Parker, Broderick Expecting Twins Via Surrogate Mom

(NEWSER) - Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate mother gave birth to twins last night, sources tell CBS affiliate WTRF-TV. Security is tight around the eastern Ohio hospital, with additional guards brought in to handle the media. Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, are expected to make an announcement before leaving the hospital later today. More»

Happy couple looking forward to having newborns home

(NEWSER) - Matthew Broderick is “very happy” about the birth of his twins, he tells People. The new dad met them in Ohio, where they were born to a surrogate mother Monday night, before returning to New York for his Broadway play last night. The girls’ nursery is ready, and their parents are “looking forward to having them home,” a colleague says. Adds another pal of Sarah Jessica Parker, “I think they’ll be very imaginatively dressed, a product of her great imagination.” More»

First family photo released

(NEWSER) - Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick introduced their week-old twin girls to the world yesterday via the first official photo, Us reports. Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge Broderick were born June 22 to a surrogate mom in Ohio, and joined the couple’s 6-year-old son James Wilkie. Parker is set to go back to work in September, filming the Sex and the City sequel. More»

(NEWSER) - Nothing too exotic for these guys. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's new baby girls are named Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick. Hodge and Elwell are names from Parker's side of the family, says a family rep. The couple hired a surrogate mother, who gave birth to the girls, both about 6 pounds, on Monday. "The babies are doing beautifully and the entire family is over the moon," said the publicist. More»

Actress plans to shell out on clothes, too

(NEWSER) - Sarah Jessica Parker is going all Carrie Bradshaw on her twins’ nursery. Her purchases so far total more than $17,500, Bang Showbiz reports, and include a $5,800 day bed, a $6,300 armoire, a $4,700 double crib, and a $1,600 rocking horse. “Sarah Jessica and Matthew will spend whatever it takes to make the nursery perfect,” says a source. “They want to give it a classical French look.” More»