Metallica drummer to be dad again

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and actress Connie Nielsen of the U.S. TV series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" are expecting their first child.

The baby is due in the summer.

"They are ecstatic," Nielsen's representative Joy Limanon told People magazine. Nielsen and Ulrich have been dating for two years.

Nielsen, 42, has a 16-year-old son, Sebastian, from a previous marriage. Ulrich also has two sons from a previous marriage, Myles, 8, and Layne, 5.

This year, Nielsen appeared as Detective Dani Beck on the NBC police drama. On the big screen, she co-starred with Russell Crowe in 2000's "Gladiator" and will play a journalist in Iraq in the drama "The Situation," scheduled for a February release.