Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and his partner, actress Rooney Mara, have welcomed their first child, a baby boy.

The news was shared by director Victor Kossakovsky at a recent Gunda screening during the 2020 Zurich Film Festival, of which Joaqin was the executive producer. According to him, Phoenix was absent from the screening as “he’d just got a baby, and had “a beautiful son”. He also revealed the baby’s name, “River”, which is in memory of the actor’s late older brother and actor, River Phoenix, who’d passed away in 1993 at 23 years old.

The couple confirmed their engagement in 2019, and news that Mara was pregnant was first reported earlier this May.

Hong Kong actor Raymond Lam, 40, and his wife, Chinese model Carina Zhang, are now the proud parents of one.

In a post on Weibo, the actor shared photos of a pregnancy shoot with wife Carina Zhang, alongside one of their baby daughter’s fist next to their hands. He captioned the photos, “The first time I felt the continuation of life was the first time I held you and felt your warmth and breath. Adorable baby, you have given me the motivation to fight on.”

He also thanked his wife, saying “Dear wife, thank you for your hardship. I’m not good with words but I’ll remember how good you are. I’ll use my life to protect and cherish this happiness.”

Carina also shared the news on her Weibo account with shots of her maternity shoot.

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A royal baby is on the way for Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, and will arrive in early 2021.

The announcement was made on the official Instagram account for the British royal family, as well as on Princess Eugenie’s personal Instagram account. The latter shows pictures of herself and Brooksbank, and adorable baby shoes. In the post by the royal family, it added, “The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news.”

The pair tied the knot in a beautiful wedding celebration in October 2018, which was attended by famous names and royalty, including Cara Delevingne, Demi Moore, Naomi Campbell, and of course, the Sussexes and Cambridges.

Game Of Thrones stars Rose Leslie and Kit Harington are expecting a bundle of joy. While the couple has yet to personally make any announcements, the news was unveiled via a photoshoot for UK’s Make Magazine, which saw Leslie flaunting her baby bump in a lovely Stella McCartney silk dress.

The pair, who played on-screen lovers Jon Snow and Ygritte on hit TV series Game of Thrones, got hitched in Scotland in June 2018.

While they’d been relatively low-key about the pregnancy, model Gigi Hadid, 25, and singer Zayn Malik, 27, both posted a photo of their newborn on Instagram four days (Sep 24) ago. The face and name of the baby girl hasn’t been revealed but the two new parents showed the sweetest pictures of her hands in theirs. According to E!, the model went through a smooth holistic-based labour and delivery.

Singapore model-turned-actress and entrepreneur Sheila Sim and banker husband Deon Woo recently welcomed baby girl Layla. She shared the news with a photo of her post-delivery.

In a second Instagram photo, the proud mama captioned, “You’re everything that I’ve prayed for, Layla. I prayed for patience. That you’ll be patient w me as a first time mom. I prayed for guidance. That you’ll guide me how to treat you and love you the way you need, at different stages of your life. I prayed for health. That you’ll be healthy and strong.”

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