SELMA BLAIR: [[NEWS]] The baby boom continues as 'ecstatic' actress Selma Blair confirms she is pregnant

15 de enero de 2011

[[NEWS]] The baby boom continues as 'ecstatic' actress Selma Blair confirms she is pregnant

The stork will be very busy this year in Hollywood.

Following recent announcements by Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson and Victoria Beckham, actress Selma Blair has now confirmed her pregnancy.

The 38-year-old is expecting her first child with boyfriend, fashion designer, Jason Bleic.

Expecting: Selma Blair pictured out and about in Los Angeles today after confirming she is pregnant with her first child

Big smile: The actress showed off her bump in a striped top, which she teamed with jeans as she paid a visit to Earth Bar in West Hollywood

The happy news was confirmed by her representative to People magazine.

According to a friend, Selma and Jason have been dating for about a year.

The couple met whilst collaborating for Jason's fashion brand, EVER.

'They are ecstatic,' the friend told People. 'They couldn't be happier.'

Happy couple: Selma and her boyfriend of one year, Jason Bleick, pictured here in Malibu last year

Selma's career has been up and down over the years. She was best known for her role in 90s hit Cruel Intentions but hasn't a big hit since then.

She then went on to star in films such as The Sweetest Thing with Cameron Diaz and Hellboy.

Most recently she starred in the American remake of hit Australian sitcom Kath & Kim.

The series last for about one year.

She married Frank Zappa's son Ahmet Zappa in 2004 but filed for divorce two years later citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

She also dated her Kath and Kim co-star Mikey Day.

After meeting Jason a year ago, the actress has appeared smitten with her new love.

The couple were spotted affectionately kissing and hugging whilst on a shopping trip in Malibu in September last year.

This year will mark a big year for Selma; along with the news of her pregnancy, she was also recently nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the audio book Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition.

She is also currently filming a drama titled Dark Horse, co-starring Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow.

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Personal Trivia

During high school she went by the name Blair because she hated her first name. She is still not comfortable with her age at the name of 36. She says, "I've always thought of it as an old woman's name, so I demanded that everyone call me Blair. In high school, when people found out my name was Selma, they'd call me things like Smell-ma or Salmonella. That stuff basically came from friends, and I never really had any enemies, so I just kind of smiled through it. "I still don't like my name. It does not fall prettily off the tongue. In fact, it's hideous. My middle name is James, and I like to be called that."
She has been romantically linked to Jason Schwartzman of Rushmore Fame.
In her sparetime, Selma collects black-and-white photography. She also enjoys horseback riding, and loves snow jumping.
Blair's intention for her future was to become a photographer. She had some macabre ideas as to what would make a good shot. She explains, "I didn't have many models I was comfortable asking to pose for me, so I did a lot of self-portraits. "I didn't want them to look as if they were of me, so I made myself up like (artist) Magritte's mother, who drowned herself and was supposedly found with her nightdress wrapped around her head. "I took a bunch of self-portraits in that state and some very macabre, victim-y ones, in which I'd torn off my clothes, found a ditch at the side of the road and jumped in."
Selma has a reputation for becoming every publicist's nightmare by talking about anything and everything during an interview.

College Trivia

During her time at the Kalamazoo she did a play called "The Little Theater of the Green Goose"
Selma studied acting at the famous Stella Adler acting school

Movie Trivia

She wore a very large pair of fake breasts to play a stripper in the movie A Dirty Shame (2004), directed by John Waters.
She guest starred as Wendy in an episode of Friends.
Blair is uncredited for her role on Scream 2 (She played a voice on the phone.)
Selma appeared in the USA Network's movie No Laughing Matter
Selma is going to be a producer in an upcoming film called "The 1 Second Film"
Didn't rehearse for the kissing scene with SMG.
Hellboy black Prada dress sold for $178 on Ebay.

Projects Selma did not get

# Dawson Creek :: Joey Porter.
Blair and Holmes were battling it out with another young actress for the part - and the Hellboy star was confident she'd land it.
She says, "Holmes got it fair and square... (but) I remember seeing her walk into the (audition) room and thinking, 'She is just the tallest girl. There's no way they'll give it to her. She won't even fit on camera.' Then I ate my words. She was adorable."

Misc Trivia

Selma likes animals. She volunteered at an animal shelter caring for stray dogs. For their August 2002 issue, Seventeen magazine was doing an article about her and they photographed her with some of these dogs.
She has a one eyed dog named Wink.
Selma & Ahmet'swedding was originally meant to take place at the Ritz-Carlton in nearby Marina Del Rey, but the couple changed locations at the last minute.
According to People magazine, the bride wore a white satin tailor-made Karl Lagerfeld gown while the groom wore a black suit. For the reception, Blair changed into a black version of the same dress as the 70-plus guests danced to disco tunes and dined on grilled salmon and a three-layer coconut wedding cake.
She was ranked #93 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2004.