ET has confirmed exclusively that Gary Busey is a dad again. The 65-year-old Academy Award nominee and his partner Steffanie Sampson, 40, welcomed their first son together at 6:40 this morning.

The baby boy, who they named Luke Samson Busey, weighed in at six pounds, seven ounces. “This feels like a dream,” the couple said in a statement. “We feel so blessed and are overwhelmed with happiness at Luke’s arrival.”

Busey’s 38-year-old son Jake was one of the first to arrive at the Los Angeles hospital to congratulate the couple.

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Padma Lakshmi is now the happy mother of a daughter.

“Model, author and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi on Saturday,” her rep tells People. “Mother and baby are well and happy.”

Last month, Lakshmi dropped hints about her daughter’s name, saying, “I am going to name the child an Indian name. It will be after someone in my family, so don’t expect to see an Anglicized name – it will be a classically Indian Sanskrit name.”

Lakshmi, 39, announced her pregnancy in Oct. after years of struggling with endometriosis. She has not identified the baby’s father.

Right before the birth, a friend of the TV chef told People: “Padma is very happy. She’s wanted to be a mom for a long time. She was very relieved and happy when she got pregnant.”

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Start your engines – there’s another Gordon on the way.

Jeff Gordon and wife Ingrid Vandebosch are expecting their second child in August, the NASCAR star announced on his Web site Thursday.

“Ingrid and I wanted to be the first to tell you … the exciting news that Ingrid is 12 weeks pregnant and expecting our second child,” the racer, 38, wrote. “We’re very excited and can’t wait to expand our family to four. Ella is also very excited and can’t stop talking about how much she’s looking forward to being a big sister.”

Gordon and Vandebosch, a model and actress, wed in Nov. 2006 and welcomed their daughter Ella Sofia, now 2 ½, in June 2007.

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John Edwards is coming clean. The politician has finally admitted that he is the father of Frances Quinn — the two-year old daughter of Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer with whom the married Edwards had an affair.

The former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate released a statement to NBC’s Today Show acknowledging his paternity, and his commitment to supporting the young girl, known as Quinn.

“I am Quinn’s father,” the confession begins. “I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. I have been able to spend time with her during the past year and trust that future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserves can be done privately and in peace.”

Edwards, 56, has been married to Elizabeth Edwards for nearly 33 years. The couple had four children together; their eldest, son Wade, died tragically in a 1996 car accident. In August 2008, Edwards admitted his extramarital affair with Hunter (whom he met while campaigning for a 2008 presidential bid), but consistently denied being the father of her child.

Edwards’ statement continues: “It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter and hopefully one day, when she understands, she will forgive me. I have been providing financial support for Quinn and have reached an agreement with her mother to continue providing support in the future. To all those I have disappointed and hurt these words will never be enough, but I am truly sorry.”

The fallen politician has no plans to speak publicly today; NBC News points out that he is under investigation for spending campaign funds to cover up the affair, an accusation he has denied.

A rep told NBC that that Edwards privately acknowledged Quinn as his daughter long ago, but waited to make it public to protect his family. “He’s not doing this as a way to try to bring attention to himself…He’s doing this as a way…to begin to put this behind, not just him, but everybody else who’s been affected by this.”

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It’s a second daughter for Joey Fatone and wife Kelly, the ‘NSYNC singer tells People exclusively.

Kloey Alexandra Fatone arrived Monday evening in Orlando, Fla., weighing in at 5 lbs., 8 oz. She joins big sister Briahna, 8 ½.

“Kloey’s so small,” notes the Dancing with the Stars alum. “She looks like a little doll. But she’s healthy and doing just fine.”

Not that it was an easy pregnancy. Shortly after learning that she was expecting, Kelly began fighting chronic fatigue. “She was so tired, just exhausted all the time,” Fatone says of his wife of five years. “We took her to the doctors, and they found blood clots in her lungs. It was life and death.”

The Diagnosis
After a 12-day stay in the hospital – including two days in the ICU – doctors diagnosed Kelly with a rare genetic condition called Methylene-Tetra-Hydro-Folate-Reductase.

In addition to threatening the mother’s life, MTHFR increases the chances of the baby being born with chromosomal defects such as Down’s Syndrome.

Fatone, 32, says his wife took it easy throughout the pregnancy, but started experiencing a rapid heartbeat and fainting spells last week. Concerned for her health, doctors decided to induce Kelly’s labor two weeks before her due date.

Happy Ending
After an intense delivery, everyone is now able to relax. “The blood clots have broken up, Kelly’s doing fine and Kloey is awesome,” the proud papa tells People.

Fatone says the name Kloey comes from a combination of his and Kelly’s names. As for the middle name, Alexandra? It was selected by Briahna for her new baby sister.

“I’m thrilled,” Fatone says. “I’m just so happy that everyone’s healthy.”

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Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart will be thinking pink when their bundle of joy arrives later this winter.

The couple is expecting a baby girl, a source tells People.

Grey’s Anatomy star Dane, 37, and Gayheart, 38, shared their good news in September by stepping out once the actress began to show, but never formally announced the pregnancy.

The couple were married in a 2004 Vegas wedding.

News of the Gayheart-Dane baby’s gender was first reported by E! Online’s Marc Malkin.

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It’s a boy for Johnny Knoxville and girlfriend Naomi Nelson.

The couple welcomed son Rocko Akira Clapp on Sunday night in Los Angeles. The baby weighed in at 8 lbs., and measured 20 inches long. Both mother and son are doing well, reports the Los Angeles Times.

In announcing the pregnancy in August, the actor and former Jackass star, 38 – whose real name is Phillip John Clapp – said he was “excited as hell” to meet his baby-on-the-way.

Rocko joins Madison, Knoxville’s 13-year-old daughter from a previous marriage.

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