Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon welcome twins

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are now the proud parents of a baby boy and baby girl.

It's a boy! And a girl!

Mariah Carey gave birth to twins at 12:07 p.m. on Saturday at an undisclosed hospital, her representative Cindi Berger confirmed.

The baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds 3 ounces, followed by her brother, who is 5 pounds, 6 ounces.

The twins, who were born on Carey and husband Nick Cannon's fourth anniversary, don't have names yet.

In January, Cannon told People Magazine that the couple planned on helping the kids out later in life - by staying away from wacky baby names.

"They won't be crazy names like Carburetor or something," he said.

It's the first children for both the 41-year-old singer and her 30-year-old husband.

While they may be glamorous celebrities, the birth had its share of unexpected hiccups. Berger told the Associated Press that Cannon went to the wrong department of the hospital and had to be led to the maternity ward by a nurse.

"It was right out of an 'I Love Lucy' skit," she said.

While the duo was coy about Carey's pregnancy until December, they often dropped hints about what kind of parents they would be.

In an interview with People.com in October, Cannon described his wife's motherly instincts.

"She's nurturing with me and makes me breakfast at any time and that's my favorite food. It would be like 3 o'clock in the morning and she will still make me waffles. She'll be the best mom," he said.

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Mariah Carey welcomes twins in L.A.

Mariah Carey welcomes twins in L.A.

Talk about an awesome anniversary gift! Pop star Mariah Carey, 41, and her husband Nick Cannon. 30, welcomed twins -- a boy and a girl -- this morning, which also happens to be their third wedding anniversary.

"Congratulations to Mariah & Nick on the birth of #dembabies!!" a rep wrote on the singer's Twitter page. "Born, April 30th at 12:07pm ET. Mommy, Daddy & #dembabies are all doing fine!" Cannon added his sentiments on his Twitter page: "My wife just gave me the most incredible anniversary gift ever in life! I won't ever be able to top this!"

Carey's rep says the singer was calm and relaxed as Cannon drove her to the hospital, but that he was nervous and frantic, even going to the wrong department in the hospital. "It was like right out of an I Love Lucy skit," Berger told the Associated Press.

Berger added that the new parents fittingly played Carey's hit song We Belong Together shortly after their twins were born. No word yet on names for the Carey-Cannon babies.

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Dangerous vampire Colin Farrell

01 May 2011

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Colin Farrell was chosen to play a charismatic vampire in 'Fright Night' because he has a ''dangerous'' quality about him.

Colin Farrell was the perfect choice to play a charming vampire in 'Fright Night' because he has a "dangerous quality".

The Irish actor plays sweet-talking bloodsucker Jerry in a modern day remake of the 1985 cult classic, in which his character moves next door to horror movie obsessive Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), and director Craig Gillespie says he was the only man for the role.

He explained: "We were so lucky to get Colin. It was perfect. He epitomises the character in 'Fright Night'. There's a dangerous quality to him and he's very charismatic. He's a very dark version of what's been in the vampire realm these days."

We were so lucky to get Colin. It was perfect. He epitomises the character in 'Fright Night'. There's a dangerous quality to him and he's very charismatic. He's a very dark version of what's been in the vampire realm these days.

Colin is relishing the chance to play a blood sucking vampire but admitted he did struggle to keep his character believable.

He told Empire magazine: "I mean for sure you try to make things as real as possible. I have conversations with myself: 'Well he wouldn't do that'and I go 'What the f**k, he's 400 years old'. I mean really? Craig and I have had arguments on how far to push it and how far not to.

"'Twilight'takes a lot of oxygen in a certain audience's requirement. It has its place which is great but this is different. I believe it's going to be fairly bloody. There's not a lot of sex but sex is certainly implied more than once. Hopefully it will work on a plethora of levels."

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Princess Beatrice: Royally Mad Hatter

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Daily News Editorial: Reward system for city workers adds up to $150 million and needs to be scrutinized along with layoffs, furloughs

L.A. CITY BONUSES

Los Angeles city leaders are currently in negotiations with workers, and the talk is all about concessions to avoid furloughs and layoffs. Some unions have already agreed to pay more for health care or for retirement costs. Others are still wrangling with the mayor, City Council and CAO representatives.

And during these talks, everything should be on the table and open for discussion - and that includes the millions of dollars in bonuses that have become a permanent, but rarely mentioned, fixture on the city's books.

As a Daily News investigation on today's front page shows, the city of Los Angeles spends about $150 million a year on pay classified as a bonus for one thing or the other. Yet, it's money that's never talked about during discussions about employee pay.

Some city bonuses are relatively modest - just a few hundred dollars - but some employees can boost their annual salary by as much as 25 percent.

Most people think of a bonus as a little extra something at the holidays or the end of a fiscal year as a thank-you from a boss to celebrate a job well done or a particularly lucrative year.

That's not how it works in the city, where bonuses are written into employee contracts. They aren't one-time, good-for-you boosts, but entitlements that hamstring the treasury during financial shortfalls such as the one that has shut down libraries on Mondays and reduced other city services.

Many of these bonuses started out as

needed incentives to find employees willing and able to do special jobs in a civil service system that doesn't allow much flexibility. But some bonuses, as the story points out, were created as sneaky ways to give raises without unwanted attention from the public or other employee bargaining units.

Case in point are the bonuses to police and fire personnel for basic job requirements. Police get bonus pay for having POST certification and firefighters get bonuses for being certified emergency medical technicians - both required for the job. It's like giving a lawyer a bonus for passing the state bar exam, or a doctor a bonus for attending medical school.

Whatever the original intent, the vast system of bonuses has evolved into a hidden entitlement that the city can ill afford. In many cases, bonuses are based on a percentage of base pay. When pay goes up, so do the bonuses. And many are also pensionable, pushing up the amount of post-retirement pay that an employee can expect.

The city is currently in contract negotiations with both the fire and police unions. And talk of compensation must include bonuses. To be sure, it's going to be a tough sell to employees who now consider this their base pay.

One place to start is by negotiating flat rate bonuses - that is bonuses that don't increase with the level of pay. That way there's no loss of pay, but just less down the line.

The other is to halt all but essential bonuses for new hires. It's absurd to keep paying extras we can't afford that are basic requirements for certain jobs.

The budget crisis has shone much needed sunlight on to public employee compensation. When bonuses cost taxpayers $150 million a year, they are too big an expense to be left in the dark.

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Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone Film Final Scenes in NYC

Hard at work on their latest project, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were spotted on location for "The Amazing Spider-Man" in Manhattan earlier today (April 30).

The two stars hit the streets of the Big Apple to film the movie's final scenes, as Emma told "E!" earlier this week, "We're doing exteriors in New York for a couple of weeks, so it'll be done in mid-May. So, yeah, it was only a six-month shoot."

Stone took time to gush over co-star Andrew, telling, "He's so much fun. He's the coolest, the best. He's going to be amazing. I mean, he has to be?after all, it is called The Amazing Spider-Man."

You can catch all the excitement of the 3-D Superman reboot, which also stars Denis Leary and Annie Parisse, when it hits theaters July 3, 2012.

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Jennifer Lopez Doubles the Glitz for Album Launch Event

Making for a memorable entrance, Jennifer Lopez rode into The Grove in Los Angeles on a double-decker bus for the "Extra" launch of her "Love?" album release yesterday (April 29).

The 41-year-old superstar was the picture of celebrity glitz and glamor as she sported a strapless gold sequined jumpsuit and black peep toe pumps while joining "Extra" host Mario Lopez.

Jennifer wowed the already-excited crowds as she and a group of backup dancers let loose, waving, dancing, and laughing their way into the huge outdoor affair.

"Love?," the first record released by Lopez in four years, offers listeners fun and funky dance anthems and even two songs written or produced by Lady Gaga.

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