Jack the lad for Paradis

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are celebrating the birth of their second child, a son they have called Jack.

Jack was born at the American Hospital in Neuilly, west of Paris, and the choice of Christian name is already being linked to Depp's interest in Jack the Ripper.

The American actor has just appeared in From Hell, a gory fictional film about the 19th century killer of London prostitutes in which he plays a detective. When the film was being made, Depp, 30, revealed that he had long been fascinated with the Ripper legend and had read many books on the subject.

Depp, one-time love of supermodel Kate Moss, lives with actress, model and singer Paradis, 29, near St Tropez in the South of France. Their eldest child is Lily-Rose, now aged two.