The Film Experience

...how about an Oscar nomination AND a baby on the same day?

Jose here, feeling complete envy of Oscar winner Javier Bardem, who had what must've been the greatest day ever yesterday.

First (although I'm not exactly sure what order it happened in...) he woke up to a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work in Biutiful (which also got nominated for Best Foreign Language Film) and then, after making Julia Roberts' life even more perfect than it was when Denzel won in '01, Javier welcomed a baby boy with wife Penélope Cruz.

The baby was rumored to be born yesterday in Los Angeles but neither of the parents has issued any sort of statement. The one thing Javier did say to a magazine was:

We value our privacy. For us it's difficult to appear in public, even though we're both used to being the subjects of much attention in Spain...but it's OK. We have a good life.

I bet they do!

The Oscar winners are arguably some of the best working actors and because of that I say, give this baby an honorary Oscar now!

But while we wait for more news about Baby Bardem-Cruz, let us speculate on what will become of him.Besides being the handsomest man alive, will he enter showbiz like his proud parents? Will he be featured on the cover of every magazine like the Pitt-Jolies or will he join the rank of the private babies like the Paltrow-Martins?
For now, we can wonder who will babysit him the night of February 27th when his parents attend the Oscars.

Speaking of which, do you think his dad has any chance of winning the award?