The Martha Stewart Show offers tips on getting ready for a baby’s arrival today. Author Heather Ross is one guest; she explains how to sew simple elastic-waist baby bloomers. Ross’s book is Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching (STC Craft, ISBN 978-1584796756).

James Franco is on The Today Show. Franco is the author of Palo Alto: Stories (Scribner, ISBN 978-1439163146).

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