The Kardashians

A new member of the Kardashian family has emerged in L.A. ... he's Armenian, he wears designer clothes, and he wants to be famous ... but despite all the K-qualities, he's NEVER been invited to a single family function.

His name is Ron Kardashian -- a self-described "life coach" and personal trainer who claims to be Kim's 3rd cousin. Problem is ... Kim, Khloe and Kourt say they've never heard of him.

Sources close to the famous Kardashians tell TMZ ... there IS an off-chance Ron shares a bloodline, but they definitely don't consider him family ... 'cause they've never met him.

Kim Kardashian does not plan to tie the knot with Kanye West -- at least not yet -- but she is angry and frustrated that Kris Humphries is putting her in a position where she may have a baby with one man while still married to another.

Sources connected to Kim tell TMZ ... she does not feel the need to marry Kanye, even though she's having his baby. But she does not want to be legally married to Kris Humphries when she gives birth.

Our sources say ... Kim feels Kris is being "spiteful and vindictive" in dragging out the divorce -- which has dragged on for nearly a year-and-a-half -- for no reason. We're told with all the depositions and paperwork, there's been no evidence presented by either side suggesting Kim defrauded Kris when she agreed to marry him.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... people in Kris' life are now urging him to just settle and walk away. But here's the problem ... Both sides have now incurred big attorney's fees, and we're told Kim believes so strongly Kris' legal challenge is so bogus that she wants him to foot her lawyer's bills.

If they can't settle, the judge will set a trial date next month. Kim's lawyer, disso-queen Laura Wasser, estimates a trial would take a grand total of 1 day. Kris' lawyer thinks it's more like 5 days, because he wants to put reality TV on trial.

While their brand new $11 million Bel Air starter home is being renovated, mom-to-be Kim Kardashian and boyfriend Kanye West fled to France and hit the streets of gay Paree for a little shopping on Tuesday.

Kim made sure to hide any signs of her growing baby bump by wearing a chic and slimming black maternity poncho jacket thing.

Ball so hard.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West aren't committed in matrimony ... but they ARE committed in 11 million (and one) other ways -- TMZ has learned the duo just bought an $11 MILLION MANSION!

Sources close to K & K tell TMZ ... the future parents will be the proud owners of a 10,000-square-foot pad in an über-private, gated community in Bel Air, CA.

Kim and Kanye made the deal a few weeks ago ... and they've already gutted it and are designing a 14,000-square-foot dream home in its place.

The new home will be an Italian-style villa ... with a gym, movie theater, full hair and makeup salon, bowling alley, basketball court, indoor and outdoor pool ... oh and probably a baby nursery. Just a hunch.

Not included ... a wedding date. We're told there are no plans.

FUN FACT: Kim & Kanye's new neighbors will include Jennifer Aniston, Chris Paul, and Joe Francis.

Showing the first itty bitty signs of a baby bump, newly pregnant media sensation Kim Kardashian rocked a sexy strapless form-fitting blue dress to dinner in Miami this weekend.

PREPARE TO BE SHOCKED ... unlike other celebs, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West turned down a chance to rake in some serious coin off their unborn child ... rejecting a $3 million tabloid offer for the baby's first pics.

Sources close to K&K tell TMZ ... the couple has been flooded with lucrative deals from magazines clamoring to score baby Kimye's coveted first photos, with offers ranging as high as several million. We're told the $3 million offer was from an overseas tabloid.

So far, no cigar. Our sources say the couple has no plans to sell the pics to ANYONE ... right now.

We're told they're aware public demand will only increase over time -- and still might consider offers in the future.

It's a pretty surprising move nonetheless, considering it's become S.O.P. in Hollywood to cash in post-baby-birth ...

-- Brad & Angelina: $4.1 million for Shiloh in 2006. $14 million for their twins in 2008.
-- J.Lo & Marc Anthony: $6 million for their twins.
-- Matthew McConaughey: $3 million for his son.
-- Christina Aguilera: $1.5 million for her baby.
-- Jessica Alba: $1.5 million ... the list goes on.

Kim Kardashian is pregnant, but that didn't stop her from looking SMOKING HOT on the red carpet for an event in Calgary, Alberta last night.

Kim Kardashian might be the last person on the planet who needs free baby stuff ... but that's not stopping one primo baby boutique from aiming to get its goods in her famous hands.

A rep from Bel Bambini -- a celeb-magnet baby shop in West Hollywood -- tells TMZ, the store sent Kim a gift card for $1,000 the second they heard she was knocked up.

Not only that, BB -- who did the registries for Kourtney Kardashian's spawn as well -- says it'll be giving Kim even more baby goods to outfit her nursery ... just like it did for Kate Middleton's fetus.

Forget Lamaze classes -- Kim Kardashian's fetus is already getting its daily workout ... at the gym.

Kim -- who's roughly 3 months pregnant with Kanye West's baby -- took her barely-visible baby bump out for a cardio sesh this morning in L.A.

From the looks of it ... Kim's taking a page out of Jessica Simpson's maternity wardrobe playbook -- lots and lots of black clothing.

But we'll give her credit for the spandex. Then again ... she's only 12 weeks into this.

They've been separated for more than a year, but that don't matter much in California, where the husband of a pregnant woman is PRESUMED to be the father.

Translation -- Kris Humphries has the edge going in as Kim Kardashian's baby daddy. If he were to lay claim to the kid, Kim and Kanye would have to present "clear and convincing evidence" to a judge that Kanye did the dirty.

Fact is ... it wouldn't be hard to prove, since Kris hasn't gone near Kim for a long, long time ... and it appears the baby was conceived while Kim and Kanye were in Rome 3 months ago.

Nonetheless, there is a rebuttable presumption in Kris' favor, and Kim of all people should know a thing or two about re-butts.

Kim Kardashian's sex tape sales have exploded since Kanye West told the world they're expecting ... TMZ has learned.

We spoke to the folks at Vivid Entertaintment -- which owns 'Kim K. Superstar' -- and discovered lots of Kim's fans are celebrating the baby with umm ... visual aids.

Vivid says video-on-demand purchases of the sex tape have spiked 80% since Sunday night ... the fattest increase they've seen since Kim's wedding to Kris Humphries.

Further, Kanye's been boosting biz for months now. We're told overall sales of Kim's sex tape -- be it VOD, online, or DVD -- have steadily increased every month since he and Kim hooked up last Spring.

So, the real winner in the whole Kimye baby hysteria -- Ray J!

Mini-Kanye rockin' the mic, or mini-Kim rockin' the ... whatever ... point is -- are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West having a baby boy or a baby girl?

The answer is they don't know yet, but TMZ has learned ... as soon as it's medically possible -- around week 16 -- Kim and Kanye intend to learn the sex of their unborn child.

Sources close to Kim tell us the couple already decided to pass on the old fashioned, wait and see route -- and are anxious to know what she's got in there, but don't read too much into that.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have already made a huge decision about their unborn child -- he or she will NOT be a reality TV star ... not as an infant, anyway, TMZ has learned.

While most of the Kardashians' lives are fodder for their hit reality show ... sources close to Kim tell us she and Kanye don't want their baby dragged into the family biz.

We're told K&K want to keep that part of their lives separate from "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" ... so they can "ensure real privacy" for the baby.

Further, we're told Kim is saying the baby will NEVER be on the family's show or have its own spin-off -- nor will there be a 'Kim Gives Birth' TV special ... she and Kanye are nixing that idea too.

However, Kim will not be shy about her remaining months of pregnancy. We're told she intends to share that with reality cameras because she thinks being "pregnant is great and cute."

Kanye West's baby mama and his ex-gf Amber Rose have something in common -- both pregnant women are into black ... dresses.

Kim Kardashian was decked out in a tight lacy black gown last night in Las Vegas -- and about 4 months ago Amber was wearing ... a tight lacy black gown.

It's an odd coincidence, especially because Kim and Kanye were making their first appearance since their baby announcement -- just like Amber and Whiz Khalifa were back in September.

At least the dudes weren't matching.

Still, we gotta ask ...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's pregnancy was far from an immaculate conception -- but it did go down in the shadow of the Vatican ... TMZ has learned.

Our Kim K. sources -- which are immaculate -- tell us the deed was done back in October ... during Kim and Kanye's romantic trip to Italy to celebrate Kim's 32nd birthday.

The couple was photographed all over Rome as they toured the Colosseum, the Sistine Chapel, and, of course ... the Pope's pad.

We're told Kim is about 12 weeks along ... so the math adds up.

One clue about how important that Italy trip is to Kim -- her blog lists it as #2 on her top 10 best moments of the year.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West suffered third wheel syndrome on New Year's Eve -- and we're not talking about Kim's womb renter.

Watch as the new parents-to-be walk into 1 Oak in Las Vegas last night -- fans and paps are screaming for them ... and then ... not more than 10 paces behind is the omnipresent Kris Jenner.

Yes, the momager's work is never done ... always watching over Kim like a hawk.

Worth noting -- no sign of Bruce Jenner at the event.