Tag: Kingston

It’s a Boy!

Kingston, meet your little brother! Stefani and Rossdale welcome a second son in LA via C-section.

Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale

Born: August 21, 2008 Los Angeles

Weight: 8 1/2 pounds

“You ready to take your baby home?” Gwen Stefani asked her 2-year-old son, Kingston. The singer, in a long black robe and her hair in a ponytail, and her husband Gavin Rossdale were rolling their new baby boy in a bassinet out of the nursery of LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center August 24. Kingston seemed more than ready to assume his new role as big brother to Zuma Nesta Rock, who had arrived three days earlier, referring to the newborn as “my baby.” Read the rest of this article »

Gwen Stefani talks babies

As their happy family grows to four with the birth of Zuma Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale share their thoughts on parenthood and marriage.

Gwen Stefani and her rock star husband Gavin Rossdale were the picture of contentment as they brought baby Zuma Nesta Rock back to their Los Angeles home last week after his birth at the Cedar Sinai Medical Center.

The new arrival, whose unusual first name is thought to be inspired by a beach near their home, is a brother for two-year-old Kingston. It means the 38-year-old pop star has to meet the demands of two small children at the same time as recovering from a Cesarean, but Gwen insists she’s happier than ever. Motherhood, she says, is “one of the most incredible events in my life”. Read the rest of this article »

The Sun, page 3

Gwen calls baby Zuma Nesta Rock (WE THINK IT’S A BOY)

Gwen Stefani has given birth to her second child — and given it one Aztec of a silly name.
The singer and rocker hubby Gavin Rossdale have named the little mite Zuma Nesta Rock.
The couple have followed in the fashion for crazy names for celebrity tots with the moniker, which has Aztec origins.
The tot — born in Los Angeles on Thursday at eight pounds — is brother to Kingston, two.

Gwen, 38, and Bush frontman Gavin, 42, released a statement yesterday which read: “Mother and baby and family are all happy and healthy.”
Speculation surrounding the unusual names last night.
The name Zuma means Lord Frowns in Anger, though it is a short form of Montezuma, the fifth Aztec emperor. But it is also the name of a Japanese restaurant in London where the couple live. Nesta was reggae legend Bob Marley’s middle name. And Rock is… well, what both parents do for a living.
The tot is latest silly celeb name casualty, after Jordan’s girl Princess Tiaamii, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Apple and Geri Halliwell’s Bluebell Madonna and the Beckham kids, Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz.

The Mirror, page 17 (3am gossip column)

Oh no… Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have called their newborn girl Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Zuma joins the couple’s other son, Kingston. What with Nesta being Bob Marley’s name and Kingston being the capital of Jamaica, we reckon Gwen must be creating a new baby reggae band.
Or maybe she is just hoping for “No baby, no cry”.

Thanks to Harajuku Jane, Gwen is featured in two sections of this week’s OK! magazine in the UK. The first clipping features a candid photograph from Gwen’s recent trip to London for Wimbledon; the second is about Gwen’s style and features images from Gwen’s 2006 pregnancy with Kingston and a shot from a Return of Saturn live show from 2000.

‘Our relationship is crazy!’

As Gwen Stefani, 38, prepares to have her second child with rocker hubby Gavin Rossdale, 42, she tells us she’s happier than ever.

Gwen Stefani

So, you’re ready to pop! We’ve got hot water and towels ready! Are you scared of becoming a mum for the second time?
No, I’m very happy now. I love being with my son Kingston and taking care of him. I can’t wait to do it all again.

Babies tend to strain relationships, so did it change your marriage to Gavin?
No, it’s good we have something together outside our crazy relationship! [Laughs] I feel we’re closer in many ways now we have a child. We’ve both become more romantic and caring for each other. Read the rest of this article »

Thanks to Gab on the official No Doubt Forum:

The current issue of Public magazine, France has a feature of Kingston’s birthday and candids from the week leading up to the event. Included in the feature are candids of Gwen, Patti and Dennis Stefani, Gwen’s niece Madeline, Nicole Ritchie, Benji Madden and Victoria Beckham.

Thanks to ImJustAGirlInMontreal and TooLate88 for the scans.

This week’s Life & Style magazine USA features an interview with Gavin Rossdale talking about his marriage to Gwen Stefani and family life with Kingston. The feature also has a full page photograph of Gwen, Gavin and Kingston’s day out in LA on the April 6th.

What’s it like to have been married to Gwen for the past five years?
I enjoy having an independent wife who goes out and does her thing. It’s inspiring.

With thanks to Harajuku Jane, here are the latest magazine clippings from UK publications OK, Grazia and Star magazines.

Gwenopolis

Having just come off a world tour promoting her record-breaking solo career and right before she steps into the studio with her old cohorts No Doubt, singer Gwen Stefani is flying too fast and bright to slow down. It’s safe to say that Stefani has become one of the gods of today’s pop music world, with plenty of devoted followers. Welcome to Gwenopolis.

A few days before I’m supposed to meet Gwen Stefani in Los Angeles for this interview, I just happen to run into her in a Virgin Megastore. Not surprisingly, Gwen is striking-movie-star blonde, impossibly big brown eyes, impeccable style. She also happens to be standing in a clear plastic box and is approximately 12″ tall. It’s the “Hollaback Gwen” doll, a fascinating (and, in this case, adorable) barometer of fame. It’s one thing to acquire international pop-star status, your own fashion empire, a level of wealth unimaginable to most humans, and what appears to be an enviable level of domestic bliss (right after this interview took place, Stefani indeed became pregnant with a second child). It’s quite another to actually see yourself immortalized in toy form. Read the rest of this article »

The sweet life

She’s got it all -hit records, a hot clothing line, a new fragrance and a rocker husband who cooks for her. No doubt about it: Gwen Stefani is living it up, especially when she’s just hanging out backstage with baby Kingston. By Jancee Dunn.

At a recent stop of Gwen Stefani’s Sweet Escape tour, the centre of attention is making quite a scene backstage. Shrieks pierce the air. Objects are flying. It’s not Gwen, of course. It’s one-year-old Kingston, happily throwing his toys around the room. The singer has brought her son along and he has adapted admirably to road life. “Although this morning he woke up at six,” she says. “And I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to die right now’. I definitely don’t get enough sleep, but I’d rather spend time with him. I’ve got this extra-fun, amazing little guy who just wants to hang out with me.” Read the rest of this article »