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Niall Horan looked like he knew he had just let a giant cat out of the bag leaving one of L.A.'s most expensive baby stores with a basket of pink stuff.

Niall's old 1D bandmate, Liam Payne, and his partner, Cheryl Cole, are reportedly expecting in early 2017, but haven't revealed the sex of their baby. Naturally 1D fans jumped to the conclusion the girly stuff Niall's toting is for the couple.

Of course, it's possible the basket is for someone else ... after all, it is the holidays and Liam and Cheryl are hunkered down in London.

Mariah Carey gets the royal treatment ... especially in the rain. But her supposed new boy toy Bryan Tanaka -- not so much.

A 3 person crew made their best attempt to keep Mimi dry Tuesday night as she arrived at the Empire State Building for a lighting ceremony. Bryan had just 1 schmoe.

But he gets to cavort with Mariah ... so that explains the smirk.

Jennifer Aniston is either a returnaholic or her stylist committed a major faux pas sending the celeb to her NYC movie premiere with her jacket's retail tags waving ... "HELLO!"

We're banking on the latter, but either way ... looks like Jen was trying to shed the pricey cover up as she walked into the "Office Christmas Party" event Monday night. Her assistant better have a tight grip on it this morning though.

Dave Chappelle and Courtney Love put on a smoke show in Miami.

Dave and Courtney -- ciggies in hand -- partied this weekend in South Beach -- first catching a Madonna concert, then hitting up an after party at the Faena Hotel.

Ryan Seacrest is doing some backpedaling with his ex-GF, Shayna Taylor.

They broke up about 2 years ago, but looked like they were very much back on Sunday during a bike ride on Venice Beach.

We're told they're not officially a thing again ... yet, but Shayna was his date to Guess co-founder Paul Marciano's wedding in Bora Bora over Thanksgiving weekend.

Maybe Seacrest's finally got himself a ride or die.

Here's Bethenny Frankel trying her best to relax poolside in Miami.

Bethenny to friend: Does this bikini make my boobs fall out?

Friend: Yes.

Bethenny: Perfect.

Farrah Abraham put her festive snow globes on display while wading in a kiddie pool in Texas ... without her kid.

Sam Smith damn near fell off the face of the planet this year -- but resurfaced in London Thursday night with some hot arm candy, Nicole Scherzinger.

The two hit up the Toy Room nightclub ... which wouldn't be a big deal, except for the fact virtually no one's seen Sam since his April performance at Coachella.

Kanye West will be recovering in the yuletide spirit -- it's full steam ahead on Kardashian-sized holiday decorations at his house, days after leaving UCLA Medical Center.

It took at least half a dozen workers to squeeze a giant Christmas tree -- looks to be at least 25 feet tall -- through the doors of Kim and Kanye's Bel-Air home.

There was also a huge water delivery. As we previously reported, 'Ye's doc told cops the rapper's temporary psychosis was brought on by sleep deprivation and extreme dehydration ... although we've since learned Kanye's issues run much deeper than that.

Kylie Jenner and Tyga have reached the point where they coordinate outfits, but Kylie's red is wayyyyy hotter than his.

The couple's down in Miami for Art Basel but took a break for sushi at Nobu in matching outfits, before taking off in a black Lambo. No word if it's Tyga's, but we doubt it.

After dinner, Kylie slipped into something more comfortable that made her ass sparkle. We're guessing Tyga had matching briefs, but don't take our word for it.

Rihanna and Prince Harry teamed up to get pricked ... and all for an excellent cause.

The pop star and his royal highness are on a mission in Barbados, RiRi's native land ... bringing awareness on World AIDS Day. They happily demonstrated how easy it is to get tested.

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Miles Teller's girlfriend, Keleigh Sperry, got a tight grip on an inner tube and her man for a day on the beach.

The couple, who've been going strong for 3 years, beelined it to the sand while on vacay in Maui.

Miles packed on some muscle for his role in "Bleed for This" and looks to have enough left to pass for a lifeguard. He's come to the rescue before, after all.

Karrueche Tran's pouring her heart, soul and ass into making some COLD hard cash.

Karrueche slipped into a bikini to shoot scenes for her soap opera, "The Bay," because, well ... producers know what sells. Only problem for KT and her co-stars is beach temps in L.A. barely hit 60.

We know they'd kill for that weather in Nebraska, but we're soft in SoCal. There's worse ways to make a living.

Steve Irwin's son, Robert, celebrated turning 13 by making his late dad proud -- cradling a baby crocodile and feeding others twice his size.

Robert's party was at Australia Zoo with sister Bindi, mom Terri and a reptile-themed bday cake that looked like some kinda hatchling -- perhaps a T-Rex embryo? One-winged Pterodactyl?

Kendall, Gigi, Adriana, Lily, Bella, Alessandra and co. are off and strutting for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show ... and it's got an awesomely dark and sexy twist this year.

Most of the models are sporting lingerie that seems way more S&M inspired for the Dark Angel theme -- and ain't a damn thing wrong with this dark side.

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd are performing -- and he got a big smile out of his supposed ex, Bella, during dress rehearsal. Who says breaking up is hard to do?

Liam Payne is either about to be a dad, or his gf had way too much food and beer before enjoying Christmas carols.

The 23-year-old One Direction singer and Cheryl Cole, from Girls Aloud, showed up together Tuesday at the St James Christmas Carol Concert in London -- and it sure looks like something's in the oven.

The couple isn't commenting yet about the baby rumors ... or about what she had for dinner.