Celebrity parents-to-be ASHLEE SIMPSON and PETE WENTZ have prompted speculation they are expecting a son, after embarking on a shopping spree for baby clothes.

The couple announced Simpson's pregnancy last month (Jun08), just weeks after their wedding ceremony in California.

They have refused to reveal the unborn baby's gender - but staff at Los Angeles boutique Petit Tresor claim they dropped big hints it will be a boy.

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TRANSFORMERS star MEGAN FOX has reportedly called off her engagement to actor fiance BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN.

Sources claim the pretty brunette, 22, sent business associates correspondence last week (beg23Jun08) alerting them to the sad news.

An insider says, "Megan still cares about Brian, but she now realizes she's too young to marry him."

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Pregnant actress ANGELINA JOLIE has asked the media to leave her alone while she waits to give birth to twins.

The Tomb Raider star is currently at a maternity clinic in Nice, France, and is due to go into labor within days.

Following intense press speculation and a high paparazzi presence outside the hospital, her obstetrician called a press conference on Wednesday (02Jul08) to urge the media to back off.

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BRITNEY SPEARS is desperate to quit her Los Angeles home - so she can live a more relaxed life with her young sons.

The singer, whose LA mansion is constantly surrounded by paparazzi, is keen to buy a more secure home to bring up her two children, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

A court document filed by her co-conservators, father Jamie Spears and lawyer Andrew Wallet, states that the star would like to move to "a lower density, more quiet and less trafficked neighborhood".

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Hollywood film producers have made a last-ditch offer to actors in a bid to avert strike action.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) says it offered performers a three-year deal worth $250 million (#125 million) just hours before the current contract expired on Monday (30June08).

But the threat of a strike still hangs over Tinseltown, after the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said the proposed deal might not be enough.

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PARIS HILTON is adamant her image as a fun-loving party girl is not real - insisting she is paid to attend most social events.

The hotel heiress is regularly pictured out and about at nightclubs, both in the U.S. and during her many trips abroad.

But Hilton claims that in reality she is very different to her socialite persona - and only goes to events because she will collect a paycheck at the end of the evening.

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