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Sarah Jessica Parker reveals the names of her twins. According to theinsider

“The Insider” reported the birth of their twins girls earlier — and now Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are speaking out about their new bundles of joy, and they reveal the twin girls’ names!

A rep for the couple released the following statement to “The Insider”:
“Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are delighted to announce the healthy arrival of their two daughters at 3:58 pm on June 22 in Ohio. Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 pounds. Both Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker’s side. The babies are doing beautifully and the entire family is over the moon.”
The babies, delivered via surrogate, join their older brother, 6-year-old James Wilkie Broderick.

From Fox News

Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate has given birth to twins.

The “Sex and the City” star and her husband Matthew Broderick are said to be thrilled after the baby girls were delivered yesterday in a hospital in Ohio.

It’s thought the couple were with the woman when she gave birth.

They already have a six-year-old son, James Wilkie.

Sarah and Matthew announced they were expecting twin daughters via a surrogate in April after they struggled to conceive naturally.

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After all the American Idol fad the past few weeks, here’s a controversy that puts the voting system of American Idol under question.

From the NYTimes:

LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year’s competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen, the Arkansas singer who was the winner of the show last week.

Representatives of AT&T, whose mobile phone network is the only one that can be used to cast “American Idol” votes via text message, provided the free text-messaging services at two parties in Arkansas after the final performance episode of “American Idol” last week, according to the company and people at the events.

There appear to have been no similar efforts to provide free texting services to supporters of Adam Lambert, who finished as the runner-up to Mr. Allen. Read the full story here

Here’s a scoop from MTV.com

The Times story, which was based on reporting originally found in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, noted that some AT&T employees were present at an undetermined number of pro-Allen parties in the singer’s hometown of Conway, Arkansas, last week, helping his supporters lodge multiple votes.

AT&T, a major corporate sponsor of “Idol,” released a statement on Wednesday as well, explaining that the employees who offered the help were not there on official business and were simply caught up in the excitement of the moment. “Last week, countless parties were held in homes, bars and other public places across America to watch the ‘American Idol’ finale,” read the statement. “In Arkansas, a few local AT&T employees were invited to attend two local watch parties organized by the community. Caught up in the enthusiasm of rooting for their hometown contestant, they brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested. Going forward, we will make sure our employees understand our sponsorship celebrates the competition, not individual contestants. That said, it’s quite a leap to suggest that a few individuals could have impacted the final results.”

Does Kris Allen really deserve the American Idol title? You decide.

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