And that makes eight for Mel Gibson!

The actor Mel Gibson ("Signs", "What Women Want") was the first to be surprised by the birth of his eighth child. The baby proved to be in a hurry to arrive ahead of schedule. Mel's girlfriend, the very charming Russian pianist Oksana Grigorieva, should normally have given birth in December...

Everything is fine: mother and baby are doing very well. And Mel Gibson, thanks to the arrival of his second daughter, we don't yet know her name, can try and forget his worries about his distinctly waning career...