMY-to-be Nicole Richie. 3:30 p.m. Pony tail, black jeans, waistcoat. Exits DaSilvano with one young girl, one middle-age lady. On the sidewalk, after checking who’s at which outdoor tables, she lights up. They jump into a waiting black Caddy Escalade, Nicole into the front seat. Still smoking.

Three days later, 7:30 p.m., Nobu. For somebody who doesn’t eat, she sure frequents lots of restaurants. She’s there with the baby in the bun’s father. They leave. Outside she lights up again.”

This, after Nicole was interviewed by Diane Sawyer saying she would err on the side of caution when it came to protecting her unborn:

“Sounding neither defensive nor particularly alarmed, Richie, 25, said, “Just like any mother, you know, you want to take the best care of yourself, especially while you’re pregnant. And I’m definitely eating healthier now, and I’m really playing by the rules.”

By that, Richie said, “I do not drink caffeine at all, cut out sushi” – and, in response to questions from Sawyer, who had also mentioned Richie’s cocaine and heroin use – “No alcohol … No marijuana … No pills … Nothing … No smoking around me.”

US Weekly has a statement from a Richie’s rep via Extra: “Richie’s rep tells Extra that accounts of Richie smoking are “irresponsible and untrue.” And while columnist Cindy Adams claims Richie lit up outside New York restaurants DaSilvano and Nobu (with fiance and father-to-be Joel Madden, even), Richie and Madden are reportedly abroad and nowhere near New York.”

Perhaps Richie was mistaken by Adams for another smoking-while-pregnant celeb, Kerry Katona, a former Atomic Kitten member and British tabloid superstar.

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While the debate rages over whether mothers can indulge in a glass of wine during pregnancy (Europe seems to think so, Americans say nay), Katona took it to a level probs not approved by any obstetrician:

“Kerry, twice Celebrity Mum of the Year, downed FOUR MARTINIS and a slug of VODKA in a pub with pals—despite being 12 weeks into an already troubled fourth pregnancy.

Then she popped to a restaurant over the road for a Chinese meal—and puffed greedily on a ciggie outside in the cold. One surprised drinker said: “Everyone knows Kerry’s pregnant so it was a bit of a shock to see her drinking and smoking.

“But she just said, ‘What the hell, a couple can’t hurt’.

“She went to the bar and ordered pints for the others and Martini for herself. It was the same round when the others were buying—and she also had a shot of vodka. She knocked it back in one, winced and then wiped her hand across her mouth and put the glass down.”

Her behaviour is even more shocking after her pregnancy with Heidi was beset by a string of miscarriage scares before the litle girl was born in February.

And the 27-year-old ex-Atomic Kitten star was also rushed into hospital last month—on the day she announced she was pregnant again. At first Kerry—who is married to ex-cabbie Mark Croft, 37, and also has daughters, Molly, six, and Lilly-Sue, four, by her first husband, former Westlife star Brian McFadden—was told she’d lost the baby.

But when she returned later the same day still feeling unwell, doctors discovered its heartbeat.”

(From News of the World)