If we consider Jennifer Hudson, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze's clock, it's getting easier and easier for stars to keep their babies' births a secret.

However Ellen Pompeo may be the winner. She kept the birth of daughter Stella Luna a secret for approximately eight whole days after her birth. Stella Luna, which translates to "Star Moon" in Italian (Pompeo's heritage) took the last name Pompeo Ivery after both Mom and Dad.

Pompeo, 39, announced her pregnancy last April when she would have been nearly four months along. She and 41-year-old husband Chris Ivery, a music producer, … Read More

Not long ago, the gossip world was abuzz with rumors about Ellen Pompeo's marriage being on the rocks. According to Fox News, the Grey's Anatomy star's husband, Chris Ivery, was partying with other women (sans wedding ring), and seemed to have a special place in his heart for a certain brunette in particular. Read: Ellen Pompeo's Marriage On The Rocks?

But this week's issue of Star suggests that those rumors were only half true. In an exclusive interview with the gossip rag, a waitress named Rachel Artz claims that she's the one Chris, 41, was running around with … Read More

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery may be heading for divorce after being married for less than two years.

The pair wed in November, 2007 after meeting in 2003 via mutual friends, and appeared to have achieved marital bliss. In fact, Ellen announced she was pregnant with their first child in April.Read: Ellen Pompeo Is Pregnant

Nevertheless, Chris, a record producer, was recently seen partying it up without his wife. Eyewitnesses claim Chris was talking and flirting with every girl he could find when he attended Diddy's Last Train to Paris Launch Party … Read More

Here's a bit of cheer for baby bump watchers. People magazine has confirmed that Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and her music producer husband Chris Ivery are pregnant with their first child. People quotes Pompeo's rep as saying, ''It's great news,'' and that ''they're ecstatic.''

Pompeo and Ivery were married in 2007 in an unusually small and private wedding at NewYork's city hall. Mayor Bloomberg presided. He and Deputy Mayor Patti Harris were the only witnesses; not even the couple's family or friends attended.

Pompeo had made no secret of the fact that she did … Read More

Access Hollywood

NEW YORK, N.Y. (November 14, 2007) – Ellen Pompeo, star of “Grey’s Anatomy,” married fiancé Chris Ivery on Friday.

The happy couple had an intimate wedding in New York City, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

The couple had a small ceremony, with only a few witnesses.

“I’m very happy for her,” Ellen’s father, Joseph Pompeo told People on Wednesday. “She just didn’t want a big thing.”

YourTango’s Take
McDreamy. Thank God that Ellen Pompeo is not like her TV character. Because she would say that she doesn’t want a big wedding and be bitter because no one knew that she … Read More