People: Mel Gibson Welcomes His Eighth Child

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BABIES
MEL & RANDOM RUSSIAN HOTTIE
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend are welcoming the birth of the couple's first child — making Gibson a father for the eighth time. Gibson's publicist said Monday that Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to a baby girl named Lucia on Friday at a hospital in Los Angeles. No further details were available. The 53-year-old "Braveheart" star has seven children with his ex-wife, Robyn Gibson. She cited irreconcilable differences in her April divorce petition to end their marriage of 28 years.

INVASIVE
MADONNA THREAT LEVEL DROPS TO BLUE ('GUARDED')
Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit, officials said Saturday. The singer arrived in the impoverished country last Sunday accompanied by her four children. While in Malawi, she broke ground for her $15 million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls and visited the orphanage from which she adopted her son David.

INTERVIEWS
RIHANNA TO DISCUSS CHRIS BROWN INCIDENT FOR FIRST TIME
The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown's assault on her is airing this week on ABC. The pop star's one-on-one chat with Diane Sawyer will air Thursday and Friday on "Good Morning America" and Friday on "20/20." Brown's attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna occurred in February. He was sentenced in August to five years' probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic violence counseling. Rihanna's interview coincides with the debut of her new single, "Russian Roulette," from her upcoming album, "Rated R."

AILING
ELTON JOHN SUFFERING FROM FLU, E. COLI, ENNUI
Elton John has been hospitalized after suffering from a case of E. coli bacterial infection and the flu. The singer hopes to be released soon but has been forced to cancel concerts in England, Ireland and the U.S. John intends to rejoin the "Face2Face" tour later in the month when he and Billy Joel play concerts in northern California.
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DIRTBAG DIGEST
STILL EMASCULATED, UNDESIRABLE!
Jon Gosselin said Sunday that he is not breaking up with his girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, just "slowing things down." During his public confession at New York City's West Side Jewish Center, he also noted that he "was getting no intimacy, no sensitivity from Kate" during their marriage. "I felt emasculated and undesirable."

With contributions from The Associated Press
Photos by Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Walter Bieri/Keystone/AP