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M.I.A.'s Son Ikhyd Will Inherit $8 Billion!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:06:00 GMT

M.I.A.'s infant son, Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman , 3 months, is going to be one rich little dude - he'll inherit nearly $8 billion! Eight billion dollars - can you even imagine?

M.I.A.'s fiance and father to Ikhyd, Benjamin Bronfman, 26, is set to inherit the massive amount of money and it will be passed down to the couple's son at some point.

The fortune was accumulated by Benjamin's family, who are owners of a now defunct Seagram company - once the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world.

A source said the Paper Planes singer doesn't "really care about the money. But it helps." Uh, yes, eight billion clams will probably come in handy!

Although M.I.A. and Benjamin are not married, that won't make a difference in their son inheriting the money and assets.

"They will do the marriage thing when time permits."

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M.I.A.'s Post Baby Body!

Sassy Smith — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:11:00 GMT

Singer M.I.A. welcomed her first child - son Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman - almost three months ago, and she made a recent appearance at the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala. I must say, she was looking awesome!

We got a sneak peek at her baby boy as she and fiance, The Exit singer and guitarist, Benjamin Brewer walked through LAX. That baby is gorgeous!

M.I.A. recently performed at Coachella, and during her set, she said to the crowd, "Can we get some order in the place? My baby's waiting!"

She might still love performing but now that she's a mom, baby comes first!

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Pop Winans, Family Patriarch Dies

Whit Honea — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:14:00 GMT

The patriarch of the Winans family, David "Pop" Winans, has died at the age of 76 after suffering a recent heart attack and stroke.

David Winans was the father of BeBe and CeCe Winans who performed together and Michael, Marvin, Carvin and Ronald who performed as The Winans. All together the Winans had ten children and nine grandchildren.

Pop and his wife Mom were regulars on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

In a released statement the family said: "The Winans family wishes to thank everyone for their prayers and continued support, but would appreciate privacy at this time."

Services will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit.

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UPDATE: M.I.A. Did NOT Name Her Baby Ickitt!!!!

Sassy Smith — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:04:00 GMT

Oh thank goodness! It was reported that new mom M.I.A. named her nearly-one-month-old baby boy Ickitt but that is not the case... whew! No offense, but that really is an awful name.

M.I.A. updated her MySpace to say:

MY BABY IS NOT CALLED ICKITT, PICKIT OR LICKIT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE HOLLYWOOD PRESS. HES A BABY , HE DONT NEED PRESS!

I DIDNT RELEASE THE BABY NAME BECAUSE I DIDNT THINK IT WAS NEWS!!!!

BUT I WILL BE BACK WITH SOMETHING NEWS WORTHY SOON , TILL THEN GO PICK ON APPLE, SATCHEL AND MOON UNIT.

LOTS OF LOVE STICKIT!!

Ha ha... lots of love stickit... she's cute.

I guess she'll release her baby's REAL name when she's darn good and ready or maybe she won't.

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Finally! M.I.A. Names Her Baby Boy!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:10:00 GMT

Well, I say finally, but to be fair, I'm sure hip-hop singer M.I.A. named her baby boy soon after his birth, but this is the first time we're hearing his name. She and Benjamin Brewer welcomed him on February 11, and their son is one of the most adorable babies I've ever seen... but his name? Uh, not, something I'd pick. Wanna know what it is?

Find out after the jump!

Ickitt. I don't know, maybe it has some special significance that we're unaware of? Sure, it's obviously her choice what she names her baby and really, he is a beautiful, beautiful baby, but the name...

As we all know, M.I.A. certainly isn't the first celebrity parent to give their child an unusual name.

Maybe it'll grow on us.

*Update* She did NOT name her son Ickitt......HERE!!!!!!

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Photo: See M.I.A.'s Beautiful Baby Boy!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:02:00 GMT

Singer M.I.A. and her fiance Ben Brewer welcomed their first child - a son - on February 11 and she blogged about her little boy here. Although she's not released the baby's name or photos, a friend of hers posted a picture of the little one on his MySpace. And what a doll he is!

Photo after the jump!

M.I.A.'s friend Afrikan Boy posted the photo and the following message:

I just woke up when i recieved this baby picture from Maya of her newborn son….

He is Handsoommmeee!!..

I Need to teach him how to make PoundedYam and get Straight A's in School like Me!!!

Love from Maya Ben and I Y H K D!

Welcome to the World!

What a sweet baby! M.I.A. and Benjamin sure made a beautiful boy.

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New Mom M.I.A. To Perform At Oscars In A Bed?

Sassy Smith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:05:00 GMT

Hip-hop star and performer M.I.A. welcomed her first child - a son - last Wednesday, and she was scheduled to perform this coming Sunday at the Oscars, however, will the new mom be up for it so soon after the birth of her baby?

Oscar producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon are willing to do whatever it takes to make M.I.A. comfortable, in the hopes that she'll be performing at the Oscars Sunday evening, even though she's just had a baby.

M.I.A. is scheduled to perform her Oscar-nominated song "O, Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire, and producers are suggesting she perform on a bed!

Said Mark, "She's eager to perform... We've said things like, 'We're willing to have her enter on a large bed.' We'll make it as easy for her as we can."

I'm thinking she'll do it - if the woman can get her groove on, up on the Grammy stage, when she's ready to pop a baby out, then this should be a piece of cake!

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Update: M.I.A. Blogs About Her New Son!

Sassy Smith — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Hip-hop star M.I.A. and fiance Benjamin Brewer welcomed their first child, a son, Wednesday, February 11 and the 31-year-old singer took to her Myspace to talk about her new bundle of joy!

From M.I.A.:

"Sunday night I came home from the Grammys still in the mood to party - I could easily gone out but I went home instead - lucky I did! My early labor kicked in around 2 a.m. My baby was born Wednesday. He is healthy, fine, beautiful and the most amazing thing ever on this planet - of course I'm his mum!! Me and baby are putting our tour dates for 2010 together, making mix tapes and figuring out a way to break out of the hospital! My baby boy says hi!"

Next up - will M.I.A. be up to performing at next Sunday's Academy Awards? She's set to sing "O Saya," her Oscar-nominated song from Slumdog Millionaire.

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She Popped! M.I.A. Gives Birth!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:03:00 GMT

She must have got things moving after her Grammy performance last Sunday - because hip hop star M.I.A. has given birth to her first child! So, did she have a girl? Or a boy, as she was convinced she was having?

It's a boy! She and fiance Benjamin Brewer welcomed their son on Wednesday, February 11.

Desi Hits asked M.I.A. what she hopes to teach her child: "I would teach my child tons of things. I want my child to see third world countries, and be humble about what he or she has, and have sound judgement."

Congrats! We'll keep you posted with more details as they become available.

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Video: Pregnant M.I.A. Grammy Performance, Says Son To Be Hip Hop Star

Sassy Smith — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:00 GMT

A very pregnant M.I.A. took to the stage at the Grammy Awards Sunday evening, and she certainly delivered - well not her baby, but her performance! I was convinced her water was going to break! The hip hop singer, who is having a son, is convinced her boy will be a hip hop star too.

Video after the jump!

Before taking the stage Sunday night, M.I.A. said her little one is poised to be a hip hop star. "He's getting ready for Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. So far, so good.

"I just don't know what labor is. It's my first baby. So I'm not walking around going, 'Maybe this is it.' The baby is just moving around, getting his swagga on."

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Pregnant M.I.A. Will Perform Sunday At Grammy's - Her Due Date!

Sassy Smith — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Pregnant hip-hop star M.I.A. will perform at Sunday's Grammy ceremony, which is awesome, but what's more interesting - is it's also the same day she's due to deliver her baby!

Says the first-time-mom-to-be:

"They say that you're often late the first time, so I'm planning to go. We'll see. People are trying to get me to relax and focus on the baby. It's like being in parallel universes."

Sounds like she's going to keep going until the very end - well, the beginning of her new life with baby!

M.I.A. , who is engaged to musician Benjamin Brewer, is up for two Grammy awards.

Good luck with the show and the baby!

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Melanie Brown and Family

Karl Erikson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Here's Melanie Brown and her husband Stephen Belafonte out with the kids. There's Phoenix and Angel, all enjoying their holiday shopping at The Grove in L.A. I wonder what Eddie Murphy is getting Angel for Christmas?

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Karl Erikson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:03:00 GMT

Mel B aka Scary Spice has a new album she's putting together and two of the songs on it refer to Eddie Murphy, the father of her daughter, Angel. Melanie had a romance with Murphy in 2006, and he refused to acknowledge that Angel was his until he was ordered to take a paternity test. And what do you know? Angel is his.

Two songs on her CD - "Reflections In a Broken Mirror" and "Second Hand Lover" - talk about Eddie Murphy, but Melanie decided to toss the songs from the final disc. "I was keen to keep them in," she says. "Then I thought: 'Why am I giving this jerk reference?' I've moved on!"

Nowadays, Mel is married to producer Stephen Belafonte. She also has daughter Phoenix Chi, 9, with her ex, Jimmy Gulzar.

What do you bet she'll release the tracks in a future special edition?

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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is Ready to Pop

Whit Honea — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is looking ready to pop, and I don't mean music (as in pop music, get it? FYI, I'm on Dayquil).

The singer and her husband Pete are getting very close to their expected due date. Stay tuned, true believers!

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M.I.A. Shows Off Her Huge Baby Bump

Sassy Smith — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:06:00 GMT

British artist, songwriter and singer M.I.A. has been canceling numerous appearances and went into "retirement," and it's pretty obvious as to why - she's pregnant. Either that or she swallowed a good sized watermelon. I'm going with the pregnancy thing...

More pics after the jump!

M.I.A. performed at Disel party looking very much with child. The 31-year-old recently became engaged Exit member, Benjamin Brewer.

Congrats to the happy couple!

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Sinéad O'Carroll Welcomes Baby

Whit Honea — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMT

Sinéad O'Carroll, of B*Witched fame, and her husband Michael Rahman have welcomed their first child. Daughter Samarah was born on Sept. 27th at Mount Carmel Hospital.

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"Barenaked Ladies" Singer In Plane Crash!!!!!

Sassy Smith — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:33:00 GMT

What's with the celebrity crashes lately? Wow! Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson has been involved in a plane crash!!

The singer's float-plane crashed north of Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday. He survived!!

Adam Smith, rep for the band said, "Everyone is fine and that is the most important thing. That's all the comment we have at this time." It's believed that Ed was the one flying the plane when it crashed.

A police rep had this to say:

"At 12:30 p.m. a Cessna 206 was taking off from Baptiste Lake, lost airspeed and entered a wooded area west of the lake"

The plane was totaled and the four adults on board walked away mostly unharmed and reported the crash. Now those are some lucky folks!

Ed Robertson is married to Natialie and is a dad to Hannah, 12, Lyle, 9, and Arden, 6. I bet his family are so grateful and relieved tonight!

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Javine Hylton Nude: Then and Now

Whit Honea — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:28:00 GMT

British singer Javine did the obligatory nude pose while pregnant, but then was kind enough to follow it up with a post-baby shot. That was very thoughtful of her.

Here are the photos:

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Let Me Tell You How to Get to Sesame Street

Whit Honea — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Can you believe that "Sesame Street" is getting ready to start its 39th season? Crazy, right?

Well, it's true and this year promises to be the best yet because they're going to focus more on math!

I suppose that's a good thing, but that's not really why you're reading about "Sesame Street" on FameCrawler. No, we are in it for the celebrities.

In the upcoming season we'll see some of our favorite celebrity parents (and soon-to-be), as well as some other people that I'm too lazy to Google for parental status.

Here is a quick list of some of the stars you'll find singing, rhyming and arithmeticin' this season (starts August 11th): Will Arnett, Feist, Jessica Alba, David Beckham, Heidi Klum, Brian Williams, Neil Patrick Harris, Sandra Oh, Jack Black, Jenny McCarthy, Feijoo Sisters and Jason Taylor. Impressive, isn't it?

Also of note are some of the planned sketches that build upon popular culture: "30 Rocks," "Pre-School Musical" and "Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer," all of which sound pretty darn funny and/or eductional.

Awesome.

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This Just In: Dulce María is NOT Pregnant

Whit Honea — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Never you mind that we don't know who Dulce María is, nor did we ever report on the possibility that she might be pregnant. That is neither here nor there.

The point is that Dulce María of the Mexican pop band RBD was rumored to be pregnant and now her rep is saying that she's not. La drama!

Said the rep, “It's totally false. People make something up about the band members on a daily basis and we are now investigating where this came from." And when they find the source they'll give them such a look.

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Miley Cyrus, a Cheetah Girl, and Kobe Bryant

Whit Honea — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Not only is Disney's Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus the hottest, aka, most expensive, ticket in town. She is bringing out the A-listers. She had everyone backstage, Ashley Tisdale, Adrienne Bailon, Joel and Nicole, our own Sweatpantsmom and one current Laker Kobe Bryant and family. With Kobe is his wife Vanessa and their two daughters Natalia, 4 1/2, and Gianna, 18 months.

I'm sure Kobe's daughters enjoyed it much, much more than a Laker's game. I bet Kobe did too.

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Kylie Minogue Making a Comeback After Beating Breast Cancer

Karen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:08:00 GMT

The Daily Mail reported falsely that Kylie Minogue had canceled her tour due to her health but nothing could be further from the truth. On her official website, she has issued a statment to the contrary:

"Kylie has not been told by her doctors that touring "could seriously harm her health". She did not give the quotes reported in the Mail today. And touring is something that she is still considering for the future. Her health remains excellent and she is in the middle of promoting her new single and album."

Kylie released a new single "2 Hearts" on her website, as well as a mobile phone social networking site.

Go Kylie!