Actress/singer/songwriter, Minnie Driver, 38, and boyfriend, San Francisco musician Craig Zolezzi, are expecting their first child in August. Craig has a son named Caden from a previous relationship. Minnie revealed their baby’s August due date this past weekend at Hotel Café in Hollywood, following a performance of a set from her 2^nd album Seastories, which was released last summer. Currently, Minnie stars in the F/X series The Riches, which earned her an Emmy nomination, as well as a Golden Globe nomination. Minnie has acted in movies such as Good Will Hunting, Grosse Pointe Blank, Return to Me and Ella Enchanted, to name a few.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in March, Minnie confirmed the on-going pregnancy rumors were not rumors at all. During that TV appearance, the new mom-to-be asked Jay, “Are you calling me fat? You’ve noticed my tummy haven’t you?”, after he joked about her gaining weight because of too many trips to the buffet. He asked her if she was pregnant and she said, “Yes I am”. Minnie then performed the song “Mockingbird” from Seastories.

Pregnancy hasn’t slowed Minnie’s touring the least bit. In fact, her tour will still take her to, “France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and England”, she says, adding, “and I’m going to do a movie with Uma Thurman!” Minnie went on to say she’s really hoping for stamina, but she knows how to take care of herself.

Minnie admits, even though she loves pregnancy, she has been plagued with one not-so-fun aspect of it: morning sickness. “I am sick morning, noon and night,” Minnie told Jay Leno. She’s also said she hasn’t been as hungry as everyone told her she’d be during pregnancy- probably due to the morning sickness, I would bet. Any mother who’s been through this type of seemingly never-ending morning sickness can relate to not being interested in many foods until the nausea finally subsides. Minnie’s worst food aversions so far have been to eggs and raisins.

Minnie and Craig have been spotted out-and-about together several times, although Minnie has been trying to keep Craig’s identity quiet for now, despite being questioned by Jay Leno. Jay asked if he might know the father, but Minnie told him she didn’t think so. She told him, “I figure, I’m the public person, and he can stay private.” There had been previous reports of the father’s name being “Mathew“, because of a phone conversation overheard outside of a doctor’s office recently. Guess eavesdropping isn’t a good source of information afterall! Minnie has been romantically linked to John Cusack, Good Will Hunting co-star Matt Damon, illusionist Criss Angel and in 2001, she was engaged to No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin.

Minnie appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show in March, telling Ellen she has chosen to wait to find out the gender of her unborn baby. She said, “I feel like it‘s one of the last great mysteries of life.” During the chat with Ellen, Minnie said, “Most of the women in my family get super girthy early on and I’ve got to say that’s why I have this nice chiffon dress on. I’m fat.” You’re not fat, Minnie, you’re pregnant and beautifully glowing! Congrats, Minnie and Craig!

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Professional ballroom dancer Tony Dovolani, 34, and wife Trendalina, 26, are expecting their 2^nd and 3^rd babies in late September. Yet another set of twins amidst the celebrity baby boom! The twins will join their big sister Luana (2 ½). Tony, who has been on Dancing With the Stars on ABC from the second through the sixth season, is presently paired with Broadway actress Marissa Jaret Winokur. Tony and Marissa are still in the competition as of last night‘s elimination. Past celebrity dance partners include Stacey Keibler, Sara Evans, Leeza Gibbons as well as Jane Seymour. Jennifer Lopez, who recently gave birth to her own set of twins, spent time being coached by Tony for the movie Shall We Dance.

Tony’s current partner Marissa’s bout with cervical and uterine cancer several years ago lead to the removal of her uterus and part of her cervix, but even though she once thought motherhood would not be in her future, she is also an expectant parent now. Marissa, 35, (who won a Tony Award in 2003 for her performance in Hairspray) and her husband, King of the Hill writer Judah Miller’s first baby, a boy, is due to arrive this summer. A surrogate is carrying the couple’s biological baby-on-the-way and is nearly 6 months along. The surrogate was implanted with Marissa’s own fertilized egg. Marissa and Judah have chosen the name Zev for their baby boy.

What wonderful news Tony, Trendalina, Marissa and Judah! A big congrats to all the expectant Dancing With the Stars contestants!

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Actress Halle Berry, an Oscar winner, gave birth on Sunday, to a baby girl. A representative from her camp says she, “is doing great”. Berry and father Gabriel Aubry met while filming a Versace ad. They have no immediate plans to wed. He is 32 and she is 41. Congratulations to them both!

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