birth

As Annie reported earlier this week, Jon Stewart is M.I.A. from The Daily Show lately because his wife gave birth to their second child over the weekend. Stewart and his wife, Tracy, named their baby girl Maggie Rose Stewart. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 oz. She joins Nate, 19 months.

No word yet on when Stewart will return to the anchor desk.

People magazine is reporting that Brooke Shields is pregnant with a girl. That will be the second daughter for Shields and her television writer/producer husband Chris Henchy. Their first child is Rowan, age 2. Shields said, "I'm thrilled for my daughter to have a little friend. Two Tauruses, it's a huge trick being played on me."

I wonder if Tom Cruise is packing up a box of vitamins and sending a Bow-Flex to Brooke's house in anticipation of the birth.