Katherine Heigl Is Jealous Of Josh Duhamel's Pied Piper Pheromones

'He's really good with children. They sort of flocked to him,' actress says of 'Life as We Know It' co-star.
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In their new romantic comedy, "Life as We Know It," opening on Friday, Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel are two single people who find themselves responsible for their deceased friends' baby. And while Heigl is a mom in real life, she is giving kudos to childless Duhamel for his amazing ways with children.

"Oh my god! The best of the best! He's fantastic," she gushed to MTV News at the film's premiere last week. "He's really good with children. They sort of flocked to him. I think it's a pheromone thing. I think he puts off like a chocolate cookie scent to children. They love him, and those triplets [who played the baby in the movie] loved him."

So how did that make new mom Heigl feel? "It was upsetting on certain days, because I was like, 'But I'm a new mom and I should have the touch!' " she joked. " 'And I clearly don't have the touch and you do!' "

Of course for Heigl, this flick was one of the rare instances where life and art run parallel to each other. She began "Life" only days after she and husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh.

"[Life was imitating art,] in a really intense way! In a way that we could have never predicted," she said of the role. "I chose the film for a myriad of reasons and one was the fact that I related to this woman. I understood the idea of loving a child that wasn't yours biologically and having to become that child's mother and embrace that. But I didn't expect to be literally doing that in real life as I was doing that on camera. It was amazing."

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Drake Working With 9th Wonder On New Album

'I've got some great stuff that I'm really excited about,' he says of progress on his yet-untitled sophomore effort.
By Jayson Rodriguez

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Drake has never shied away from acknowledging artists who inspire him, from Kanye West to the late singer Aaliyah. For his debut, Thank Me Later, the Toronto lyricist had the opportunity to work with West and he sampled Aaliyah's voice on the Young Jeezy-fueled "Unforgettable."

And on his yet-untitled sophomore set, Drake has tapped another of his heroes in former Little Brother maestro 9th Wonder. "I've got some great stuff that I'm really excited about," he told Rap-Up.com. "40's [Noah Shebib] in a really great place so he's making great beats. I started working with 9th Wonder, so yeah, it's good. It's early though."

In the meantime, Drake is wrapping up his R&B mixtape offering It's Never Enough. The first track from the collection, "I Get Lonely Too," arrived online via his blog earlier this week. The song serves as the intro to the mixtape and is an homage to female trio TLC. The rapper even sported a TLC T-shirt during his rehearsals last month for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

"It's a nod to a phenomenal group," Drake told MTV News this week. "Not a lot of people booked it, but it's like the fan-mail tribute to TLC. It's not a single. It's not to be taken like, 'This is it. This is the one. We're working it to radio. I'm shooting the video in two weeks.' It's just like some music for you to listen to."

Who else do you hope Drake works with on his next album? Let us know in the comments!

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