Ashlee Simpson's Baby Pictures Fetch Bargain Basement Prices

Ashlee Simpson looked the part of the glowing expectant celebrity mom after leaving Virgil's BBQ in Midtown Manhattan after a double-date between her, fiance Pete Wentz and new parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. I don't understand this couple's fascination with greasy bangs, but maybe that's why their relationship works. They were in NYC for Ashlee's recent appearance on TRL.

I can only imagine what the two couples discussed over their meals. The guys probably chatted about their preferred shade of black hair dye, whilst the gals waxed poetic about how awesome pregnancy boobs look.

Ashlee and Pete have given up their attempts to weakly deny pregnancy rumors and Joe Simpson is working overtime trying to sell exclusive baby pictures for top dollar, and he seems to be overestimating his selling price. Papa Joe is hoping to fetch one million big ones, while sources reveal to Page Six that $60,000 might be a more reasonable figure.

According to a magazine editor that chatted with Page Six, this pregnancy seems less like a coincidence and more like a promotional stunt. "The timing is a little suspicious. Her album ['Bittersweet World'] is dropping next week, and there was little to no interest until now. Ashlee's lucky she got pregnant, frankly." Those Simpson girls really have made quite comfortable careers for themselves out of being in relationships.

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Ashlee Simpson Milking This Baby Thing For All It's Worth

If you can't sell a record, sell a baby. Or the rumor of one. Here's Ashlee Simpson in NYC, enjoying every minute of the is she/isn't she pregnancy question. Hence the cloak of secrecy. The newly engaged to Pete Wentz singer made an appearance on MTV's TRL and decided to act all insulted when the question of her possible pregnancy came up. She deemed it "inappropriate."

Pete and Ashlee made this video back in February. In it they joke about pregnancy, and Ashlee is shot with a fake baby belly. Foreshadowing! In other awesome news, Ashlee's sister Jessica is reportedly bullshit that Ashlee might be shooting out a kid first.

"Jessica never imagined that her tom-boy younger sister would have a baby first," a source explains. "It would be very hard for her not to be jealous."

Damn right. Jessica hates being overshadowed. She's going to start trolling the playgrounds looking for a baby to steal because you know Tony Romo is not going to give her that sort of gift. He's a dumb jock, but he's not that dumb to buy into that family via his semen.

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Tobey Maguire's Pregnant

Tobey Maguire is going to have a second kid. Spiderman's wife Jennifer Meyer is pregnant with the follow-up to daughter Ruby. Jennifer is due in early October.

"Jen and Tobey are over-the-moon happy," a friend says. "Since they already have a daughter, they would love a little boy, but of course they would be just as thrilled with another daughter."

Well, it's good to know that they're not going to throw the baby out into the trash if it's a girl. These Hollywood types can pull some strange shit. The couple are reportedly building a new house on a parcel of land in Brentwood that they bought for 10 million.

These two seem like your average couple. I like that about them. They make you feel like you could see them out pushing a stroller at the park, or making plans for a play date with your kid. Of course, the stroller is solid gold and the play date is in Disneyland, which they had shut down to use but still - they seem down-to-earth for millionaires.

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Ashlee Simpson: Uterus Watch 2008

There's a lot of confusion going on, mostly in my own head, as to whether or not recently engaged Ashlee Simpson is pregnant. OK! Magazine and Us Weekly are claiming that they have received confirmation from an unnamed source that Ashlee is preggo with Pete Wentz's baby, however Pete recently made a very vague denial to MTV News.

According to OK!, Ashlee is due to pop out the emo baby some time in October. They are claiming that Simpson was spotted at Malibu's Chart House restaurant, suffering from a "fierce bout of what appeared to be morning sickness."

Hmm, isn't her album about to drop? I guess if I were faced with competing with Mariah Carey, I'd shoot myself out of a cannon into a pool of elephants to try and get some media attention, so a fake pregnancy doesn't seem all that far-fetched to me.

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Call Jennifer Lopez Mellow Yellow

Wow. Jennifer Lopez looks amazing. Here she is with hubby Marc Anthony as the two of hem leave out the back door of the Waverly Inn restaurant. I can't believe this woman has had twins. Her knees even look like they're in shape and from the looks of the guy behind her, I'm guessing her booty's regaining its impressive pre-baby shape. Seriously, that dude is about to lose his mind and/or require a quick trip to the bathroom momentarily.

Meanwhile, why is Marc Anthony dressing like an evil ivory trader from a Disney movie? Hmm, maybe he's still sulking from agreeing to one day hand his babies over to aliens. I can understand his frustration--they're meant to be raised by their own kind, vampires. Vampires and aliens simply do not mix.

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UPDATED: Ashlee Simpson Pregnant With Guyliner-Wearing Baby

UPDATE: So, the official denial of Ashlee Simpson's pregnancy has come from her fiance, Pete Wentz, who gave a statement to MTV News in an email. According to him, "There is a witch hunt for people to be pregnant whenever they get engaged in Hollywood."

He continued by saying, "This is all news to me. I can't wait for the story about how I'm really in a gay relationship and this is all just a cover." Wait, no more, Pete! That one's already old news by now.

When definitively asked if he was denying that she was pregnant, he responded by saying, "Yeah."

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We called it! Ok, everybody called it. Ashlee Simpson is knocked up with Pete Wentz's baby. Hey, at least it isn't her Dad's.

Ashlee's people aren't commenting about the possible pregnancy, but US magazine is swearing that it's a definite.

"We are thrilled to confirm their engagement and congratulate this happy couple," a spokesperson said. "Beyond that there is nothing to say." Uh huh.

Ashlee, 23, and Pete, 28, announced their engagement last week. In lieu of gifts, the couple is asking wedding attendees to make donations to Clairol, Manic Panic, and their local patchouli distributors.

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Cate Blanchett's Australian, Has Third Baby

Cate Blanchett gave birth to her third son in Sydney, Australia yesterday. Why did I think she was a Brit? I just checked Wikipedia. She's totally Aussie. Her Dad was a Texan, but her Mom was Australian. She was born and raised there. What the-?

Ignatius Martin Upton joins the flawless Blanchett's other sons with playwright Andrew Martin, Dashiell John, six, and Roman Robert, three. He's totally going to be called "Iggy." Trust me on this.

"The baby was born yesterday. Both are doing well," a spokesman said. Iggy came in under eight pounds, according to sources.

Cate and her husband run the Sydney Theatre Company. She's also in the new Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, this summer as a Russian femme fatale.

Australia? I would have bet my remaining kidney on her being British. What the hell do I know? I didn't know the sub in the old D'Angelo's sign was supposed to be an "L." Seriously, I thought they were called "D'angeo's" for years. Yeah, Happy Monday, I'm kind of a bimbo.

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