Kids

Before this lil' cutie with frosting on her face turned into a superstar, she was just playing in the Nebraska snow with her bro and dancing up a storm -- starting at 2 years old.

She's switched up her cool hairstyles over the years, but she's most notable for her hair bows. Her song "Boomerang" has over 1 billion views on YouTube. Because of her popularity, she scored her own cereal!

We're giving you the following clue last, because it oughta set you up for the slam dunk: She rose to stardom on "Dance Moms."

Kelly Dodd is in the middle of a nasty family meltdown and it's all playing out online.

"The Real Housewives of Orange County" alum fired back after her brother, Eric Meza, posted a video accusing her of being estranged from her teenage daughter, Jolie. In the video, Eric claimed Kelly's "own daughter doesn’t talk to her" and "disowned her," calling Dodd a "terrible mom."

Eric alleged that no one in their family speaks to Kelly, including their parents. "I don’t talk to her, her nieces and nephews don’t talk to her, her mother doesn't talk to her," he said. "Doesn’t that tell you something about somebody?"

A young Idaho family is dead just days after posting an adorable video of their son circling his bike around their plane ... with no idea they'd perish inside that very aircraft.

The Nampa Police Department announced on Facebook last week that 30-year-old Jestene LeRoy and her husband, Brandon LeRoy, age 43, along with their 23-month-old son Paxton, were all killed when their small private plane nosedived into an unoccupied home just 2 miles into their doomed flight.

Jestene posted the above video of her son, which currently has over 13 million views on TikTok, on July 24th with the caption ... “Imagine growing up riding your bike around your dad’s plane before your dad flies you and your mom wherever you want."

Brooke Hogan knows best ... and, right now, what's best for her is getting back into music!

Sources close to Brooke tell TMZ ... after Hulk passed away last week, Brooke reconnected with her ex-boyfriend Yannique Barker -- a record producer and son of the SoBe Entertainment founder Cecile D. Barker. Yannique was the boyfriend Hulk was referring to in the infamous leaked N-word tape.

Brooke was once signed to SoBe ... and, we're told she has now re-signed to the label -- good news since she has nearly an entire album recorded.

A little girl was allegedly nearly snatched from a mall in Virginia ... and, the incident was captured on surveillance video released by authorities.

The Fairfax County Police Department shared footage from the Fair Oaks Shopping Center on July 18, which shows a man walking up to a toddler, picking her up and calmly walking away.

It happens really quickly ... and, it doesn't seem like the kid's screaming out or anything. The man walks out of frame, and the video ends.

Pennsylvania state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to band together and close a legal loophole that allows child predators to become parents through surrogacy.

The issue has come under the spotlight after convicted child sex offender Brandon Keith Mitchell went viral for legally bringing a baby boy into his home through a surrogate mother he and his husband found.

Pennsylvania State Representative Aaron Bernstine is planning to introduce new legislation that would close the loophole and bar sex offenders from obtaining children through surrogacy. They can't do so through adoption or foster care but surrogacy is not in the law as currently written.

Elon Musk's worn plenty of hats throughout his career, including that of a father -- to many, many children!

The tech magnate's personal life's generated much attention over the years, both for the large size of his family and for his relationships with his past partners and their respective kids.

We're going to look into the entrepreneur's experiences with fatherhood ... as well as his relationships with the mothers of his children.

Musk's first child, a son named Nevada Alexander, was born to his first wife, Justine Wilson, in 2002.

However, the entrepreneur's first child passed away at just 10 weeks old after experiencing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Wilson spoke about the loss of her son in an interview with Marie Claire, where she recalled holding "him in my arms when he died."

Musk's former wife also claimed they visited an IVF clinic just two months after Nevada's death, and expressed she "planned to get pregnant again as swiftly as possible."

The Tesla founder and his ex first welcomed a pair of twins, Griffin and Vivian, in April 2004. Vivian legally changed her name and gender in 2022.

While Griffin's largely stayed out of the spotlight over the years, Vivian's made plenty of headlines for openly trashing her father and criticizing the way he handled their relationship.

We revealed the tech magnate's child filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court shortly after her 18th birthday, in which she claimed she didn't want to "be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."

She's also been open about how she's learned about her younger half-siblings, whom Musk shares with various partners, through the media, and she told Teen Vogue she didn't really "keep up with that side of the family."

Musk and Wilson went on to welcome a set of triplets, named Kai, Saxon, and Damian, in 2006. The couple split up and divorced in 2008.

The tech mogul eventually began seeing Claire Boucher -- better known by her stage name Grimes -- and she revealed her pregnancy in January 2020.

The singer gave birth to a baby boy that May, and although they originally wanted to name him X Æ A-12, we revealed they had to settle for X AE A-XII ... as California law doesn't allow for special characters to be used in legal names.

Oh, and in case you had any questions about how to pronounce the kid's name, X is spoken like the letter, AE is pronounced as "Ash," and the final part's spoken like "A-12" ... it's original, to say the least.

Musk and Grimes ultimately went their separate ways in September of 2021 -- but they welcomed a daughter named Exa Dark Sideræl via surrogate that December, which Grimes revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair.

And the on-off couple didn't stop there ... because they welcomed a second son, Techno Mechanicus, via surrogate in June 2022, although the news about the kid wasn't shared until the following September.

If it wasn't evident already, parenthood's a pretty big deal for Musk -- and he welcomed a group of kids with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis over the course of the early 2020s.

The two first met when she signed on to work with OpenAI -- which was co-founded by the entrepreneur -- in 2016, and she later joined Neuralink, where she serves as the director of special projects.

Musk eventually approached Zilis about the prospect of starting a family, and she later had a conversation with journalist Walter Isaacson for the tech mogul's authorized biography in which she claimed the entrepreneur "really wants smart people to have kids," according to People.

The pair's children -- a pair of twins named Strider and Azure -- were conceived through IVF and were welcomed via surrogate in November 2021.

Musk and Zilis later had a third child, a daughter named Arcadia, in February 2024, although her birth wasn't publicly revealed for four months.

And they didn't stop there, as the Neuralink exec revealed she'd welcomed the pair's youngest child -- their son Seldon Lycurgus -- in an X post in February 2025, though no information about his birthdate was included at the time, according to Page Six.

Musk found himself in a bit of a hot situation when conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair claimed he'd fathered her child in a post shared on her X account in February 2025.

The social media figure alleged the child was born the previous September, and she later sued the entrepreneur for sole custody of the baby after she claimed he became nonresponsive toward her, despite him remaining in contact throughout her pregnancy.

The tech mogul spoke about his alleged child in a post shared on his X account in March 2025, where he claimed he was "not against finding out" the paternity of the kid, according to People.

He also claimed he'd sent St. Clair $2.5 million at the time of the post, and he said he was "sending her $500K" every year.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z have accomplished plenty of big things in their respective careers -- including becoming parents to three kids!

The singer and the rapper share two daughters -- Blue Ivy and Rumi -- as well as a son named Sir, and these kids have already been featured in their parents' music videos and promotional videos ... must be a fun childhood!

We're going to take a look into the lives of the performers' children and see what they've achieved over the course of their lives.

Beyoncé announced she was pregnant with her first child at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, when she showed off her baby bump after a performance of her track "Love on Top."

The hitmaker gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy the following January, and the kid became the Guinness World Record Holder for the youngest chart entrant.

Blue's "breathing, cries and coos" were featured on Jay-Z's track "Glory" ... which made its debut on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart just a few days after her birth.

The kid also became the youngest female Hot 100 chart entrant after she was featured on her mother's 2019 track "BROWN SKIN GIRL," although she was eventually surpassed by a relative ... more on that in just a minute.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z revealed they were planning on expanding their family further when she shared a pregnancy announcement on Instagram in February 2017, which got over 10 million likes -- the Beyhive really latched onto that one!

The "Drunk in Love" singer gave birth to twins Rumi and Sir in June 2017, and the performer later described her pregnancy as "extremely difficult" in her 2019 film "Homecoming," according to People.

Oh, remember how we talked about Blue's world record a little bit earlier? Being the youngest female Hot 100 chart entrant was taken over by Rumi in 2024!

The youngest of Beyoncé's daughters was just 6 years old when she was featured as a guest artist on her mother's track "Protector," which debuted at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

It looks like the Carter kids are taking after their parents, because they've collaborated with their folks on several occasions over the years.

Blue's shared the spotlight with her mom a few times, and she notably danced onstage for a short portion of the first stop on Beyoncé's "Renaissance" tour in 2023.

Rumi's also been featured onstage alongside her mother, and she made an appearance alongside Beyoncé and Blue her while her mom was performing "Protector," appropriately enough, at the opening night of the "Cowboy Carter" tour in April 2025.

Before this lil' kiddo in his striped tee turned into a multi-Grammy winner, he was just talkin' on his telly, braving the cold winters in Toronto, Canada ... and setting his goals and dreams on becoming a superstar!

He first started posting songs anonymously on YouTube, and his songs hit the top of the charts by 2015. He's also dabbled in acting, most notably in "The Idol," and if you're still unsure who this kid could be, his music will get you hyped during the Weeknd.

"I can't feel my face when I'm with you!"

A man revealed to be a convicted child sex offender is causing outrage because he's got a baby boy at home ... and we've learned there was nothing to block him from bringing the child into his family under Pennsylvania law -- but now prosecutors say the best solution is changing the law through the legislature.

Here's the deal ... a Pennsylvania man named Brandon Keith Mitchell went viral this month over videos he shared on social media showing him and his husband kissing a baby boy and blowing out a candle every month through the child's first birthday.

The couple got ripped by some right-wing activists -- and then folks discovered Mitchell is a registered sex offender who was convicted of child sex abuse and possession of child pornography back in 2016.

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife, Nicole, are making sure kids in the Carolinas are ready to get their education on ... by donating more than 38,000 backpacks stuffed with supplies for the upcoming school year.

Classroom Central -- the beneficiary of the donation -- made the announcement on Wednesday ... saying the move helps "strengthen a decade-long partnership to promote equity in education across the Carolinas."

Karen Calder -- executive director of Classroom Central -- said it is the largest backpack contribution in the org.'s history.

Nick Cannon's been through some pretty big projects in his time -- like hosting "America's Got Talent" and "Wild 'n Out" -- although it looks like fatherhood's pretty high up there on his list, too!

The actor and comedian has made plenty of headlines for his relationships with his 12 -- yeah, you read that right, 12 -- children, whom he shares with a total of six partners.

Here's a look at the television personality's parenting life to see how he's managed to maintain strong relationships with his seriously extended family.

Cannon's first two children are the product of his marriage with Mariah Carey, which kicked off in 2008, three years after they met.

The singer and the actor welcomed -- on the day of their third wedding anniversary, we should add -- twins ... a son named Moroccan and a girl named Monroe, in 2011.

The couple remained together for another three years before splitting up, and they officially finalized their divorce in 2016.

Cannon and Carey have remained on cordial terms ever since their separation, however, and they've established a healthy coparenting dynamic in the years following the end of their marriage.

Cannon didn't exactly sit still after his split with Carey, as he was first linked to model and former Miss Arizona -- and Miss Guam -- Brittany Bell in 2015.

The pair started their family with the birth of their first son, Golden, in 2017, although they went their separate ways shortly afterward.

However, the rapper and the model eventually reconciled, and their daughter, Powerful Queen, arrived in 2020.

The two appeared to break up for the second time after their second child's arrival -- and he fathered a few other kids in the meantime, but more on that later -- although they evidently reconnected at some point, because their second son, Rise, was born in 2022.

Regarding Cannon's on-off relationship with Bell ... well, it turns out he had plenty going on during their breaks -- including a romance with DJ Abby De La Rosa.

While it's unclear as to when those two first met, their lifelong connection was solidified when the radio personality gave birth to twin boys named Zion and Zillion in June 2021.

Cannon and De La Rosa welcomed their first daughter, Beautiful Zeppelin, the following November -- although the couple eventually broke up.

The DJ opened up about her coparenting relationship with the actor on an episode of the "Lovers by Shan" podcast, where she spoke about the "trust" she had developed with the actor over the past few years.

Cannon's paternal journey hasn't been all fun and games, and the actor's dealt with his fair share of tragedy as a parent ... especially when he had to navigate the aftermath of his son Zen's death in December 2021.

The actor shared his late son with model Alyssa Scott, who gave birth to Zen in July 2021 ... their baby boy developed brain cancer and died five months after he was born.

The pair ultimately worked through their loss, and the social media figure announced she was pregnant with their second child in November 2022.

Scott gave birth to the pair's second child, a baby girl named Halo Marie, the following month, and she shared a post on Instagram to let her fans know her late son's "spirit was with us in the room" when Cannon's child arrived, according to People.

We've mentioned three of Cannon's kids who were born in 2022 so far ... and we've still got two more from two different mothers to go!

Let's start off with Bre Tiesi, who the actor met several years before the birth of their son Legendary in June 2022.

The model and her baby daddy have maintained an open relationship, and she claimed she was "happy" with their dynamic in a December 2024 episode of the "Wednesdays" podcast.

Paris Hilton made a name for herself through late-night parties and wild nights out ... but now it looks like she's enjoyed settling down a bit over the past few years, as she's fully embraced her life as a mother of two kids.

The reality television personality has welcomed a boy and a girl -- Phoenix and London, respectively -- and she hasn't been shy about showing off her children to her fans and followers over the past few years.

We're going to check out how the entrepreneur started her family and see what she's had to say about motherhood.

Hilton started her family alongside her husband, Carter Reum, whom she married in November 2021 in a lavish ceremony at a private estate in Los Angeles.

The thing is, the couple had been planning to start a family even before they tied the knot ... and she revealed they'd started their IVF journey in January 2021.

The reality television figure opened up about the journey on an episode of the "Trend Reporter With Mara" podcast, which was released that month, and described the IVF process as "tough," according to People.

However, she also claimed the process was "worth it" and credited her now-husband with being "so supportive" of her at the time.

The treatments ended up paying off, because Hilton welcomed Phoenix, who was born via surrogate, in January 2023, although she initially kept her son's birth private.

She explained her decision on an episode of "Today with Hoda & Jenna" and noted, as her life had "been so public," she "just wanted something for me" -- which ended up being her son's arrival!

And hey, she eventually warmed up to sharing her son with her fans, and if the numerous photos and videos featuring Phoenix she's shared on her social media platforms isn't enough proof for ya ... we don't know what is!

On top of that, she's also spoken about the close bond she's developed with her son over the past two years, and she described herself as "obsessed" with her eldest child, whom she described as her "best buddy," in an interview with People.

Remember when we talked about how Hilton went through the IVF process back in 2021? Well, it turns out she'd always had more than one kid on her mind, as she claimed she wanted a "boy and a girl" at the time!

And she definitely got what she wanted, as she welcomed London, who was also born via surrogate, in November 2023.

The reality television mainstay described her life after the birth of her daughter as feeling "so complete" in an interview with People, where she also expressed she was "over the moon" about being a mom-of-two.

A Delta Airlines employee used a "Peppa Pig" iPad that a kid lost on a plane to record videos pleasuring himself ... at least according to a new lawsuit.

Delta is being sued by a married couple in South Carolina ... they say their child left behind a pink "Peppa Pig" iPad on a flight and claim they later learned a Delta employee used the device to film pornographic videos in their Delta uniform and name badge.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, the couple says their kid left the iPad behind on a July 2023 flight from South Carolina to New York ... and someone started using it to take photos and videos.

The Rock’s built a career on many things, but being a dad to three daughters is his rock-solid gig -- even if it means enduring a makeup meltdown that’ll go down in family history!

Dwayne shared a hilarious IG clip of his daughters going rogue with some eccentric makeup that somehow made its way across his bald head. And if his expression didn’t say it all, his caption made it clear -- he regretted every second of letting them have free rein.

Dwayne called it a decision he'd look back on and say, "What the %#$@ was I thinking??" But he tried to roll with it, saying he’s got a big heart and clearly a lot of canvas for his little artists to get creative on.

And boy, did they get creative -- but clearly, they hadn’t quite figured out blush, contour, or shade matching, 'cause Dwayne ended up looking like a walking canvas of purple.

Before this lil' kiddo with brown eyes was up onstage -- becoming one of the best-selling Latin artists -- he was just throwin' on his silly hat, and dreaming of being a famous performer ...

Born and raised in Medellin, he has one younger sister named Carolina. He definitely loved music growing up -- listening to rock groups like Nirvana and Metallica. He eventually found his way to New York City where he became impressed by Diddy and 50 Cent.

Need one more lil' hint on who this cute kid is? "La Cancion!"