Welcome to the world, Blue Ivy Carter.

Granted, the first offspring of mega couple Beyonce and Jay-Z arrived on January 8, but her first photos only surfaced online today, courtesy of  the rapper’s blog, Life + Times. Look at happy mother and adorable daughter below:

At first, of course, there was a question over what the baby’s name actually was, but Beyonce and Jay-Z have most definitely made it very clear: they’ve already moved to trademark the moniker Blue Ivy.

A tad pretentious? Sure. But how can we find any fault in something really to someone so cute?!? Just look at the tyke again:

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In case you somehow needed another reason to get excited for the March 23 opening of The Hunger Games…

Sources confirm that the first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 will debut in front of Katniss, Peeta and company in theaters across the country. It’s a move that makes perfect business sense, as Lionsgate (distributor of The Hunger Games) acquired Summit Entertainment last month.

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Meanwhile, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 hits DVD and Blu-ray tonight at midnight. Are you in line yet?!?

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New York City Fashion Week kicked off last night, and while a lot of talk in the next few days may center on new trends and the hot designers behind them, expect to also hear a lot about Andrej Pejic.

This 20-year old is expected to walk the runway as both a man and a woman, something the model also followed through with last year during Paris Fashion Week, actually making his androgynous look something of a trend.

Pejic, after all, covered 14 magazines in 2011.

“He’s just this beautiful thing that everyone wants a piece of,” stylist Ken Anderson told The Associated Press of the 6’1″ star, who wears a size two or four in women’s clothing.

There’s no word yet on just which shows in New York will feature the Australian native – but you’ll definitey hear about the ones that do.

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Halle Berry does not want to move to France with young daughter Nahla and fiance Olivier Martinez to spite Gabriel Aubry – she fears for her life, according to reports.

TMZ reports that Halle is motivated by security in asking a judge for permission to move to France with Nahla – something Gabriel Aubry is trying to block.

There have apparently been serious threats to Halle’s life – from one man in particular – and she feels the move out of the country is a life or death situation.

Robert Hoskins, a mentally unstable man, escaped from a mental institution last week and has made threats against Halle, specifically to “slit her throat.”

Hoskins threatened to slit Madonna’s throat in the past and was actually shot by her bodyguard in 1995 after he trespassed onto the pop star’s property.

As if that weren’t enough, another stalker who recently trespassed onto Halle’s property multiple times in the past has just been released from jail.

Halle is particularly concerned because Starmaps and some Hollywood bus tours literally take tourists to her doorstep, and it freaks her out.

The actress is also concerned that Gabriel Aubry, Nahla’s father, is parading in front of paparazzi almost daily and possibly putting her at risk.

A judge has yet to rule on her request to skip town.

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Selena Gomez is joining the young vampire craze. And the actress is taking over for pal Miley Cyrus in order to do it.

A rep for Adam Sandler has confirmed to E! News that Gomez will replace Miley in Hotel Transylvania, an animated feature in which Sandler will voice the operator of a high-end resort that caters to vampires, and who freaks out when a boy finds the locale and falls for the Count’s teen-aged daughter.

She’ll be played by Selena.

Other characters in Hotel Transylvania will be voiced by Andy Samberg, Cee Lo Green and Kevin James. The film is scheduled for a September release.

No word on why Miley dropped out of the project.

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The Bachelorette’s newly-minited star, Emily Maynard, was spotted bonding in L.A. with two women who have been in her shoes: Ali Fedotowsky and Ashley Hebert!

The reality star joined Ali and Ashley for a makeup appointment and some chitchat at Blushington Makeup & Beauty Lounge in West Hollywood … obviously.

According to a source, the ladies were talking about the ABC reality show, wth Ali Fedotowsky and Ashley Hebert giving Maynard advice about what to expect.

“All three ladies got along so great,” a source says.

“The ladies were really cute together; they joked around and … were all in very good moods – energetic and excited about being in each other’s company.”

After the makeup session, the women filmed a promo for Emily Maynards Bachelorette season to air during the February 27 episode of The Bachelor.

The following week is The Bachelor season finale. Our Bachelor spoilers page has the latest scoop on what (we think) plays out with Ben Flajnik’s season.

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American Idol kicked off its Hollywood auditions last night with a couple memorable performances and one painful cliffhanger.

But with these episodes already having been taped, the identities of the season’s top 24 have leaked online. Did your favorite make the cut? Read on to learn which 12 women and which 12 men advanced and remember: one of these will be the next American Idol…

FEMALES

1. Elise Testone
2. Haley Johnsen
3. Shannon Magrane
4. Baylie Brown
5. Hallie Day
6. Jessica Sanchez
7. Jen Hirsh
8. Chelsea Sorrell
9. Skylar Laine
10. Erika Van Pelt
11. Brielle Von Hugel
12. Hollie Cavanagh

MALES

1. Eben Franckewitz
2. Reed Grimm
3. Heejun Han 
4. Deandre Brackensick 
5. Aaron Marcellus Sanders
6. Adam Brock
7. Creighton Fraker 
8. Phillip Phillips 
9. Joshua Ledet
10. Jeremy Rosado
11. Colton Dixon 
12. Chase Likens

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Rick Santorum’s Colorado and Missouri caucus wins put a nice dent in Mitt Romney’s aura of inevitability, but didn’t come close to overtaking him in the delegate count.

On the other hand, he has just 87 of 1,144 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination, with more than 80 percent of the U.S. still awaiting a chance to be heard.

Take away Florida’s winner-take-all primary – one of only two such races so far – and his total would be even less impressive. Take a look at the delegate count so far:

The “non-binding” states allow their delegates, or a portion of them, to change their minds regardless of the election results, though they are unlikely to do so.

Some delegates are also “unpledged,” meaning they are not tied to election results, which is why not all of the totals in the table above (by Real Clear Politics) add up.

Jon Huntsman won two delegates in New Hampshire, but is no longer in the race. As for the first contest, Iowa, CNN offers a different tabulation altogether.

It’s confusing, to say the least, but offers an indication of where things are headed after last night, and looking ahead to the Super Tuesday elections on March 6.

Missouri’s primary yesterday was non-official, so it is not included above. That state holds its caucus March 17, at which point delegates will actually be awarded.

Maine’s caucuses are a week-long affair, concluding this Sunday. Arizona and Michigan are the next primaries on the Republican schedule, both set for February 28.

Washington votes March 3, with Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Alaska, Virginia, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Idaho, Massachusetts and Vermont all casting ballots March 6.

Below is the aggregate and state-by-state popular vote as of today. By this measure, Romney’s lead is even less significant, as he’s won well under half the votes:

The question remains: Can Santorum, Newt Gingrich and/or Ron Paul mount a serious offensive in the coming weeks that will make this a race beyond March 6?

Right now, it’s still wide open, but with hundreds of delegates up for grabs on or before that date, a Romney sweep could finally propel him ahead of the field.

He would still be a long way from clinching the Republican presidential nomination, but from a financial and momentum standpoint, that may be his opponents’ last stand.

If no candidate makes it to 1,144 by the end of the primary season this summer, the winner would be brokered/decided at the Republican National Convention.

Wouldn’t that be something …

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Roland Martin may have been joking about Super Bowl-related topics with some off-color Tweets Sunday night, but his bosses at CNN definitely didn’t find it funny.

The political contributor has been suspended by the network after his remarks – most notably about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad – were called homophobic.

Gay-rights powerhouse GLAAD pushed hard for CNN to fire Martin. That did not happen, but disciplinary sanctions were taken, and his return date is not clear.

In a statement, CNN said:

“[Martin's] tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated.”

“We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland Martin will not be appearing on our air for the time being.”

Martin fired off the controversial tweet (above) during the Super Bowl.

In another, he wrote, “Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass.”

Martin tried to backpedal by issuing an apology Monday.

“Based on several tweets I made on my Twitter feed on Super Bowl Sunday yesterday, I have been accused by members of the LGBT community of being supportive of violence against gays and lesbians and bullying,” he wrote.

“That is furthest from the truth, and I sincerely regret any offense my words caused.”

GLAAD, for one, seems satisfied, saying in a statement: “CNN today took a strong stand against anti-LGBT violence and language that demeans any community.”

“Yesterday, Martin also spoke out against anti-LGBT violence.”

“We at GLAAD look forward to hearing from CNN and Roland Martin to discuss how we can work together as allies and achieve our common goal of reducing anti-LGBT violence as well as the language that contributes to it.”

What do you think? Should Martin have been fired?

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We’ve seen Eddie Cibrian naked for Charisma. Now we’re seeing him … almost naked. The actor is stripping down again for the brand, this time for the purpose of modeling some soft towels in a sexy Spring 2012 ad campaign.

Appropriate, since he’s wearing nothing but:

Cibrian, divorced from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Brandi Glanville and married to country singer LeAnn Rimes, tries to keep the modeling job in perspective.

“You have a lot of people on the photo shoot looking at you, going, ‘Oh that looks wonderful, that’s unbelievable … those [towels] look great,’” he said.

“I realized it was all about the product, and not about me.”

Still, Cibrian, who appears in the upcoming Tyler Perry film Good Deeds, makes it pretty hard to focus on those towels … are we right ladies?

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