Kate recycles favorite maternity outfit for 3rd trimester outing

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The big day is almost here for Duchess Kate!

With her due date just around the corner, the expectant mom put in what is likely to be one of her final public appearances before she and Prince William welcome baby #2.

Visiting the Turner Contemporary gallery in Kent, England, Kate showed off her growing bump in a chic dalmatian-print coat by Hobbs, one of her favorite labels. If the outfit looks familiar, that's because she's worn it in the past. It's the same coat she wore for her last royal outing before Prince George's birth in 2013.

I love that Kate regularly recycles items from her wardrobe - even evening gowns! - for public appearances when she could clearly afford to splash out on a new look every day of the week.

By now the 33-year-old mom must be used to fielding questions about her pregnancy weight, so it likely came as no surprise that the topic came up yet again as she chatted with folks gathered at the event.

"I said, 'You're looking very trim,'" one resident relayed to reporters of her conversation with the Duchess. "She said, 'I sometimes forget I'm pregnant.' I had five children, and I know how good she looks!"

Is it just me, or is it a little inappropriate to be bringing up a pregnant woman's weight gain? I feel like it should be added to the list of comments to politely avoid, along with "Wow, you look tired!" and "Oh my gosh, you must be having that baby any minute!" Actually, I'm still in my 2nd trimester, thanks.

In any case, Kate seemed to weather the questions in royal style, also dishing on what her busy toddler George is up to these days.

"He sounds quite a handful," reveals another woman in the crowd today. "She is chasing after him a little bit."

Though Kate and William haven't revealed their exact due date, they did confirm that the baby is due in April. So it shouldn't be too long before we hear the happy news!

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Is this really Ryan Gosling's new "dad tattoo?"

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Oh, Ryan Gosling. Stop making us love you.

The new dad was spotted out and about in Los Angeles last week sporting what looks like some fresh ink.

Dressed down in jeans and a hoodie, Ryan's attempt at going incognito was a bust as he was soon spotted by the paparazzi. Their cameras spotted something else, too: The letters "ESME" spelled out across his fingers. Short, of course, for his daughter Esmerelda, who was born last September.

Could this be Ryan's new tattoo in honor of his baby girl? Take a look at the photo and see what you think!

Some are wondering if this is really a tattoo, or if Ryan, who is engaged to actress Eva Mendes, just scrawled Esme's name on his knuckles with a ballpoint pen. I'll admit it looks a little amateur for a permanent inking, but that doesn't mean much. After all, Ryan's collection of tattoos is rather eclectic.

On his upper left arm the Crazy, Stupid Love star has a depiction of the cover of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, a book his mom used to read to him when he was growing up. While that seems sentimental, he has called the book "the worst" in interviews, saying, "I mean, at the end the tree is a stump and the old guy just sitting on him, he's just used him to death, and you're supposed to want to be the tree? F*ck you. You be the tree. I don't want to be the tree."

(Sidebar: I have to say he makes an excellent point. I've never liked that story.)

Back to the body art: On the inside of his left arm Ryan has a simple tattoo of Theda Bara, an actress from the silent film era. He also has at least two other DIY tattoos: On his forearm is a drawing that was, in his own words, "supposed to be a monster's hand dropping a bloody heart but I did it myself with a tattoo kit so it looks like a cactus." And on his inner wrist, something that kind of resembles a bar code.

All this considered, I think it's very possible that Ryan's "Esme" inking is the latest addition to his collection of homemade tattoos. It may not be particularly pretty, but the inspiration behind it is very sweet.

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Baby news: Cate Blanchett adopts!

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Cate Blanchett is now a mom-of-four!

Already parents to boys Dashiell, 13, Roman, 10, and Ignatius, 6, the Australian actress and her husband Andrew Upton have added a baby girl to their busy brood.

The happy news was confirmed today by a rep after Cate, 45, was recently spotted boarding a plane with her new daughter.

"The Upton family (Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton) have adopted a baby girl," the rep said in a statement. "No further details will be provided."

We don't have too much info on the family's new addition, but we can tell you her name: Vivienne!

Cate has talked in the past about the possibility of having a fourth child, insisting the gender wouldn't matter.

“Everyone says, ‘Oh, you must have [been trying] to have a girl.... If the next one was a boy, then that’s just our lot! It’s true you do get a bit demented [with three boys but] the chaos of it is great.”

I think Cate Blanchett is just so lovely. What wonderful news!

My two girls are going on 9- and 5-years old. Occasionally I feel a touch of sadness knowing my baby days are behind me, but in all honesty I can't imagine jumping back into diaper duty at this point!

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Kim Kardashian goes bleach blonde: Love it?

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Carolyn Robertson

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Blonde bombshell!

Kim Kardashian debuted a very bold new look in Paris today, ditching her dark tresses for a platinum blonde 'do. While North's mama has rocked some light highlights in the past, her new style is pretty shocking.

Check out Kim's before and after...

Wow. I'm not sure I'm loving the new look, but I'll give her credit for being brave enough to go for it.

One person who does love Kim's bleach blonde locks? Her husband Kanye West. The reality star has admitted in the past that he'd been urging her go blonde, but said she wasn't confident enough to do it after her pregnancy.

“He asked if I would ever go back to blonde. I was like, ‘Not right after a baby,' because my face was so swollen and it looked like my lips were huge," Kim explained. "My face was just off.”

I may not be a card-carrying member of the Kim Kardashian fan club, but I do think she's quite beautiful, particularly when she's not all done up. Take a look through the photos below - to me, she's at her most stunning when she's dressed down and looking a little more natural.

While platinum hair isn't really my thing, I understand the urge to change things up style-wise. It's easy to get stuck in a rut, especially after having kids.

Maybe that's because most of my shopping budget goes towards my daughters' clothes these days. (Have you seen the Spring dresses at the Children's Place? So cute!) Maybe it's because a messy ponytail may not be taking the fashion world by storm, but it's fast and it's easy and for now those are my priorities.

If Kim Kardashian is hoping to spark a blonde tress trend, I think I'll have to take a pass. I may finally take the leap and get that shoulder-length bob I've been debating, though.

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He's here! Carrie Underwood introduces new son

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Carrie Underwood will be brushing up on her lullabies for the next little while!

The country music superstar took to Twitter this morning to share some very happy news: She and her husband Mike Fisher welcomed a baby boy on Friday, February 27.

Carrie, 31, posted a sweet photo of her son's little lips and fingers, writing, "Tiny hands and tiny feet... God has blessed us with an amazing gift! Isaiah Michael Fisher - born February 27."

Carrie and Mike chose not to wait for the delivery room gender reveal, instead finding out last fall. The Grammy-winner revealed that they had the doctor write the news on a slip of paper, which they later read together over dinner. It turns out it wasn't a big surprise, though.

“Just the two of us in a nicer setting, but we both knew,” Carrie said. “So, that was just confirming our suspicions. We didn’t really speak of it before, ’cause we were both just like, ‘Whatever. It’s all good.’ But we knew it was a boy.”

I can't say I share their intuition. I was pretty convinced my first was a boy, so had to do a double take when the doctor finally announced, "It's a girl!"

Congratulations to Carrie and Mike on their new addition!

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Photos: 21 real celebrity mom moments we've all been through

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Carolyn Robertson

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When's the last time you walked a red carpet?

When's the last time Michael Kors called you up and offered you a free evening gown? Or you had a team of stylists file your nails while you sat back and breastfed your baby? Or you packed up your kids and hopped a private jet to an equally private island?

Never?! Yeah, me too.

For some A-listers all of that glitz and glamor just seems to be part of the job description, so it's no wonder it can be hard for those of us outside of Hollywood to relate sometimes.

It's not all parties and pampering, though, as these pictures prove. Here are some sweet moments in the lives of famous mamas that just may look familiar to all of us.

One of the great things about motherhood is that in some ways it really is a universal experience. We've all felt the love and fear that comes with bringing home a newborn, we've all felt the exhausted frustration of being woken up for the umpteenth time in the middle of the night. We've all looked down at our gorgeous, tiny babies and felt overwhelmed and awestruck by just how much we adore them.

Another great thing about motherhood? It's nothing if not humbling. Public meltdowns, potty training and stubbornly picky eaters have a way of bringing all of us crashing right back down to earth - even the rich and famous.

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Ahoy! Liv Tyler reveals new baby's nautical name

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Carolyn Robertson

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Congratulations to Liv Tyler and her boyfriend Dave Gardner, who welcomed a baby boy to the world on February 11 - six weeks ahead of schedule.

Despite his early arrival, it was a long wait for baby #2 for the 37-year-old actress, who also has 10-year-old son Milo with her ex-husband Royston Langdon. It sounds like the new baby is a dream come true for Liv, who revealed last Fall, “If you knew me well, they were the things my heart longed for. And they all came together, like a speeding freight train, in one year.”

With her little one just 10 days old, the gorgeous mama took to Instagram to share a sweet photo of his tiny hands clutching a pendant with an anchor on it - a clue to his unusual, nautical name.

"Sailor Gene Gardner," Liv captioned the shot.

Liv with Sailor's big brother Milo

Liv isn't the only member of the Tyler family who is over the moon about the new addition. Grandpa Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith fame, hopped a plane so that he could be there for Sailor's birth.

"When I got the call that Liv was going into labor, after crying like a baby myself, I immediately dropped everything and went to to the airport to get on the next available flight," the rocker wrote on Facebook. "When I landed I kept calling my daughter MIA who was already helping Liv and she kept giving me minute by minute updates,’HURRY THE BABY IS COMING!’ I made it RIGHT in time before my second grandson entered this world. It was another (God wink) moment of a lifetime for me.”

So what do you think of the name Sailor? I think it's sort of sweet, although I admit I usually associate it with girls rather than boys. That being said, gender-bending baby names are a hot trend (Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds seem to love it!) so it seems Liv has her finger on the pulse.

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