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Britney Spears, Boyfriend Charlie Ebersol Split

Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

Britney’s single, one more time. Britney Spears and her boyfriend of eight months, Charlie Ebersol, have called it quits, Us Weekly exclusively confirms.

The pair, who started dating in October 2014, last attended a public event together at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in mid-May.

Spears, 33, deleted all photos of her ex from her Instagram account, though many of her Twitter pics remain. For Valentine’s Day, the son of Saturday Night Live co-creator Dick Ebersol and actress Susan Saint James gifted his former love with a massive cake that read “Charlie [hearts] Britney,” and Spears posted it on Twitter, writing, “Cake war over! Charlie wins!!!! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.”

Ebersol, 32, had also spent a lot of quality time with Spears’ sons Jayden, 8, and Sean, 9, even posing with the trio in the family Christmas photo.

Spears was previously married to Jason Alexander in 2004 and Kevin Federline from 2004 to 2007. She was engaged to Jason Trawick from December 2011 to January 2013, and prior to dating Ebersol was linked to boyfriend David Lucado, whom she claimed cheated on her.

Sean Penn, Charlize Theron Split

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn

Sad news. Sean Penn and his fiancee Charlize Theron have a called it quits after nearly a year and a half together, multiple sources exclusively confirm to Us Weekly.

One insider tells Us that the high-profile pair, who got together in December 2013, decided that their romance was over following their most recent jaunt to the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France. The source tells Us that Theron, 39, was the one to break things off with the fellow Oscar winner.

Theron and Penn, 54, had known each other for decades before their friendship blossomed into romance.

A year into their relationship, Us exclusively reported in December 2014 that they had gotten secretly engaged during a trip to Paris. There was, however, no elaborate proposal. “There’s no ring, but they are committed,” an insider told Us at the time.

In a memorable interview with Esquire UK this past March, Penn said he was ready to be a husband after his previous failed marriages. The actor was famously married to Madonna from 1985 to 1989, followed by House of Cards actress Robin Wright from 1996 to 2010; he and Wright share two grown kids, Dylan and Hopper. Meanwhile, the South African beauty’s exes include Craig Bierko and Stuart Townsend.

“You say I’ve been married twice before, but I’ve been married under circumstances where I was less informed than I am today,” Penn speculated of his future with Theron. “So I wouldn’t even consider it a third marriage, I’d consider it a first marriage on its own terms if I got married again. I mean, I like the tradition. A friend of mine wrote a line, ‘Without tradition, new things die.’ And I don’t want new things to die.”

He added in the same interview that he was “surprised to be in love” with Theron for many reasons. “I’m self-proclaimed bad at mathematics but I can do two plus two,” he explained. “53 years old plus finally beginning to figure out why you haven’t been happy in a single relationship? It could seem too late. But to run into somebody now who you care about is a much more passionate, deeper, truer and – God! – a much happier feeling. It’s a lot more romantic and a lot more fulfilling to be in a relationship and to think you’re a good person within it.”

Theron echoed his sentiments in subsequent interviews, including one with Esquire this past April, in which she confessed that she was “shocked” to have fallen for Penn. “I’m a very, very, very lucky girl,” she told the mag. “Very lucky. He’s hot.”

The Mad Max: Fury Road star noted to Elle UK in its June 2015 issue that Penn was it. “Putting aside that he’s my partner, he’s the love of my life,” the mom to little Jackson told the publication. “For the first time, I felt that my work was really bleeding into my life and that made it hard.”

Benedict Cumberbatch Welcomes Baby Son With Wife Sophie Hunter

Sophie Turner and Benedict Cumberbatch

Sorry, Watson. Sherlock has a new partner in crime! British star Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Turner have welcomed a baby boy, Us Weekly confirms. The couple did not release their son’s name.

“Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter are delighted to announce the arrival of their beautiful son,” the actor’s rep, Karon Maskill told Us. “We would kindly ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy during these next few precious weeks.”

The Oscar nominee wed his then-pregnant fiancee on Valentine’s Day this year after the couple announced Turner’s pregnancy in January.

When asked in 2013 what he looks for in a woman, The Imitation Game star replied, “A woman who knows that she doesn’t have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important. I also think someone who is good at working with others is sexy.”

Kim Kardashian Pregnant!!!

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is pregnant again! The reality star is expecting baby no. 2 with husband Kanye West, she announced in the May 31 midseason finale of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

In the scenes teasing the second half of KUWTK‘s season, an excited Kim spilled the news to her family, saying, “I just got the blood test back and I am pregnant!”

Before the episode aired, Kardashian teased some “exciting news” coming.
BFF Jonathan Cheban sent well wishes to his longtime pal on Twitter after the footage aired.

The mom of North West, 23 months, has been vocal about her struggle to conceive a second child. She even allowed KUWTK cameras to document her visits with a fertility doctor throughout season 10 of the E! reality hit.

After revealing in the premiere that she and hubby West, 37, have sex “500 times a day” in the hopes of giving Nori a younger brother or sister, Kardashian, 34, ended the season at yet another doctor’s appointment.

“I’m, like, so over it,” she told her doc. “Like, I’m exhausted, so I’m sure everyone gets to that point. I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m done.'”

As Us Weekly exclusively reported earlier this week, Kardashian has been exploring pregnancy alternatives after a year of trying to conceive another child naturally. “Kim has been undergoing IVF,” an insider told Us, and added that North’s parents would consider “surrogacy over adoption.”

Kardashian and West announced their first pregnancy after West referred to Kardashian as his “baby mama” while performing in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 2012.

Keira Knightley Welcomes First Child With Husband James Righton

Keira Knightley and James Righton

Ready for (knight)time stories!

Keira Knightley and her musician husband James Righton have welcomed their first child together, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly.

Us confirmed in December 2014 that the Everest actress was expecting. She rarely spoke about the pregnancy, but did show off her growing baby bump in several haute couture gowns while promoting The Imitation Game during awards season. Back in February, she particularly turned heads in a floral Valentino dress at the 87th Annual Academy Awards.

That same month, Knightley, 30, joked about going into labor during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“My plan is to get it out,” she said, laughing. “[I’ll] drop it out, keep working. Pick [the baby] up, that’s my plan. That would be wonderful for television, but not so good for me.”

Knightley and Righton, 31, went public with their relationship in April 2011. They wed in May 2013 in a small France ceremony.

Nikki Reed Marries Ian Somerhalder

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder

Surprise! Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder are married, according to several new fan photos that have circulated all over the Internet. The couple reportedly said “I do” in Santa Monica, according to reports from the Daily Mail and E!, on Sunday, April 26.

In the photos, Reed, 26, wears a long-sleeve, backless gown as her groom, 36, sports a dashing white suit. Earlier that morning, Somerhalder tweeted, “most beautiful morning ever…”

Reed and the Vampire Diaries hunk were feted by close family and friends at an outdoor ceremony. “Nikki couldn’t be more excited and thrilled to be marrying Ian,” an insider tells Us. “They’re both so in love and so happy.”

Indeed, Us confirmed in January that the couple got engaged after just six months of dating. The couple quickly moved in together in Atlanta, Ga., where Somerhalder films the vampire drama. They also share horses Eagle and Millie, dogs Nietzsche and Enzo, and a kitten named Sohalia.

“They were friends before, the groundwork had been laid before,” a source previously told Us. “They had always been attracted to each other, but always in another relationship.” (Somerhalder dated his TVD costar Nina Dobrev for three years until their split in May 2013.)

In February, Reed gushed to Us about her hubby-to-be at the Noble Awards in L.A. “What’s nurtured this long friendship that we’ve had is that we are passionate about similar things, whether it’s animals or the environment or education or climate change. So we do wake up in the morning and talk about those things,” she said.

As for their biggest fight? She joked: “He thinks his eyes are ocean blue and I think they’re aqua!”

This is the first walk down the aisle for Somerhalder and the second for Reed. The Twilight actress split from American Idol season 10 alum Paul McDonald in March 2014 after two years of marriage.

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Jessica Biel Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby Boy With Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel

A tot for the Timberlakes! Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake have welcomed their first child together, baby boy Silas Randall, her rep confirms to Us Weekly.

Timberlake’s mother Lynn shared the news herself on Facebook. “My amazing son and his beautiful wife have given us the most precious gift in the world!” she wrote. “Silas Randall Timberlake! Named after my father and my son! Life is beautiful and we couldn’t be happier! God bless you all and thanks for all the congrats!”

Us broke news in November that Biel, 33, and the “Suit & Tie” singer, 34, were expecting a little one. “Right now they are just enjoying the news for themselves,” an insider told Us at the time. “They just want a happy baby.”

Two months later, the doting dad-to-be posted a photo of himself kissing Biel’s bare baby bump on his 34th birthday. He gushed: “This year, I’m getting the GREATEST GIFT EVER. CAN’T WAIT.”

During Biel’s pregnancy, the couple celebrated their two-year anniversary, visited New Zealand, and kept busy working. In February, just days before Biel’s 33rd birthday, Timberlake was spotted visiting his love on set of her upcoming film The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea in New Orleans.

The 7th Heaven alum and Timberlake dated on and off for five years before marrying in Italy in October 2012. “It’s nice to marry your best friend. It suits me,” Timberlake told Ellen DeGeneres in April 2013.

He added: “Every once in a while I can catch a glimpse of her when she doesn’t see me looking, and I have this moment where I’m like, ‘If you never make a good decision…if you only make bad decisions for the rest of your life. You made one really good decision.'”