Brangelina Adopting from India and The Woz Gets a New Gig

Eight months after giving birth to twins Vivienne and Knox, Angelina Jolie is prepping to cradle a new baby. According to reports, the raven-haired beauty and her famous beau Brad Pitt are planning to expand their multinational brood by adopting a child from India. The pair is already parents to three adopted children – 7-year-old Maddox from Cambodia, 4-year-old Pax from Vietnam and 3-year-old Zahara from Ethiopia. Brangelina also have three biological children, 2-year-old daughter Shiloh, and infant twins, who turn one in July. British newspaper the Sunday Express claims Jolie recently revealed her secret plans to adopt from India … Continue reading

Super Stars, Super Givers

The twins were born and photographed. The cash was handed over and we’re now learning where all that dough is going. According to a statement issued by the Global Health Committee earlier this week, roughly $2 million of the $14 million Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made from selling snaps of their newborn twins will go to help fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia. As you might recall Ethiopia is the country where their 3-year-old daughter Zahara was born. Now children there will have a second chance at life thanks to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Execs with the Global Health Committee … Continue reading

When You’ll Be Seeing First Pics of Brangelina’s Babies

The countdown is on. T-minus 40 hours or so until the world finally sets their eyes on Brangelina’s multi-million dollar twins. According to reports, the exclusive first photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins have fetched a record breaking $14 million. The fee is being split between People magazine and British tabloid, Hello! Magazine. You can catch a sneak peek of the pics Sunday night at 7, that’s when People says they will post a single shot of the babies on their website prior to the full spread hitting newsstands first thing Monday morning. According to media insiders, … Continue reading

To Sell or Not to Sell—Movie Star Weighs in on Baby Pic Saga

Angelina Jolie and the two newest members of the diverse Jolie-Pitt crew are finally home. Well, one of them anyway. Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline sped off with their mother from their temporary digs at the French Riviera hospital where they were born a week ago today. According to news reports, the actress and her infants slipped out of the hospital’s back entrance around 4 a.m. and sped off in a white van with tinted windows. No photos were snapped of the newborns, but you won’t have to wait too long to see Brangelina’s babes. Reports say an unnamed American … Continue reading

High Profile Protesting

Not everyone is thrilled about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s recent double blessing. In fact, the birth of Brangelina’s twins has sparked fierce protests outside the seaside hospital where Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline were welcomed into the world Saturday night. Hundreds of residents in Nice, France have been picketing outside of the Fondation Lenval hospital this week (where the twins and Jolie will remain for a few more days) because the news of the babies birth has overshadowed a high profile murder case. According to French newspapers, the protesters are irate that the mayor of Nice has spent so … Continue reading

They’re Here! Brangelina’s Twins Arrive

FINALLY! The double dose of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has entered the world, and by all accounts they are healthy and happy. The doctor who delivered the infants, who in all likelihood will be the highest paid tots in the world once their pictures are published, say the birth went off without a hitch. Forget about the rumors that the actress was carrying twin girls, according to Jolie’s doctor, she gave birth to a son and a daughter. The boy, which the Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt named Knox Leon, weighed 5.03 pounds, while the girl, named Vivienne … Continue reading

Brangelina Brood Expanding by Three?

Can you be overdue with twins? French newspapers are reporting that Angelina Jolie will deliver her twins on Tuesday. Numerous sources at the Lenval Hospital in Nice, where the actress was admitted on June 29th, say Brangelina’s twins will be welcomed into the world in just three short days. According to the paper, doctors were initially planning to induce Jolie on Monday, but since July 14th is Bastille Day (a French holiday) the procedure was pushed back a day. There have been so many false reports associated with Jolie’s pregnancy and pending delivery that I’m not sure I buy this … Continue reading

Celebrity Parents Cashing In on Baby—How Much is Too Much?

As I mentioned in my previous blog there is a bidding war brewing over who will land exclusive rights to the first shots of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s soon-to-be born twins (reportedly they are fraternal twin girls due next week). The latest reports have the figure at more than $15 million. While we won’t know what the final figure will be until Jolie pops out her new babes, we now know the exact amount other celebs are getting for the first published photos of their tiny tots. According to TMZ.com, first time parents Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend Camila … Continue reading

Celebrity Do-Gooders: Pizza and Progress

Okay, he’s not exactly saving the world, or feeding starving children, but Drew Carey is still using his millions (okay, it only cost him a few hundred dollars) to make people happy. The actor turned game show host is celebrating Saturday’s season finale of “The Price as Right” by having his favorite pizzas shipped to Los Angeles from his hometown pizzeria in Ohio. Carey, who claims the best pizza in the world is made at Antonio’s restaurant near his boyhood home in Cleveland, wanted to do something special for the cast and crew of the popular game show he hosts … Continue reading

Mariah’s Registry and Brangelina’s Wedding Rumors

What do you get the married superstar couple that has absolutely everything they need? Check out Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s wedding registry and you’ll get the answer. Yes, they’re already married. And, yes, they already have more than most couples could ever dream of owning… in a lifetime. Yet Carey and Cannon want you to know that it is not too late to buy them even more “stuff.” The newlyweds just registered at upscale New York City department store Bergdorf Goodman. This, despite the fact that the pair secretly wed at Carey’s seaside mansion in the Bahamas two months … Continue reading