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Ain’t Another Boy!
It is the first child for Matthew Rutler, but the second for Christina.
Lifestyle, Local Lifestyle, Style, Style Observer, Tuesday Style
March 30, 2014

Ain’t Another Boy!

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Christina Aguilera is expecting a girl with her fiance Matthew Rutler, MailOnline can confirm.

It will be the second child for the Your Body singer, who has a six-year-old son Max from her previous marriage to Jordan Bratman. A source close to the singer confirmed the happy news to MailOnline, and she is said to be “over the moon to be expecting a girl”.

The newly-engaged singer will welcome her first child with fiancé Matthew later this year, and can’t wait to expand her family.

An insider recently told UsMagazine: “(The pregnancy) wasn’t expected, but it also wasn’t unwelcome. They are all very excited though! Christina loves being a mom.”

The insider insisted that Christina, who has yet to comment on her pregnancy, doesn’t care whether the baby is a boy or a girl, and added: “They just want a healthy baby.”

— Daily Mail

‘I wanted to kill myself’

She has mounted a successful career that has spanned over five decades. But a 26 year ban from the show which she gained her prominence could have been her ultimate undoing.

The 80-year-old comedienne opened up about making her return to The Tonight Show for the first time in 26 years. Joan spoke with Deborah Norville from Inside Edition to talk about her return to the storied late-night talk show. She told the syndicated news magazine: “I was on after 26 years of being banned! 26 years off late night TV! To go back on that set and do a good set!”

The Fashion Police star was banned from the programme by her mentor Johnny Carson after taking a job to host a talk show on a rival network. Joan said that she called the host twice, only to be hung up on. After the ban came a dark time in her life where she even thought of committing suicide. The comedienne said: “I couldn’t kill myself because I had my daughter, and that would be a terrible thing to do to her.” Joan has one daughter, Melissa, 46, who has appeared on several shows with her including Fashion Police and the reality show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?

Carson eventually left the popular show in May of 1992, passing the torch to Jay Leno who continued to keep her off of the programme Joan said she is unsure of why Leno never had her on: “I don’t know, and I dislike him because of that…I was never a Jay Leno fan, so ha-ha, I’m thrilled he’s off.”

The American television personality even joked about considering doing porn and who should appear in it with her. “I think it should be two octogenarian women — me and Joan Collins!”

—Daily Mail

A beauty queen at 86

It’s not every day that you see an 86-year-old expertly do a split, but that’s exactly how Rita Ann Battram won over the judges at the 2013 Ms Senior Sweetheart Pageant.

The Kent, Washington native, who has been dancing since she was 11, told MailOnline she has been getting ‘quite a bit’ of attention since October, when she won the international beauty pageant for women over 58. But while the audience at the competition in Fall River, Massachusetts, may have been floored by her flexibility, the great-grandmother of 26 says she was simply doing what she does best.

“That was my signature,” she explained. “I wanted to play piano [as a child], but it was during the Depression and we couldn’t afford it. So my dad [who used to teach ballroom dancing] said I could take tap lessons.”

After a few lessons, she became hooked on dance and she grew up to be an instructor with her own studio, where she taught everything from jazz to ballet and belly dancing. These days, she teaches a sit-down exercise class for women at her living community, Radcliffe Place Senior Apartments, as well as choreographing dances for another group of ladies who call themselves the Ding Dong Dollies. “I want to keep limber,” she said of staying busy with physical activity. “We have a blast!”

— Daily Mail

 

 

Host Johnny Carson served as a mentor to Joan before she took ahosting job at a rival network.
Joan Rivers opened up toInside Edition about makingher return to The TonightShow after being banned for26 years.
Rita Ann Battram won over the judges at the 2013 Ms SeniorSweetheart Pageant with her ‘signature’ split.

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