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January 2006
Angelina Jolie
Pregnant With Brad Pitt's
Child
Oscar-winning
actress Angelina Jolie is pregnant with a
child fathered by movie co-star Brad Pitt,
his spokeswoman said on Wednesday, finally
confirming a romance that has become one
of Hollywood's most talked-about open
secrets.
Publicist
Cindy Guagenti also confirmed reports that
Pitt has filed papers to become the legal
adoptive father of Jolie's two adopted
children, son Maddox, 4, and daughter
Zahara, who is about 11 months
old.
Guagenti
acknowledged Jolie's pregnancy but
declined to give further details,
including when the baby was due, or to say
whether the couple had plans to
marry.
Representatives
for Jolie were not available for
comment.
News of
Jolie's pregnancy was first reported on
Wednesday by People magazine, which quoted
the actress as telling a charity worker in
the Dominican Republic, where she is
working on a movie, "Yes, I'm
pregnant."
The
magazine said the 30-year-old actress is
expecting her baby this summer.
Pitt,
42, and Jolie met in 2004 while working
together on the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith,"
in which they played married assassins
ordered to kill each other. The movie ends
with the two still alive and happily
married.
Rumours
of an affair heated up after Pitt and his
ex-wife, former "Friends" star Jennifer
Aniston, split up in January
2005.
Tabloid
reports speculated at the time that Pitt
wanted children but that Aniston was not
ready for motherhood.
Pitt's
divorce became final in October, but he
and Jolie have until now publicly denied
being anything more than friends, despite
recently published photos showing the two
spending private time together with her
two children.
Pitt
also has recently joined Jolie, a goodwill
ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, in
efforts to promote various humanitarian
causes, including greater assistance to
fight poverty in Africa.
The
actor accompanied Jolie to Ethiopia in
July when she visited that country to
finalise the adoption of her infant
daughter. And he travelled with her to
Pakistan last month to visit a remote area
stricken by an earthquake.
Jolie,
who won an Academy Award as best
supporting actress for playing a
psychiatric patient in "Girl,
Interrupted," was divorced from actor
Billy Bob Thornton in 2003. Before that
she was married to actor Jonny Lee Miller,
whom she divorced in 1999.
A
spokesman for Aniston said the actress
would have no comment. "Jennifer is not in
the practice of commenting on the lives of
other people," he said.
Asked
about news of his daughter's pregnancy,
Jolie's estranged father, Oscar-winning
actor Jon Voight, told syndicated TV show
"Access Hollywood," "Angie is my daughter,
and I am always wishing the best for
her."
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