Mel Gibson’s baby news is bringing joy halfway around the world. Contacted in Moscow, Lyudmilla Chernukha, the mother of Gibson’s girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva – who delivered her daughter, Lucia, Friday in Los Angeles – tells People, “I’m delighted!”

And a more than a little relieved. Chernukha admits the pregnancy was made difficult for her daughter, 39, a pianist and composer, by the intense interest of the media. “I’m very pleased for her because during her pregnancy she worried a lot because of all the bad press written about her. Lots and lots of lies,” she says.

Grigorieva’s pregnancy was announced six weeks after Gibson’s wife of 30 years, Robyn Moore, then 53, filed for divorce last April. Gibson, 53, and Moore have seven children together.

“Her pregnancy was a hard one even though she had no [medical] problems with it,” says Chernukha. “And, of course, Mel supported her and so did all her friends.” Grigorieva – who also has a son, Alexander, 12, fathered by James Bond actor Timothy Dalton – tries to stay above the headlines, says her mother. “She doesn’t make any statements or get involved with refuting what’s said about her. She just tries to keep herself closed off from all the journalists.”

Chernukha says she has spoken to her daughter since the birth and notes that the baby was two weeks early. (A friend of the couple tells People that mother and child are both fine.)

The grandmother hopes her daughter and child will visit soon – and she may get her wish. While promoting her new album, Beautiful Heartache, in the U.K. earlier this year, Grigorieva told reporters of her plans to take Gibson and the baby back to her homeland next year. “Russians are very nostalgic,” she said.

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It’s a boy for Colin Farrell and girlfriend Alicja Bachleda.

The couple, who costar in the upcoming film Ondine, welcomed son Henry Tadeusz Farrell on Oct. 7 in Los Angeles, a rep for the actor tells People.

Henry is the first child for Bachleda, 26, and the second for Farrell, who has a 6-year-old son, James, with model Kim Bordenave.

Confirming the pregnancy to People in September, Farrell, 33, said he was looking forward to “everything” about parenthood. “I will take it as it comes. Even changing dirty diapers.”

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Jenna Elfman revealed she is pregnant with her second child Wednesday morning on CBS’ The Early Show. The Accidentally on Purpose star and husband Bodhi Elfman have a 2-year-old son Story Elias.

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Teresa Giudice from The Real Housewives of New Jersey gave birth to another baby girl on Monday.

Audriana was born at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey, a source tells Star, weighing 7 lbs. and 10 oz.

America’s favorite table-flipping mom already has three daughter with her husband Joe.

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Lisa Loeb has a bun in the oven.

She and her husband Roey Hershkovitz “are excited to welcome their first child this winter,” her manager tells Usmagazine.com.

Loeb, 41, and Hershkovitz , 31, a music production supervisor for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, wed this past January in a Jewish ceremony in front of 275 guests at a restaurant in New York City.

The pair – who met two years ago in New York City during a business meeting – got engaged in November 2008.

Loeb is best known for her 1994 hit song “Stay (I Missed You).”

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It’s a boy for Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel. The couple welcomed a son, Walker Diggs, on Wednesday, the couple’s reps confirm to People.

“Mother, father and son are all doing well,” the reps said in a statement.

The Broadway belters announced the pregnancy in March, later sharing that the baby was a boy.

Although they had a few names in mind, Diggs said they were waiting to make a final decision.

“We have a couple [names] in the running,” the Private Practice star explained. “But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We’ll see what he looks like.”

Walker is the first child for Menzel and Diggs, who are both 38 and met on the 1996 Broadway production of Rent. They wed in January 2003.

Can’t wait to see the baby pics!

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What a father figure!

Jackass star Johnny Knoxville is going to be a dad for the second time, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

His girlfriend of nearly a year, Naomi Nelson, is three months pregnant.

“Yes, they are expecting and very excited,” his rep tells Us.

Knoxville already has a 13-year-old daughter, Madison, with ex-wife Melanie Clapp. He and Clapp wed in May 1995 and were married for 12 years before separating in July 2006. One year later, Knoxville filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

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