TOM HANKS - HANKS' WIFE IN PREGNANCY RIDDLE?

TOM HANKS's wife RITA WILSON is at the centre of a pregnancy riddle - after pictures of her sporting a bulging belly appeared in American tabloids.

The RUNAWAY BRIDE actress, 45, already has two sons - CHESTER and TRUMAN - with her husband of 15 years and the reports of a third baby on the way led one magazine to pay a hefty $7,000 (GBP4,100) for the snap.

But representatives for the couple deny that Wilson is with child and even rubbished suggestions that she has piled on the weight through eating.

However, OSCAR-winner Hanks, 47, has yet to comment on the speculation.