Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony were paid a staggering $6 million for the first pictures of their newborn twins Max and Emme. People magazine dug deep for the rights to show the world the month-old tots - trumping the $1.5 million a rival paid pop star Christina Aguilera for the first snaps of her baby son Max.

Tabloid editors claim stars are competing to win more and more money from magazines - and that if pregnant Angelina Jolie is carrying twins, as is rumored, she can expect a $10 million payday. One magazine boss tells the New York Post, "It's at the point now where some stars might decide to have more kids just to collect the money from their photos."