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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have given $2 million to fund a children's health clinic in Ethiopia, where their 3-year-old daughter Zahara was born. The center, which will focus on serving children with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, will be run by the Global Health Committee. "It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Brad said in a statement.

The Jolie-Pitts run a similar clinic in Cambodia - where their 7-year-old son Maddox was born - called Maddox Chivan Children's Center. "Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease," Angelina said in a statement.


"The fact that poor people continue to die in our world today of TB, a curable disease, because of lack of access to drugs and care is unacceptable," Brad added. This week, the power couple ranked sixth on Parade magazine's list of the most generous celebrities. They gave $8.4 million in 2007.

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With their brood of six kids, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are eligible for almost $2,600 a month in child benefits – though it's highly unlikely the couple will accept the cash. Just before the birth of their twins, Knox and Vivienne, the movie stars moved into the Chateau Miraval in the south of France.

Brad, 44, registered the family at the town hall in nearby Brignoles – making them qualify for France's generous parenting subsidies. (The benefits are available to all families, regardless of their financial means.)

No one expects the Jolie-Pitt clan to cash in, but they are technically eligible for a "nanny payment" of $975.84 a month, not to mention an "orphan allowance" of $508.97 for each of their three adopted children. The grand total, $2,592.81, would be payable by check each month.

"We do not discuss individual benefits cases," said a spokeswoman for the Brignoles council. "But [we] can confirm that all resident local families with young children are eligible for certain benefits."

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Here are some more pictures of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, the twins (Knox Leon and Vivienne Marchelle) and the rest of the Jolie-Pitt kids. They are from Hello! Magazine. I might get asked to remove them so enjoy will they last.











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Meet Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline who at only 3 weeks old are about to take the world by storm. In an exclusive interview and photos, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie offer PEOPLE an intimate look at their growing family. (Hello! Has the international rights to the photos.)

"It is chaos, but we are managing it and having a wonderful time," Angelina told PEOPLE of daily life at the Château Miraval in Provence, France, where the couple's four older children – Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2 – have been enjoying a summer of outdoor play (hide-and-seek is a favorite) on the château's sprawling grounds. Adds Brad: "[It's] still a cuckoo's nest."

Fortunately, they already have some household helpers. "[Shiloh] and Z pick out [the twins'] clothes and help change and hold them," says Angie. "It's sweet – they are little mommies."

For the complete story, including 19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad and Angelina, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands today! (Monday)



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Brad Pitt was at Angelina Jolie's side as she gave birth to a son and daughter Saturday at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France, PEOPLE has confirmed. "The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly," Dr. Michel Sussmann told PEOPLE Sunday. "Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well."

Sussmann confirmed the Nice-Matin newspaper report that Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarean section on Saturday night. Knox weighed 5.03 lbs, and Vivienne 5 lbs. The twins are the fifth and sixth children for Angelina, 33, and partner Brad Pitt, 44, who are already parents to Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2.

"The mother and father are very, very happy," Sussmann told PEOPLE. The doctor told the Associated Press that the Cesarean was moved forward "for medical reasons" so that the babies could be born "in the best conditions." He also said Angelina is expected to stay in the hospital for a few days.

On July 1, Angelina checked in to the Fondation Lenval hospital to await the births. The family has been living in the south of France since this spring.

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What do you think of the names Brad and Angie picked for the twins? I really like the name they picked for their daughter, but Knox? I really do not care for that one. Vivienne is much more girlie than the names of their two other daughters. Zahara has such a kick ass vibe and Shiloh is very tomboy like as well. That was a big surprise. The name Knox just doesn't seem like a great name to me. It sounds like the name of a location or a dog, not a kid. I understand that both of Knox's names are from Brad's family, but I really don't care for it.

Don't expect to catch any glimpses of Angelina Jolie in her hospital room. The hospital in Nice, France, where Angelina, 33, is staying as she awaits the birth of her twins has coated the windows of her room with special insulating material that cameras cannot see through, the Associated Press reports. The news comes after several photographs – allegedly of Angie and Brad Pitt – have surfaced.

"It is impossible to see into Mr. Brad Pitt and Mrs. Angelina Jolie's room," a rep for the Fondation Lenval hospital said in a statement. "So any picture released are either posed fakes set up by paparazzi or they are pictures of other patients. We hope this is clearly understood out of respect for all patients in this clinic."

On Tuesday, Brad was spotted arriving at the hospital, where he visited Angie, who is staying in a four-room suite overlooking the Mediterranean. Brad has been a frequent visitor, bringing the couple's daughters, Shiloh, 2, and Zahara, 3, along. On Saturday the actress's brother James Haven also visited. Angelina is undergoing observation and is expected to give birth anytime "in the next weeks," her obstetrician told reporters on July 2.

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After Wednesday's press conference – during which Angelina Jolie's obstetrician announced it could be "several weeks" before she gives birth – she and Brad Pitt continued settling in to the Fondation Lenval hospital in the South of France. "It's like Fort Alamo!" trumpeted the Nice-Matin. The local newspaper also described the international media crush at the hospital as something out of the TV series 24 with walkie-talkies "like the kind Jack Bauer would use."

But the scene inside seems far more domestic. Brad dropped by the maternity ward Wednesday afternoon with their two daughters, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2. Angie– who is expecting twins with Brad– is staying in a pre-booked suite of four rooms overlooking the Mediterranean, the paper reported, adding that each room goes for a modest 125 Euros. (That's just under $200.)

Her obstetrician, Dr. Michel Sussmann, said Wednesday that the Oscar-winner could give birth anytime "in the next weeks." The doctor has been monitoring Angelina's pregnancy for the past two months, Nice-Matin reported, noting that he has been practicing in the area for 23 years.

"She will only benefit from being monitored at the hospital in the weeks to come," Sussmann said. "All this is ... totally normal." Is he nervous having such a high-profile patient? "I'm not nervous at all," he told PEOPLE. "She's a very nice person, very happy. She's not nervous either."

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Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are about to face off...on the big screen. Angelina's drama Changeling and Jennifer's romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You are both scheduled to be released October 24, Usmagazine.com has confirmed. (Changeling will be out in limited release before going wide October 31.)

Angie — who earns $12-15 million a movie — is already generating Oscar buzz for her role a mother whose son is kidnapped ("her performance hits home," a Variety critic wrote).

Meanwhile, Jen— who rakes in an estimated $8 million a movie — plays Ben Affleck's love interest in the adaptation of the best-selling relationship book.

So who's the bigger box office draw? Jen, says Brandon Gray, the president and publisher of Box Office Mojo. "Aniston is more relatable to moviegoers and can star in these romantic comedies or dramas more successfully than Jolie," he tells Us.

"Angelina has tried to have variety in her career, but time and time again, she goes back to these vixen or bad girl roles," Gray adds. "She's had some success in those, but when she's strayed from it, she's flopped." (He cited 2003's Beyond Borders and 2007's A Mighty Heart as examples.) Jennifer, he said, "has carried successful pictures like The Break Up and Along Came Polly."

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Angelina Jolie has talked candidly about her desire to continue expanding her family with Brad Pitt. But when the actress found out she was pregnant with twins, well, even she was taken aback. "We weren't expecting twins," Angelina, 33, tells Entertainment Weekly in a new interview. "So it did shock us, and we jumped to six [children] quickly. But we like a challenge."

With a house full of kids, Angie says she needs help – so it's a good thing there's family around to pitch in. "[Brad's] mom and dad are on standby to come out and help," she says.

But the real focus, Jolie says, is making sure their other children – Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2 – feel included when their new siblings are born. Says the actress: "They're old enough to feel included to change diapers themselves, to feed bottles themselves, like if I pump into a bottle. We're trying to find ways where it can be a fun group thing ... Everybody gets special time so we can make sure we know where they're at."

As for how she's handling being pregnant with twins, the actress tells EW she's taking it easy and letting Brad handle all the heavy lifting, literally. "We've worked out a system where Brad just lifts [the kids] to me every time they want to come up," she says. "I just don't bend down. I'll scream, 'Honey!' and he'll come running and lift them up."

And pregnancy has other benefits as well. "It's great for the sex life," she says. "It just makes you a lot more creative. So you have fun, and as a woman you're just so round and full."

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According to the cover of the latest Star Magazine, Brad Pitt and his peeps "panicked" after Angelina "collapsed" on a beach in France. Problem is -- it just ain't true. A series of photos taken at exactly the same time on the same day show she was just fine, playing with the kids and having grand old time. In fact, Brad and U2's The Edge are just helping her up off the beach ... like gentlemen should do with pregnant women. By the way, Star makes this sound like it just happened -- these pics were taken a month ago. Their rep says they stand by their story -- and that the snap in question was taken May 21. Okay, this is not even trying! At least make the story possible. At least use new pictures. Lame…

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Angelina Jolie says she didn't expect to fall for Brad Pitt. “After my last divorce, I said I was absolutely going to marry somebody in another field, an aid worker or something," she reveals in July's Vanity Fair. "Then I met Brad, everything I wasn’t looking for, but the best man, the best father I could possibly wish for, you know?" she adds. "I don’t see him as an actor. I see him very much as a dad, as somebody who loves travel and architecture more than being in movies.”

Although Brad, 44, seems to have taken more of an interest in humanitarian causes since their romance, Angie, 32, says his passion for international affairs "was actually one of the things that brought us together. “Though he wasn’t as publicly active," she adds, "I found him to be very aware of the world, very curious, very compassionate. In his private way, he had been doing a lot. When we met, we realized our common goals were that we both wanted to be involved in the world and see what we could do. When it comes to common goals — orphans, orphans’ rights, children — we support each other," she goes on. "It brings us together and makes our relationship work.”

Angie also says that "people have made a lot out of it that we’re not, but we both have been married before, and it’s very easy to get married, but it’s not easy to build a family and be parents together. And maybe we’ve done it backwards, but we certainly feel married.”

Naming her daughter Shiloh:
"It’s a biblical name, but we didn’t name her for that. It was a name my parents almost named their first child ‹ there was a miscarriage: Shiloh Baptist. Because my father had been shooting in Georgia and that was the most southern name [my parents] could come up with. It’s a name I always liked. I used to go under it in hotels: Shiloh Baptist. I’d gone under it when [Brad] called hotel rooms where I was staying.”

Being religious:
“[My mother] stopped going to confession at one point because she was having sex before marriage. To me, she represented what religion should be. She never preached. If things didn’t make sense to her, she never just accepted it. I had Communion, but she never forced me to go to church.
“Brad got me this great thing for Christmas. It’s a bookshelf that has a book on every religion. That’s how we plan to raise our kids. Teach them about all religions. They can pick one or be a student of all of them. We’ll celebrate Kwanzaa for our girl. We’ll celebrate moon and water festivals for our boys. We’ll take them to temples in certain countries. Also to church.”

Losing her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to cancer:“When [my mother] passed [in 2007], I realized that somebody who lives life with that kind of dedication to their family is the most noble. I was aware of it growing up. I admired her. And I loved her. But in her passing she reminded me what matters. And what’s most fun: to put yourself aside for these other little people you’re raising.
“Mad always knew my mom was sick. So when [her death] happened, I sat him down and I told him how some people believe there’s a heaven where everybody goes and is together again. And they believe it’s very white and beautiful. And some believe — he’d just seen Casper — there are ghosts who are people and they are always around. And some believe it’s a long peaceful sleep. When I told him, and I was crying, 'Grand-mère died today, we won’t be able to see her anymore, but she’ll always be around,’ he said, 'Like she’s here now? Like she’s in that chair?’ And I said, 'Well, I suppose she could be.’ And he accepted it. It’s funny. It’s like we teach kids the things that we want to believe. Then we see that they have such beautiful faith and it helps them go to bed and we’re in the other room not sleeping well.
“I had to be responsible for getting the morgue to pick [my mother's] body up. She was in Cedars [Sinai, in Los Angeles]. All I had to do is remind myself that she’s my best girlfriend and she’s not in any more pain. I’m so happy for her. As much as I miss her, I’m a good enough friend not to have wanted her to stay in pain any longer.”

Talking again to dad Jon Voight:"We don’t really have a relationship, but we’re in contact. And wish each other well. I think we’ve realized there’s been too much discussion. Him discussing me publicly. I’ve had to comment on him. I think it’s best that, if we try to have any relationship in the future, we do it quietly.
She said that she has never seen Voight's 1979 Oscar-winning performance in Coming Home.
“Because that was when my father left my mom, and the woman who he cheated on her with is in the film,” Jolie says. (When rumors that Angelina had an affair with Brad while he was wed to Jennifer Aniston, she denied them. "Do I need to defend that I’m a decent woman?" she said.)

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Actress Angelina Jolie, 32, is enjoying her pregnancy and time with partner Brad Pitt and their children. Angie opens up in July's Vanity Fair about being pregnant, raising an international family, their 2-year-old daughter Shiloh and how they annoy their children. The family not only includes, Shiloh, but siblings Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, and Zahara, 3, all from different countries.

On being pregnant:
“I love it. It makes me feel like a woman. It makes me feel that all the things about my body are suddenly there for a reason. It makes you feel round and supple, and to have a little life inside you is amazing. Also, I’m fortunate. I think some women have a different experience depending on their partner. I think that affects it. I happen to be with somebody who finds pregnancy very sexy. So that makes me feel very sexy.”

On her international family:“
When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents. It’s not a humanitarian thing, because I don’t see it as a sacrifice. It’s a gift. We’re all lucky to have each other. I look at Shiloh — because, obviously, physically, she is the one that looks like Brad and I when we were little — and say, ‘If these were our brothers and sisters, how much would we have known by the time we were six that it took into our 30s and 40s to figure out?’ I suppose I’m giving them the childhood I always wished I had.”

On Shiloh’s birth:
“We were in this little hospital in Africa when Shi was born. I don’t think there was anybody else in the hospital. It was just a little cottage, the three of us. It ended up being the greatest thing…. I had a C-section and I found it fascinating. I didn’t find it a sacrifice and I didn’t find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.”

On nannies:
“We don’t ever have anybody spend the night. We may have to adjust that when the next one comes. But we do have ladies that work with us, and they’re also from different cultures and back-grounds. One lady’s a Vietnamese teacher — wonderful. One is of Congolese descent from Belgium. Another is from the States and is really creative and does art programs.”

On raising her children:
“Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books, we go to plays, we talk. Our focus is art and painting and dress-up and singing. It’s what we love. So I think you can see how artists in some way raise other artists.”

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Contrary to a flurry of recent reports that Angelina Jolie has delivered her twins, PEOPLE confirms that the rumors are not true. "Angelina has not given birth. She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France," a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE.

Angelina and Brad Pitt recently signed a long-term lease for a chateau on the French Riviera. The 32-year-old – already mom to Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2 – also revealed to reporters at the Cannes International Film Festival that she was considering giving birth in France – and that French is the "second language" in the family's home.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought a £35 million chateau in the French Riviera to base their growing family. The couple are said to have looked at around 100 properties before settling on the 35-bedroom estate. The sprawling residence comes complete with it's own vineyard, moat, lake and forest which they bought direct from the owner after spotting the property from the air by helicopter.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought a vineyard castle on the French Riviera to cater for their expanding brood. The pair hope to move in by the beginning of August as they are expecting twins on the 19th. A source close to the deal said: “It's a place called Chateau Miraval which is in a tiny village called Brignol in the Var, not far from Aix en Provence. Just the driveway up to the Chateau is three miles long.”

The source went on to say, “There's a lake and a swimming pool and fountains and fields with ponies in and it's surrounded by a huge forest so no-one will be able to take pictures of them or the kids. They're both thrilled as they've been hunting for a place on the Riviera for over a year and it's exactly what they want. Last year Brad and Angelina took a helicopter along the Riviera and they were literally landing in people's gardens of houses that they liked and were running in to ask if their properties were for sale.”

The Jolie-Pitts new home has 25-bedrooms, a vineyard and is surrounded by tall trees providing the family with privacy. “They'll be moving in roughly three months and living there full- time.” The estate is surrounded by water with twenty fountains, aquaducts, and a stream runs through hidden tunnels and into the moat and fills the lake.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will have famous neighbors such as Bono and U2's The Edge close by. The location of the chateau is perfect for Angelina who has chosen to give birth to her twins in France as a tribute to her French grandmother and mother. It's also proved an idea situation since the family are planning to set up home there for some weeks after the birth. She gave birth to her first biological child - Shiloh - in Namibia two years ago. “It's absolutely stunning,” said the source.

'They're going to enrol the kids in a local French school and they already have friends there like Bono and The Edge from U2 and Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.” The estate comes complete with ponies, making playtime extra fun for the children. 'They've already bought a couple of million pounds worth of antiques to fill the place and are planning renovations with their Berlin based architects,' said a source.

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