May 31st, 2007 by dd
Angelina Jolie and her two sons, Maddox, 5, and Pax, 3, enjoy a day of fun at animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, France.
Marineland is located on the Mediterranean coast, not far from Cannes, where Brad Pitt and Angelina premiered their own films, Ocean’s 13 and A Mighty Heart, at The Cannes Film Festival.
Angelina and Pax were spotted feeding fish to the orcas (also known as killer whales) while Maddox and security officer Mickey Brett looked on.
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May 17th, 2007 by dd
Proud Papa Brad Pitt is seen doing daddy duty recently dropping off and picking up his kids as they start school. Talk about needing an education…
3-year-old Pax is from Vietnam, 2-year-old Zahara is from Ethiopia, 5-year-old Maddox is from Cambodia and they’re attending Lycée Français de Prague school in Prague, Czech Republic away from their American parents.
At least they’ll do well in world geography! (Picture Source)
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March 22nd, 2007 by dd
Picture Maddox and Pax catching some zzzz’s together; just instead of a Caucasian cutie, they’re two Asian boys
Admit it! I heard you… you said “awwww” under your breath, didn’t you.
Update: Solly, images removed!:
Lawyers from a certain publication which DD will not name (rhymes with ‘Beople Magazine‘) kindly asked to have the images of Pax, Maddox, and Zahara removed despite the fact that they were ‘borrowed’ from a different source and won’t appear in this unnamed magazine until Friday. Either way, in the spirit of avoiding litigation, DD will comply.
So in trying to find replacement pictures, DD looked innocently under ‘Asian boys’ and whoa… you do not want to go there. So just use your imagination and pretend that there still exists a really cute picture of Maddox and Pax sleeping side by side in bed; then conjure up an image of Zahara in a cute purple baby-kini and Pax poolside trying to get peanuts (or small objects) out of a jar.
When you think of the cutest thing possible and make yourself go ‘awwww’, you’ve acheived the same desired effect!
Eh, Homez, we dun need no stinkin’ peek-chers here!
This is supposed to be Pax and Zahara… just imagine them as little 2 and 3 year old kids instead. No problem!
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March 21st, 2007 by dd
Ratana Veth’s new life in NYC
So you thought Maddox Jolie-Pitt was the only star out of Cambodia, huh. (Honestly, so did we) But leave it to the NY Times to report on a Cambodian actress who left the glitz and glamour the adulation of her adoring fans in Cambodia to be with her husband in the posh neighborhood of the Bronx.
This fairy tale story goes a lil sumtin’ like dis…
Apparently a 43-year old owner of a grocery store in the Bronx traveled to Cambodia and brought back Ratana Veth, his 24-year old bride and popular actress/ karaoke singer. The two spend weekends barnstorming the country’s other Cambodian neighborhoods, where Ms. Veth sings on the Khmer heritage festival circuit.
Although Ms. Veth is lavished with affection at her shows, she says she misses the constant attention she received in Cambodia, where she could barely stop at a red light without being thronged with admirers. But she insists that she is enjoying her life in the city, adding that the clothes and makeup shopping is incomparable. “I have always dreamed of moving to New York,” she said.
And there you have it. Daily Dumpling is now officially
a regional entertainment news resource! Boo-yah!
Ratana Veth in one of her earlier films
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March 19th, 2007 by dd
Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt now have four children — five year old Maddox from Cambodia, two year old Ethiopian Zahara, Pax Thien (which means “peaceful sky”) and their biological daughter Shiloh Nouvel born in Namibia last May.
As a result of the large family, Jolie told the Phap Luat newspaper, she would take time off from making movies to take care of her brood.
“Now, I will stop making movies and will stay home to help Pax to get used to his new life,” the 31-year-old said.
“I have four children and taking care of the children is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very proud and happy to be their mother,” she added.
Although she didn’t specify how long her sabbatical would be, Jolie confirmed that she hoped to learn a little Vietnamese so that she can talk to Pax until he’s adjusted to life in the United States.
Read more and see the actual handwritten thank you note
Angelina left for the Vietnam orphanage after the jump!
Read the rest of this entry »
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March 13th, 2007 by dd
Angelina Jolie’s adoption application is being processed quickly in Vietnam and she could pick up her new 3 1/2-year-old son within a few weeks. Jolie can pick up the child anytime after the application is approved.
The child was abandoned at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital as a baby and then taken to the nearby Tam Binh orphanage, where he has lived ever since.
The adoption is being processed quickly because the boy is an older child, and his files were nearly complete before Jolie decided to adopt.
Jolie and Brad Pitt have three children: 5-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia; 2-year-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and another daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May.
The pair made a surprise visit to the Tam Binh orphanage at Thanksgiving, when they were spotted cruising around Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike. [Y!]
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March 3rd, 2007 by dd
There’s nothing wrong with you, Brad, it’s just that Angelina needs to first save the world before you two can start making babies again…
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 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.
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.
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. [Y!]
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March 2nd, 2007 by dd
Baby Shiloh and Maddox enjoy a quaint carriage ride on Tuesday afternoon in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Babysitting Shiloh, 9 months, and Maddox, 5, were grandma Jane Pitt and Angelina’s assistant and friend, Holly Goline.
Brad Pitt was probably busy at work filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie was recently seen at an Oure-Cassoni camp in eastern Chad. [JustJared]
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January 25th, 2007 by dd
Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie and her 5-year-old son Maddox spent more than $700 on Friday just to take a shower at a posh hotel.
Jolie and her son made a stop at Shutters on the Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., so they could shower and freshen up.
A source tells Star magazine, “Angelina said they only wanted the room for two hours — time enough for them both to take a shower. She was very sweet and seemed like a concerned mom.
“It was just very bizarre, when she and Brad (Pitt) own two house here in Los Angeles, that she would need to spend that kind of money on a hotel room just so she and Maddox could shower.”
Jolie and Pitt recently moved their family to New Orleans, La., where he is currently filming “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” [SFGate]
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December 22nd, 2006 by dd
Here are some pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at MCCC (Maddox Chivan Children’s Center), a center in Cambodia named after their son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt. The MCCC provides a unique program of multidisciplinary care for Cambodian children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Other pictures include Angelina from Vogue’s January 2007 issue…
[JustJared]
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