● Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied welcomed their baby boy into the world yesterday. No word yet on name or photos, but surely, we'll be made more familiar soon. [People]
● Scandal in Playboy land! Just five days before they were scheduled to walk down the aisle, Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris have called off their wedding. And according to today's Page Six, they did so with good reason: Apparently Crystal Harris had been secretly offered $500,000 to ditch Hef at the alter in order to make a "media sensation" of their Lifetime TV special wedding. They called things off early when she decided she couldn't go through with it. But Hugh, ever the playboy, already has new weekend plans. [Page Six]
● L.A. music promoter Robert Ross told a court yesterday that he had been kidnapped by gang members who were looking for a Shaq sex tape. When they couldn't find the tape, they settled for Ross's diamond earrings, a Rolex watch, and $15,000 in cash instead. [CNN]
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