The daily gossip: The Kimye baby, and more

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. These are the things we know about the Kimye baby

As you probably heard — or, perhaps, just felt somewhere in your heart — Kim Kardashian gave birth to her daughter with Kanye West over the weekend. And though we know almost nothing about the so-called "Kimye" baby, including its actual name or time of birth, the race to scoop the gossip websites has resulted in a firestorm of non-news. So here, in brief, what you might have missed so far: Kris Kardashian says the baby is "beautiful"; Khloe Kardashian calls it a "miracle"; Kim Kardashian is "doing amazing and couldn't be happier," and — in case it somehow wasn't clear from the rest of this sentence — the baby's name will begin with a "K." [Vanity Fair, People, E! Online]

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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.

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