James Reynolds

We might as well start with the munchkin. It will not shock you that the daughter of these two good-looking people is TOTALLY ADORABLE and seemed to be in a terrific mood throughout. Well, that last part might surprise you. James is two. It would be WELL within her rights to decide she was Not Having It Today. But she appeared to be in very happy form indeed. In her front-row seat next to the velvet rope, on Mom's lap.

Ryan and James

I also like -- and either this is strategy or just how they are; it's good no matter which way-- that she's dressed in totally normal kid clothes. They MIGHT be fancy designer labels, for all I know, but she's not being paraded around like a Gucci model.

The Fam

In which James takes the mic to distract from Mom's side dish of pizza.

The Fam

"Prince George never got a mic. I'm just saying."

(I did have the slight uncharitable thought that their three-month old did not need to be present for this. That seems Extra. Unless Blake had to slide it tightly into her nursing schedule, or perhaps they only trotted her out for this photo; still, making her be there MIGHT be pushing it a little, and I'm glad that poor little noodle got to press her face into Mom's chest and pretend she was back in utero.)

Blake and Ryan

Pizza or not, Blake looks great -- her shoe closet continues to be the celebrity wardrobe I most want to shop when I win the lottery -- and I sincerely salute her for her PR skills. I'm not even meaning to be cynical. This will be all over EVERY magazine and blog, including this one. NO ONE will be able to resist this.

Anna Faris

"Wait, when did you get here? And is my vest shrinking?"

The ENTIRE FAMILY

I think it's possible that I've never seen more people, ever, come to one of these things. Blake's sister Robyn brought HER entire family, for crying out loud. It makes me laugh. For real, no one has ever been this excited about getting a star (which is why I feel like they decided to turn it into a Check Out Our Whole Family, Including The Return of Teen Witch, type of shenanigan). It's not particularly an honorarium, but rather something bought and paid for to the tune of $30,000 by whatever group nominated the recipient -- usually a movie studio promoting something, but also sometimes a fan club. Twenty people are chosen each year by the group that oversees it, but usually when you get one it's because your boss wants people talking about you or your movie. I always find that intriguing.

Anyway: I don't even think Ryan Reynolds is in anything right now, and it's SHEER luck this is timed to dovetail with him and Deadpool getting Golden Globe nods. The Hollywood gods were shining upon them on this day for sure.

Robyn Lively

However, Robyn's hair might be taking a trip to my colorist with me. She looks GREAT. The more I see of Blake's dress, too, the more it looks amenable to her and Ryan breaking into a Fred and Ginger dance routine. I almost can't believe they DIDN'T. Now THAT would have won the news cycle.

Ryan Reynolds Brings Entire Brood to Walk of Fame Ceremony

As usual, I wrestled with whether to show the kids in these photos. In the end, I decided in favor of it for several reasons, some better than others: 1. This isn't just the Reynolds clan trotting out to the grocery store with the kids in tow. It was clearly designed as a public debut -- a See And Be Seen event, where the desired headline was not about Ryan Reynolds getting his star but about things like "adorable family" and "#lifegoals" and all the other things Magazine Twitter will publish/already has. Which is fine; I'm not pointing that out to be critical. It's their right to make this a big family publicity thing if they want to, and even if it's transparent it's certainly more organic than suddenly being "randomly" spotted outside a medical building/Home Depot/family yoga class in Connecticut. But Blake and Ryan have spent so much time being guarded that they didn't even TELL anyone that James was born until well after, and have dined out on their coyness about revealing names and genders and the like. So trotting out BOTH children for this was totally a chess move of some kind. The game is afoot, so we might as well play. 2. No children appear to have been harmed in the making of these photos, because all the adults around them appear to have their acts together and aren't dressed in insane ensembles and/or making the kids wear stuff they will regret when they are old enough to Google themselves. 3. That's not always the case with the Kardashians either -- sometimes they all look normal -- but for some reason the way they drag their young around CONSTANTLY in front of the flashbulbs bothers me more than this did. Because here, at least it's pretending to be Dad's Big Day, or whatever, and not just Day 557 Of Our Very Public Life of Walking Places In Front Of Photographers We Called And Who You Probably Know About As Well As You Know Your Uncles And Aunts. 4. THOSE CURLS. THIS CHILD IS DARLING. (See, I told you some reasons were really not that good, but... it's so TRUE.) [Photos: Fame/Flynet]