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Culture April 13, 2021

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song welcome baby son Dakota

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Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song, both veterans of the child fame game, quietly welcomed their first child together into the world last week.

According to a statement obtained by ABC News, the couple's newborn son, named Dakota Song Culkin, was born Monday, April 5, in Los Angeles at 1:10 p.m. PST and weighed in at 6 pounds and 14 ounces.

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"We are overjoyed," the new parents said.

The pair named their bundle of joy in honor of Culkin's late sister, who died at 29 years old in 2008 after being hit by a car in Los Angeles.

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Culkin, 40, and Song, 33, began dating after meeting on the Thailand set of the 2019 film "Changeland," and were apparently smitten with each other from the get-go.

Song, who starred in "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" once told Esquire of the "Home Alone" star, "You can't be around him and not be happy."