October, 2008

To hear Sarah Palin tell it, she is the last person yearning to be on the best-dressed list.

The Republican vice presidential nominee tells Entertainment Tonight that the controversy over the GOP spending $150,000 on her campaign wardrobe is “absolutely ridiculous.”

In a two-part interview with ET’s Mary Hart airing Thursday and Friday, Palin says “There is a kind of this double-standard that’s going on. I don’t hear the guys being talked about their wardrobe.”

In fact, life on the campaign trail has been full of surprises, says Palin.

“I had not expected that our kids would be a target, and that there would be kind of a double-standard, with some suggestions of some sexism even,” said Palin, who added that she didn’t expect to be scrutinized because of her gender. Continue

Springtime will bring a whole new blossom into the home of supermodel Niki Taylor and her NASCAR husband Burney Lamar: They’re expecting their first child together, Taylor’s rep announced to people Thursday.

“Burney and I are very excited with this stage of our lives,” says Taylor, who is due in March. “We’re thrilled.”

Taylor, 33, met her husband while the duo was paired together to sign autographs at a charity event, and were married in December 2006. In lieu of wedding gifts, the couple asked that donations be sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for chronically ill children where they continue to work raising money and awareness. Continue

Battle of the new moms! Alba went shopping with husband Cash Warren in her Juicy Couture maxidress on July 4, while Stefani headed to the beach this week in her ombré dress.

Christina Aguilera – who recently debuted the video for her single “Keeps Gettin’ Better” – stays warm with a hot beverage and keeps on moving with husband Jordan Bratman during a dreary Tuesday in New York City.

Showing off her sexy curves in a slim-fitting House of Deréon dress, Beyoncé hits up New York’s Bloomingdale’s department store Tuesday to promote her upcoming movie, Cadillac Records. In the drama, due December 5, Knowles plays legendary singer/songwriter Etta James.

Jessica Simpson has tongues wagging after arriving late to Macy’s 150th anniversary bash at New York’s Gotham Hall on Tuesday. But the delay wasn’t her fault! “I’m so, so sorry,” the singer – who designs clothing, shoes and bags for the retailer – told the crowd after rain stalled her flight. “ I could be God and control the weather.”

Denzel Washington and David Beckham share laughs courtside Tuesday at the Los Angeles Lakers opening-night game in L.A. The friendly pair watched the Lakers trump the Portland Trail Blazers, 96-76.

Gwen Stefani has an adorable companion in 2-month-old son Zuma during a mother-son outing at a Beverly Hills library on Wednesday. The pop star welcomed her son, whose name was likely inspired by the singer’s favorite beach, in August.

Last week, when Lil Wayne, 26, became a father for the second time to baby boy Dwayne Michael Carter III, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, he wasn’t handing out cigars in the waiting room. He was right there in the delivery room.

“I delivered him. I held the left leg the whole time,” Wayne said Tuesday night at Power 105.1′s Powerhouse concert. “It was nasty, very nasty, but it was wonderful. Oct. 22, 9:25 a.m., 7 lbs., 12 oz. He’s the best thing to ever happen to me, next to my daughter.”

Lil Wayne’s first child, 8-year-old Reginae Carter, belongs to Wayne and his high school sweetheart Antonia “Toya” Johnson.

The identity of the newborn’s mother remains private.