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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Remember that whole DUI incident, resulting in an anti-Semitic tirade from Mel Gibson? In the eyes of the law, that misdemeanor basically never happened, as a Malibu judge signed documents expunging the DUI from the actor’s record, TMZ reports.

Judge Lawrence Mira signed the petition, which requested that “the plea, verdict or finding of guilt in the above action be set aside and vacated, and a plea of not guilty be entered, and that the complaint be, and is hereby, dismissed.”

The conviction still holds for “gun control purposes,” as well as in the event that Mel be arrested for a DUI in the future.

Mel’s lawyer, Blair Berk, requested the motion to dismiss on September 21 after Mel had finished three years probation.

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Mel Gibson is headed back to the big screen.

The 53-year-old actor — who is expecting a baby with girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva — has signed on to headline The Beaver, a drama to be directed by Jodie Foster.

Gibson will play “a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet,” according to Variety. Foster will play his wife.

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Filming is expected to begin in September in New York City.

Gibson and Foster previously starred in 1994’s Maverick.

The actor’s last big movie role was in the 2002 chiller Signs.

In April, Gibson announced he and his wife Robyn were divorcing after nearly 30 years.

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Mel Gibson’s soon-to-be-baby-momma, Oksana Grigorieva released this new video on her website today. What do you think?

Looking relaxed and clean-shaven in jeans, a white shirt and a blue jacket, actor and director Mel Gibson gamely answered questions about his relationship with musician Oksana Grigorieva and confirmed her pregancy during his 21st guest appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show, airing Monday night.

In fact, Jay Leno set the tone for the evening by saying there were a lot of rumors to clear up. He then asked Gibson about his split with Robyn, his wife of 28 years.

Gibson, 53, said he took the blame for the divorce. “My wife and I, our marriage ended three years ago and we’ve been separated ever since then,” Gibson said. “These things happen. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, but you know she is an admirable woman – we still got kids together. We’re friends.”

When Leno pressed Gibson by asking, “So what happened?” Gibson replied, “Look. When it’s all said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage myself. I’m to blame. If you’re inclined to judge, put it here.”

Leno then joked with Gibson about his dating a younger woman. “What, is she 17, 18?” Leno asked. Gibson replied that Grigorieva was almost 40 and “now I am going to have two women mad at me!” Leno then said, “The rumor I have heard is that you guys are going to have a child?” Gibson then confirmed, “This is true. We’re gonna have a child.”

Piling it on, Leno joked, “So that will make 29? ” Quickly, Gibson responded, “Well, actually eight. I guess I’m Octo-Mel.”

Gibson is among the first of many special guests in Leno’s last week as host of the Tonight Show, with his final guest on Friday being his successor, Conan O’Brien, who takes the helm on Monday, June 1. Leno returns to NBC in the fall in primetime.

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TMZ has learned Mel Gibson’s girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant with his child.  (He has seven children with his soon-to-be-ex-wife)

TMZ’s sources say Gibson has already told his estranged wife, Robyn, and their children about the news. TMZ reports that Oksana is in her second trimester.

Robyn filed for divorce on April 13.

By the way, Oksana is living in a house Mel got for her. And guess what else? Until recently, Oksana was living in a house purchased by songwriter/producer David Foster, with whom she also had a relationship.

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More than two weeks after his wife filed for divorce, Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva made their first public appearance at the X-Men Origins: Wolverine screening in L.A. Tuesday.

Holding hands, the 53-year-old actor — in a black suit with a dark gray shirt — and Grigorieva, 38, did not stop to pose for photographers, instead rushing inside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

As Us Weekly previously reported Grigorieva is a Russian singer who is signed to the his record label, Icon Records. She was hired to compose a song for Gibson’s upcoming thriller Edge of Darkness.

The two got close on the Massachusetts set last summer but always tried to be discreet about their relationship.

“They would come out and attempt to walk around separately, but then at the end of the day, they both returned to the same hotel,” the on-set source told Us. “She was there on and off for a week, but it was clear she had no business there other than to be with Mel.”

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