November 2007 News Snippets
 Heat magazine has sunk to a new low! The celebrity magazine is on sale right now with a page of free stickers including an image of Katie Price's disabled son, Harvey, with a blurb saying 'Harvey wants to eat me!' Making fun of four-year-old Harvey's weight is not at all funny or in the slightest bit clever. Adults making fun of children is bullying at its very worst! Harvey, incidentally, has a condition called septo-optic dysplasia and this is why he is bigger than most children his age. Another thing - why is a magazine aimed at adults giving away stickers which are generally aimed at children?
A heavily pregnant woman was fined for parking in a Mother and Baby parking space at Tesco. Laura Howard, who's very heavily pregnant popped into Tesco for some last minute shopping before the birth of her baby . Finding it hard to move around at this late stage of pregnancy, she parked in a Mother and Baby slot and was fined £90.
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After complaining, she was told ' that because there wasn't a picture of a pregnant woman in the bay' she couldn't park there. A spokesperson for Safe Park UK, who manages the car park, declared: 'Pregnancy is not a disability. It is a lifestyle choice and these bays are aimed at being wider for buggies.' the good news it that Tesco have said that they'll pay for the ticket!
Gavin Henson believes that fatherhood is making him a better rugby player. The Wales star says that becoming a father has made him more relaxed on the rugby field. Henson's partner, singer Charlotte Church, gave birth to baby Ruby two months ago.
"It is great being a father and is the best thing that has ever happened to me," he said. "I put a lot on myself in terms of training and thinking about the game a lot, and then suddenly you realise something else comes first, which is the baby. I think that might help me a lot in terms of relaxing away from the game and chilling out a bit more."
The newborn twins of Hollywood star Dennis Quaid were rushed to intensive care after being given an accidental drug overdose in hospital. Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, who were born on November 8, were given a thousand times the normal dose of an anti-coagulant heparin. The twins were born via a "gestational carrier" – a woman who carries another couple's baby conceived by the parents' own egg and sperm. They began to "bleed out" as a result of the overdose, and are in a stable condition after being treated with an antidote to restore clotting. Quaid also has a 15-year-old son, Jack Henry, from his 10-year marriage to Meg Ryan.
A children's author has hit out against a rise in health and safety censorship of children's books. Lindsey Gardiner, who has written and illustrated 15 children's books, says that publishers are forcing authors to edit books simply to comply with health and safety guidelines. Speaking to The Telegraph, Lindsey says that her publisher censored a dragon toasting marshmallows on his fiery breath. Apparently the passage looked 'dangerous and goes against health and safety'. In one of her books, 'When Max and Poppy grow up' Max, one of the characters, was balancing on a ladder which was considered to be too dangerous. As advised by her publisher, she changed it so that he was standing on a pile of 3 paint cans which you'd imagine would be more dangerous! What's the world coming to?
At last Jennifer Lopez has confirmed she is expecting a baby with her husband Marc Anthony, ending months of speculation. Jennifer, who is 39, made the announcement during a concert in south Florida, although she didn't say when she would be giving birth. Judging by the size of her 'bump', it could be sooner rather than later!
Surgery on a two-year-old Indian girl who was born with four arms and four legs has been successful. Lakshmi Tatma was joined at the pelvis to what was, in effect, a headless, undeveloped twin. A team of surgeons in Bangalore operated on Lakshmi for 27 hours to separate her spinal column and kidney from that of her twin. It is hoped the procedure will allow her to survive beyond adolescence.
Model-turned-actress Milla Jovovich and her fiance have had a baby girl. Ever Gabo Anderson was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said Jovovich's publicist. It is the first child for Ukraine-born Jovovich, who was previously married to actor Shawn Andrews and Luc Besson, the director of her film The Fifth Element.
Pregnant Kerry Katona has admitted in an interview that she's been unable to give up smoking so far. In an interview with Star magazine, the four-months pregnant celebrity says: ' I was smoking 20 a day before I was pregnant and I've cut down to one. In the morning, I like a little puff on a fag.' In the interview she was asked whether she understood that people would be critical of her decision to carry on smoking and she said: 'Yeah, they're dead bloody right. But I honestly don't think a couple of puffs are going to do that much damage. I had a nicotine patch but it left a mark. I think I've done really well cutting down from 20 to one a day. I think the only times I really smoke is when I've had a drink.'
Kevin Federline receives $15,000 a month in child support. Leaked court documents in the ongoing custody battle between Kevin Federline and Britney Spears have revealed the troubled star coughs up $15,000 a month in child support to her former partner. The sum Kevin receives, however, could change depending on how much more custodial time he ends up winning. The good news for Britney is that her boys are now allowed to stay overnight on visits to her!
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