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Debbie Rowe Gets $4 Million Payout Never Mind

You can't put a price on parenthood. Unless you're Debbie Rowe, in which case you can specify it down to the last million-dollar bill.

According to a report in the New York Post, Rowe has dropped her nascent custody fight in exchange for a $4 million dollar payout. The best thing? Is that this is not the first or even the second time that Debbie Rowe has become a multimillionare by not parenting her offpsring.

Jim Carrey to be a Grandpa

Before Jim Carrey was seen frolicking on the beach in girlfriend Jenny McCarthy's black bikini and before he married Lauren Holly (which ended less than a year later) AND before he was briefly engaged to Renee Zellweger (which I hardly remember even happened), he was married for 12 years to a woman named Melissa and together they had daughter, Jane. She's now a 21-year-old lead singer of The Jane Carrey Band and a soon-to-be mom, making Jim Carrey a grandpa at 47!

Is Kristen Stewart carrying Robert Pattinson's Love Child?

As any purveyor of gossip knows: belly bloat equals pregnancy especially when the owner of said belly bloat is Bella and the rumored poppa is Edward.

Since Twilight graduated from my bedside fodder to celluloid, even my poor mom knows that Robert Pattinson is said to be knockin' boots with Kristen Stewart. And granted dude does give off some mighty fine chemistry even though in my opinion, Kristen's Bella was a wooden as this here spoon I'm using to stir tonight's dinner.

Usher Demands Paternity Test

Admittedly I don't know much about Usher except that he used to date one of the members of TLC and Naomi Campbell. That last fact makes me think he is either likes divas or being beaten by cell phones.

Anyhow, he didn't marry either of those former lovers, he married some lady named Tameka (I was told this is Cherokee for Gold Digger) who earlier this year went to some South American country to get some "work" done. And when I say work, I mean it was reportedly the type of work that results in either an inflation or deflation of the money-maker asset kind. But that fact about Tameka is neither here nor there because as the rest of the world knows except for me, Usher is seeking a divorce from Tameka and it is turning into one of those break-ups of a nasty variety.

Neil Patrick Harris is Seeking a Surrogate; MamaPop Writers Possibly Have Wombs Available, Please Inquire Within

Adorablegendary! Neil Patrick Harris and boyfriend David Burtka are planning to have a baby via a surrogate mother. A "source" has told Star Magazine that the couple has signed up with surrogacy service Growing Generations and are in the process of selecting their surrogate. Odds this story is true? Pretty good, since Star also broke the news of Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogacy...ALSO through Growing Generations.

In slightly related news, the surrogacy service Growing Generations has a big freaking blabbermouth mole. Dudes. Come on. Plug that shit up. You know, after I'm done reporting on this one last story.

Cough.

Kelly Rutherford Gives Birth: Newborn Already Needs a Lawyer

Nothing like starting the foray into litigation at a young age! Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford gave birth to her second child yesterday, a little girl named Helena. This is wonderful news save for the fact that Kelly is already limiting her estranged husband Daniel Giersch's access to the baby right off the bat.

In fact, her soon to be ex-husband only found out the baby was on the way after labour started. Apparently, the news was sent via a text message from Kelly's lawyer which sounds impersonal but based on how this divorce is going, he's lucky he heard anything at all.

In a recent interview Daniel said, "We are currently negotiating how often I am allowed to go to the hospital. The only thing the judge said in court last time is that I can see my daughter three times a week for one hour."

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Names His Baby "Bandit"

Please, God, let them have another and let them name it Smokey.

Keeping in tradition with other celebrity parents, My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Wife Lindsay, bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence, named their newborn daughter Bandit Lee Way. I had a friend in school who had a dog named Bandit. I suggested naming my second born "Scout" and everyone I knew all feigned weak gag reflexes and went on and on about how it was a dog's name, so I guess I can't hit it too much on the Ways' selection.

I like My Chemical Romance and I appreciate any chick who can truly play an instrument as opposed to using it as a prop, so I will at least give them props for not just completely making something up (Jermajesty. I'm looking at you, Jermain Jackson).

Mel Gibson's Girlfriend is Reportedly Knocked Up

I share a birthday with Mel Gibson. I remember when it used to be cool to tell people that. Yeah, big name, talented celebrity and I share a birthday. Awesome, right? But, now? Well. It's more like hey, look what loser trainwreck of a man shares my birthday! Fun! He's just not aged so gracefully, you know? Although he was still able to grab the attention of much-younger Russian woman Oksana Grigorieva, age 39, who, apparently, is having his kid, according to TMZ. Nothing like having your eighth kid when you're in your early fifties. I'm sure he'll fit right in at the playground.

No, We're Never Gonna Survive Unless We Get a Little Trashy

So, I realize that in gossip years this story is just a distant memory. But I'm bringing it up because no explanation has surfaced and it's keeping me up at night.

What was the deal with Heidi Klum and Seal's vow renewal?

Father Steps Forward In Madonna Adoption Scandal

The man believed to be the father of the child Madonna is trying to adopt is now saying he wants to raise her.  "I want to take care of her, and I'm capable of taking care of my baby," James Kambewa told CBS's The Early Show in an interview that aired today, the same day the court will hear Madonna's appeal of the rejected adoption.  "Mercy, she is a Malawian, so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian ... with our culture," he said. 

He also admits he has never met his daughter and has only seen her "in newspapers and TV, not face to face."  It is not clear how he knows that is his daughter. 

Well, Now I Officially Hate Rebecca Romijn

l Rebecca Romijn had twin baby girls four months and 60 pounds ago. I had a baby nearly three months and 20-ish pounds ago. So, if I lose 40 pounds in the next month WITHOUT EXERCISE, I'll stop hating her and jump on the rah-rah Rebecca Romijn bandwagon and sing her praises all over the place. Buuuuut, let's not all hold our breaths, OK? She's lost 60 pounds. SIX. TY. In four months. With doing little more than being Rebecca Romijin, apparently, as she says "'I haven't been able to work out that much because I have twins. It's impossible to get back into a regular schedule." Yes, yes, babies are time-consuming and we're supposed to believe that she (and other celebrities) shed all that extra baby weight by chasing after those incredibly mobile, hard-to-keep-track-of NEWBORNS. Those same newborns who can't hold their heads up, but, man, they sure are hard to keep up with, aren't they?

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Expecting Twins

Well, here's some light and happy news for your Wednesday: Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick are expecting twins!

Carmen Electra is What, What and What? (Could she be pregnant?)

So I was reading this thing about Carmen Electra.

Fine, it was a celebrity gossip website. Don't act so superior, you're reading MamaPop.

Right, so besides the fact that there are rumors that Carmen Electra is pregnant (the speculation is that since she didn't wear a bathing suit to her all-adult birthday pool party in Las Vegas that she MUST be knocked up, dud. Carmen Electra lives to wear bikinis) which is the reason I was reading the post in the first place I learned several other fascinating facts about the former Mrs. Dennis Rodman and Mrs. Dave Navarro.

Jill Scott and Jennifer Hudson Have Apparently Been Listening to Their Own Music

Purveyors of fine babymaking music, Jill Scott and Jennifer Hudson are both up to the family thing this week.