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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91. Changing your 3 year old child's from Vietnam to a LATIN name is nuts. And even giving him a new middle name? She could have at least kept his existing name as his middle name. Nothing like wiping the first 3 years of a kids life away. It is the only thing he has from his country. People have been calling him it for 3 years for goodness sake! She's a nut. Skirting around legal issues (cohabiting) and adopting as a single. Fast tracking the adpoption.

And before any of her mindless fans (stalkers) say something, yes, I have adopted overseas and think she is a psycho. She didn't even adopt in birth order or wait at least a year in between children. Any ethical adoption agency would have frowned upon this.
Also, you don't adopt a child as a playmate for your other child. Experts frown on that as well. So basically she isn't even informed about intercountry adoptions or adoptions in general. She ignores the research on making sure your children are able to adjust to the transitions well. She's in it for her own reasons, not for the child's best.

Posted at 5:33PM on Mar 15th 2007 by cc

92. CC, Brenda, and Keith, it's really not that serious! lighten up, a child has a new loving home and he will be well taken care of. GO BAMZ!

Posted at 5:52PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Jamie

93. Good luck Angelina and Brad!

Posted at 6:13PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Lynn

94. Shittalker! I believe you have a thing for Angie. Every bit of news that is posted about her, you're on the scene. I'm beginning to think your one french fry short of a happy meal. Where are your kids at anyway? Shouldn't you be picking them up from school or something instead of worrying about Angie's kids and what Angie's doing next?

Posted at 6:17PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Jamie

95. I know, I know!

How 'bout we call her "The Collector"?

Or better yet, "The Bone Collector"?

We should seriously change her name to give her a taste of her medicine.

Posted at 6:17PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Shittalker

96. I just cannot understand why she doesn't just focus on the kids she has? Why not enjoy her new baby a while? She will never be able to get that time back. Perhaps adopting makes her feel better about herself -certainly she knows deep in her heart that she broke up a marriage. She sees something she wants and she goes after it - kids/men. All of her good - deeds will never make me forget what she did to Jennnifer Aniston.

Posted at 6:26PM on Mar 15th 2007 by patty

97. 95. I just cannot understand why she doesn't just focus on the kids she has? Why not enjoy her new baby a while? She will never be able to get that time back. Perhaps adopting makes her feel better about herself -certainly she knows deep in her heart that she broke up a marriage. She sees something she wants and she goes after it - kids/men. All of her good - deeds will never make me forget what she did to Jennnifer Aniston.
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OKAY, WHY DO YOU CARE? IS IT ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS NO? WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM. THE ONLY SOURCE OF YOUR INFORMATION ON THEIR SO CALLED PERSONAL LIFE IS FROM THE TABLOIDS THAT ALWAYS MAKE UP LIES JUST TO SELL. AND BTW, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY SHE'S A HOMEWRECKER WITHOUT CONCRETE PROOF. WHAT IS YOUR PROOF, STAR OR US MAGAZINE? GEEZ. ANISTON, PITT, AND JOLIE HAVE ALL DENIED THAT A THIRD PERSON WAS INVOLVED IN THE END OF THEIR MARRIAGE. WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH THAT ADOPTING MAKES HER FEEL BETTER... BLAH BLAH BLAH... YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, SO STOP MAKING UP LIES THAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE.

Posted at 6:42PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

98. 78. What's so great about her? She acts more thrilled about & more loving towards her adopted children than towards her biological child. Why isn't she home loving Shiloh instead of flying around the world adopting more? Those kids have an atheist mother who hates her father just because he rightfully suggested she get therapy, & who makes out with her own brother! How can Brad even trust her? He's a moron for dumping a decent human being for beauty. Beauty doesn't last & it's only skin-deep. She may be monetarily rich, but she's morally bankrupt.
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ONCE AGAIN, I LAUGH AT HOW STUPID PEOPLE ARE ONLINE. THEY GO ON RAMBLING ABOUT PERSONAL THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. HOW DO YOU KNOW BRAD DUMPED JEN? DIDN'T THEY AGREE TO DO IT TOGETHER? DEFEND YOUR STATEMENTS WITH RELIABLE SOURCES NOT FROM BS TABLOIDS LIKE STAR OR THE NATIONAL ENRUIRER. IF YOU HATERS HATE ANGELINA SO MUCH, WHY ARE YOU GUYS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO POST ON TOPICS ABOUT HER? YOU GUYS TAKE IT SO PERSONALLY? I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THE ANGELINA HATERS I KNOW ARE THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVORCE, SEPERATION, OR BEEN DUMPED/CHEATED BY THEIR PARTNER, SO THEY PUT ALL THEIR ANGER ON SOMEONE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW AND DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT REALLY WENT ON.. THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. I JUST SEE IT AS PATHETIC, CAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO FACE REALITY AND HAVE NO COURAGE TO MOVE ON. ANISTON HAS MOVED ON. YOU DON'T SEE HER CRYING. ITS JUST THE FANS WHO TAKE IT SO PERSONALLY.

Posted at 6:47PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

99. Kinda confused here How many others would like to adopt and are on lists but once again money talks. I wonder what will be the next impoverished country of choice for Angelina will be! Aren't there any children in orphanges here in the states that could fulfill her needs and also be the recipient of multi millions of $$$$.

Posted at 6:49PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Fred

100. Shittalker, did I get up under your skin? But seriously, why do you post on every single news article about Angelina? I'm just curious.


( If you didn't want anybody talking about your kids, you shouldn't have let anybody know you had any, duhhhhh)

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Jamie

101. 99. Kinda confused here How many others would like to adopt and are on lists but once again money talks. I wonder what will be the next impoverished country of choice for Angelina will be! Aren't there any children in orphanges here in the states that could fulfill her needs and also be the recipient of multi millions of $$$$.
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WELL IT JUST THE REALITY, THAT CELEBS DO GET SPECIAL TREATMENT. BUT DON'T MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. UNLESS YOU YOURSELF ARE WANTING TO ADOPT BUT CAN'T CAUSE OF THE TIME PROCESS, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. WHY DON'T YOU JUST FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE? THIS CHILD IS GETTING A BETTER CHANCE FOR A LIFE WITH A RICH AND LOVING FAMILY. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE AND GROW UP ALONE IN A POOR COUNTRY WITH NO FAMILY.

Posted at 6:59PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

102. 67. Hey "Sonia" over there,

You're right. I'm quite a prize. I'm posting this again so you can learn how to spell my screen name. It's Shittalker, not Shittaker. Learn how to read! (And spell)

No, sorry to disillusion you. The reason I talk shit is because I'm a bitch, because I can afford to be one- I'm pretty enough. I'm use to getting what I want.

I don't admire these 'celebrities' unless they're better-looking than me, and most are not. People look up to them 'cause they want to be them. I'm happy being me, thank you very much :)

AJ is still a psychopath though. And yes, she did get a nose job, sorry to burst your bubble. And no, I don't like JA. I just call it like it is.
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"AJ is still a psychopath though" AGAIN, WHAT IS YOUR EVIDENCE? ARE YOU A PSYCHOLOGIST OR A THERAPIST? UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN EDUCATED, YOU'RE JUST AN IGNORANT PERSON WHO IS MAKING STUPID COMMENTS WITHOUT PROOF. "she did get a nose job" IF SHE REALLY DID GET A NOSE JOB, THEN GOOD FOR HER, HER NOSE LOOKS FINE. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WITH SURGERY. AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT A SURGERY ADDICT, THEN ITS OKAY. YOU'RE ACTING AS IF SHE KILLED SOMEONE. ITS JUST A NOSE JOB, WHETHER SHE REALLY GOT ONE OR NOT.

Posted at 7:02PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

103. I love his new name, It means Peace! You people need to get a life. Jolie has always done good with her cash and she can do with it as she may....It's not like the contras....the 2 million to push the adoption papers faster will help alot of children's lifes today not six months from now. She ain't hurting anybody..... Her good will is postive and unselfish. Which brings beauty from within more glamorous than traditional Hollywood LOOK AT ME i'm driving the wrong side of the fwy...or see I drive tru Macdonalds and eat happy meals. Or I just got d-listed from HYDES. Thanks TMZ for posting unindulging celebiritys!

Posted at 7:12PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Pancho Negro

104. 57. I was watching the news today and yesterday while my daughter was getting ready for school,,theres jolie both days, about her new adoption, got on aol to check my mail,,there again is Jolie,,adopting again,,with pictures, they got here awful fast. She is everywhere, thats's because she is a media whore, will do and say anything to get attention. you want to change your image jolie? stay home and be a mother. adopt all you want,,just stay home with them. take a good look at Zahara, she is the negative of jolie. lips and all. To bad pitt can't get pregnant, she could keep him barefoot and pregnant. you the man jolie.
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SHE DID NOT ADOPT A CHILD TO GET PUBLICITY. ITS JUST THE MANISTON FANS THAT MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF THE SMALLEST ACTS THAT ANGIE DOES. THEY TRY TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THE DUMBEST THINGS, JUST TO ATTACK HER. I'M SURPRISED THE MANISTON FANS ARE SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHTED TO HER, THINKING THAT THEY KNOW HER. I'M AM ANGELINA FAN, BUT I DON'T GO ON LIKE I KNOW HER. I JUST SUPPORT HER BECAUSE I ADMIRE HER. I DON'T BASH HER, UNLESS I HAVE CONCRETE RELIABLE PROOF. YOU MANISTON FANS WON'T MOVE ON, AND TAKE THE BREAKUP SO PERSONALLY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT REALLY WENT ON, SO ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF YOU'RE A REAL MANISTON FAN, YOU WOULD JUST BE SUPPORTIVE OF HER.

Posted at 7:06PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

105. 37. 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!!!
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OMG YOUR COMMENTS HONESTLY SCARE ME . EVEN THE ANGELINA HATERS I KNOW AREN'T SO PERSONAL AND DETAILED. YOU ACT AS IF YOU KNOW THEM. YOU CLAIM ALL THESE THINGS, YET YOU HAVE NO PROOF. I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU MANISTON FANS ALWAYS READ AND BELIEVE THE LIES THE TABLOIDS WRITE ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN NEGATIVE ABOUT ANGELINA. YOUR COMMENTS ARE HONESTLY SCARY. I THINK YOU NEED TO SEEK THERAPY, CAUSE YOU TAKE IT SO PERSONALLY.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anonymous

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