Brad relaxes in L.A.

Brad Pitt seemed very relaxed yesterday considering his partner Angelina Jolie had just adopted another addition to their ever expanding family, a young Vietnamese boy named Pax Thien. Brad spent the afternoon at the office of Scott Free Pictures run by Ridley Scott who directed Brad in his breakout role in ‘Thelma and Louise’ and Tony Scott who directed Brad in ‘Spy Game’. Brad then had a cigarette with a friend before climbing aboard his Ducati and taking off.

Angelina Jolie adopts boy…

This is the first picture of the latest addition to the Pitt-Jolie family. This Vietnamese boy has been named Pax Thien Jolie. Angelina is currently in Vietnam, taking care of the necessary paperwork to get Pax a passport. Angelina is also seen leaving the orphanage where the boy was with her eldest child Maddox. Pax in Latin means peace and Thien in Vietnamese means Heaven. Meaning the translation of his name is Peace from Heaven.

Angelina Jolie Lands in Vietnam

Angelina Jolie has landed in Vietnam today to pick-up what could be the next piece in re-creating those famed Benetton advertisements. She arrived in Ho Chi Minh City this afternoon and is rumored to be adopting a 3-year-old boy from the Tam Binh orphanage.

There will be an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials tomorrow followed by a meeting with the U.S. Consulate who must approve the adoption before she can take the child home.

If all goes according to plan, Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh could have a new brother by the weekend.

Was money behind Angelina Jolie's fast track adoption?

Angelina Jolie in New Orleans. (03/05/2007).

Washington, March 14: Rumor has it that actress Angelina Jolie has promised to pay two million dollars to the Tam Binh Orphan Centre as and when the process for the adoption of the boy she has chosen completes.

However, the director of the orphanage, Nguyen Van Trung, has refuted claims of "money changing hands" by saying that the only purpose of giving the boy in adoption to Jolie was to provide him with a safe home.

"Our goal is to seek a safe home for the child. Jolie has not promised to give anything to the centre," US Weekly magazine quoted him as saying.

Van Trung has also revealed that the little boy was abandoned at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital as an infant, and then taken to the orphanage. He said that the staff at the centre tried their best to locate his parents but failed.

The centre’s director also said that the boy was in good health and liked playing soccer.

"He is in good health. He is a little bit shy," Trung said.

The boy will be given to Jolie at a ceremony in Ho Chi Min City.

Angelina Jolie set to get new son by early April

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ride a motorbike around Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City November 23, 2006.

13 March 2007 - Angelina Jolie may become mother to a 3 1/2 year old Vietnamese boy within weeks, according to a Vietnamese official.

The boy was abandoned at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital as an infant and taken into an orphanage. The staff there was unable to locate his parents.

"He is in good health," orphanage director Nguyen Van Trung told AP. He gets along well with other children. However, "He is a little bit shy."

The processing of Jolie's adoption request is being expedited and will be completed before 31 March, the director of Vietnam's International Adoption Department, Vu Duc Long, told the Associated Press on Tuesday.

Once approval is granted, Jolie will be free to pick up the child anytime.

Jolie has applied for adoption as a single mother since Vietnamese law frowns on adoptions by unmarried couples. However, both Pitt and Jolie have jointly planned for the adoption.

It was a "process that began shortly after Shiloh was born [in May]," a source told People

Brad Pitt and Angelina's daughter Shiloh to do a cameo role

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoy quality weekend at home in New Orleans. (03/05/2007).

13 March 2007 - Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh has a cameo role in his latest movie.

Brad and Angelina's ten-month-old daughter plays Cate Blanchett as a baby in forthcoming film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

A source told National Enquirer magazine: "Brad and Shiloh saved the day when twin sisters hired to take turns playing actress Cate Blanchett's character as a baby wouldn't settle down.

"Everyone waited in vain while the babies were fed, changed and hugged - but nothing worked to calm them on the set in New Orleans.

"Then quick-thinking Brad realised his daughter's happy and mellow disposition made her a quick fix for the role."

Shiloh, who had been playing in the on set day care centre, was swiftly put in costume.

The source added: "She's a natural. Shiloh did her scenes perfectly and was giggling and happy throughout her big day."

Brad and Angelina also have an adopted son Maddox, five, and an adopted two-year-old daughter Zahara.

Angelina is in the process of adopting a Vietnamese boy aged between three and four.

You Want Angelina’s Lips?

So do a lot of people. And many of them are taking extreme measures to look like their favorite stars.

“Many of my patients request celebrity features when coming in for a particular procedure. It makes sense, because the celebrities define beauty in our society today,” said Dr. Robert Rey, star surgeon of the E! reality show “Dr. 90210.”

So which celebrity characteristics are most frequently taken home?

According to Rey, Jessica Biel, Courteney Cox and Angelina Jolie have the most in-demand faces, and everybody wants Nicole Kidman’s nose.

Below the neck, Carmen Electra and Salma Hayek have the most coveted breasts. And when it comes to entire bodies, Jessica Alba, Gisele Bundchen and Halle Berry make the cut.

Wannabes are also requesting Scarlett Johansson’s eyes, Ashlee Simpson’s nose, Jennifer Lopez’s butt, Angelina Jolie’s lips, Janet Jackson’s abs and Cameron Diaz’s legs, according to reports.

And if you thought cosmetic enhancement was a ladies-only luxury, think again.

“There has been a big increase in men opting for plastic surgery to look like a celeb,” said Rey. “David Beckham or Brad Pitt, in most cases.”

So can anybody emerge from a clinic with carbon copy features of a Hollywood hottie?

“In some cases, an almost exact replica of certain features can be achieved,” said Rey. “But looking exactly like somebody else is unrealistic. I won’t operate if a patient’s expectations are unrealistic to that point.”

Rey also reminds Hollywood hopefuls who come in with their magazine cut-outs that these celebs don’t really look that good in real life. It’s only with the assistance of professional hair and makeup artists and the art of airbrushing that such flawless features are possible.

Americans spent nearly $12.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2005, according to surgery.org, leading some to worry that society is being saturated by celebrity worshippers.

Angelina Speaks on being a UN Ambassador

Angelina Jolie

March 12, 2007 – Angelina Jolie has often been criticized for her efforts as a goodwill ambassador for the UN, calling her travels to troubled corners of the world as celebrity tourism and a show for publicity. Jolie spoke to Newsweek in an interview about her travels, the refugees and the criticism she has faced.

“If someone had a direct criticism of my opinion on the issue, if someone had a direct criticism of the image shown because they think it hurts somebody then I will take that into consideration,” Jolie told.

“But there are a lot of people that simply have an immediate gut reaction and they just don't want to combine artists with foreign policy.”

Jolie has been an ambassador for the UN refugee relief efforts for nearly 6 years and reflecting back she didn’t think to be taken seriously.

“I [was] considered a rebel in Hollywood. At the time I was also a bit of the wild child,” Jolie recalled. “So first I went to Washington [to the UNHCR office] and I sat with everybody there and said, "You know, I know you don't know me. You might have heard things about me… And I don't want to bring negative attention to your agency. If you could just help me, I'll pay my way,”” Jolie said.

“It took me a while to agree to do it,” Jolie said about having cameras following her visits to the refugee camps. “I guess I saw that so many times the picture comes before the knowledge and the substance and I certainly didn't want to do that to myself or the organization.”

Angelina Jolie plans to adopt Vietnamese child

HANOI, Vietnam — Angelina Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday.
A U.S. adoption agency representing the 31-year-old actress filed the papers at Vietnam's International Adoption Agency, said Vu Duc Long, the agency's director.
"She just filed the papers this week," Long said.
Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, have three children: 5-year-old son Maddox, adopted from Cambodia; 2-year-old daughter Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and another daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May.
Long would not name the U.S. adoption agency working with Jolie, who applied to adopt as a single parent.
A phone message left with Jolie's Los Angeles-based manager, Geyer Kosinski, wasn't immediately returned.
Jolie and Pitt, 43, made a surprise visit to Vietnam at Thanksgiving, when they visited the Tam Binh orphanage, on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
Their pictures were splashed across the front page of Vietnamese newspapers, showing the couple cruising around Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike.
Nguyen Van Trung, the director of the Tam Binh orphanage, declined to comment. He said he was awaiting the papers from the International Adoption Agency.