Aguilera has baby boy

Aguilera has baby boy

LOS ANGELES — Christina Aguilera has given birth to a boy, the pop singer announced on her Web site Sunday. “Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman are proud to announce the birth of their son Max Liron Bratman,” the brief message said. “He is a beautiful, healthy baby boy.” The baby was born Saturday night and weighs 6 pounds, 2 ounces. Aguilera, 27, was “resting and doing well,” according to the message on her Web site, http://www.christinaaguilera.com/. Aguilera said that Saturday was “a very joyful and special day for Jordan and I.” There was no immediate response Sunday to several calls seeking additional comment from Aguilera’s representatives. Aguilera and Bratman married in 2005. The four-time Grammy Award winning singer has said she learned she was pregnant during her recent “Back to Basics” tour.

Thorne-Smith gives birth

LOS ANGELES — Courtney Thorne-Smith has given birth to a baby boy, the actress’s publicist said Sunday. “The parents are thrilled, and the baby is healthy, well and beautiful,” publicist Karen Samfilippo said. Thorne-Smith delivered the baby — her first — at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, Samfilippo said. The father is Thorne-Smith’s husband Roger Fishman, a media consultant. The couple named the boy Jacob Emerson Fishman. Thorne-Smith, 40, is known for roles in several TV shows including “Melrose Place,” “Ally McBeal” and “According to Jim.”

Aiken in ‘Spamalot’

NEW YORK — Clay Aiken, who joins the cast of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” this week, says its humor was initially lost on him. “The first time I saw it I thought it was the stupidest thing I’d ever seen in my entire life,” the “American Idol” runner-up told Newsweek. Aiken plays one of the leads, Sir Robin, in the Tony Award-winning musical in a stint from Friday through May 4. The show is based on the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” which came out in 1975, a little before the 29-year-old singer’s time.

Jenna Bush visits Peru

LIMA, Peru — President Bush’s 26-year-old daughter Jenna visited the ancient Incan capital of Cuzco in southern Peru on Sunday and is scheduled to visit several UNICEF projects in the country, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said. Jenna Bush, one of the president’s twin daughters, will be in the Andean country for less than a week, and may visit a the port city of Pisco, which was ravaged by a magnitude-8 earthquake in August, according to the spokesman, Dan Martinez. The daughter, who began working as a UNICEF intern in 2006 in Argentina, Paraguay and Panama, was accompanied by UNICEF personnel. Last year, she wrote the book “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope,” about a single mother living with HIV whom she met while interning with UNICEF in Panama.

A baby girl for Grier, wife

LOS ANGELES — David Alan Grier is the father of a new baby girl, according to published reports. The actor and comedian’s wife, Christine Y. Kim, gave birth to the girl Thursday afternoon, People magazine reported. The baby was delivered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to Usmagazine.com. “We’re very happy,” Grier, 52, told the Web site. Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim — “Danbi” means “sweet rain” in Korean — was 7 pounds, 6 ounces at birth, People magazine reported. “She’s amazing,” Kim told People. “I’m feeling euphoric, and David is ecstatic. He’s the perfect father.” Grier was a cast member on TV’s “In Living Color” and has appeared in other programs and films. Kim is a curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The two wed in July. A phone message left early Sunday for Grier’s agent seeking comment was not immediately returned.

Today’s birthdays

CBS commentator Andy Rooney is 89. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 72. Country singer Billie Jo Spears is 71. Singer Jack Jones is 70. Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 70. NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is 68. Actress Faye Dunaway is 67. Actress Holland Taylor is 65. Actor Carl Weathers is 60. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 60. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 59. Rock singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 49. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 45. Actor Mark Addy is 44. Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith is 44. Rapper Slick Rick is 43. Actor Dan Schneider is 42. Actress Emily Watson is 41. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 41. Rock musician Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne Band) is 41. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 40. Actor Jason Bateman is 39. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) is 39. Actress Jordan Ladd is 33.