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Nicole Kidman is reportedly 5 months pregnant, though showing little sign of it. She's showing little sign of slowing down either. Nicole is a fitness fanatic, who channels her inner turmoil into the grueling workouts that help her look great (with some help from botox). In fact Kidman likes to stay in the same peak condition as a thoroughbred race horse!

For instance Nicole attends a high intensity spinning class at Revolution Fitness in Santa Monica. For the uninitiated a spinning class isn't where a group of 30+ women get together in fitness gear and repeated twirl around like Lynda Carter in the 70's Wonder Woman series - perhaps while listening to New Age, or some high tempo feminist anthem. As it was explained to me, it has something to do with exercise bikes, but varies just enough from regular stationary cycling to be trendy, and consequently more expensive!

Nor is high intensity spinning the least of it. Nicole also goes out on grueling uphill running sessions in the Santa Monica mountains, accompanied by a personal trainer. Add to that rowing sessions and more high intensity exercise on the treadmill. I can see what Tom Cruise saw in her - a woman as obsessive as him self. If only all that neurosis could've been channeled creatively into something more constructive than systematic abuse of her body, like Scientology!

Now here's the unhappy upshot in this scenario. Excessive exercise can be dangerous for pregnant women. According to experts, should a pregnant woman's heart rate go above 140 for extended periods during a work out, it could divert blood flow from the fetus, and to the muscles. Nicole is particularly high risk: supposedly having one entropic pregnancy with Tom, and then suffering another miscarriage. Add to that the fact that Nic is now 40+, and the risk further increases.

Kidman has taken some measures to ensure a healthy pregnancy. She has dropped out of a recent film project, The Reader, fearing that movie work might be too demanding. However she won't lay off the exercise. Nicole has stated that nothing is more important to her than delivering a normal healthy baby (Normal in show business? Good luck!). It seems that maintaining her ideal weight and glamorous movie idol image is even more important. Sources fear that Nicole might be working herself into another miscarriage.

Then of course, there are the skeptics who doubt that Nicole - rumored to suffer from a rare genetic abnormality called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome - was ever really pregnant. A bunch of other hot young actresses have recently garnered much attention by having babies (not to mention lucrative magazine photo deals). Even Tom's Nicole replacement Katie Holmes had been toasted and feted for her successful delivery of Star Baby Suri Cruise. Feeling left out of the attention and fun, Nic may have had a 'baby blurt', and now needs to cover her bony ass. A tragic miscarriage might be the ultimate way out of an embarrassing PR faux paus. Speaking personally, I'll believe she was pregnant when I see the People mag cover shot of 'Vera de Milo' with child, and perhaps not even then. Yet I could be too cynical. Maybe the child will hit the ground running, during one of those Santa Monica mountain runs. Besides, if the pregnancy doesn't work out, Kieth Urban can always enter her in the Kentucky Derby!

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Now for a real thoroughbred!

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Resistance is Futile

Celebrity Trend Alert! Gecko's are the new Chihuahua's. Here's Xena Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless with her little friend. If you doubt that Lawless is a trendsetter then remember that her husband is Sam Raimi, they guy who made the Spiderman trilogy, and made Tobey McGuire a star! The Irish seem to be lucky for the former Xena and Hercules producer, since Lawless' original maiden name was Ryan.

Here's a recent picture of Lawless with her old partner in crime Renee O' Connor, from the official Xena fan site.

Read Lucy's personal messages to her fans here. She sounds like she's having a grand time with her singing career.