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Bond villain "expecting second child"

Oscar-winning couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are expecting their second child, according to US media reports.

'The New York Post' reported Cruz's pregnancy first. Celebrity magazine 'US Weekly' and the website of television network, 'E!', said sources close to the couple confirmed the news. 'E!' was told that the 'Volver' actress was "around three months" pregnant.

The Spanish couple, who married in 2010, had their first child, a boy named Leo, in January 2011.

Cruz and Bardem will act together in supporting roles in the upcoming Ridley Scott film 'The Counselor', which is set for a November release.

Cruz, 38, won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as an impetuous artist in Woody Allen's 2008 comedy 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', while Bardem, 43, earned a best supporting actor Oscar in the 2007 drama 'No Country for Old Men'.