Trending on Thursday, June 09, 2011

Natalie Portman's Gorgeous Pregnancy

Natalie Portman shocked fans in late December when her rep announced that the future Oscar winner was engaged -- and pregnant!

This will be the first child for Portman, who turns 30 Thursday, and French-born choreographer Benjamin Millepied, 33.
"One of the most exciting things about being pregnant is that I'm accepting the complete unknown. It's a complete mystery and miracle," Portman told reporters after winning the Best Actress trophy at the Academy Awards. "It's really just accepting that I have no idea, which is what all of us live every day."

Portman -- who has dressed her baby bump in designer duds ranging from Jason Wu to Viktor & Rolf -- won't know the sex of her baby until she gives birth this summer.

"People can say a lot of things and they have a 50 percent chance of being right," she's said. "I'm Jewish and I think in Judaism, there's a lot of superstition around not doing too much before the baby comes."

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Jennifer Connelly

The Oscar-winning actress and husband Paul Bettany are proud parents to a new baby girl, Agnes Lark Bettany.

This is the couple's second child together.

Jennifer also has a 13-year-old son with photographer David Dugan.

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'Today,' Abe Vigoda bid Meredith Vieira farewell with 'Don't Stop Believin'' cover

Call it the "Glee" effect, but on Thursday morning the staff of NBC's "Today Show" pulled out all the stops to send departing co-host Meredith Vieira off in style.

In what was apparently a surprise to Vieira, the staff lip-synced their way through Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" -- a song that has taken on new life since being used in both the finale of HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Glee's" pilot episode.

Matt Lauer kicked off the live tribute, but NBC staffers scored a little help along the way from Abe Vigoda (totally random), "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon, correspondent Jenna Bush-Hager and "Today" fourth-hour hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie-Lee Gifford, who both wore t-shirts reading "Wine Lovers (heart) Meredith."

Good thing Meredith was wearing comfy shoes. We'll see if Ann Curry gets this kind of goodbye.

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