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Brad Pitt's Secret B.O. Killer: Baby Wipes

Josh loposer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Being a parent teaches you all sorts of life lessons - not just how to change a diaper. For Brad Pitt, fatherhood has taught him how to MacGyver his way out of embarrassing body odor.

Here's what Brad shared with Eli Roth during filming for Tarantino's Inglorius Basterds:

"He shared that when you're sweating and don't have time to take a shower, you just take a baby wipe and rub it under your armpits," Pitt's costar and pal Eli Roth told PEOPLE at Saturday's Spike TV Guys Choice 2009 in Los Angeles, set to air on the cable network June 21 at 10 p.m.

"After a scene, Brad had to get next to me for a close-up shot, and he said, 'Damn, you're ripe,' " recalls Roth, 37. "I said, 'I didn’t have time to shower.' He said, 'Baby wipes, man, baby wipes.' "

When it came to Pitt's pits, Roth said the leading man explained, "I got six kids. All you've got to do is just take them, a couple quick wipes under the pits." Pitt further said, "Man, I'm getting [peed] on all day. I don't have time to take a shower."

Nice tip, huh? I'm considering forgoing showers completely and opting for a few cases of baby wipes. OK, not really.

Still, this priceless piece of fathering advice should definitely be put in a book along with tons of other hacks for making fatherhood simpler for dudes. The probelm is, no dudes would probably read it -- unless you filled it with how-to illustrations of hot bikini babes.

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Amy Poehler Drops Baby Knowledge

Whit Honea — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Amy Poehler has been a parent for about 5 minutes (give or take six months), but she already has some pretty good advice for anyone that might be expecting or expects to be ... um, expecting. If this is you, or perhaps your "friend," you should consider clicking over to Strollerderby for a quick dose of enlightenment.

And this is for Amy:

Parminder Nagra's Baby Shower

trix — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:02:00 GMT

Parminder Nagra looked absolutely adorable at her recent baby shower. Her husband planned the whole baby shower and she said it was a huge success.

She talked about her baby and pregnancy saying, “Somebody is wriggling around in there, that is due to come out fairly soon, but it’s not even from out of town or anything, it’s right there. It’s hard to get your head around until it actually happens to you.”

I can agree with that, it's all very surreal.

“I love it when the little onesies come out, and everybody gets to decorate the little onesie. They personalize it and that’s something you would have forever. It would be something you could hand down to your child and say ‘Look, so and so decorated this for you.’ I think that’s such a lovely, personal thing.”

We did the same thing at my baby shower, I still have some of them, they so cute.

“I actually have a pair of my own custom made maternity scrubs courtesy of our wonderful wardrobe department made with stretchy fabric to fit round the ‘bump’! The guys at ‘ER’ have been extremely supportive.”

It's always so good to have a supportive work environment, I did not. At my previous job I worked 11 hour days with an hour drive to and from work. It sucked!

Do you or did you have a good support group at work for your daily needs as a parent?

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Harry Connick Jr. Wants His Daughters To Give Back

trix — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:29:00 GMT

Harry Connick Jr. thinks it's important for his daughters to learn about the important things in life.

What are some of those things? He wants them to know what it is and feels like to help people and that it is important for them to do it. He says, “I think it’s important for my kids to know that you help people. You do what you’re supposed to do. Do your work and help people, that’s all you can do.”

He also says it's important for his daughters to know that he is there for them without being intrusive, when it comes to their boyfriends. His oldest daughter Georgia has started dating at the age of 12. Twelve years old seems so young to be dating.

I don't know about you but when I was 12 I didn't hadn't even started shaving my legs yet, let alone thinking about dating.

He has yet to flex his dad muscles, because Georgia picked a winner for her first boyfriend.

Well, bully for her. Still 12 years old, there is no way my daughter would be dating, if I had one that is.

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Parminder Nagra is Getting Ready for Baby

trix — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:02:00 GMT

Parminder Nagra got married last month and is spending her time as a newlywed shopping for baby clothes.

She says that she doesn't want to get carried away because she can hear her mothers voice in her head every time she sees some fancy schmancy item.

She said, “I saw some ridiculously expensive designer baby shoes, but I could hear my mother’s voice in my head saying: ‘The baby will grow out of them in four weeks.’”

Now she just needs to remember to pass that on to her baby and try not to spoil it rotten.

Beautiful Bride: Parminder Nagra's Wedding Album

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Ashlee Simpson Asks for Help

trix — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:32:00 GMT

Don't you just hate it when you've been a mother for years and one of your friends has their first baby and they try to tell you the best way to mother your children?

You just smile and nod and say, "Awesome,I'm glad that works for you, because it sure doesn't work on my kids."

You would happy to have Ashlee Simpson as a friend then, because she is practically begging for advice.

Ashlee is turning to her friends, mainly Nicole Richie, for tips on everything from, how to get Bronx to sleep to anything she could possibly need help with.

Good for Ashlee, the most important thing you need to remember when trying to accomplish something, is to ask for help.

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Will Ferrell Dishes Parenting Advice to Nicole Kidman

Karen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Funnyman Will Ferrell had some very important advice for Nicole Kidman:

"For me, talk to your children, at least once a week," Ferrell, father to Magnus, 4, and Mattias, 1, joked..

"If you've got time, do it two or three times a week," he goes on. "But otherwise, I find the times where I let weeks and weeks go by without talking to my children, that adds up."

The birth of Sunday Rose was news to Ferrell, "I actually didn't know that," Ferrell said, when asked about the birth. "Congratulations, Nicole! Did she have a boy or girl? A daughter. That's great!"

When asked if his sons would follow in his comedic footsteps, Will said straight-faced, "No, they're not funny. They're deadly serious."

I love that man!

Brad Pitt Seeks Pretty Woman

Whit Honea — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:57:00 GMT

Apparently Brad Pitt was a bit concerned about raising twins and whether or not it was different than say raising 4 kids. He did what all of us do in times of trouble, he turned to Julia Roberts.

According to a source, "Brad was all frantic about knowing if the rules for twins are different than raising or taking care of single babies. But Julia told him it's the same - only twice as hard."

Hey, I could have told him that and the only twins I know are in Minnisota.

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Miley Cyrus Opens Film, Gives Advice

Whit Honea — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:03:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus is raking in the cash money. She opened her own film this week, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert, in 3-D no less, and even talk time to drop the obligatory advice to Britney Spears.

"I think that she needs help." Cyrus said of Spears. "If I didn't have [my family], I'd probably be in the same position.

"You just got to know who your true friends are, and I think, for me, [that] is my mom. If you have sisters, I mean any girls that are in your family, that can understand and relate to you, I think is the best."

Hey, Britney has a sister!

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Russell Crowe to Give Parenting Advice

Whit Honea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:31:00 GMT

Fresh off the success of his, How To Drink Heavily and Destroy Inanimate Objects series, Russell Crowe is now adding his sage wisdom to a DVD on parenting that will be given to all new parents in Australia. What's up with that? In the United States we don't even get formula anymore, let alone the insight of an Oscar winner. All we get is a baby.

According to the Herald Sun:

Australian Family Association Victorian president Angela Conway said Crowe was an authentic role model for new parents despite his bad boy past.

"He is a doting dad," Ms Conway said. "What parents need is practical advice that is authentic and realistic.

"They need to know it's workable, realistic and practical, and if this helps to do this, it's great."

The interactive, five-hour DVD is a guide to parenting children for the first five years. It covers basics about child health, development and care, as well as information about family management and available resources.

5 hours? They can watch all of the Look Who's Talking movies in that time, and what better source on the needs of babies, than the babies themselves?

Still, free is free.

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