Stars with babies — and stars with babies on the way — showed up en masse Saturday for the Boom Boom Room’s Children¹s Gifting Wonderland at The Century Plaza hotel in Century City, Calif. The draw: a gifting suite stocked by 83 vendors of everything baby-related, including organic baby food, strollers, maternity clothing and breast-feeding gear.

Among the attendees: Anne Heche and her squeeze, James Tupper, who announced in December that they’re expecting.

And an insider tells Life & Style that Anne, who has a 6-year-old son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, was overheard whispering some news to a vendor: She’s having a boy!

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Anne Heche and her beau, actor James Tupper, are expecting their first child together, her rep tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

“They are thrilled,” her rep tells Us.

The two first met in 2006 on the set of their short-lived ABC drama Men In Trees while Heche was still wed to husband Coley Laffoon.

“In that friendship, we kind of discovered we saw the world in a somewhat similar way,” Tupper, who was also married at the time, told the Vancouver Sun last year. “I think we both made decisions that were based on the relationships we were in.”

Shortly after Heche announced her split from Laffoon (with whom she has a 6-year-old son, Homer), the two stepped out publicly.

“I wish people could meet her in person,” Tupper told the Sun of Heche, with whom he shares a home in Vancouver. “She has such a sparkle and such a love for people, and she works so hard. She is so dedicated to all the good things.”

Heche told Extra last year that she was relieved that they can finally be open about their relationship.

“We’re so much more comfortable now that our feelings are exposed and everybody knows about them,” said Heche, who will be appearing with Tupper on an upcoming episode of Samantha Who? this season.

Asked whether she’ll expand her family, Heche said, “Gotta leave it open, ya know what I’m saying?”

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Happy couple Anne Heche and James Tupper grocery shopping at Bristol Farm in Beverly Hills, CA, using recyclable paper bags. Her son Homer (from her previous marriage with Coleman “Coley” Laffoon) enjoys a piggy ride on James’ shoulders.

I miss Men in Trees!

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Anne Heche has won her battle to reduce child support payments to her ex-husband.

The former Ally McBeal star pleaded poverty in court last month, blaming the cancellation of Men In Trees for her inability to pay child support.

The star was granted a reprieve in the monthly payments of $14,978 to her ex-husband Coley Laffoon for their six-year-old son Homer, and now the full extent of her financial win has been decided.

According to an order signed on Friday and obtained by TMZ.com, the actress’ monthly payments have dropped from almost $15,000 to a more manageable $3,700.
Heche will no longer have to pay for all her son’s private school fees either – the new order declares she’ll share the burden with her ex-husband Coley Laffoon.

The actress has also been ordered to pay Laffoon a lump sum divorce settlement of $275,000.

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Anne Heche says she can no longer afford to pay the nearly $15,000-a-month in child and spousal support because she’s unemployed after the cancellation of Men In Trees.

“I am continuing to look for work, but I have no offers pending and the impending strike by the Screen Actors Guild reduces my prospects for work even further,” Heche, 38, writes in court papers.

A judge Wednesday gave her a temporary break, saying she didn’t have to pay her next support payment to her ex Coley Laffoon, 34, covering the month of July. But Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer ordered the actress to provide updated income and expense information.

In a court declaration, Heche indicated her financial straits were dire and that she can no longer afford to pay the $14,798 in monthly support, along with private school tuition for her 6-year-old son Homer, the mortgage on her house in Canada where Men In Trees filmed, rent on her Los Angeles home and car expenses.

“Since January 18, 2008, I have been unemployed and had no income from employment except for one very short-term contract for a movie role for which I received a total of $65,00, approximately the amount I received for one episode of Men In Trees, she writes.

She adds: “I do receive some residuals from previous acting work. However, the amounts are nominal and are offset by recurring business expenses that must be paid whether or not I am working.”

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Anne Heche is set to shock fans by flashing her flesh in new movie comedy Spread – and she’s currently negotiating just how much she’ll bare.

The former Ally McBeal star admits “there’s a lot of” nudity in the film, in which she stars alongside Ashton Kutcher and Laura Linney. She says, “They (producers) asked me, ‘Just how much will you do?’ “They’ll pay me a lot of money to do it – I told them they would have to… It goes by inches: ‘How much will you pay for a knee?’”

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When Anne Heche left her husband Coley Laffoon for her Men in Trees co-star James Tupper in 2006, ending his marriage as well, it seemed like just another crazy chapter in the actress’ colorful life.But in a segment set to air on Extra Wednesday night, Heche, 38, makes her new life with Tupper, 42, sound almost normal! “We’re so much more comfortable now that our feelings are exposed and everybody knows about them,” she says.

She says that being a couple makes working together easier. Heche tells Extra about love scenes with Tupper, “They’re less challenging…Usually when you’re doing a love scene with somebody you’re not in love with, it’s like you kiss and you kiss and then you think, ‘Oh, great.’ And then they yell,’Cut,’ and you just split apart right away and act like you don’t really like the person.”

But for Heche and Tupper, “When they yell, ‘Cut,’ we just lay there and wait for the next take to go!”

Will Heche, who has a five-year old son with ex Laffoon, and Tupper start a family of their own? The actress will only reply, “Gotta leave it open, ya know what I’m saying?”

And, if the past is any indication, when it comes to Heche, anything goes.

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