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Angelina Jolie can expect to welcome a three-and-a-half-year-old Vietnamese orphan into her home sometime in the next few weeks. Adoption officials in Ho Chi Minh City are reportedly reviewing Jolie's application quickly and expect to have her adoption processed by the end of the month. The director of the Tam Binh orphanage says the little boy Jolie has applied to adopt was abandoned at a hospital as an infant and has lived at the orphanage ever since. "He is in good health," said the director. "He is a little bit shy." Jolie recently spoke to Newsweek about her humanitarian work and said of her new home of New Orleans, "Brad was doing a film here and so we were going to spend a month here. [We] realized it was a place we liked, we liked the people, I liked the school for the kids. They're very diverse. I liked the other parents. I feel very comfortable with them. We're happy having our children here. Brad is working on rebuilding here... But for me, just as a mom, I love the other parents and the kids and the schools. I'm starting to work on the education ehre and the school system here. There's a lot of work to be done."
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's decision to add to their brood was a "process that began shortly after Shiloh was born [last May]," according to a source. Adoption officials confirmed yesterday that Jolie is adopting a boy between the age of 3 and 4 from the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Jolie told Good Morning America in an interview last December that she hoped to "balance the races so there's another African person in the house for Z [and] another Asian person in the house for Mad." The adoption procedure will likely take no longer than four months, according to the deputy head of Vietnam's International Adoption Department.
It's official - Angelina Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child. "She just filed the papers this week," said a top adoption official in Vietnam, confirming the rumors that have been circulating for the past few days. "They have to follow all procedures like any other American. They will have to work with the American side. No priority will be given to them, that means they will be treated equally as any other people." Jolie applied to adopt as a single parent, though partner Brad Pitt has officially adopted Jolie's other adopted children, 5-year-old Maddox and 2-year-old Zahara. Pitt and Jolie first visited orphanages in Vietnam on a trip over Thanksgiving last year, and Jolie made another visit to the country in January for a meeting about the Maddox Jolie-Pitt project, a charity for her son's homeland of Cambodia. Pitt said in January that the couple intended to expand their brood, saying, "Always, of course. We'll let you know when we get there."
Leonardo Dicaprio's manly roles have inspired Brad Pitt to eye out a more macho lifestyle for himself. "I caught myself on the phone the other day," Pitt said. "Leo has been playing some real strong men these last few years and I found myself saying, 'I want to play more of a man.' I got off the phone and I thought, 'No, live like a man, and the movies will follow."
Old friends Brad Pitt and Courteney Cox had a civilized reunion on Monday night at the Golden Globes. Cox reportedly approached best buddy Jennifer Aniston's ex on the smoking balcony at the show to say hello, and Pitt responded with a big hug, saying, "Hello, sweetheart. It is so great to see you." Pitt chatted with Cox and David Arquette about kid stuff, admitting, "We did Finding Nemo, but they've been off that for a while. We have a five year old!" Angelina Jolie is said to have stood a few feet away, giving Cox and Arquette an awkward hello before the group parted.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have moved to New Orleans. "We love it there," Jolie told US mag at last night's Golden Globes. "The kids are going to go to school there. We're really looking forward to it." The superstar couple moved in to a $3.5 million six-bedroom mansion in the French Quarter on January 11. Jolie plans to continue her humanitarian work. "Angelina has asked for places she can do charity work," said a source. "She interested in befriending normal moms so she can do things with the kids." Pitt is currently filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in the region, and construction will start later this month on 20 eco-friendly homes commissioned by the actor in partnership with Global Green USA.
