Pax Joins Jolie-Pitt Clan

Here's the first look at Angelina Jolie's newest adopted child.
Pax Thien Jolie
Angelina Jolie left an orphanage in Vietnam today with the 3-year-old boy she plans to adopt. The director of the orphanage, Nguyen Van Trung, confirmed to the AP that Vietnamese officials had approved the adoption.

The boy's birth name was Pham Quang Sang, but his adopted name is Pax Thien Jolie. Pax means "peace" in Latin, while Thien means "good" or "kind." Pax joins Maddox, 3, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 10 months. Maddox and Zahara were adopted from Cambodia and Ethiopia, respectively. Jolie gave birth to Shiloh last May in Namibia.

Jolie, with Maddox in tow, got the tot from an orphanage in the morning, then went to the Department of Justice in Ho Chi Minh City, where a ceremony was conducted in which Jolie officially adopted the child. Her partner, Brad Pitt, is not on the adoption papers and did not accompany her to Vietnam.





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31. Two year olds rarely smile because they are going through the terrible twos and they are constantly putting everything in their mouths from food to toys. Grow up Iola! You obviously know nada abt toddlers

Posted at 1:10PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Lynn

32. lola
Pretty sure you're going to hell now...

Posted at 1:11PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Annabelle

33. Why can't they adopt from their own country.. blah blah.. WHY CANT YOU!? Why don't you take that up with your fucked in the head president.

There are FAR MORE homeless and starving children in other parts of the world. That is the problem with Americans.. you only think of YOURSELVES!!!! WAKE UP

Why did she pick the cutest? Are you really that shallow?!! They all look adorable to me!

Posted at 1:18PM on Mar 15th 2007 by lalatmz

34. To Lola:

How could you sit there and say a child is ugly?? ALL children are beautiful!! before you criticize anyone, take a look at yourself in the mirror!! YOU are probably the one that looks like a monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:20PM on Mar 15th 2007 by tina

35. Still not sure how this affects you Cheryl. But here's a tip, either stop being so jealous of other people's success or try accomplishing some of your own so you can reap the same benefits. You need to focus more on the incredible future this woman is offering this child, a home, love, stability and less on symantics.
FYI, if your friends are so stable and desperate, send tell them to Vietnam to get a kid, that country approves adoptions in as little as a month, longest six months.

Posted at 1:22PM on Mar 15th 2007 by sam

36. OKAY,
I CHALLENGE ANY OF YOU TO SHOW ME A PICTURE THAT SHOWS JOLIE HOLDING HER BILOGICAL BLOB CHILD !!!
FURTHERMORE, I CHALLEGE YOU TO SHOW ME MORE THAN ONE SHOT WHICH SHOWS ALL THREE KIDS TOGETHER BEING HAPPY!!!
I HAVE YET TO SEE A SHOT OF BOTH ZAHARA AND MADDOX LOOKING HAPPY INSTEAD OF DEPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!
JOLIE THINKS LESS OF HER BIOLOGICAL CHILD BECAUSE SHE WAS THE "TOKEN" CHILD THAT SHE HAD TO KEEP BRAD FROM LEAVING HER.
ALSO, JOLIE ADOPTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE SEEN AS ST, ANGELINA!!!
THAT, OR SHE IS DESPERATE TO GET A JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD WHICH IS GIVEN TO SOMEONE DURING THE ACADEMY AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST THINK OF THIS FOR A MOMENT: HAD JENNIFER ANISTON SAID YES TO HAVING A CHILD WITH BRAD, HE WOULD HAVE STAYED WITH HER!!! YES, THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THEIR DIVORCE!! SO JOLIE BASICALLY PREYED ON BRAD USING HER CHILDREN!! OF COURE NEEDS SHE HAD TO HAVE A BILOGICAL CHILD--THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE KNEW THAT WOULD KEEP BRAD TIED TO HER.!!!
JOLIE CANNOT EVEN FORGIVE HER DAD BECAUSE HE SAID SH E NEEDED PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP. HEY, JOLIE. HE WAS RIGHT!
FORGIVE HIM SO HE CAN ENJOY HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO SHOW HOW GOOD OF A PERSON YOU ARE, YOU MUST KNOW THAT CHARITY BEGINS RIGHT AT HOME.
OTHERWISE WE WILL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU AS A VINDICTIVE, CONNIVING, AND SHAMEFUL PERSON.
I AM A GRANDMOTHER AND I LOVE MY GRANDCHILD. MUCH MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. JON VOIGHT IS THE ONLY GRANDPARENT LEFT ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FAMILY, ANGELINA!!! IF YOU ARE REALLY THE PERSON THE MEDIA PORTRAYS YOU AS (AS A MOTHER THERESA TYPE) THEN FORGIVE AND FORGET ALREADY!

HEY, BRAD PITT! WHY AREN'T YOU STANDING UP FOR YOUR BILOGICAL CHILD?!
THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO TURN ONYOU WHEN THEY ARE OLDER AND FIND OUT THAT YOU CHOSE TO KEEP GRANDPA VOIGHT AWAY FROM THEM!

YOU ARE BOTH THE BIGGEST, MEAN, SUPER EGOCENTRICAL PAIR HOLLYWOOD HAS EVER CREATED!
BUT REMEMBER THAT WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND TO BITE YOU LATER!!!

Posted at 1:26PM on Mar 15th 2007 by THEY ARE SUCH A BORE!

37. It is very common to change a child's name after adopting. Friends of mine adopted 2 children and the kids wanted to change their names because they were starting a new life. They even picked their own names. She's the mom and she has adopted before so I'm sure she has been advised by doctors and experts regarding adoption. Let's all be happy for them! I'm so tired of everyone thinking that adopted children are not as important or loved as a biological child.

Posted at 1:31PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Melissa

38. I have a friend who has been struggling for over a year to adopt a child from a foreign country and Angelina just gets to buy one because she's famous? I'm sorry, but after the horrific things she said about her beautiful daughter (not the blob thing, the fact that she has trouble meeting her basic needs because she is so priviledged and that she loves her adopted kids more and Brad "knocked her up" and she never wanted to be pregnant) she shouldn't go around buying more kids just so maddox can have someone to play with. Here's a thought: SEND HIM TO SCHOOL! I think Maddox has had his whole life ripped away from him in the last two years. He's got a new Daddy, two new sisters, a new home, and now a new brother. That's a lot of transition. I get wanting a big family but why not wait until the kids are adjusted to the last transition?

Posted at 1:32PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Mary-Helen

39. I THINK WHAT SHE'S DOING IS GREAT. SHE'S SAVING ANOTHER LIFE. ITS SO SAD THAT PEOPLE ONLY POINT OUT THE NEGATIVES WHEN A PERSON IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD. YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS!! GET A LIFE!! ITS BECAUSE OF YOUR NEGATIVITY THAT THERE IS SO MUCH HATE IN THIS WORLD!!!

Posted at 1:43PM on Mar 15th 2007 by tina

40. I think it is terrible...these type of people complain about our government but yet they are no better. I don't watch O , Jolie, Madonna etc. America could have used 2 mil at there adoption agencys. They all dont give a ...... about America then they should not live here either. If all of the STARS would just look at the ones in New Orleans that probally have not any family, and need adotion. but no...I feel they know they wouldn't be able to adopt. Normal people have to wait and thats what they should have to do....its TERRIBLE...

Posted at 1:47PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Yup

41. Maria, you're right. There is something incredibly wrong with a society that cannot appreciate or see all the good a woman like Angelina Jolie has done.
"all this child had was his name", blah, blah. That alone is the saddest thing, not that fact that his new mother changed his name to make it more palatable.

Something is wrong with a society where any adult thinks it's okay to touch a child or to have sex with a child.
Something is terribly wrong with a society that doesn't even have proper healthcare for their poorest or youngest citizens.
Something is wrong with a society that sits idly by while their President send young men and women to die based on a lie, a president that has created another Vietnam.
Something is wrong with a society that doesn't have the balls or conscience to insist that their government financially secure the medical of the soldiers and the families they come home to.
Something is wrong with a society where executives are paid tens of million dollars a year, and live in a 15000 Sq ft houses, while they pay employees with families minimum wage and no health care coverage.

It's so petty, you're all angry at Angelina because of her physical beauty. What has she truly done that is so unforgivable?....wait a minute....don't answer. Ms Jolie doesn't give a f***.

Posted at 1:49PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Tellement Jolie...

42. I think it's great Angelina is adopting another orphan... my only question is why would she change the boy's name at the age he is at? I could understand changing it if it were a baby... but 3 years old? I would think that she might want to let him keep the name he has grown up with so far...

Posted at 1:51PM on Mar 15th 2007 by marsha

43. Andrea - There are NOT orphanages in the US. We have the Foster Care system, which places children in individual homes so that they have "families" until their families can take care of them or until their familes give up their rights so the child can be adopted.

I still don't understand why it matters to all of you where a child is adopted from. All people are created equally, so who gives a rip what country a kid is from if he's one less kid that's homeless?

Posted at 1:56PM on Mar 15th 2007 by alex

44. You're right, lola.

My 2-yr old is ALWAYS smiling and happy. Z-creature's probably emotionally eating already.

This is so stupid. This bitch reminds me of Cruella Deville, only she's collecting orphans instead of puppies.

There's a good reason Brad isn't along. This is reminiscent of what Billy Bob did when she adopted the first collectee, and then he bailed out.

Posted at 1:57PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Shittalker

45. He is too cute! I wish them the best! He's a lucky little guy!

Posted at 1:57PM on Mar 15th 2007 by K. Jackson

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