The daily gossip: Kate Middleton might be having a daughter, and more

5 top pieces of celebrity gossip — from the Shia LaBeouf-Alec Baldwin feud to Carrie Fisher's return to Star Wars

It's (maybe) a girl!
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1. Kate Middleton is having a daughter, speculates everyone

The British tabloid press is buzzing over the possibility that Kate Middleton accidentally revealed that the royal fetus is a girl. According to Vanity Fair, Duchess Kate recently accepted the gift of a teddy bear from a commoner by saying, "Thank you. I'll take that for my d-" before cutting herself off and leaving everyone to breathlessly speculate what the "D" could possibly stand for. Perhaps unsurprisingly, "daughter" has been the most common guess. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, everybody. She could have been saying "darling son."

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.