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Baby on the way for Cruise, Holmes

By wire services
Published October 6, 2005


NEW YORK - Let the couch jumping begin: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are expecting a baby.

Holmes' pregnancy was reported Wednesday by People magazine. The couple have been dating since April and became engaged in June.

"Tom and Katie are very excited, and the entire family is very excited," Lee Anne Devette, Cruise's spokeswoman, told People.

It would be Holmes' first child. Cruise has two children, Connor, 10, and Isabella, 12, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman. Devette said Holmes, 26, "has never felt better."

Simpson, Lachey deny rumors of breakup

NEW YORK - Another day, another divorce story about Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Magazine reports prompted representatives for the pop star couple to issue statements Wednesday denying they have split.

"Nick and Jessica have not separated," said a statement issued on behalf of Simpson and Lachey. "Rumors to the contrary are simply not true."

In an e-mail to the Associated Press, Simpson representative Brad Cafarelli reiterated: "They have not separated."

Us Weekly magazine, without naming sources, broke a story Wednesday that said Simpson and Lachey separated over the weekend.

Alex Dudley, a spokesman for Us Weekly, said the magazine was standing by its story.

Lachey, 31, and Simpson, 25, had the trials and tribulations of their marriage chronicled on MTV's Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica. They will celebrate their third anniversary Oct. 26.

Girlfriend not causing any problems, Jagger says

LONDON - Mick Jagger says his girlfriend, stylist L'Wren Scott, isn't trying to rehab the Rolling Stones' choice of clothing and smoking habits.

"We have not had any disagreements about clothes, smoking or L'Wren, and this is all very hurtful for her," Jagger, 62, said in a statement Tuesday.

He issued the statement after British newspaper reports suggested Scott had angered band members by giving them fashion tips and urging some of them to stop smoking.

Jagger said Scott, 38, "would not dream of interfering with a band who have been on the road for 40 years. In fact the band, their wives and girlfriends are all getting along extremely well."

The Rolling Stones are touring North America to promote their latest album, A Bigger Bang.

[Last modified October 6, 2005, 08:21:02]


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