Nicholas Cage names son "Kal-El"

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051003/en_nm/cage_dc

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage's wife of 14 months gave birth on Monday to the couple's first child together, a son they named Kal-el -- a moniker recognized by comic book fans as the birth name of Superman.

The child's delivery in New York City and his full name, Kal-el Coppola Cage, were confirmed by the actor's publicist, Annett Wolf, who said of the family, "They are healthy and happy and it's quite lovely."

No further details were released, including how the actor and his wife, Alice Kim Cage, were inspired to borrow from the mythology of Superman in naming their child.

Cage is known as an avid comic book devotee who once sold his personal collection, including a copy of Superman's 1938 pulp debut, at auction for more than $1.6 million.

The nephew of famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, the actor adopted his own stage surname from the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.

Cage also was at one time slated to star in a Superman movie under the direction of Tim Burton, a project that ultimately was scrapped and replaced by a newer Warner Bros. remake expected for release next summer.

The 41-year-old actor and his wife, a former sushi waitress about 20 years his junior, met at a nightclub last year before marrying on July 30, 2004.

Cage has a 15-year-old son, Weston, by a prior relationship with actress Kristina Fulton. His previous marriages to actress Patricia Arquette and singer Lisa Marie Presley ended in divorce. Kal-el is his current wife's first child.

The prolific performer won an Academy Award as best actor for his 1995 role as an alcoholic bent on suicide in "Leaving Las Vegas." In his latest film, "Lord of War," he portrays an arms dealer.

 

[Barb]

Another name to add to the list of "Bizarre Celebrity Baby Names," right under Fifi Trixiebelle and Pilot Inspektor.

 

[Argy]

And Apple Paltrow.

That poor, poor child.

 

[Zeta]

What? Clark wasn't good enough?

 

[Nekusagi]

...WTF?
It's gonna take years of therapy to sort this kid out, to be sure.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Now, I get that Cage is a big comic fan (his last name is taken from a comic book, since he didn't want to get by just because he's a Coppola), but this is REALLY going too far. If it was the kid's middle name, then fine. Middle names can be whatever, because it's rare that anyone says the middle name, but to give your kid the first name of Kal-El is just...wrong. There are PLENTY of easily identifiable comic book names out there that WOULDN'T be scarring for a child. Bruce, Clark, Luke...they all come easily to mind. Combined with the proper middle name, you could effectively make your child's name an ode to ANY hero or villain...WITHOUT giving them a weird name.

 

[Zeta]

I just realized something . . .

If they were black, they could've called him Luke.

 

[Geodude]

Combined with the proper middle name, you could effectively make your child's name an ode to ANY hero or villain...WITHOUT giving them a weird name.

The name Bruce Wayne comes to mind immediately for that concept, since Wayne is also a first name. So is Parker...wonder if we'll ever meet a Bruce Wayne Smith or Peter Parker Jones?