droolicious : j-lo

Tom Cruise Spends $400K on J. Lo's Twins; Disney DVD Box Among Only Items Commoners Can Afford

Aaron Burgess — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:57:00 GMT

By now you've heard the news: Jennifer Lopez has reportedly talked hubby Marc Anthony into letting Scientology #2 and Sumner Redstone doppelgänger Tom Cruise be godfather to the couple's twins. No word yet on how that's going over in the Catholic parishes where J. Lo and Anthony were baptized, but it seems to be working out well for the pair's offspring, Max and Emme.

So far, Cruise is said to have committed over $400,000 to the babies' loot chest, including $200,000 worth of designer christening outfits; a giant aquarium for the kids' bedroom (rumors that it includes a scale model of L. Ron Hubbard's schooner could not be confirmed); and a star-studded, $200,000 "Welcome to the World" party for Max and Emme.

Among the smaller trinkets Cruise and Holmes are said to have bestowed on the twins are Disney DVD boxed sets -- and while we're not sure this is the case, perhaps they went for the Walt Disney Animated Anthology (pictured above). If books are on the registry for the christening party, might we also suggest the Disney Box of Screams set?

(Updated April 8, thanks to commenter mama-mommy-mama, who pointed out that we'd been showing a box of Disney bootlegs. Whoops!)

Casablanca Cribs in Jennifer Lopez's Nursery

Chris Ford — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:30:00 GMT

Last week I mentioned the prams Jennifer Lopez has for her new twins, but there are other baby products to gawk at in the People Magazine article too. For instance, the matching "Casablanca Cribs" in the nursery. Even though the picture in People makes it look like neither child has ever spent a moment of their lives in the cribs, this time I'm finding it kind of difficult to make fun of them.

Well, maybe not so difficult.

The Casablanca Premier crib is adjustable, meets all the US safety requirements and has a drop front gate that's integrated into the "scroll bar." And if a big, vintage-looking metal crib with a lot of ornate scrolls matches your design style, then you could do a lot worse than the Casablanca Premiere. I do however think it's a little weird that J-Lo has the same crib featured in Stuart Little II (Stuart Little Two??) but hey, maybe she's a big fan of mediocre kid's movie sequels.

The Casablanca Premier is available as a custom order in burnished gold, silver or satin white for $950 from Petit Tresor.

Jennifer Lopez and the British Royal Pram

Chris Ford — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:00 GMT

Will somebody please tell Jennifer Lopez she's not a real princess? The new issue of People Magazine has the pictures of J-Lo and her new family, and among the pictures is a shot of the two $3,000 prams ("pram" is fancy English word for stroller) that she's supposedly wheeling her kids around in. The Silver Cross Balmoral Pram is handmade and according to their web site, "trusted by the British Royal family for generations." Ugh.

Look, I don't have any doubt it is beautiful and handles like a dream, but how exactly are you supposed to use this? It doesn't look like one (let alone two) would fit very well in the back of a modest SUV (or modest NYC apartment for that matter), so I suppose it's reserved for long constitutionals around the estate after dinner. And in my experience at least, my kids hated being rolled around in a bassinet-style stroller.

But to each princess her own I guess.

Silver Cross Balmoral Pram, $2,900.00 from Amazon.com