Reese Witherspoon gives birth to a son

Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at 1:48 PM Central

by John Couture

Reese Witherspoon and husband Ryan Phillippe welcomed their second child Deacon into the world on Thursday. The bouncing baby boy will join sister Ava, 4, in the talented Hollywood household.

Witherspoon and Phillippe starred in Cruel Intentions together and married in 1999.