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T.I. may want to start saving up for some therapy sessions right about now.

The hit-making hip-hopster and girlfriend Tameka "Tiny" Cottle (formerly of the R&B vocal group Xscape) welcomed their second son together at the stroke of midnight this morning.

"God has blessed us with another miracle," T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, told People. The rapper, who is facing prison time after pleading guilty in March to federal weapons charges, celebrates the birth just months before he drops another baby: his new album, Paper Trail, is due Aug. 12.

The baby is his second with Cottle and his fifth offspring overall.

Checking in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces, the newborn was christened Major Harris—not so unusual in the greater scheme of celebrity baby names, but a far cry from his royally named big brother, King Harris.

At least he won't have to worry about suffering from delusions of grandeur.

Red carpet! Photographers! Brad and Angelina sporting a double-baby belly bump!

If you can't actually be in Cannes, then you can get a taste of the flashbulbs and French-language introductions in this clip of the couple at the Kung Fu Panda premiere. And be sure to check out our regularly updating Cannes photo gallery, as well.

Angelina Jolie's talking babies, but only, it seems, because everybody else is.

Following yesterday's confirmation by the actress that she is in fact having twins—Kung Fu Panda costar Jack Black inadvertently broke the news while the two were being interviewed by the Today show's Natalie Morales—comes word that another costar, Dustin Hoffman, has revealed her due date.

During Thursday's morning show on NBC, Morales told Today's Matt Lauer that in a separate interview with Hoffman, the actor said Jolie is due Aug. 19.

The twins will be the fifth and sixth children for Jolie and Brad Pitt. Their brood already consists of Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, who is almost 2.

In the meantime, we'll just sit back and wait for someone other than Jolie to spill the beans on what sex the babies will be.

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Dennis Quaid was a man on a mission today.

Motivated by the pain experienced by his own family, the actor testified before Congress Wednesday about the overdose of blood thinners his newborn twins were given at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in November, which led to his current lawsuit against heparin maker Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Taking away individuals' rights to take pharmaceutical companies to court and hold them accountable for their actions would turn consumers into "uninformed and uncompensated lab rats," Quaid said.

In an effort to ward off costly, time-consuming litigation, the Food and Drug Administration has argued in the past on the behalf of the drug makers that federal regulation supersedes the need for state action.

But Quaid, having seen firsthand that government oversight leaves plenty of room for error, doesn't agree.

"Like many Americans, I believed that a big problem in our country was frivolous lawsuits," Quaid testified. "But now I know that the courts are often the only path to justice."

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Angelina Jolie—finally!—confirmed Tinseltown's worst-kept secret: She's pregnant with twins.

According to NBC's Today, the actress was giving an interview to show host Natalie Morales in Cannes Wednesday to promote her new animated film Kung Fu Panda when the news slipped out, courtesy of costar Jack Black, who was sitting beside her.

Black: "You're gonna have as many as the Brady Bunch when you have these."

Morales: "So is that confirmed? Is it two?"

Angelina confirmed it was true, subsequently ending months of "speculation."

The twins will be Angie and Brad Pitt's fifth and sixth children—joining siblings Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

No word yet on baby names, but something tells us Jack is not going to be one of them.

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Angelina Jolie celebrated Mother's Day by doing a little bumpwatch of her own, logging some quality time with the forthcoming family additions.

The expectant mom, accompanied by Brad Pitt and sons Maddox and Pax, checked out the inner workings of her womb and its current denizens via sonogram at a hospital in Grasse, France.

"Angie was due for a scan and they thought it would be cool to do it on Mother's Day and take Maddox and Pax along to see the twins for themselves on the sonogram machine," a source close to the couple tells E! News.

"Brad and Angelina are very big on explaining things in a very simple way to their kids, and they want the kids to feel included in the process of her pregnancy. Having them see the babies for themselves was a really exciting day out for them all."

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Could Britney Spears be heading back home to Louisiana?

Yes, we hear exclusively that the popstress has promised her little sister that she'd return home to Kentwood, La., when Jamie Lynn gives birth. We hear the official due date is June 29.

"At the baby shower, she told her little sister she wanted to be there for her the entire time," said a friend close to the Spears family. "I'm not sure how Casey is going to feel about that. But Jamie Lynn seems pretty excited."

There’s just one hitch.

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We don't know if it actually takes a village to raise a celebrity child, but it does seem to take an army of nannies, mannies, bodyguards and drivers to get the job done.

So on the day we celebrate the awesomeness of moms, we thought we'd take a moment to salute all the other caregivers.

And who knows, maybe you'll get a bonus or something, too.

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Home is where the heart is. But it never hurts to have your stuff there, as well.

A source close to the couple tells E! News that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have started importing the little things—clothes, toys, the Ducati—across the Atlantic after apparently opting to stay put at Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen's villa in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera.

While the couple have been house-hunting in nearby Monte Carlo and logged time this weekend in Nice visiting Bono and The Edge, they're "more than content to just stay put," at least until the birth of their second biological child and fifth overall, the insider said.

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All it took for a family reunion was an unexpected family addition.

Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears met up in their hometown of Kentwood, La., over the weekend, the first face-to-face for the sibs since last October. The nonpregnant sister was one of nearly two dozen female friends who convened at Serenity, the estate owned by the pop star but inhabited by her sister and mother, Lynne, to herald the delivery of her niece-to-be.

And, per usual, OK! magazine was on hand to document the to-do, which was organized and hosted by mama Lynne.

"It was wonderful to be able to spend time with her and just be girls again," the 17-year-old expectant mother said of her sisterly reunion. "We painted our nails and did stupid stuff, and we had our private time too. To be able to be in the privacy of our own home and just be sisters again was wonderful."

"She just ran up," she said of the Britster's greeting. "She obviously couldn't pick me up. We gave each other a big hug. It was a really good feeling."

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A first name is apparently the only attribute Angela Kinsey shares with her prudish Office character.

The sitcom star and her TV-writer hubby Warren Lieberstein (who obviously never euthanized her cat) welcomed daughter Isabel Ruby Lieberstein on Saturday afternoon, People reports. The little one weighed in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

"Mom and baby are doing great," rep Tess Finkle said. This is the couple's first child.

Proving that it's not always terrible to take your work home with you, Kinsey's longtime costar Jenna Fischer was among the friends and family members awaiting Isabel's arrival at the hospital.

"By the way, Jenna has the best reactions of anyone," Kinsey wrote in February on her MySpace blog, the medium she used to announce her pregnancy in November. "If you have big news to tell someone and want a great response...tell Jenna!"

When she revealed the good news, the 36-year-old actress also noted that her mother was already "quilting like a mad woman."

Dwight would be so pleased.