'Ecstatic' Pompeo Expecting

(NEWSER) - Ellen Pompeo and Sarah Michelle Prinze (neé Geller) have each popped out their respective bundles of joy. Pompeo and hubby Chris Ivery actually welcomed their girl, the unfortunately named Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery, into the world last Tuesday, but managed to keep it secret, Perez Hilton reports. Sarah Michelle and Freddie Prinze Jr, meanwhile, had their girl, Charlotte Grace Prinze, on Saturday. “The family is over the moon,” a rep tells People. More»

19-year-old hostess says they had affair

(NEWSER) - Pregnant Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo has a cheating husband, Star reports. The tab says Chris Ivery, 41, had an affair with a 19-year-old Boston restaurant hostess—and she confirms it. "We were intimate several times," Rachel Artz said. The two met up in Boston, Miami, and Martha's Vineyard, an insider says. "Chris often took calls from Ellen in front of Rachel." More»

At 30 weeks, have 10-minute memory

(NEWSER) - Fetuses can form memories, an important indicator of nervous-system maturation that may help doctors detect developmental problems, Dutch researchers say. Fetuses exposed to sound and vibration for 1 second every 30 seconds became accustomed to the stimuli, a process known as habituation. "Habituation is a form of learning," a study co-author tells the Los Angeles Times. More»

Alicia Silverstone's practice offers benefits similar to breastfeeding

(NEWSER) - Alicia Silverstone's video of herself chewing her baby's food last week prompted disgusted comments, but she may actually be doing little Bear Blu a favor. Our ancestors did the same, and plenty of non-Western cultures still do it, Life's Little Mysteries notes. Like breast-feeding, "pre-mastication" offers benefits to a baby. The tiny quantities of germs in a mother's saliva prompt a baby's immune system to produce helpful antibodies. More»

Adorable 'facial cues' fade at that age: researchers

(NEWSER) - No one's saying that 5-year-olds can't be adorable—but it appears that they're past their prime, in cuteness terms. Researchers in Canada and China polled adults on the cuteness factor of kids from infancy to 6 years old. Subjects called the younger children cuter, with a big shift at age 4½. At that point, key "facial cues" like big eyes and heads combined with small noses and mouths become less apparent, Time reports. More»