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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 9 minutes ago



LOS ANGELES - The baby has arrived — and no, they didn't name her Brangelina.





Thousands of miles from Hollywood but still within easy reach of celebrity hype, Angelina Jolie gave birth to Brad Pitt's daughter Saturday in Africa, Pitt's publicist announced.

"The night of May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcomed their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. No further information is being given," publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a statement.

No photographs were being released, she added.

The baby's arrival had been the subject of intense press speculation in recent months, prompting the superstar couple to decamp to Africa for privacy. It escalated Tuesday when an e-mail Pitt sent to the Cannes Film Festival said he was unable to attend because of the baby's "imminent arrival."

The birth came a little more than a month after another blockbuster delivery: a girl born to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Jolie and Pitt had powerful help protecting their privacy from the government of Namibia, which refused to grant entry to reporters seeking to cover the birth without the actors' written permission. The government arrested photographers, confiscated film, ringed the couple's hotel with heavy security and set up large green barriers on the beach to shield their family.

Jolie and Pitt were linked romantically shortly after appearing together in the 2005 movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

Jolie, 30, is a frequent visitor to Africa and serves as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Jolie has two adopted children: toddler Zahara, from Ethiopia, and 4-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia.

Both had their surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt announced his intentions to co-adopt the children.

Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston divorced last fall.

Jolie, who won an Oscar for her supporting role in 1999's "Girl, Interrupted," is divorced from Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

Born in Africa? Does that mean that she is not a citizen of the USA?

madartista said:

Just like your precious bear!

madartista said:

She is a citizen. Anyone born to citizens is a citizen, even if they're born outside the country

Does this mean everybody will shut the fuck up about this kid already?

Oh wait, there'll be pics & the ever precious process of watching her grow up... day & friggin' night, for the rest of our lives (as long as we participate in any form of media)...





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[Edited 5/27/06 22:44pm]

2the9s said:

Damn U!

Bears are citizens of the world. We, I mean they, are Everywhere. Not just on the loose in Austria.

Watch out, 2theClawsDownHisBack!

madartista said:

Yes. It means they have to leave the baby in Africa if the couple wishes to leave back to the States. I mean, it was a really bad idea to go have the birth down there. Really should have thought about it beforehand.

madartista said:

Novabreaker said:

That's funny.

Although, seriously, Angelina is a UN ambassador who is half American-half French, with additional citizenship in Cambodia. Even though she is only the Ambassador to the United Nations High Council of Refugees (in the abassador-at-large rank), she still holds limited diplomatic immunity.

In addition, even if she wasn't working for the UN, the only thing the Jolie-Pitts would have to do prior to going to the US is report the birth to the nearest US Consulate and submit an FS-240 form (Consular Report of Birth Abroad To A US Citizen). For the rest of us poor slobs, the report takes 3 hours to be notarized by the Consulate, and then our kids' passports are delivered in 2 weeks. But in the case of dire emergency, or say, if you happen to be, maybe, the Jolie-Pitt Family , the Consular General can approve and release your documents in less than 36 hours if deemed necessary ( and as long as you don't bug him/her on a weekend, they're usually pretty obliging)

I am very happy for them


My only regret is that I am not the father

Nikster said:

loveit!

ThreadBare said:

Oh---this is all I've heard about for the last 36 hours:

1.President Karzai of Afghanistan has just arrived in Iran for a state visit with President Amadinejad.

2. A 9 year old from Haditha, Iraq is the current focus of worldwide human rights organizations as she makes stunning revelations on a massacre by American soldiers where they burst into her home and blew up her family members while sleeping and/or engaged in prayer, including all women and children in the house. There is also a 12 year old Iraqi girl who went through a similar experience (but I forgot her hometown) in which all the women and children of her family were machine gunned sleeping in their beds, and she survived by playing dead . The international community as you can imagine, is up in arms over this ...

3. Indonesia, on Friday night (GMT eu time) suffered an earthquake registering 6.2 on the Richter scale, killing 4,000 people and prompting donations of 4 Million Euro from the EU, 2.8 Million dollars from the US, and an Italian donation of 10, 000 tents, tarps, and generators to the survivors of the tragedy....


and sadly, the only reason why I know ANY of this information is because the only English language programming I get on my TV is CNN and BBC...if all of this wouldn't have happened in the middle of my nightly news broadcasts, I'd probably be online obsessively squawking about American Idol like everybody else

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt

Shiloh Nouvel ?

Maybe they'll stay their asses over there and never come back. One can only hope.

PANDURITO said:

They must be Neil Diamond fans.


Shiloh when I was young...

PANDURITO said:

its really not an unusual name. I've seen a couple of little girls named Shiloh.


Better than Coco.

madartista said:

She'll be a dual citizen, both American and Namibian.

Should be one of the best looking kids around. It's got great genes.

Spats said:

Angelina was not cute when she was young

Yea! I'm a huge Angelina fan. I hope the daughter grows into the splitting image of her mom.

PANDURITO said:

Shiloh is hebrew and french. I don't know about Nouvel

CarrieMpls said:

My immediate thought!

I"M SO HAPPY FOR THEM...AND I DON"T KNOW WHY!!!! WHY DO I CARE????


I had a dream early Saturday morning that I was helping Angelina pack the kids in the car because she was in labor and we had to get to the hospital. Brad was sitting in the drivers seat and I was having trouble getting Zahara's car seat fastened. Oh well, whatever....YEAH FOR THEM!!!! But BOOOOO for the name Shiloh Nouvel...poor Brad, TWO GEMINI WOMEN:
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she gave birth to "brad pitt's daughter"? ummm...i thought the child was her's and brad's.



i'm sorry, that just seemed very much like "woman as passive vehicle" language to me.


other than that....

congratulations to them both.

JasmineFire said:

I missed that part. Where did it say that? That's pretty crappy, but yeay for THEIR baby!!!

Terilicious said:

it's in the first sentence.

JasmineFire said:

Hey, don't laugh at me damn it!!!!

I was too excited to read all the little stuff!!

Yeay!!! For Shiloh "Don'tchawishyababywashotlikeme" Jolie-Pitt


I WISH THEY WOULD ADOPT ME!!!
[Edited 5/28/06 15:03pm]

Terilicious said:

i'm sorry for laughing at you...it was just too cute. i often miss stuff like that, too.

JasmineFire said:

Yeah, that's the problem with reading...all those annoying little words get in the way!!!