Jessica Alba Gets Hitched

Actress, due in the spring, will marry longtime boyfriend

(NEWSER) - Jessica Alba, expecting her first baby in late spring, is now engaged to the child's father, Access Hollywood reports. The 26-year-old actress was spotted over the holidays wearing a rock on her left ring finger, leading Access Hollywood to speculate that husband-to-be Cash Warren popped the question during Christmas. More»

Bananas and ketchup ... yum?

(NEWSER) - More proof celebrities are just like us: They get weird pregnancy food cravings, too. The Sun reports that Beyonce is already hankering for some pretty weird combinations, which, perhaps too predictably, include pickles. "She's snacking on Oreo biscuits and gherkins," says a source. Also, "Bounty ice creams with hot chili sauce and she loves dipping bananas in ketchup." In B's honor, The Frisky runs down 13 more weird preggo-celeb cravings:

• Britney Spears: The once-troubled pop star wanted to eat … dirt?
• Halle Berry: She drank pepperoncini juice.

Reportedly has 7-figure offer for Saturday's hush-hush nuptials

(NEWSER) - Rumor has it that one media outlet is offering seven figures to cover Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s maybe-shotgun wedding, an affair so secretive that not even the guests know where it will be. Friends and family were sent an e-vite (yes, an e-vite), telling them only to book hotels in the LA area. Then on Saturday private cars will pick them up. More»

Turning away from stardom 'common sense,' says actor

(NEWSER) - Bad boy Sean Penn is at it again. The eternally angry actor is blasting celebrity as an "obscene disease." "I don't think it's an overstatement to say that it's an obscene disease of celebrity that's taken over far too much of the life we live. I think it's a disease that's diminished the quality of life," Penn told the Huffington Post in an interview plugging his latest movie. "It's clearly something that I've been compromised by. But for the culture at large, there is this kind of herd commitment. I think it's just become cheap." More»

Oh, and he won a Golden Globe award, too

(NEWSER) - It was a trifecta night for Kelsey Grammer yesterday. Not only did he win the Golden Globe award for best actor in a TV drama for his work in Boss, he announced he'll soon be the father of twins. "I'm really looking forward to meeting these new arrivals," Grammer, 56, gushed to People while hoisting his new trophy. He boasted that fourth wife Kayte Walsh, 32, is an "amazing person, and I think she'll blow the kids away." More»