It's a boy for Nicole Richie and Joel Madden
By Associated Press
Sep 9, 2009 6:42 PM CDT

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are parents of a newborn baby boy.

The couple named their newborn son Sparrow James Midnight Madden.

Richie says on her Web site that the 7 pound, 14 ounce (3.6-kilogram) baby boy was born early Wednesday. Sparrow is the second child for Richie and Madden. Their daughter, Harlow, will be 2 in January.

Richie, 27, became a clothing and accessories designer after starring with Paris Hilton on TV reality show "The Simple Life." Madden, 30, fronts the band Good Charlotte and runs the DCMA Collective clothing line with his twin brother, Benji.