Cate Blanchett Gives Birth to Third Son

Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:30 AM EDT
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SYDNEY — Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third son.

Blanchett, 38, delivered Ignatius Martin Upton in Sydney on Sunday, said Tim McKeough, media relations manager at the Sydney Theatre Company, where Blanchett and her playwright husband are co-artistic directors.

"All are well and very happy," McKeough said Monday.

The baby weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, he said.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered his congratulations in a statement Monday, and said Blanchett would still co-chair an arts panel at a national summit Saturday.

The Australia 2020 summit will gather 1,000 leading Australians to propose ideas for the future direction of the country, with panels including health, climate change, economy and the arts.

Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton have two other sons: Dashiell, 6, and Roman, 3.

The Academy Award-winning actress next appears with Harrison Ford in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," due in theaters in May.

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This is the lead headline on the front page?

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Reply#1 - Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:48 AM EDT
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caroaber

Well, Britney's been sober of late.

I'm thrilled for Cate and her husband, and proud that (unlike Sasha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher, neither of whom is an American) they chose to have their child in Cate's own country.

So many people get their noses out of joint when poor undocumented immigrants give birth here in "the U.S. of A.," yet when monied white celebrities from abroad do the same exact thing, there are no howls of execration.
G'day and good luck.

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    #1.1 - Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:18 AM EDT
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    iamsdr

    I for one am tired of these nonsense stories being thrown up as features with absolutely no mandate from 'the vine'. Why is this so-called alternative media outlet doing the same pandering that drives us away from mainstream media outlets? Why can't these featured stories only be the ones that worked there way up the vine, that are the most commented on or most voted? It seems to me that having this sort of featured article before it even receives a single vote goes against the most basic tenet of Newsvine.

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    Reply#2 - Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:56 AM EDT
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    Boo Hoo

    Why is this listed under World News?

    iamsdr, I voted on your poll. Things need to be changed.

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    Reply#3 - Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:29 AM EDT
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    Er, I don't really have that many friends on Newsvine to pimp this poll out to, so if you feel strongly about it then please, by all means, spread the word. It needs votes to work.

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    Reply#4 - Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:40 AM EDT
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    I voted on your poll and clipped it. I totally agree.

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