The apple didn’t fall far the tree when it comes to 2 ½-year-old Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pete Schreiber — so says his mom, actress Naomi Watts.

“He’s acting now … a lot of acting,” she jokingly reported to Celebrity Baby Blog backstage at the Calvin Klein fashion show in New York City recently. Insisting that she’s “not a stage mother,” Naomi later revealed that her firstborn “likes to play little characters.”

With that said, her second child with fiancé Liev Schreiber — 14-month-old Samuel Kai — has also been giving the couple plenty of reasons to celebrate.

“Kai is definitely starting to talk. He says ‘book,’ ‘apple’ and ‘banana,’ ‘Sasha’ — his brother’s name — and ‘Mommy’ and ‘Daddy.’”

Sporting a dress and cashmere coat, Naomi, 41, appeared fresh and well-rested at the event — and for good reason!

“Both kids slept through,” she revealed. “It was a good night last night.”

– celebrity-babies.com

Naomi Watts breaks away from sons Alexander, 2, and Samuel, 1, during the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her drama Mother and Child held this week in Park City, Utah.

Being the only woman in the house she shares with the boys and fiancé Liev Schreiber, 42, means Naomi has to look beyond her immediate family when it comes to girl talk and activities.

“Oh yeah, there’s a lot of testosterone,” the actress, 41, tells OK!. “And I’ve got two male dogs. I know — I’m desperate. In Australia, all my girlfriends, we come together and take up a lot of space.”

Still, Naomi’s greatest joy can be found when she has all her men around.

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Liev Schreiber, 42, recalled the early days of his courtship with Naomi Watts. Schreiber and Watts, 41, had just started dating when they were working on The Painted Veil (2006).

Watts had got Schreiber the part. But things got awkward when the on-screen lovemaking moved at a faster pace than the off-screen intimacy. He said: ‘I was chopped liver on that set.’

Schreiber has just opened his new play on Broadway, a revival of Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge with Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Hecht.

Schreiber, meanwhile, said the time spent away from his family over Christmas was dismal. ‘The kids went away and Naomi went away and I had one of those shotgun-in-the-bathtub holidays.”

Our lovely Naomi turns 41 years old today, September 28th, and we here at Blue Jewel would like to wish her a very Happy Birthday! Kick back and relax Naomi, because you deserve it! We hope you have a wonderful birthday with your loved ones, and that the year ahead brings you all you wish for.

As previously mentioned, I am unable to update the Gallery properly at the moment, for various reasons, so there will be no special birthday gallery update unfortunately … but stay tuned for a surprise here in the next few days …

We haven’t seen our favorite Aussie on the East End this summer but I hear that Nicole Kidman, her hubby Keith Urban and their baby Sunday Rose were in Rhinebeck, New York over the 4th of July weekend for the wedding of director Griffin Dunne to the beautiful Australian film and magazine stylist, Anna Bingemann. There were 80 guests, many from Down Under, and the most literary and celebrated of these was the groom’s famous father, writer Dominick Dunne.

The site was Griffin’s weekend home in Rhinebeck on the Hudson. Ladies were in summer evening attire; men in linen suits, blazers and ubiquitous white trousers. The bride and groom set the joyous tone by dancing, á la Fred and Ginger, to great applause out of their front door down a green hillside to an ancient tree where the ceremony took place.

Liev Schreiber was there with his Australian film star fiancée, Naomi Watts, Nicole and Anna’s great friend. They had their baby boy, Samuel with them. Uma Thurman carried the flag for America, Sacha Baron Cohen was with his Australian wife, Isla Fisher. They also had a babe in arms. Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborah Lee were also on hand. Following a glorious tented dinner, there were fireworks over the Hudson River.

Naomi Watts has said she hopes the late Heath Ledger will win an Oscar.

The actor – who died aged 28 of an accidental prescription drug overdose – has received a post-humus nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.

Naomi – who dated Heath for several years and was a close friend of his when he died – told The Independent: “It’s still very difficult.

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Naomi Watts has confessed the credit crunch has got her in such a panic she wants to stuff all her money under the mattress.
The 40-year-old actress told The Independent even movie stars are worried by the economic crisis.

Naomi – who stars in new film The International – said: “We’re all feeling incredibly scared and vulnerable about what’s going on in the banks. It just goes to show that these empires, these corporations have so much influence over us – they talk us into doing things, living beyond our means and certainly in this film, the banks are able to control everything.

“We’re all very vulnerable. I’ve called my accountant many times in fits of panic. You feel like, ‘let me get all my cash out now’. It feels like it’s time to hide the money under the mattress. These are very scary times.”

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The family will also be catching up with Ledger’s ex-girlfriend Naomi Watts tomorrow night when they attend the reception at Hollywood hotspot Chateau Marmont to announce the winner of the inaugural Heath Ledger Scholarship.

Watts is one of the major benefactors for the scholarship, which has seen about 150 emerging Australian actors apply.

The event is expected to attract Australia’s Hollywood A-list, including Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman.

Naomi Watts has said it’s easier being mom to a newborn the second time around – but the mother of two is still woozy from lack of sleep.

[I'm getting] no sleep – literally, because I’m feeding all through the night,” the actress, who gave birth to a son, Samuel, in December says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday. “He’s still eating every three to four hours.”

Asked how she manages to stay alert, Watts, who is promoting her new movie, The International, says, “Oh, I’m not! I’m really never grounded these days. I feel like I’m always five steps behind.”

Naomi Watts has apparently revealed she’d like a second child. The 39-year-old, who is mum to nine-month-old Alex, hinted to the Daily Mirror she’d like another baby sooner rather than later. “I am not too tired, which is a great sign, right?” she told the newspaper. “I’d love to have another one. Maybe soon.” She also reportedly explained how being a mother has taken its toll on the amount of acting work she does.