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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76. three years in an orphange? this kid is delayed, and need lots of love, not money, and angie "the collector" ain't given it.....

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 15th 2007 by eve

77. Hey Lisa #60,

If like you say, Vietnamese law doesn't allow unmarried parents to adopt kids, then isn't Angelina doing something illegal????? Read your own words!!

That's because unmarried skanks have no morals. This bitch probably named him "sky" because she's high off of this new collectee. Fucken junkee.

Posted at 3:47PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Shittalker

78. myth.....you said it all....raise what you have.....yep she is an addictive personality type..and just because you can doesn't mean you should........does shiloh really know who her mother is..jolie is never around...trips..movies..kid finding trips....then when pitpuppy runs off with a nanny....we will all know why.

Posted at 3:57PM on Mar 15th 2007 by J Van

79. LMAO! Reads this from defamer.com: (He said it best)

"Our limited background in developmental psychology prevents us from ascertaining the potential damage that changing a child's name might inflict on a still-delicate, three-year-old psyche, but we're sure that Jolie has diligently researched the matter and determined that little Pax Thien won't suffer any distress that might prevent him from fulfilling the destiny preordained by his new moniker: leader of a multicultural cult whose membership is drawn entirely from the disaffected, spiritually undernourished adopted children of celebrities who succumbed to the orphan-collecting craze of the early 21st century."

Posted at 4:12PM on Mar 15th 2007 by AJ is addicted to orphans

80. dear full of shit (shittalker...i think shit-taker was more appropriate),

apparently vietnamese law has no problem with single parents adopting, otherwise they would not have approved her filing for adoption. pitt will formally adopt once the child is here. it is not a matter of illegality. it is called bureaucracy. take a chill pill. maybe several. maybe a whole friggin' bottle.

Posted at 4:29PM on Mar 15th 2007 by lisa

81. And the authorities are ok with this?

Does anyone see now that her father had a point when he asked her to get help for being psychologically fuckd?

Posted at 4:16PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Isn't this Illegal?

82. Angelina is collecting foreign born children like some people collect baseball cards. I wonder if Maddox and Zahara are getting tired of getting a new brother or sister every few months?

Posted at 4:19PM on Mar 15th 2007 by gossip fan

83. CONGRAGULATIONS ANGIE & BRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:29PM on Mar 15th 2007 by J

84. Who care's what happened and how it happened. Congragulations Angelina & Brad. I'm sure the boy is glad to be out of that orphanage!

Posted at 5:30PM on Mar 15th 2007 by J

85. My name is Pax (On the birth certificate) and I think it is a great name...

Posted at 5:05PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Pax

86. Hey SHITTAKER / SHITTALKER.....this proves that many of us see what we want to see.

I'm sure you're stunning, blond hair, blue/grey/green eyes, thin lips, big breasted and no ass or too much ass (and not in the good Jennifer Lopez way). Yep, you're probably the all American girl, I bet you're even prettier than a lot of celebrities, just like you said.
Let us know when your photos will appear on the cover of Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair, or when they've erected a billboard with you image.

Celebrities are here to entertain us, once in a while we find a few that want to do more with there lives than look pretty for the cameras.

By the way, I've never seen a happy bitch, nobody "can afford to be one". Actual bitches are like Bullies, they're insecure and often full of self-loathing, and nobody truly like likes them.


Sell the I'm a bitch and I like it to somebody who has no clue about human nature.



Posted at 4:44PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Sonia..

87. For what it's worth, I taught several Vietnamese children in Louisiana, and most of them have their given Viet. name, but also have an American name. Granted, Pax is not a common name, but inside he'll always be whatever his given name is. I know Pax is a weird name, but it has a nice meaning, and I also once taught a girl named Paz (another version of peace) whose name grew on me. I just know though that his friends will end up calling him Paxil.

Posted at 7:03PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Just sayin'

88. Let's all change Angelina's name and see how she likes it. This little boy knows his name, that's about all he has left of his country. It's so wrong to fly him away from the only home he has ever known and the biggest insult of all-CHANGE HIS NAME!
Face it, this is all about Angelina and her "healing". I vote we call her "McSelfish"

Posted at 5:55PM on Mar 15th 2007 by PLO

89. Who in the hell does this trailer park bitch think she is? She should take her third world children and live among them . I can't stand this Anti-American Bitch.
She even managed to drag Brad down to the trailer park with her.

Posted at 5:24PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Brenda

90. These kids aren't Paris Hilton purse puppies. You can't pick the flavor of the month. Someone mentioned it takes longer to adopt in America. I guess that's because we don't give them away. We make sure this isn't some rich fad with a kid left in neglect. We'd like to know the child has a home forever and not just for a while. Money, talks and these kids walk...we can only hope for the best.

Posted at 5:31PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Keith

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