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Kate Hudson's pregnancy news was the talk of Tinseltown and the Twitterverse today! Various media outlets reported the news about the actress expecting a child with Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy, but Emily Giffin, the author of "Something Borrowed" (of which Kate is starring in the upcoming big screen adaptation, as well as its follow-up "Something Blue"), beat them to the punch and confirmed it from her Twitter page early in the day. The writer tweeted, "Yep, it's true! Congrats to Kate Hudson! She and Matt Bellamy are expecting a baby ... just in time for Something Blue!"

While fans look forward to Kate's upcoming project (and baby), those waiting for Ashton Kutcher's latest, the rom-com "No Strings Attached" with fellow mom-to-be Natalie Portman (their co-star Mindy Kaling quipped from her Twitter, "It's not gonna get much cuter than tiny Natalie Portman, pregnant") needn't hold out much longer. The film opens in theaters next week, but had its world premiere last night. Ashton (pictured) took to his page to write to some especially devoted followers, "Thank you to all the fans that came to the premiere of #noStrings You made my night!" In fact, the movie got an early glowing review from Ashton's stepdaughter Rumer Willis who wrote, "Went and saw no strings attached last nite...it was so funny I loved it."

Check out the rest of Wednesday's most memorable celebrity tweets, including how "Jersey Shore" newbie Deena Nicole Cortese is celebrating her 24th birthday! Follow us @hollywoodcrush to get even more celebrity and pop culture news around the clock!

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Tags Ashley Benson, Ashton Kutcher, Deena Nicole Cortese, Emily Giffin, Jersey Shore, Kate Hudson, Matthews Bellamy, Mindy Kaling, Muse, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached, Pretty Little Liars, Rumer Willis, Something Blue, Something Borrowed, The Twitter Nation, Tweet Dreams, Twitter

Hollywood Crush Public Service Announcement: You guys, the "Eclipse" soundtrack is now streaming online (listen to it for free while you can!), and it's REALLY GOOD. Like, really good. Seriously. We listened to the whole thing. As far as "The Twilight Saga" goes, it's the best soundtrack yet, despite the lack of original Robert Pattinson numbers. Like "New Moon," the tracklisting is super-indiefied, but unlike "New Moon," the songs aren't too boring or angsty (don't lie, you know you skipped over half of those songs after you listened to them once).

To help you navigate all 15 new tracks, we gave each one a listen. While there were certainly a few standouts (the folky Fanfarlo tracks, The Black Keys' old school rock jam, Metric's indie pop number, the songs from Cee Lo Green, Florence + the Machine, and Battles), we compiled our thoughts on most of the songs, in the form of yearbook superlatives!

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Tags Cee Lo Green, Eclipse, Eclipse Soundtrack, Fanfarlo, Metric, Muse, The Black Keys, The Bravery, Twilight, Vampire Weekend

Brace yourselves Twi fans! Muse is keeping up its track record (get it?) and appearing on another "Twilight" soundtrack! The band headlines the lead single off the "Eclipse" soundtrack with "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)." The track itself dropped on Monday, but the full music video is right here!

Though the video is mostly comprised of the band playing front of oversize screens, pay attention for snippets of actual footage from "Eclipse." We thinks we noticed a few unseen moments in there as well — Victoria being chomped at by wolves anyone?

What did you think of the video? What footage from "Eclipse" did you notice was new?

Tags Eclipse, Eclipse Soundtrack, Muse, Video

By George Loomis

Muse was on the “Twilight” soundtrack with “Supermassive Black Hole,” the “New Moon” soundtrack with “I Belong to You,” and now they’re ready to provide even more for the vampire saga on the “Eclipse” album. What do they have in mind for “Eclipse”? Just your average love song about destined lovers dying for one another: a little tune called “Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever).”

The initial reaction to our EXCLUSIVE first look at the video for “Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)” has been positive, and if you think about it, why wouldn’t it be? The song has everything fans have come to know and love about Muse — from colossal instrumentals to their hopelessly romantic lyrics — not to mention everything that “Twilight” fans would want in a lead single to the latest film of the saga. With a chorus like “Love is forever, and we’ll die, we’ll die together,” could any song better suit Bella and Edward?

What do you think of the 30 second snippet? Do you think Muse was the right choice or is Stephenie Meyer — their biggest fan — too biased to make the best decision?

Tags Eclipse, Eclipse Soundtrack, Muse, Twilight, Video

In what seemed like days — uh, to us at least — for the news of each track to trickle through via MySpace Music's site today, we finally (FINALLY!) are able to post the full track listing for the "Eclipse" soundtrack, which can be pre-ordered now, but will hit shelves starting June 8th.

With a few recognizable names (Muse, Vampire weekend), plenty of tracks that sound like they will exude "Twilight" emotion ("Life on Earth," "What Part of Forever" and our personal favorite, "Eclipse (All Yours)") and a grand finale score from Grammy winning composer Howard Shore called "Jacob's Theme," the soundtrack is shaping up to be the perfect compilation of moody, heartwrenching and indie!

CHECK OUT THE FULL TRACKLIST AFTER THE JUMP!

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Tags Band Of Horses, Eclipse, Eclipse Soundtrack, Howard Shore, Metric, Muse, Twilight, Vampire Weekend

Despite numerous attempts on Wednesday after the Oprah audience screening to try to figure out which artists were included on the "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack, Stephenie Meyer has made it easy on us by announcing the title track on her website. Yes, it will be a brand new Muse song, which isn't a big surprise, since it is her favorite band. The group has contributed songs to both of the previous two "Twilight Saga" soundtracks.

The announcement was made last night by Stephenie's webmaster/brother, Seth. Click on after the jump to read his full announcement and find out when the new track, "Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)" will be available.

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Tags Eclipse, Muse, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

The Coachella festival was announced just yesterday and already music-loving celebs are counting down to the three-day event in Indio, California this April. And how could they not be psyched with a lineup that includes, among many diverse acts, Jay-Z, Vampire Weekend and Muse? Paris Hilton tweeted, "I'm so Excited for Cochella! The line up is dope!" and "Hills" star Lo Bosworth joined in on the excitement, singing, "coachella ella ella is in 86 days. woo hoo!"

Of course, Coachella isn't the only thing we're counting down for, not when "Eclipse" is on the horizon. Drector David Slade filled in fans on the movie (and the trailer's) progress, "to clear this up, the Trailer is out of my hands, I would love to release one but its down to Summit. I don't know when." He also posted, "Edit getting finer and finer, film now running at a great length." While David is busy editing "Eclipse," Peter Facinelli had an idea for his fellow castmembers, "Thunder is cracklin' here in LA... Good day for some Cullen baseball." They'll just have to make sure to wish Daniel Cudmore (pictured) a very happy, uh "21st," birthday, as he tweeted to followers, " All the B-day wishes have been great, thanks everyone! but I'm only 21 not 29..... weird."

Keep reading for the rest of today's best tweets out of Hollywood, including Lady Gaga's glam return to NYC, Diablo Cody's Oscar ballot pressure, and Elizabeth Banks' identity crisis. Don't forget you can always follow us on Twitter @hollywoodcrush to get all the latest news on your favorite stars!

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Tags Coachella, Daniel Cudmore, David Slade, Eclipse, Lo Bosworth, Muse, Paris Hilton, Peter Facinelli, Tweet Dreams, Twitter

Cancel that manicure and call off date night because you've got an appointment with Edward Cullen on March 20. At the stroke of 12:01 a.m., the "New Moon" two-disc special edition DVD and special edition Blu-Ray will hit store shelves. And you can bet your sweet Volvo they're full of juicy extras.

Along with the fantastic film, fans can expect a six-part, behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the creation of the film, rehearsal footage from Muse, three music videos from Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Mute Math, as well as audio commentary by director Chris Weitz and editor Peter Lambert. But where, oh where, is the commentary track with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner that Chris promised back in the day?

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Tags Anya Marina, Chris Weitz, Death Cab For Cutie, DVD, Kristen Stewart, Muse, New Moon, Peter Lambert, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight

James Franco is game for pretty much anything. While it's no surprise that the versatile actor is willing to go the extra mile, it sure seemed like Franco was ready to go a few more on what was the last new "Saturday Night Live" of the decade. Though the episode certainly wasn't the best of the season (Taylor Swift and/or Joseph Gordon-Levitt get bragging rights to that, in my humble opinion), Franco gave it his all regardless.

The actor, who admitted in his monologue he had nothing to promote (except, maybe, his fake movie "Hope's Promise"), took potshots at himself about both his stint on "General Hospital" (joking his agent, family and the other actors on the show think it's a "major step backward" in his career) and the infamous picture of himself asleep in class at Columbia University. The rest of the monologue had Franco telling viewers that most of his career moves come from a bin filled with idea slips. So what's on Franco's horizon according to the suggestion bin? He'll play a dead body on "Law & Order," do another
"Spiderman" movie and hook up with every woman in a town in the Midwest (whoops, seems he'd already done that in Kansas!)

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Tags Andy Samberg, Bobby Moynihan, General Hospital, James Franco, Jersey Shore, Kristen Wiig, Muse, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Snooki, Video

Muse has already graced two "Twilight" soundtracks and is likely gearing up to rock the "Eclipse" one as well. So, now that they've expanded their already massive fan base to the "Twilight" community, are they finding that the ladies are as hungry to get a bite out of them as they are R-Pattz?

Drummer Dominic Howard told MTV News the answer is a big no, but he would love it if girls started to follow him in massive droves. "I don't know who [the Robert Pattinson of Muse] would be," he joked. "[But] I wouldn't mind, you know, having the same amount of ladies like to chase me around."

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Tags Dominic Howard, Muse, New Moon, New Moon Soundtrack, Robert Pattinson, Twilight