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Several celebrities christened their newborns with distinctive monikers, from Gwyneth Paltrow's culinary cutie Apple to Helen Hunt's luau-ready Makena Lei to Julia Roberts' retro-inspired twins Phinnaeus and Hazel. What better way to preserve your kid's anonymity? And nothing helps a youngster get along at school like being named after a lunchtime staple...
...weren't humiliation enough, celebrity babies have lately been enduring more lasting indignities. In naming her newborn daughter Apple, GWYNETH PALTROW joined a host of stars saddling their children with quirky monikers. Geena Davis has just given birth to twin boys Kian and Kaiis, Helen Hunt bore girl MaKena lei Gordon, Rachel Griffiths christened a son Banjo Patrick, Jason Lee had boy Pilot Inspektor, and Cedric the Entertainer welcomed daughter Lucky Rose. And the august-sounding Roman appears to be the new Jack--Cate Blanchett and Debra Messing chose it for their sons this year. How will Mary-Louise Parker...
...look like telephone booths, or perhaps they’ll resemble the Orgasmatron from Woody Allen’s Sleeper. In any case, when they finally are invented, teleporters will be the final surrender of travel to the armies of abstraction. And then the hoards of lei-draped tourists boarding their Abstraction Airlines flight to Costa Rica will shout, “So much for the journey. All hail the destination...
...Diego. After the match, Clijsters hinted that her rival had taken an injury time-out for strategic reasons, an allegation that echoed Serena Williams' accusations of gamesmanship by Henin-Hardenne at the French Open. After the U.S. Open final, in which Henin-Hardenne again beat Clijsters, Kim's father Lei made the observation that it was unusual how Henin-Hardenne's "muscle mass has doubled." The Belgian media ran with the comment, fueling chatter about doping. Henin-Hardenne replied, "My only drug is work." But her coach Carlos Rodriguez couldn't resist a stronger verbal volley, saying: "Justine is better...
...will win more often." Lei Clijsters later issued a clarification, crediting Henin-Hardenne's wins to "her hard work." And Kim pledged her camp would say no more; a post on her website announced the decision "not to talk to the press for an unspecified period of time." The bad news for Belgium and its hopes in the Fed Cup team tournament in November is that neither woman will play for her country for an unspecified period of time, either. Clijsters pulled out of the national squad after slamming the choice of Russia, not Belgium, as Fed Cup host. Last...