Jennifer Lopez has become a mother for the first time - after giving birth to a boy and a girl in New York. The children - fathered by the singer's husband Marc Anthony - were born early on Friday at the North Shore University Hospital in Long Island, just eleven minutes apart. The girl was born at 12:12am weighing five pounds seven ounces, with the boy born at 12:23am, weighing in at a heavier six pounds. Simon Fields, Lopez's representative, tells People.com, "Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon." The couple went public with the baby news during a concert in Miami, Florida late last year. Lopez' father confirmed his daughter was expecting twins last month. Lopez was reported to have checked into the medical facility on Wednesday to prepare for the impending birth. The as-yet-unnamed tots are the fourth and fifth children for Anthony, who has three children from previous relationships.

George Clooney has compared his battle for the Best Actor Oscar at the forthcoming Academy Awards to the U.S. presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Clooney is convinced he would be a sure winner if fellow actor Daniel Day-Lewis wasn't in the running for the prize. And he likened their situation to that of Democrat candidates Clinton and Obama - insisting the former first lady would be on a definite course to win the 2008 election if her opponent wasn't Obama. He tells U.S. magazine Time, "For me, it's like being Hillary Clinton. If it weren't for Barack Obama, it would have been a very good year. I thought Daniel Day-Lewis had the best performance of the year." Clooney is nominated for the coveted prize at Sunday's awards for his role in Michael Clayton, while Day-Lewis has been tipped to take the prize after his acclaimed performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.

Oscar nominee Diablo Cody will look like a million dollars when she steps out on the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday - literally. The Juno writer, a former stripper, has been chosen to wear footwear designer Stuart Weitzman's million dollar shoe to the big event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The "Retro Rose" shoe features two Kwiat diamond roses, fixed to 1940s-style beige metallic T-strap high heels. More than 1,800 Kwiat diamonds weighing 100 carats were used to make the roses and 400 of them have been incorporated into the design of the shoe, which is worth over $1 million. Shoe mogul Weitzman has also created a ballerina flat with a similar diamond-like design, which Cody will change into after she walks the red carpet and kicks off her high heels. This is the first time Weitzman has created a changeover pair of shoes with a matching design element for use at the Academy Awards. He says, "I think it is great and typically Diablo that she chose to be not just glamorous but also practical in her choice of shoes for this year's Academy Awards."

Actress-turned-weight loss queen Kirstie Alley is taking legal action against an American tabloid that claimed she was fired from dieting company Jenny Craig because she was too fat. The Fat Actress star resigned as the spokesperson for Jenny Craig after three years of service last week. Just days later, she announced plans to launch her own diet firm in 2009. But Alley has taken exception to claims in the February 25 edition of the National Enquirer which allege Jenny Craig bosses dismissed her for being overweight - and now plans to sue the publication. Alley says, "(It's) hurtful and harmful to me. I'm going to litigate. It's chronic and has been chronic for the last three years. This one (false report) is extremely damaging."

Doctors are urging Madonna, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis and Gwyneth Paltrow to have a hepatitis shot as soon as possible after it emerged a barman working at Ashton Kutcher's recent birthday party may have passed the liver disease onto them. Kutcher celebrated his 30th birthday with a host of A-list stars at New York's Socialista club on February 7. But the New York City Health Department has warned a barman worked three nights at the venue when he was infectious with Hepatitis A - including Kutcher's 30th celebration. Kutcher, his wife Moore, her ex-husband Willis, Madonna and Paltrow have now been warned there's a possibility they may have contracted the liver disease. Last year, a sick member of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's catering staff inadvertently exposed stars including Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant to hepatitis at a party following the launch of their movie Music & Lyrics. And last February, Beyonce Knowles and the supermodel stars of the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue were urged to get health checks after attending another Puck party, which featured the same Hepatitis A carrier among the catering staff.

Hollywood star Tori Spelling has started work on a tell-all memoir in a bid to set the record straight about the events of her life. The actress has lived much her life in the public eye - she was just 16 when she was cast as Donna Martin in her father Aaron Spelling's hit show Beverly Hills, 90210. In an excerpt of the forthcoming tome featured in the latest issue of American magazine People, she writes: "I spent so many years in the media having people tell stories about my life, so I figured I might as well tell the true stories about my life this time." And the 34-year-old insists the details divulged in the book may even shock her actor husband Dean McDermott: "Nobody's read it! Not even Dean!"

Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Vincent D'Onofrio received a Valentine's Day bundle of joy last week - his wife gave birth to a baby boy. The actor and his wife Carin Van Der Donk welcomed their second son last Thursday, with the newborn weighing in at seven pounds and 15 ounces. The news was confirmed by Law & Order series spokeswoman Pam Golum, who said mother and baby "are doing great." The baby's name has yet to be revealed. The couple already has an eight-year-old boy, Elias, together, while D'Onofrio also has a 15-year-old daughter, Leila, with his first wife, actress Greta Scacchi.

American actress Delta Burke's spell in a hospital is the result of a lifetime battle with anxiety and depression. The 51-year-old star checked herself into a clinic earlier this month to battle obsessive compulsive disorder and "hoarding." Speaking for the first time since, Burke reveals she has suffered anxiety attacks since she was in kindergarten and has been depressed since she was 13. She claims her problems escalated after doctors prescribed her a number of drugs to combat her symptoms. Burke tells Entertainment Tonight, "I was on five different kinds of medication. After a couple of years the meds stopped working. I needed an adjustment under a physician's care. I was being proactive. Now I'm on two medications." She reveals she contemplated suicide during her darkest time, on the set of sitcom Designing Women: "It was a very desperate time. I was parked in the car in the Hills with a gun and a bottle of Xanax beside me, trying to recover from harsh words said in the tabloids. I just wanted the pain to go away. I didn't want to die. If I ever really wanted to be dead, I'd be dead." She adds of her OCD, "At one time I had 27 storage units. I don't have a big enough house! My mom had it, it's my mother's fault! She saved the diaper I came home from the hospital in! I want people to pursue mental help the same as they would pursue physical help, like cancer. I will be the face of depression."

A painting of late actor Heath Ledger is in competition to land a prestigious Australian art prize. The portrait, titled Heath and painted by Ledger's friend Vincent Fantauzzo, is one of 249 entries to date for the Archibald Prize, the winner of which is to be decided on March 7. Ledger, who was found dead in his New York apartment in January, signed a form to vouch for the painting's authenticity, but "signed it in the wrong spot", remembers Fantauzzo. The portrait features a bare-chested Ledger with two other whispering versions of the actor on each side of him. It had been hanging on a wall in Fantauzzo's Melbourne, Australia home until he heard the news of Ledger's passing. Fantauzzo says, "I just didn't believe it (that Ledger had died). When you paint someone, you meditate over them. I was painting Heath every day for 10 hours a day."

Britney Spears' estranged manager Sam Lutfi was served with a temporary restraining order on Thursday, ordering him to keep away from the troubled star and her family. Under the terms of the order, Lutfi is forbidden from being within 250 yards of the singer, her properties or any of her family's properties. As conservator of Spears' estate, her father Jamie sought the restraining order and claimed Lutfi had avoided being served for three weeks. Lutfi was finally served with the legal papers at 11am on Thursday as he left his Los Angeles apartment. According to People.com, the order claims: "Mr. Lutfi has drugged Britney. He has cut Britney's home phone line and removed her cell phone chargers. He claims to control everything."

Veteran actor Omar Sharif has been ordered to pay $318,000 in damages to a car park attendant he punched in 2005. The Doctor Zhivago star was leaving Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, California when he tried to pay Guatemalan valet Juan Anderson for his car in euros. When Anderson pointed out euros aren't a valid currency in the U.S., Sharif hit him in the head and called him a "stupid Mexican." Last year, Sharif admitted battery and was ordered to take an anger management course and fined $100. And on Thursday, Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Joe W. Hilberman awarded Anderson damages totaling $318,190 and costs and legal fees. Sharif, who is representing himself, wasn't in court. In August 2003, the actor was found guilty of hitting a police officer at a casino near Paris, France.

Comedian Pauly Shore has countersued his neighbor Wes Craven in their ongoing dispute over a landslide on the actor's property, blaming the filmmaker for the accident. According to a lawsuit filed Monday, Shore claims the earthfall on his Hollywood Hills estate in December 2006 was caused by Craven's failure to maintain the landscaping on his property. The comedian also insists the Scream director should have exterminated rodents burrowing in the slope. Craven filed charges against Shore last June, insisting improvements made to his home - including a pool and spa - caused water to soak a hill and damage his property. Both suits seek unspecified damages and a judgment to resolve which party should be held accountable.

Janet Jackson is preparing to make music producer Jermaine Dupri her third husband, according to reports. Sources tell the New York Post that Dupri has proposed; Jackson has accepted, and the couple is secretly planning a wedding ceremony. The publication reports the singer is looking at dress designs and both parties are drawing up a pre-nuptial agreement. The news comes just a week after Jackson claimed she may never step down the aisle again, telling a magazine, "After two divorces, I thought I was jinxed. Maybe marriage isn't for me. Maybe it's my fault it never works."