Keri Russell

Keri Russell's Christmas present arrived a little late:

A baby girl born December 27!

The Felicity actress, 35, gave birth to daughter Willa Lou Deary. It's the second child for Russell and husband Shane Deary, parents to son River Russell Deary, 4.

The beautiful actress met Deary, a carpenter, through a mutual friend, and they wed on Valentine's Day 2007. The growing family lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Summing up the event, "I just feel like child birth is one of the most powerful things that happens to a woman," Russell told the New York Observer.

The actress next stars in the romantic comedy Austenland, out this year.

Congratulations to the whole family!

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Keri Russell and husband Shane Deary have a reason to celebrate today: the couple is expecting its second child!

Parents to a four-year old son named River, the former Felicity star and Deary got married in 2007.

"She's thrilled," a friend of the couple told Star Magazine. "She and Shane have really wanted another baby, and now it's actually happening."

Russell is currently filming Austenland and we wish her a happy, healthy pregnancy.

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Alright, we admit to misleading you a little bit with that headline. There are times as a celebrity gossip site when you must take such opportunities.

They weren't there together - Keri Russell and Shane Deary (her husband, not pictured) were merely sitting next to Chace Crawford. But would it shock you if the Gossip Girl star made a move on her anyway? We think not.

After all, he's already hooked up with Carrie Underwood, Katrina Bowden and quite possibly Leighton Meester - in the two months we've known who he is.

Keri Russell and Chace Crawford remain in good spirits despite the New York Knicks' dreadfulness. Then again, Chace is from Dallas, so he was likely loving this.

The hometown team lost, as predicted, to the Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden. If Gossip Girl doesn't pan out for Chace Crawford, he should get his resume ready. He'd be an immediate upgrade over their current head coach.

That's right, Isiah Thomas. What are you gonna do, threaten us?

We've talked ad nauseum about celebrity baby entities such as Suri Cruise and Jayden James Federline - bundles of joy so shrouded in mystery that we are left wondering if they're even real.

Ditto for pregnancy rumors swirling around Nicole Richie, Shar Jackson, Holly Madison, Kate Walsh, Gisele Bundchen and surely many more. We love speculating if celebs have been knocked up or not.

But as Julia Roberts showed us yesterday, there's nothing like a good old fashioned celebrity baby birth, controversy-free.

That said, Waitress star Keri Russell and her new husband, Shane Deary, welcomed their first child, a son, her rep confirms.

One day after Henry Daniel Moder was announced to the world, River Russell Deary was announced by Keri and Shane. Although he was actually born June 9.

Russell, 31, who gained fame on TV's Felicity, announced her pregnancy in January and wed Shane Deary in February - the usual progression of events for celebrities these days.

She previously told People magazine of her pregnancy, "I'm one of the lucky ones... It's a big, life-changing experience, and we're excited."

Amen. Congrats, Keri, from all of us at The Hollywood Gossip.

Former Felicty star Keri Russell tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend Shane Dreary on a chilly Wednesday in New York City.

For some reason, our invites must have gotten lost in the mail.

"It was amongst her close friends on a cold snowy Valentine's night," says the rep.

A source, before being told to leave the premises, tells The Hollywood Gossip that Russell's reception was held at the Harrison, a restaurant in New York's TriBeCa neighborhood.

"It went beautifully," says the source of the wedding, which was first reported by Perez Hilton, that biatch.

The 30-year-old actress, who recently announced that she is pregnant, made an appearance with Deary, a contractor, at the Sundance Film Festival last month to promote her new film, Waitress.

In the film, Russell plays an unhappily married and pregnant waitress from the deep South. No, she's not playing Britney Spears.

This is the first marriage for both. Russell's past loves include Felicity co-star Scott Speedman and fellow Mouseketeer Tony Lucca, whom she dated on-and-off for eight years.

Speaking of Mouseketeers, wonder if Christina Aguilera was invited?

Actress Keri Russell, who some members of The Hollywood Gossip staff used to have a crush on before she fell off the face of the earth about five years ago now, is pregnant!

The actress and her fiancé, contractor Shane Deary, will welcome their first child this summer, according to Russell's representative, Jill Fritzo, who must have a lot of free time at the office these days.

Russell and Deary have been dating for several years and were engaged to be married last year.

Like Brangelina, no wedding date has been set.

Speaking of pregnant, former WB stars who just got married, Amanda Peet must be ready to pop pretty soon.

Russell played the title role of Felicity Porter in the hit WB series (if that's not a little oxymoronic, we don't know what is) from 1998-2002. In 2006, she appeared opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 3.

Her newest movie, the indie romantic comedy Waitress, was directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, and screens next week at the Sundance Film Festival.

Congratulations to Keri and Shane, and we look forward to their offspring being among the beautiful celebrity babies to be born in 2007.