File under: "This is why regular people think celebrities are weird."
According to Reuters, actor Nicolas Cage and his wife of 14 months gave birth to thier first child, a son they've chosen to name Kal-El: Otherwise known as the birth name of Superman.
When your brain stops spinning as a result of this development, ask yourself this: What the hell is wrong with the Hollywood community? Is there something in the water there? Every day, it gets stranger and stranger there by leaps and bounds, and truth gets stranger than fiction every day. Yes, we know that Cage is an avid comic-book fan, but really. Some of us are fans of toaster pastries, and we're not about to name our child "Pop Tart."
And how on earth is Cage's other child, Weston (from one of his other dozen marraiges) ever goiing to live up to the persona of his younger brother? It's bad enough he's going to be comparing his life to that of his wacko father, but now he's got to be an also-ran to the Man of Steel from the world of the Red Sun, Krypton. Talk about second fiddle!
And does anyone think Cage's wife du jour, Alice Kim had any input? One can't believe she was jumping for joy at this choice, but who cares, right? When you're a former Sushi Waitress who meets a star like Cage in a club, then gets married within 3 months, I suppose baby names are pretty far down the priority list.
We can only hope this isn't a harbinger of doom. Will Cage become a reknowned scientist who is ignored when he feels the sun is approaching the planet at an alarming rate? Will he have to place his young son into a large Christmas ornament and shoot him off to another planet for safety? Will this young child of a bizarre celebrity and sushi waitress become the savior of another world? God forbid.
One thing's for sure: Any potential Lex Luthors have a head start this time around.
