Something To Crowe About

Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has become a dad after his wife, Danielle Spencer, gave birth to a baby boy, his publicist said Monday.

Charles Spencer Crowe was born Sunday night, weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces, Crowe's Australian publicist Wendy Day told Australian Associated Press.

"He's a healthy, bouncing baby boy looking forward to Christmas," Day said.

New Zealand-born Crowe, the 39-year-old star of "Gladiator" and the Napoleonic-era naval tale "Master and Commander," married 32-year-old singer Danielle Spencer on April 7 this year in a ceremony at Crowe's sprawling rural property of Nana Glen near the east Australian beach resort town of Coffs Harbour.