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Starter Wife's David Alan Basche and Alysia Reiner Have Baby

Karl Erikson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Actors David Alan Basche and his wife Alysia Reiner welcomed a baby girl Friday in New York City. Their new daughter, Livia Charles Basche, weighed in at 7 lbs and measured 21 inches in length.

40-year-old David stars on NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" (which I hear has been canceled) and USA Network's "The Starter Wife" with Debra Messing. Alysia, 38, also has a role in "The Starter Wife."

The couple said in a statement, "Mom, dad, and daughter are doing great and looking forward to bringing home Livia to her new, all gree eco-friendly nursery."

Congratulations, David and Alysia!

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Debra Messing's Boy Gets Santa AND a Menorah

Karl Erikson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:36:00 GMT

The holidays are upon us - ALL the holidays...Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Festivus. 'Tis the season and all that jazz. And lucky 4-1/2-year-old Roman Walker Zelman has a lot to be thankful for. He gets the best of both worlds...and tons more presents. Mom Debra Messing, says that Roman knows "he's Jewish but doesn't know that Santa doesn't come for Jewish people." She "hasn't broken it to him yet," so in her house they celebrate both Christmas AND Hanukkah.

"We have the menorah and we light the candles and so for him, he just knows that it's Hanukkah because there's fire...He also loves the prayer, and he pretends like he knows how to say the prayer (babbles jibberish). And he's so proud of himself."

Roman "wants everything," of course, but as the wise philosopher Steven Wright says, "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" Roman will, however, be getting eight presents for Hanukkah. And when he goes to visit Grandma on Christmas, Debra says, "That's where he gets the much better deal, the whole present explosion under the tree."

One of Roman's favorite Christmas things is to watch a dancing water display and a neon Santa Claus at the popular Grove, an outdoor mall in Los Angeles. "It goes across slowly on this wire," says Debra, "and you watch it, and then it stops, and then it backs up, and then it goes again. And you're thinking, 'Okay how long can this entertain this child?' Three hours later, it's like okay, 'We have to go!' He just loves it."

Debra has a new movie coming out next Friday. It's called "Nothing Like the Holidays" and has a pretty amazing cast. John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, and Alfred Molina for starters. I think Debra is the only non-Hispanic person in the cast. It's about 3 Puerto Rican siblings who go home for the holidays.

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Debra Messing Rocks Her Bikini

Sassy Smith — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Debra Messing is on the cover of the January issue of Shape and the 40-year-old mom of Roman, now four, said she was left hurt and "depressed" by tabloid critics who said she didn't drop the baby weight fast enough. Well, I think they can eat crow now - she looks fantastic!

The former Will & Grace star said, "It was written about in the tabloids a lot. On one page it showed all the actresses who got skinny in six weeks or less (after giving birth), and on the other page was me! I was so depressed and frustrated."

Debra has lost 42 pounds in the past three years but admits she struggled to find time to work out with such a busy schedule. I think most moms can relate to that!

She said, "I was exhausted! I couldn't work out three hours a day and do my job as a mother and an actress. So I took the pressure off. I cut back on seeing the trainer but started eating healthier.

"Ultimately I'm very proud of how I dropped the weight because I think it was the healthy approach. I've finally taken ownership of my body."

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Brian Grazer's Divorce Getting Really Expensive

Karl Erikson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Powerhouse producer Brian Grazer is probably going to pay out big bucks to get rid of his third wife, Gigi Levanger Grazer. Gigi happens to be the author of the hit novel "The Starter Wife," now a series on USA Network. You'd think she'd have enough money with the novel and a few screenplays, but no. She wants - get this - $1 million a month in child and spousal support. A MONTH. The couple have two sons together.

According to documents filed by Gigi's accountant, Brian gets over $28 million a year, $13 miillion from his production company salary, the rest from corporate distributions. Gigi wants $988,184 a month, including $1,000 a month for "furniture and appliance replacement" at their house in Hawaii. She also spends $7k a month on "fine art."

Are you freaking KIDDING me? Who the hell needs $1 million a month to get by? And $1,000 a month for furniture and appliance replacement? What is she doing to this furniture? Using it as firewood? Absolutely ridiculous.

I could easily get by on $500,000 a month. A million is just excessive.

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Starter Wife Debra Messing and Son Roman

Karl Erikson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:35:00 GMT

Emmy Award winner Debra Messing was at Los Angeles aiprot yesterday with her charming 4-year-old son, Roman Walker Zelman. Her latest TV series, "The Starter Wife," comes back to the USA Network on October 10.

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Starter Wife Cast Starts Family

trix — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:27:00 GMT

There really is something in the water and I'm only drinking diet Coke.

Another celeb couple is announced that they are expecting.

David Alan Basche and Alysia Reiner announced that they are expecting their first child in the winter. David stars on the Brooke Shields show, "Lipstick Jungle" and Alysia is on "The Starter Wife" currently. The two will be working together soon as David is set to join the cast of "The Starter Wife" on USA.

I swear almost everyone in showbiz is pregnant right now, it's crazy.

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