Rachel Weisz Has a Baby Boy

The Constant Gardener star, Rachel Weisz and her director finance, Darren Aronofsky, welcomed a new baby boy at New York City hospital on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Weisz's spokeswoman, Kelly Bush, declined to give the baby's name or weight, but said that Rachel and the baby are happy, healthy and wonderful.

According to People, Rachel Weisz first revealed her pregnancy back in January on The Tonight Show. When the topic of her finance, Darren Aronofsky, came up, she was quoted as saying, "I found myself a sophisticated, educated American. He's not an actor. He's traveled the world. He knows where Europe is, unlike a lot of Americans. He's very cultured, but he's all man." As for Aronofsky, last month he told People about Weisz's cravings and had this to say. "I was expecting all the weird things. There's this jar of pickles sitting in the fridge. It's been there for months and she hasn't even eaten one."

Aside from the arrival of the couple's first child, Weisz will also be starring in Darren Aronofsky's latest film, a sci-fi drama called, The Fountain, due out later this year. iAfrica, reports that Weisz will co-star with Hugh Jackman in The Fountain, which originally had Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchet in the lead roles. Instead, both Pitt and Blanchet appear in Babel which premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival (See Cate Launches Babel at Cannes).

Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky met back in 2001, which prompted the British star to move to New York. Rachel Weisz is best known for her roles in such movies as: The Constant Gardener, Chain Reaction, The Mummy, Enemy at the Gates, Runaway Jury, and Constantine. She also picked up a 2006 Oscar, Golden Globe, and SAG award for The Constant Gardener. Darren Aronofsky is the director behind the films: Pi, Requiem for a Dream and his latest project, The Fountain. Aronofsky's unconfirmed future projects include, Son of Kali, Lone Wolf and Cub, Flicker, and Black Flies.

[Additional Sources: People, iAfrica, Wikipedia]