Angelina Jolie and Gwen Stefani are both new moms as they had their babies within hours of each other although half a world away. Gwen delivered her son, Kingston, on May 26 in Los Angeles, the day before Jolie, 31, gave birth to daughter Shiloh in Africa.

Angelina Has New Best Friend in Gwen?

But when Jolie and the unmarried father of her children Brad Pitt returned to the United States, the pair immediately scheduled a play date with Gwen and her husband Gavin Rossdale.

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Jolie and Brad Pitt met up with Gwen and Gavin at the couple's Santa Barbara, Calif., retreat during the long fourth of July holiday weekend.

Now a report from Life & Style Weekly claims that Angie and Gwen are new best friends and are even helping each other with weight loss tips and stories.

Citing a friend of Gwen's as the source, the weekly magazine claims that rocker Gwen reportedly is keeping Angie on the healthy mom track by encouraging her to eat her veggies and drink her milk.

Good advice.

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"The two of them are often on the phone comparing their weight losses," dishes the friend. "Angie prefers to work out more than Gwen, but they both agree that healthful eating is of the utmost importance."

The magazine uses recent photos of Angelina and cited dietician Alexa Fishback and she speculates that Jolie is already close to being back to her pre-baby weight of 120 pounds.

--Julie Pike writes from San Francisco