Keeping their big day as far away from the paparazzi as possible, Ricki Lake, 43, and fiancé Christian Evans tied the knot on Sunday, April 8 in a private ceremony in Southern California — we couldn’t be happier for the newlyweds!

“It was a beautiful moment I will never forget,” the talk show host told PEOPLE on eloping. “I wasn’t anxious or nervous. I was really relaxed and excited.”

After her first marriage with Rob Sussman ended in divorce, the former Dancing With the Stars runner-up didn’t think she’d ever marry again!

“I didn’t think it would happen at this point in my life,” Ricki said. But luckily things changed once she met Christian.”We just clicked,” she added. “It just feels like he was the right one all along.”

We’re so glad her new man was able to change her mind!

– Jennifer Velez

Mothers like Gisele Bundchen and former Dancing With The Stars contestant Ricki Lake brought their babies’ delivery back to the home front, and now more moms want to join the trend. A 29 percent rise of home births between 2004 and 2009 might be due to moms wanting “specifically desired surroundings, a so called Hollywood motivation,” reports the Daily Mail.

Gisele gave birth to her son at home in the bathtub in 2009, while Ricki publicly documented her home birth in her film Business of Being Born.

“When they see celebrities doing it, they think ‘Oh, this is a great idea,” Dr. Mary L Rosser, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx told HealthDay News.

Not everyone can go au natural, though. The American Pregnancy Association recommends homebirths only to mothers expecting a “healthy, low-risk pregnancy” and lists the risks of homebirth as high blood pressure, fetal distress, cord prolapse and/or hemorrhage.

If the attraction of giving birth like supermodel Cindy Crawford or Academy-Award winner Meryl Streep isn’t enough incentive, the price may be. “An average uncomplicated vaginal birth costs about 60% less in a home than in a hospital,” the American Pregnancy Association states.

Which do YOU prefer: Bringing your new baby right into your home surrounded by friends and family, or the safe and professional help of doctors and nurses (and those ever-helpful drugs to ease the pain)?

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Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars ended with a bang last night and HollywoodLife.com has the exclusive from behind the scenes at the hit ABC show — including what insiders think about Kristin Cavallari and Scott Disick‘s rumored hookup!

“Everyone is happy J.R. won because he was never a diva and was nice to everyone. He never had an attitude,” our source says, adding, “But people still wanted Ricki to win. She was the favorite.”

As far as Kristin and Scott’s rumored romance, no one believed it for even a second.

“We all knew she was in love with Jay Cutler and he was there supporting her,” the insider explains when we ask. “Plus, Kristin never acted weird with the Kardashians at all. They weren’t best friends, but nothing weird happened between them when they interacted.”

Overall, the season went off without a hitch, but our source says we better get prepared for season 14.

“Next year we want to have even bigger names. The stars are going to be actual stars,” the spy promises.

What did YOU think of this season of DWTS? Were you happy with the winner?

Reporting by Russ Weakland

Rob Kardashian may be the most improved this season on Dancing with the Stars, but the majority of the crew believes America will see behind his high scores from the finals and back either Ricki Lake or J.R. Martinez.

“Ricki has been strong from the beginning and always does really well with votes,” our source on set tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “J.R. has been the underdog in that he’s not as famous, but he’s really captured the hearts of viewers.”

The insider adds, “Plus, everyone assumes Rob will be fine because he has his famous family backing him. We will be really surprised if he takes home the Mirror Ball Trophy.”

The season 13 finale is only a few hours away, so we’ll find out soon enough. Who do YOU think will be crowned winner?

All season long, it felt like Rob Kardashian was holding on by a thread on Dancing with the Stars. Although he wasn’t at the very bottom of the scoreboard, he wasn’t at the top either — and even fell victim to the bottom two. However, somehow the 24-year-old reality star stayed focused, diligently landed a spot in the finals and then ROCKED the night with his best dances of the season. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we’ve found our winner. 

Ricki Lake: Ricki’s number one goal going into her cha cha was to seem sexy and I think she did a pretty fantastic job. My one hang up with Ricki — and it’s not even fair — is that she’s seemed to be on the same level the entire competition. I kind of feel like she plateaued awhile back, so it’s been the same old, same old for awhile. “It’s a dance deserving of this final. Well done,” Len Goodman said. 9, 9, 9 = 27/30

Freestyle: How cute was Ricki’s adorable white leotard with the fluffy tutu? I want to wear that somewhere (when and why, I have no clue). Derek is a master at making every dance look like a blast and I really felt that with their freestyle tonight. Plus, they did a bunch of funky tricks that looked flawless from my TV. “It was fun and it was entertaining!” Len said. This was one of my favorites! 9, 9, 9 = 27/30

Rob Kardashian: Rob, without a doubt, is the most improved contestant of this season. He’s like the Little Engine That Could and I love that about him. He’s always struggled with his confidence levels, but tonight I felt like I was watching a different dude than we’ve seen all season! The way he held Cheryl Burke and carried her around the stage was super manly and hot. Good job, Rob! “You were glowing and you were GLOWING,” Bruno raved. 9, 9, 9 = 27/30

Freestyle: Cheryl’s tactic to start off slow and then ease into the faster portion of the freestyle was brilliant and really paid off. I still don’t understand how Rob got so good — he looked handsome and took charge of the stage. It feels like it was just yesterday he was always in the bottom two; then here he goes and performs one of the best freestyles I’ve ever seen. Both he and Cheryl managed to make all of their lifts look effortless. This dance was a game changer, folks. 10, 10, 10 = 30/30

J.R. Martinez: Len made a good point during the package before J.R.’s cha cha: Karina Smirnoff has never won the Mirror Ball Trophy, so she might want it more than the other dancers. Even though I thoroughly enjoyed the performance, the judges reamed them for being off, musically. “You attacked it too much and it fell apart at the pieces,” Len said. 8, 7, 9 = 24/30

Freestyle: J.R. was freaked out about hurting Karina because last season she got dropped on her neck AND she’s had to have surgery. Yikes. Thankfully, everything went according to plan and J.R. and his hips got down and dirty, making up for his less than perfect first dance. The judges couldn’t contain their excitement; Carrie Ann called the lifts “sick.” This dance is why I’ve been pulling for J.R. to win. 10, 10, 10 = 30/30

So at the end of the day, here were the judges’ scores:

Rob — 57/30
Ricki — 54/30
J.R. — 54/30

Like I said before, I wasn’t Rob’s biggest fan this season, but now I feel like he’s earned the Mirror Ball Trophy. Slow and steady wins the race. Do YOU think he has enough fan support for the win? Sound off below!

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The Dancing with the Stars finals are tonight on ABC and HollywoodLifers have cast their votes on who they think will win — and believe it or not, it’s not Rob Kardashian or Ricki Lake!

That’s right…more than 50% of you think the war veteran-turned-soap star J.R. Martinez is going to be the winner of the 13th Mirror Ball Trophy. Wow!

Interestingly enough, J.R. isn’t a sure shot for the title. In fact, former third place contestant, Kyle Massey, told HollywoodLife.com exclusively he has his money on his pal, Rob.

“I want Rob to win Dancing With the Stars,” Kyle said at the The X-Box Miracle of Music Benefit in honor of the 2011 American Music Awards Nov. 19. “Out of everyone, he has improved the most and he is doing such an amazing job. My advice to him is ‘Just keep doing what your doing!’”

Meanwhile, the DWTS crew told us they think it’s Ricki’s competition to lose at this point. Cast your vote below and tell us who YOU think is going to take the trophy home tomorrow night!

Reporting by Russ Weakland and Sandra Clark

This season of Dancing With The Stars is coming to a close and Hollywoodlife knows who the crew expects to win — is it  J.R. Martinez, Ricki Lake or Rob Kardashian?

“The crew has their pick — the majority of the crew believes Ricki will win the show,” a source tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively.

The three will battle it out in a two-part finale to be aired on Nov. 21 and 22.

The source also reveals, that J.R. will dance despite being hurt.

“J.R. is expected to be injury free for the big finale. He has been taking care of his ankle injury and will in no way have this ruin or alter any chance of victory,

This sounds like a finale not to be missed!

What do you think, Hollywoodlifers? Will Ricki win DWTS?

– Reporting by Russ Weakland, Written by Chelsea Pollack

Kim Kardashhian wasn’t kidding when she tweeted that her brother’s first dance of the night was his best. Rob Kardashian‘s Samba performance with Cheryl Burke even made his mother Kris Jenner tear up!

Rob Kardashian: Rob’s butt action during the Samba earned him some major points. “Bootylicious,” Carrie Ann Inaba said. 10,9,9=28/30. Rob wowed the crowd and the judges with his Argentine Tango, his second dance of the evening, with Len saying, ” You started as a goofy outsider, now your’e looking like a leading man!” 9,9,9=27/30. Rob and Cheryl won the third and final dance, the Cha Cha Relay, giving them an extra 10 points. Their total score: 67

Ricki Lake: Ricki’s Samba performance with Derek Hough earned the duo a perfect score (10,10,10) with Len saying, “You have just taken a step into the finals!” Ricki’s Argentine Tango earned her another top score (10,10,9). “Ricki, I don’t think you know how good you are,” said Len. Ricki and Derek came in second with their Cha Cha relay performance, giving them an extra 8 points. Total score: 67

J.R. Martinez: He may be the best dancer in the competition, but poor J. R. suffered a major setback when he twisted his ankle during rehearsals. His first performance of the Paseo Doble with Karina Smirnoff earned him his lowest score to date: 23 points, 8,7,8. “I know you suffered an injury, but we can only call it as we see it,” Len said. Carrie Ann said that J.R.’s posture was compromised by his twisted ankle. But we think he earned a perfect score with his optimistic attitude! J.R. made a comeback with his second performance The Argentine Tango scoring 9-9-9. You could tell by the look on J.R.’s face that he was in a lot of pain, but he still managed to capture the third spot in the Cha Cha Relay which gave him an extra 6 points. Total score: 56

Hope Solo: Hope was in so much pain during rehearsals, she decided to get shots that she had been saving for the Olympics.
The judges thought Hope was too aggressive during her first performance of the Paso Doble with Max. 7, 7, 7. Hope did a little better with her second performance earning 8,8,8 and came in last with her Cha Cha Relay performance. Total score: 49

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