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Congratulations to Dorchester homeboy Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham, who welcomed the fourth child to their clan yesterday in Los Angeles. Watch out Brangelina, the Wahlbergs are catching up!

Margaret Grace was born Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Little Margie joins her big sis Ella, 6, and will be protected by her two big brothers, Michael, 4, and Brendan, 16 months...Irish twins much?!?!

Wahlberg took Beyoncé's advice in 2009 and put a ring on it after eight years of playing house with the model. He got hitched in L.A. just a few days after jetting back to the West Coast from Lowell, Ma. where he was filming The Fighter this summer with Christian Bale and Amy Adams.

We see lots of pink in Mark's future!

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What will America do without its weekly dose of Simon Cowell? Say it ain't so Simon!

The only reason to watch American Idol beyond the rejects who butcher "My Heart Will Go On" and think they're the next coming of Beyoncé at auditions is the acerbic Brit.

Now that Paula Abdul has been replaced by Ellen DeGeneres, the show just keeps getting worse and worse. With no Simon hurling insults left and right how will we feel better about ourselves? Simon was a self-esteem boost wrapped in two-sizes-too-small black tees.

The cantankerous judge said that The X Factor, a show he created and is a hit in Britain, will join Fox's schedule next year and he will be on that show. He said it would have been difficult for him to do both shows. While he makes a reported $36 million a year to be on Idol, he owns The X Factor and could make much more if the show takes off.

Cowell said he "wanted a new challenge."

Peter Price, chairman of the Fox Broadcasting Co., would not speculate on possible replacements for Cowell.

"We have to take our time on that," Price said. "We have to make sure the chemistry of the judges is as good as it can be."

Who do you think could take Simon's place at the judge's table?