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Could Britney Spears be heading back home to Louisiana?

Yes, we hear exclusively that the popstress has promised her little sister that she'd return home to Kentwood, La., when Jamie Lynn gives birth. We hear the official due date is June 29.

"At the baby shower, she told her little sister she wanted to be there for her the entire time," said a friend close to the Spears family. "I'm not sure how Casey is going to feel about that. But Jamie Lynn seems pretty excited."

There’s just one hitch.

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We don't know if it actually takes a village to raise a celebrity child, but it does seem to take an army of nannies, mannies, bodyguards and drivers to get the job done.

So on the day we celebrate the awesomeness of moms, we thought we'd take a moment to salute all the other caregivers.

And who knows, maybe you'll get a bonus or something, too.

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Home is where the heart is. But it never hurts to have your stuff there, as well.

A source close to the couple tells E! News that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have started importing the little things—clothes, toys, the Ducati—across the Atlantic after apparently opting to stay put at Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen's villa in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera.

While the couple have been house-hunting in nearby Monte Carlo and logged time this weekend in Nice visiting Bono and The Edge, they're "more than content to just stay put," at least until the birth of their second biological child and fifth overall, the insider said.

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All it took for a family reunion was an unexpected family addition.

Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears met up in their hometown of Kentwood, La., over the weekend, the first face-to-face for the sibs since last October. The nonpregnant sister was one of nearly two dozen female friends who convened at Serenity, the estate owned by the pop star but inhabited by her sister and mother, Lynne, to herald the delivery of her niece-to-be.

And, per usual, OK! magazine was on hand to document the to-do, which was organized and hosted by mama Lynne.

"It was wonderful to be able to spend time with her and just be girls again," the 17-year-old expectant mother said of her sisterly reunion. "We painted our nails and did stupid stuff, and we had our private time too. To be able to be in the privacy of our own home and just be sisters again was wonderful."

"She just ran up," she said of the Britster's greeting. "She obviously couldn't pick me up. We gave each other a big hug. It was a really good feeling."

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A first name is apparently the only attribute Angela Kinsey shares with her prudish Office character.

The sitcom star and her TV-writer hubby Warren Lieberstein (who obviously never euthanized her cat) welcomed daughter Isabel Ruby Lieberstein on Saturday afternoon, People reports. The little one weighed in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

"Mom and baby are doing great," rep Tess Finkle said. This is the couple's first child.

Proving that it's not always terrible to take your work home with you, Kinsey's longtime costar Jenna Fischer was among the friends and family members awaiting Isabel's arrival at the hospital.

"By the way, Jenna has the best reactions of anyone," Kinsey wrote in February on her MySpace blog, the medium she used to announce her pregnancy in November. "If you have big news to tell someone and want a great response...tell Jenna!"

When she revealed the good news, the 36-year-old actress also noted that her mother was already "quilting like a mad woman."

Dwight would be so pleased.

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Life continues to be a beach for the Brangelina brood in the French Riviera.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their Benetton-friendly family made nice in Nice Sunday, spending an hour soaking up the surf.

The gang was all there for the fun in the sun, with Maddox, Pax, Zahara and even the increasingly hermetic Shiloh present and accounted for. The fam logged sand time with U2 guitarist The Edge and later visited Bono—both rockers have homesteads in the area.

Jolie and Pitt are shacked up in France awaiting the Cannes Film Festival and a new stork delivery, staying at a home owned by billionaire Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.

"The Edge knows Paul Allen really well and invited the family down for lunch," a source close to the couple told E! News. "It was a lovely sunny day and so they all went and hung out on the beach like regular people."

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Surrounded by pink and blue balloons and with big sister Britney Spears by her side, teen mom-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears celebrated her baby shower in Kentwood, La., on Saturday. The 17-year-old is expecting a girl sometime this summer.

Friends and family gathered at mom Lynne's home, known as "Serenity," where Britney and her father, Jamie, are staying. E! News has learned that mom and dad did all the cooking for the alcohol-free affair, which included fried chicken and chili.

Security was tight at Serenity, with police setting up a roadblock and checking IDs. By noon, only about 50 cars were allowed to enter, mostly filled with college-age men and women. There was no sign of Jamie Lynn's baby daddy/fiancé, Casey Aldridge.

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Oh, to be young and in love and expecting your fifth child. Which, theoretically, is made all the sweeter if you're also rich and famous and chilling out at your billionaire friend's villa in the south of France.

Since hunkering down at the Riviera estate of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen last week, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their existing brood have been living a life of leisure—pain au chocolat in the morning, sunning poolside all day, high tea in the afternoon, CNN at night...

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Tom Cruise went back to where it all began Friday.

We could mockingly lead you astray for pages and pages as to what that means, but you all know: The microscopically examined movie star sat down next to Oprah Winfrey today for the first time since…yeah, that.

And except for the fact that Cruise is now the remarried father of a 2-year-old daughter—who does, in fact, partly resemble him—with a recent flop under his belt rather than a box-office topper, not a whole lot has changed.

Speaking from the sanctity of Cruise and Katie Holmes' Telluride, Colo., manse on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the actor's breakthrough role in Risky Business, Oprah asked her pal about "the couch" and his relationship with Katie Holmes, Scientology and his beliefs, Brooke Shields, Matt Lauer and making movies.

This time, of course, she also got to ask about that in-house sonogram machine, whether he believes in God, whether Suri is his and whether—knowing that hindsight is 20/20—he would now think twice about putting his feet (not to mention his heart and soul) on the furniture.

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With her little sis about to pop, Britney Spears has her sights set on home this weekend.

Sources on the scene tell E! News the "Toxic" singer—with dad Jamie vigilantly in tow—is back in Louisiana today for Jamie Lynn's baby shower, which is taking place Saturday at Lynne Spears' home in Kentwood.

Britney is said to be bunking at mom's house, where security personnel have set up shop and police are blocking entrance to their street.

This is Brit's first trip back to her hometown since last fall, when she became embroiled in her current—and, can you believe it, increasingly less bizarre—custody battle.

Which, as it's so wont to do, will require Britney's presence back in Los Angeles on Tuesday, when she's expected to attend the latest custody hearing in the ongoing process, this one to address the results of a court-ordered 730 psych evaluation.

E! News caught up with Kevin Federline legal eagle Mark Vincent Kaplan last night and he filled us in on what to expect in Britney's near custodial future.

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After being a mother of two on TV for so long, Edie Falco must have figured it would be worth trying in real life.

The Sopranos matriarch adopted a baby girl from Florida in February, Falco's manager, Richie Jackson, tells People.

Macy joins brother Anderson, 3, who Falco adopted in December 2004.

"Everybody is thrilled and doing great," Jackson said.

Next up for Falco, who was born and bred and houses her brood in New York, is an as-yet untitled Showtime comedy in which she plays a seasoned ER nurse.