Claudia Schiffer, husband prepare for second baby

Claudia Schiffer, husbandprepare for second baby
LONDON -- German supermodel Claudia Schiffer and her husband, British movie producer Matthew Vaughn, are expecting a second child, People magazine and a British newspaper said.
Shilpa Patel, a Schiffer spokeswoman at Freud Communications in London, refused to comment on the reports Monday. Patel also said that Schiffer, who lives with her husband and 1-year-old child, Caspar, in a mansion in rural England, was presently traveling outside the country.
People magazine's London bureau quoted an unidentified Schiffer representative Monday as saying: "Claudia is expecting baby No. 2 at the end of the year. Both she and Matthew are delighted."
The News of the World, a British tabloid, carried a similar report Sunday, quoting an unidentified friend.
Schiffer married Vaughn, the producer of movies including "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch," in a private church ceremony near her eastern England country home in May 2002.
Affleck takes top prizeat Calif. poker tourney
COMMERCE, Calif. -- Ben Affleck won $356,400 at a poker tournament that also earned him a seat in next year's World Poker Tour Championship, casino officials said.
The 31-year-old actor outlasted a field of 90 players to capture the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship.
At the final table, Affleck beat poker pro Stan Goldstein, who finished second, and knocked out Chuck Pacheco, president and co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment, who finished third.
Fellow actor Tobey Maguire went out on the first day of the three-day tournament that ended Sunday.
The win in the $10,000 buy-in event earned Affleck the opportunity to take a $25,000 seat in the World Poker Tour Championship to be held next April in Las Vegas.
Houston's 1st China showto take place in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, China -- Whitney Houston will make her debut concert appearance in China with a July 22 show in Shanghai.
"Whitney has said that China is her favorite country, so it will definitely be an emotional show," chief sponsors Shanghai Wenguang News and Media Group said in a news release.
Houston, 40, is widely known in Asia for her rendition of "I Will Always Love You," from the movie "The Bodyguard."
The Grammy winner entered a drug rehabilitation center in March but received a lifetime achievement award at the Women's World Awards earlier this month in Germany.
Backed by China's highest family incomes, Shanghai has recently hosted shows by acts ranging from Mariah Carey to Deep Purple to Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
The Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears are also planning upcoming China shows.
Notable deaths
Doris Dowling, the brunette actress who made her screen debut as the hooker in Billy Wilder's classic 1945 drama "The Lost Weekend," died Friday. She was 81. Dowling died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, said her husband, Leonard B. Kaufman.
Today's Birthdays
Actor Ralph Waite is 76. Country singer Roy Drusky is 74. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is 71. Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 68. CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley is 63. Actor Michael Lerner is 63. Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 61. Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 60. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 60. Actor Andrew Rubin is 58. Actor David L. Lander is 57. Singer Howard "Eddie" Kaylan is 57. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 56. Actress Meryl Streep is 55. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 55. Singer Alan Osmond is 55. Actor Murphy Cross is 54. Actor Graham Greene is 52. Actor Chris Lemmon is 50. Actor Tim Russ is 48. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 47. Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 46. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 45. Actress Tracy Pollan is 44. Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 43. Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 40. Actress Amy Brenneman is 40. Actress Paula Irvine is 36. Rock singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 34. TV personality Carson Daly is 31. Rock musician Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 31. Actor Donald Faison is 30. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 19.