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Sandra Bullock recently admitted she'd love to have kids of her own even though she's in her mid-40s. Her husband Jesse James, who has kids from a previous marriage, tells us he's on board. "I would love to have more kids. Kids rule, so if it happens, it happens. You never know," claims James of "Monster Garage" fame. For now, he tells us the two are happy with their lives, which are a lot more low-key than some might assume.

Sandra Bullock Ready for More Kids

"We live a totally normal life. Other than driving Ferraris around and stuff, everything else is totally normal," he adds with a laugh. "We have the kids, our house, the dogs. I get up at 5:30 every day and come into the shop and work, go to the gym, and go home. We're pretty lucky to be doing what we're doing, but we try to live as normal as possible. I'm still at the shop in Long Beach every day and I deal with customers on a daily basis. I try to keep my feet grounded and not stray too far from what put me on the map in the first place and that's West Coast Choppers."

James did recently venture out to film "Celebrity Apprentice 2" and he is also anticipating the release of his new Spike TV series "Jesse James Is A Dead Man" on May 31.

"With a name like that, the bar is set pretty high for what you're going to see," he notes of the series in which he takes on death-defying challenges like riding a motorcycle in minus 60-degree temperatures in the Arctic and riding along an F-16 Air Force to feel 9 Gs of force. "It's not all stunts where I am hurling myself into or off of something," he says. "Some things are physically and mentally tough and take endurance and training and skills. It was a challenge in that respect, but some of the stuff was definitely a life-changing experience."

ON THE PERSONAL SIDE: LaKisha Jones of "American Idol" fame is one strong lady! Expecting in August, she's keeping up a string of concert dates all across the country, despite the fact she's been fighting stomach upset and other pregnancy-related discomfort. Onstage, she says, "I have to have a Kleenex in my hand because I have to spit a lot. It's gross. I have pills for my nausea … My doctor gave me June 20th as the cutoff when I have to stop traveling. Until then, it's pretty much every day."

The singer, who has her "So Glad I'm Me" album coming out May 19, adds with a laugh, "I told my husband, 'You picked the wrong time!'"

But seriously, "He's really good about my schedule and all," says Jones, who plans to take some -- but not that much -- time off after the baby is born. "My older daughter can't wait. She's so excited. She said, 'Mommy, I had a dream that you had the baby,' and I said, 'I wish that dream was reality!'"

Jones says her album is a combination of "R&B, soul, gospel and pop. It shows another side of LaKisha." She plunged into work on it after finishing her run in "The Color Purple" on Broadway early last year, while concurrently planning her October wedding to financial advisor Larry Davis.

Notes Jones, "It's going to be really interesting to see how things go now with two kids and a new husband."

THE VIDEOLAND VIEW: James Frain, who stars alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "The Tudors," believes the show may be about historical figures from the 1500s, but it's a lot more relatable to modern day people than some would assume. Then of course when you add the cable TV twists, it becomes a lot spicier on screen than in our history books.

"What they're doing with this show is shaking up history a bit and adding this pop angle to it in a way that we can relate to these people being like us. They're finding the connections between their world and our world," notes Frain, who portrays the controversial Thomas Cromwell. "We were looking for parallels as a way of recreating the feeling of the court rather than portray the exact look of it. Sometimes if you try and do it completely accurately to the actual look and the flavor of the history, it distances you because there are lots of things about our world that are very different."

One thing that won't keep audiences away is the hunky Meyers, who certainly knows how to heat things up as the powerful, promiscuous king. "Henry VII was the rock star of his time. That's part of what Johnny's performance is all about -- creating what an equivalent character would be like today," says Frain. "These people are driven by the same things we are driven by. Like we are sexual, they were driven by passion and were confused about ideas of the world and religion and how the world should be run, what they are prepared to die for and kill for. It just goes to show human nature hasn't changed that much."

NEWS OF THE ODD: Curious casting notices are giving us pause. For instance, casting forces have been on the lookout for a "celebrity caregiver to someone with schizophrenia … a recognizable name with a strong story as a caregiver" for a TV show. We'll stay tuned on that one.

And then there's "Octomom: The Musical" -- as in a show being planned by L.A.'s Bang Improv Theater. Octomom has yet to be cast as of this writing.

And on the movie side, they're looking for "a transvestite or drag queen" to join the cast of "Born to be a Star," the porn industry comedy with Adam Sandler, Christina Ricci and Don Johnson. Don't call us.

With reports by Emily Fortune-Feimster.