BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAGE

We're now getting close to the situation where an 'A' list star can earn more from their newborn children than from more mundane and old-fashioned activities such as making a film or an album. Following the massive pay-outs to J.Lo and Christina Aguilera for a few snaps of their dribbling infants, PageSix reports that the bidding war for Brad Pitt and Angelina's developing twins has begun, several months before their birth.

Bidding is expected to reach the magical $10m mark for the exclusive rights to pictures of a pair of babies. The money is expected to go to charity as did the last whopping $8m they got, so at least it's doing good.

Barry Levine, the executive editor if the National Enquirer is unhappy at the situation, presumably as he can't afford the pictures and because doing things like dressing a snapper up as a nurse and sneaking them into the delivery suite are frowned upon.

"It's outrageous, they've gotten very sophisticated. The rights are bought up now even before the celeb enters the hospital. They hire extra security so it's impossible to obtain a photo illegally."

Aww, diddums. Another editor who preferred to remain anonymous (or was perhaps invented) gave a masterclass in the bleeding obvious.

"It's at the point now where some stars might decide to have more kids just to collect the money from their photos."

Gosh, do you really think so? I can't imagine a single celebrity, American or British who would be so shallow as to make money off an innocent child. It's only a matter of time before some enterprising celebrity hits upon the scheme of charging for a weekly ultrasound snap. And if Jordan gets pregnant again there's bound to be an internal webcam involved with fully interactive functions.