Keisha Castle-Hughes, the teenage star of film The Nativity Story, has missed its Vatican premiere because she is expecting a baby with her 19-year-old partner. On Friday Pope Benedict XVI turned down an invitation to attend the screening, reportedly because he was embarrassed the unmarried 16-year-old actress is expecting a child out of wedlock.

Upcoming religious epic The Nativity Story has been given a major boost - it will be the first movie to premiere at The Vatican in Rome, Italy. The film, which follows the story of the birth of Christ, will be screened for Pope Benedict XVI and his top advisers on November 26.

Keisha Castle-Hughes stars as "Mary" in New Line Cinema's upcoming release of Catherine Hardwicke's The Nativity Story. From humble beginnings, great things can come. The Nativity Story tells the extraordinary tale of two common people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, an arduous journey, and the history-defining birth of Jesus.

Oscar-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes and her boyfriend Bradley Hull are expecting their first child together. Castle-Hughes, 16, played a young Maori girl in the film Whale Rider, which earned her an Oscar nomination in 2004.

New Line Cinema has cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shoreh Aghdashloo, Ciarán Hinds and Oscar Isaacs in "Nativity." The film, which follows the story of the Virgin Mary before the birth of Christ, is scheduled for a December 2006 release and will begin shooting in May.

Happy Birthday to "Whale Rider" actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990), Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (1976), "American Pie" actress Alyson Hannigan (1974), The Corrs' violinist Sharon Corr (1970), rapper Mase (1970), 99 Luftballoons singer Nena (1960), "Jungle Fever" actress Annabella Sciorra (1964), "Lizzie McGuire's" 'dad' Robert Carradine (1954), comedian Louie Anderson (1953), fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger (1951), British singer/musician Nick Lowe (1949), "LA Confidential" director Curtis Hanson (1945), actor/drill instructor R. Lee Ermey (1944), acting legend Steve McQueen (1930; d. 1980), "Three's Company" actor Norman Fell (1924; d. 1998), character actor Murray Hamilton (1923; d. 1986), cartoonist Joseph Barbera (1911), actor/hollywood scapegoat Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1887; d. 1933), and magician Harry Houdini (1874; d. 1926).