MELISSA ETHERIDGE AND WIFE TAMMY ARE BOTH MOTHERS

Rock singer Melissa Etheridge and her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, announced on Saturday that Michaels had given birth to twins.The couple said on Etheridge's Web site that son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose were born on Tuesday. "The creation of life brings about immeasurable love, and pours hope into the future," they wrote. "The joy will help carry us through our upcoming sleepless nights." Etheridge announced in August 2005 that she was free of cancer nine months after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant tumor in her breast. The Kansas-born singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Come to My Window" and "I'm the Only One," has sold more than 25 million records.