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O'Connell's Latest Role:
Law Student

Mr. Rebecca Romijn gets off the couch
and branches out

Aug 14, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rebecca Romijn's hubby Jerry O’Connell is taking it not-so-easy while his wife works on a new show, People reports. “I had always planned on continuing my education at some point,” the Stand By Me star and father of twins says, so he’s started law... More »

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entertainment • California • film • twins • law school • actor • movies • Rebecca Romijn • Jerry O'Connell

(Newser) - Just when fans were getting used to the idea of father-of-eight Jon Gosselin canoodling with a 23-year-old girlfriend, he's spotted holding hands with another gal pal in St. Tropez.This one, Hailey Glassman, is the daughter of the plastic surgeon who gave Jon's estranged wife, Kate, a free tummy tuck... More »

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television • divorce • twins • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • sextuplets • reality shows

 SJP Introduces Twins to World 

First family photo released

Jun 30, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • twins • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • celebrity baby

 Broderick 
 'Very Happy' 
 to Meet Twins 

Happy couple looking forward to having newborns home

Jun 24, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • twins • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • surrogates • celebrity baby

(Newser) - While Jon and Kate discussed their painful decision to divorce on the latest episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, their kids were frolicking in their four new, custom-made playhouses that cost a whopping $28,000, reports ABC News. The super-pricey haunted house, pirate ship, veterinary clinic, and garden shop... More »

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television • reality TV • parenting • twins • single parenting • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • sextuplets

(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... More »

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twins • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • surrogate mother

(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... More »

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twins • baby • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • surrogates • celebrity baby • mother

 What Recession? 
 SJP Plans $18K Nursery 

Actress plans to shell out on clothes, too

May 25, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • twins • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • celebrity pregnancy • celebrity parents • celebrity baby

 Texas 2-Step: 
 Twins Have 
 Different Dads 

Mom says she had an affair; paternity tests reveal rare situation

May 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas mom checked with doctors when she noticed her twins didn’t look much alike—and learned they had different dads, Fox News reports. Much to the surprise of her partner, paternity tests showed two eggs had been fertilized by different sperm; the woman said she’d had an... More »

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twins • father • paternity test

 Sykes, Wife Have Twins 


May 13, 09 9:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Wanda Sykes is the talk of Washington after her gig at the White House correspondents dinner, but it turns out she's also a mom of newborn twins. Sykes' wife, Alex, gave birth to daughter Olivia Lou and son Lucas Claude on April 27. "All are happy and healthy and... More »

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twins • comedian • Wanda Sykes • actress • Jay-ZTV

UK Man 'Gives Birth' to Fetus
of Dead Twin

Thirty-year-old's stomach ruptures; brother pops out

May 9, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gavin Hyatt had been in pain for a month, plagued by a mysterious lump on his stomach. The plumber almost had it operated on but canceled at the last minute. Then one day, in a scene straight out of Alien, Hyatt felt a stabbing pain and saw the lump pushing... More »

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weird • twins • England • fetus • Gavin Hyatt

(Newser) - Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are expecting twin girls this summer via a surrogate mother, reports E! Online. The couple—Broderick is 47, Parker 44—have a 6-year-old son and have been trying unsuccessfully for another child. "They could have kept trying on their own," says a... More »

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twins • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • surrogates • mother

Transsexual Pregnant
With Twins Mid-Sex Change

Spaniard interrupts gender reassignment

Mar 22, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish transsexual undergoing gender reassignment from female to male is pregnant with twins, reports the New York Daily News. Ruben Coronado interrupted the sex change process for fertility treatments after learning his partner couldn't have more children. Coronado plans to complete the sex change after the twins are born... More »

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Spain • twins • sex change • fertility treatment • pregnant man

 Sheens Welcome Twin Boys 


Mar 16, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Charlie and Brooke Mueller Sheen’s twin sons arrived Saturday night, People reports. The boys—given the refreshingly normal names Max and Bob—are the couple’s first. “They’re doing great, and Brooke’s doing great,” Sheen’s publicist says, though the babies were born a few... More »

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 2 Uteri, 2 Babies: 
 Woman Has 1-in-5M Birth 

Doctor explains how rare condition produced 1-in-5M birth

Mar 3, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - What’s more impressive, having eight babies, or having two—one from each womb? Sarah Reinfelder, whom the New York Post has tastefully dubbed “Womber Woman,” did the latter, thanks to a condition called uterus didelphys, or double uterus. One in every 2,000 women has didelphys,... More »

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pregnancy • twins • Michigan • womb • didelphys

 60-Year-Old 
 Canadian Gives 
 Birth to Twins 

Birth raises medical-ethics questions

Feb 5, 09 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - A 60-year-old Canadian woman gave birth to twins this week, the CBC reports. Ranjit Hayer and her twin boys, delivered 7 weeks prematurely by cesarean section, are recovering in intensive care. Hayer underwent in vitro fertilization after trying to get pregnant for decades, but even her obstetrician has ethical concerns.... More »

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twins • Canada • in vitro fertilization • mothers • birth • multiple births • medical ethics

 Mom on Pill Has Twins—Twice 

Docs say odds are over 11 million to one

Feb 2, 09 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A British woman has given birth to her second set of twins conceived while on birth control pills, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors say the odds are more than 11 million to one. Carly O'Brien—who switched to a stronger pill after the first pair came along—says she was... More »

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contraception • fertility • twins • mothers • baby • birth control pill • multiple births

 Wallflower or 
 Life of the Party? 
 It's in Your Genes 

Study of twins finds genetic link to social position

Jan 27, 09 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Whether a person becomes a wallflower or social butterfly and what group of friends they develop is apparently significantly affected by their genes, National Geographic reports. Scientists examined social groupings of more than 1,000 pairs of teenage twins and discovered that identical twins, who share the same genes, were... More »

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social networking • twins • genes • popularity • scientific study • social behavior

 Ringwald Expecting Twins 

Pregnancy will be written into The Secret Life of an American Teenager

Jan 24, 09 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Molly Ringwald, who currently plays the put-upon mother of a pregnant girl in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, has some buns in the oven herself, People reports. The 40-year-old Breakfast Club alum is expecting a boy and a girl this August with hubby Panio Gianopoulos. A... More »

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pregnancy • twins • celebrity pregnancy • Molly Ringwald

 Nazi Doc Linked to 
 Brazil Twin Record 

Historian believes Mengele continued quest to create master race

Jan 22, 09 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Nazi "Angel of Death" Dr. Josef Mengele may have continued his mission to create a master race after World War II in a small Brazilian town, the Daily Telegraph reports. A historian probing the sadistic Auschwitz doctor's post-war life in Latin America has linked him to the mysteriously high... More »

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twins • Brazil • doctor • Nazi • Auschwitz • eugenics

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