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Winslet, Mendes New Parents of Baby Boy
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LOS ANGELES - Actress Kate Winslet (news) and her husband, director
Sam Mendes (news), are the parents of a baby boy.


Joe Mendes was born on Dec. 22 in New York. He weighed 7 pounds, 13
ounces, Winslet publicist Jennifer Allen said Friday. No other details
were released.


It is the first child for the couple, who were married in May.


"The couple is overjoyed," Allen said.


Winslet has a 3-year-old daughter, Mia, from her previous marriage to
Jim Threapleton.


Winslet, 28, was nominated for Academy Awards (news - web sites) for
her roles in "Titanic," "Sense and Sensibility" and "Iris." Mendes,
38, won the best-director Oscar for 1999's "American Beauty."