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EXCLUSIVE: Actress Minnie Driver Welcomes a Boy
Monday September 8, 2008

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Minnie Driver at the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Hancock" on June 30, 2008 in Hollywood, CA.
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Minnie is a mommy!

Her rep confirms Usmagazine.com's exclusive report that the British-born actress, 38, has welcomed her first child, a baby boy.

Henry Story Driver — who weighed 9 lbs., 12 oz. — was born Friday in Los Angeles.

Driver has refused to reveal the father's identity, but has denied it is San Francisco musician Craig Zolezzi.

The baby's father is English and "sort of in the same business," she told the U.K.'s Independent in May. (She also revealed that they have no plans to wed in the "near future.")

The actress revealed she was pregnant in March on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after Leno joked that it looked like she had gained weight.

Driver told Leno that she loved being pregnant, "more than anything else," but admitted, "I am sick."

"I don't know why they call it morning sickness," she said. "I am sick morning, noon and night, but it's a fair trade-off."

In April, she told Us she hasn't "wanted to eat as much food as I think I want to eat! I'm not as hungry as everyone told me I'd be."

See other stars' pregnancy cravings.

Driver — who did not know the baby's gender while pregnant — has said she wanted to give birth naturally.

"I'm totally the crunchy, Mother Earth-type, and I'm not looking for any type of intervention," she has said. "So I'm afraid."

During the last few weeks of her pregnancy, she said she was playing guitar for the baby.

"I think it likes it," she said. "It moves around a lot."

She recently filmed the aptly-titled comedy Motherhood, due out next year, with Uma Thurman.

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9:36 AM Anonymous Says:

Good for you Minnie I hope you have a long and happy life with your new son.

1:21 PM donna lyn Says:

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY

11:46 PM Anonymous Says:

She is my favorite. Just saw her on milllionaire personals site """" W e a l t h y D a t e r . c o m"""""" last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now? ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

3:53 PM Anonymous Says:

The baby's father is Colin Farrell.

1:18 PM Anonymous Says:

I'm guessing daddy is married and that's the reason for the unusual secrecy here. Minnie is usually happy to discuss her personal life.

11:49 AM Anonymous Says:

Really now! With a last name like Driver she really could have come up with some assinine first name to put the rest of Hollywoods new parents to shame. You let us all down Miss Driver, but should be proud of yourself at least for picking a normal first name for your son. Story is a stupid name, but pales in comparison to some of the rest of your coleagues.

11:30 AM Anonymous Says:

congrats being a mummy is the best most rewarding yet hardest thing ever if thasts what you want henry is nice but story why why would u do that? lol cos he made u so sick you thought yer just u wait till u come out i will pay u back when it comes to your name than (evil laugh) congrats i hope hes happy and healthy i wish you all the best x

10:51 AM Anonymous Says:

Haha, I love Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy.

That one was disturbing though.

Congrats Minnie, it seemed like she was preggers forever! Henry is a darling little name.

10:25 AM Anonymous Says:

Hairy Skanky Diver

10:23 AM Jack Handy Says:

Reading articles about birth and parenting really brings back some interesting memories for me. I remember the fun and exciting sleepovers I would have as a child........with my father. The weirdest thing is that they were not really sleepovers at all. Nor were they fun, actually they were weird.

I never understood why he would have us bathe before we went to bed, when during our "sleepovers" he would smear us with his own feces. Oh god, his feces would be all over everything. In a strange way, I could understand the fecal matter that covered me from head to toe, but why the breadcrumbs and egg yolks??

And the more I think about this, I don't think that was my father. Who was that guy??

Congrats Minnie!!!! You're the greatest!!

9:14 AM Anonymous Says:

Henry is an old farts name!

2:47 AM night Says:

At last, a somewhat 'normal' name. Thought the middle name is a bit Hollwood, I have to give her credit for saving the idiotic name Story for his middle name.

2:12 AM Anonymous Says:

Henry Story Driver is the baby's name, whomever wanted to know?!

2:11 AM Anonymous Says:

One of my other favorite scenes from Resident Evil: Extinction is when Alice chops off some of the tentacles!

1:36 AM Anonymous Says:

congrats on the arrival of you new baby!

1:22 AM Anonymous Says:

Tony Dovolani and Lina's first twin, Son Adrian Driton Dovolani, was born first, at 3:14 a.m., and weighed in at 7 lbs. Daughter Ariana Dovolanio arrived 14 minutes later, weighing 7 lbs., 10 oz! I'm glad their big sister, Luana, who turned 3 in Auugst, happy belated b-day to her, is a very proud big sister!

1:11 AM Anonymous Says:

Congrats on the baby, Minnie, 38! Also, it's nice that she was playing guitar to the baby and I can understand wanting a natural birth!

12:59 AM Anonymous Says:

That is so great! By the way she was carrying I suspected it was a boy. So cool! Boys are the best. His name is Henry Story Driver! Wow, that is a mouthful. I like Henry but the rest is too weird.

12:24 AM Anonymous Says:

Oh my gosh!! Congrats to Minnie! I was wondering when she was due because they kept making jokes about it on tv that she seemed to be pregnant forever (which I thought was incredibly rude). I love her, she's just such a wonderful actress and I love her singing too. She's just a warm soul. And really, who cares if she's married or not? With divorce rates being what they are, evidently even the people who get married don't value it as much as all of you judgmental people seem to think they do. She's a grown woman, not a teenager, and it's her life. It's not like being unmarried means the father won't be in the picture. I've known plenty of people whose parents were married and they had absentee dads (or moms), and other people whose parents never married who were always there for them. This isn't the '50s. As for the name, I love it. I've always loved the name Henry. It's classic but understated and it's not terribly common now so it stands out.

11:37 PM Anonymous Says:

What do you care if she is married or not.
You god fearing people are trying to vote Palin into office whose 17 y o daughter is knocked up.

10:52 PM Anonymous Says:

The people who were asking what Minnie named her baby wrote those posts before Us updated the page. It wasn't on there earlier.
Congrats on the new baby!

9:56 PM Anonymous Says:

i know who the guy is

....NOT!

I dont get why she hides him, he must be a cutie though..

congrats to minnie anyway!

9:39 PM BELLA Says:

Minnie mouse? Who is she and who cares?

9:38 PM Anonymous Says:

I think the name Henry is so cute! Congrats to her! :)

9:37 PM Anonymous Says:

congrats to minnie!! I think they name is very handsome!! I wonder who the daddy is!! does anyone know?? but I just thought of something kinda off topic, no one hears of john mayer anymore (aka pubnlicity man wh ore) he is such a d*ick head!! as soon as his romances end, so does his publicity, no wonder he jumps from girl to girl (usually high profile ones) hopefully britney wont be next!! I think she (britney) and gerald butler (38) would be cute together. They could meet since he's friends with madonna and he loves kids!! It's match made in heaven :)

9:29 PM Anonymous Says:

congrats minnie!!! you other people r sicko's

8:59 PM Anonymous Says:

7:25 can you not read????? she named him henry!
she probably doesn't know who the father is and thats why she won't divulge who it is!

8:52 PM You people are all idiots. Says:

Excellent Minnie, congratulations!!! Your baby will be as beautiful and talented as you are!

8:46 PM Anonymous Says:

She is 38 years old. An adult. what does it matter if she is unmarried. maybe she'll never marry. people need to mind there own business. what is it hurting you if she is an unwed mother?

8:32 PM Anonymous Says:

Congrats to Minnie and Jude!

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