Publication: OK!
Date: 25 July 2011

Victoria Beckham had a baby girl, named her Harper Seven. This is her fourth child.

While she and her husband David Beckham are handsome people, I never thought they were good at maths. Fortunately, the silly name is a middle name and can be kept under wraps while at school.

Kate Hudson had a baby boy. Gave him the relatively normal name of Ryder Russell.

Best wishes to all concerned.

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Publication: Star
Date: 13 June 2011

Here's a problem in the gossip rags. Too many famous people sharing first names. Star goes with the headline "Kate's pre-nup battle". But which Kate?

It's Kate Hudson this time. It could have been Kate Middleton, but it would be too late to tell that story. It could have been Kate Gosselin, but she has been largely forgotten in 2011, though overall she is still the most popular Kate in the gossip world, at least since the beginning of 2010 in terms of solo stories.

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Publication: Star
Date: 23 May 2011

So Kate Hudson is a hussy, if we are to believe Star magazine.

The most recent hussy alert was for her mom Goldie Hawn, so the apple does not fall from the tree.

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Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 16 May 2011

It's been a slow week in the supermarket rags. I haven't been able to find a copy of this week's low rent Examiner anywhere, the Sun was completely lame as was the Weekly World News, and the number of stories about Wills'N'Kate pushed other gossip off the covers.

Also, we get two engagements of women who have nothing to do with each other lumped into a single story.

Kate and Kristin.

I know what you're asking? Kate who?

This time it's Kate Hudson, who has never, ever been important enough to be known just by her first name in the gossip world.

A year ago, Kate meant Kate Gosselin. Now, it means Kate Middleton. Tabloid headline writers, please take note.

And the other one is Kristin Cavallari. There are boatloads of Kristens and Kirstens and Kirsties in the gossip world right now. Technically, the only other Kristin with two "i"s is Kristin Davis of the Sex and the City series, but she has only had one mention in sixteen months, so Kristin Cavallari kinda sorta deserves the first name basis, since this is her sixth cover story.

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Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 2 May 2011

I have to give the Flagship some credit for making something new out of two types of stories that get done over and over in the supermarket gossip rags.

Celebrity women in swimsuits? Done all the time, all year long.
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Celebrity pregnancies? Hugely popular category, stories showing up more than once a week on average.

Pregnant celebrities in swimsuits? Okay, that's something different.

As usual with a cover that has multiple pictures, the Enquirer had a "Guess who?" picture, bu I refuse to guess or open the magazine for such nonsense. The women who were identified were a couple of newcomers to the supermarket gossip world, actress Selma Blair and Mel B. from The Spice Girls, and Kate Hudson, who has been on several covers before, both before her pregnancy and since.

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