Pax's New Name -- It's the Pitts!

91. I was wondering why Pax did not have the same last name that included Pitt from the beginning. She is a single mom adopting a child. Single moms (after the birth of a child put /use the dads last name all the time. Wonder if she will add Pitt to her last name soon. (without getting married). And for her to change his name to Pax mad me upset. The child is 3. He already knew his name. Not as easy to change a 3 year olds name as it is to rename a new pet. That is , unless u r selfish.

Posted at 11:48PM on Apr 24th 2007 by Amy

92. California adoption process requirements are summarized as follows-proceedings cannot be started until Pax has been in the US for 2 months and requires 6 months of Home Study reports before it can be finalized. The proceedings and paperwork are sealed.

A hearing before a judge is necessary for a name change request to be effective and final. Notice of name change is posted in a newspaper so that anyone who is interested in this legal proceeding can appear at the hearing if they so want to, like a grandparent or another relative.The name change can be done before the adoption or as part of the adoption proceedings.

Angelina's adoption agency staffer who worked with her on Pax's adoption suggested in an article about the adoption that Angelina may carry out a readoption which is the legal process where a U.S. court reviews the foreign adoption and issues a new order of adoption (this is fairly commonly done). The family is then able to obtain a birth certificate from that state’s department of vital records. This is done because it can be difficult to obtain birth certificates and other documents from foreign counties. Brad can also co-adopt at the time the readoption is done.

Posted at 11:45PM on Apr 24th 2007 by accurate info

93. jolly pitts

Posted at 11:59PM on Apr 24th 2007 by granny

94. Both of them have movies to promote in a month.

Can you say PR STUNT??

Gotta make all this look good, to sell those movies..

Can have a hint of a break-up.....or their movies will tank at the box office.

After all, IT'S not about those kids, inasmuch as it is about PR....

For 200 bucks I can go down to the courthouse, and legally change my child's last name to PITT, doesn't mean that Brad has anymore legal parental rights to my kids, as he does to Angelina's adoptive kids. The only legal parental right he shares with Jolie, has to do with their biological child, Shiloh. IF you notice on these forms, in NO WHERE does Brad Pitt have to sign an agreement for the name change...it's ONLY signed by the mother, Angelina Jolie. This doesn't give him legal rights as an adoptive parent would have. She won't let him fully adopt those kids. She won't go that far to give up 1/2 legal control of those adopted children. As she has said, "I don't trust anyone, not even Brad". So why would she TRUST him enough for him to legally adopt those kids??

Posted at 12:07PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Mia

95. This action has nothing to do with whatever is the actual reality of Angelina's relationship to Brad. As she has said on numerous occasions, their focus (supposedly) is on the children, not on the question of the two adults' permanence of union , Sharing the same last name, apparently in Brangelina's view, will foster solidarity among the children. It does not negate the possibility that Brad and Angelina may or will have personal partnership problems. I wouldn't break out the champagne saluting an ongoing blissfulness between the two, that may simply be facade and damage control.

Posted at 12:36AM on Apr 25th 2007 by Haffey

96. I think you guys are great and well deservant of being called humanitarian.You are both so giving to others who are in need,this is why you are so blessed. I love both of you and congratulations on your new child, Pax!!!! Hope you are loving it in New Orleans, a great place to be around this time of the year.Remember always follow your heart, stay focus and the world will always be your oyster.....S Taylor

Posted at 1:12PM on Apr 27th 2007 by S Taylor

97. I was the photographer who took the photo below last Monday, April 16:

http://usmagazine.com/angelina_0

I believe they are genuinely in love with each other regardless of how many kids they decide to adopt.

Posted at 1:09AM on Apr 25th 2007 by zamboboy

98. Pittface hasn't adopted any of these kids. All they've done is changed their names legally to Pitt-Jolie. That doesn't constitute legal adoption -- it just means their name has been changed to something Angelina likes better. It gives him no legal custody of those kids and no rights whatsoever if they split up. Anyone who posts here could legally change their last name to Pitt-Jolie and Brad wouldn't be their legal guardian either. It's just smoke & mirrors for the two hypocrites to use and all the stupid tabloids fall for it. IT'S NOT LEGAL, IT'S JUST A SCAM. The only child who legally is a Pitt-Jolie that Brad has any control over is Shiloh -- assuming she's actually his biological daughter.

Posted at 2:05AM on Apr 25th 2007 by Whorealina

99. She should be brought back to Vietnam and made to return that child. She knows that she can not adopt the child with her LIVE IN LOVER. Therefore she should not change this childs name and put him on this childs papers! She will want to change it again in a few months when she shacks up with a new guy! She is sick!

Posted at 1:23AM on Apr 25th 2007 by tired of angelina

100. The real entertainment here are the posts made by drooling fans who project their own fantasy -- "happy family", "sexual ideal" etc. -- onto these two people who are just humans bumbling along, but who happen to be in the public eye.

Brangelina was begotten in deceit, with Brad screwing over a woman he had promised his love and devotion to. Happens every day... that doesn't make it okay, nor does their adopting photogenic orphans sanctify it.

Posted at 1:56AM on Apr 25th 2007 by Don Quixote

101. They need to get married already. The only bastard they have now is the real one!

Posted at 1:59AM on Apr 25th 2007 by lexie

102. It's really a shame there are truly so many bitter unhappy people posting here... I suppose it's easier to focus on Brad and Angelina rather than to focus on yourselves who truly seem to need the most help here.. It's actually funny that it seems to upset so many of which they didn't ask for , nor need, your permission or approval to live thier own lives. I hope the day never comes that your life is cast in to the spotlight with so much scrutiny and criticism. There's a lot to be said for compassion and love for others, regardless of one another's differences.

Posted at 3:41AM on Apr 25th 2007 by bolin

103. UN-DEAR ANGELINA,

YOU LIED TO THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WHEN YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE STAYING AT HOME AND THAT YOUR KIDS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU!!

YOU ONLY THINK OF YOURSELF AND YOUR STUPID WHIMS--SUCH AS CHANGING THE POOR LATEST ADOPTED BOYS NAME!
HELL, LARRY BIRKHEAD RESPECTED THE WISHES OF ANNA NICOLE AND KEPT THE BABY'S NAME AS IT WAS. EVEN THOUGH DANNIELYNN IS TOO YOUNG TO CARE ABOUT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW!

YOU ADOPT BABIES LIKE THEY WERE ANIMALS.
YOU SEE THEM AT THE PET STORE (ORPHANAGE) YOU PICK OUT THE CUTEST ONE, AND THEN YOU GIVE THEM NAMES. THEN YOU PUT THE PET IN THE BACKYARD (DAY CARE CENTER) AND YOU PET IT ONCE IN AWHILE. THEN WHEN YOU ARE BORED WITH THE PUPPY, YOU DECIDE TO GET A NEW ONE. BECAUSE YOU LIKE THE PUPPY STAGE, BUT IT SEEMS YOU DO NOT LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL THE PUPPIES HAVE BONDED WITH YOU. NO, THERE SHE IS, SHILOH YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD AND YOU CALLED HER A BLOB--TWICE, EVEN!
SHE IS GOING TO GROW UP THINKING SHE WAS AN OOPS BABY. THAT,YOU KNOW-- SHE WAS AN ACCIDENT!
THAT OR HAVING HER WAS YOUR WAY OF KEEPING BRAD TIED TO YOU!

WHATEVER THE CASE, WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A PICTURE OF YOU HOLDING YOUR BLOB!!! WE THINK THAT YOU ARE JEALOUS OF HER BECAUSE DADDY IS OVER THE MOON FOR HIS BABY!!!
SO, YOU WON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE SHILOH IN PUBLIC.
WHAT IS FUNNY IS THAT YOU ARE PRETTY TRANSPARENT.

WHEN YOU ARE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR POSE ALL WORKED OUT, TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE THE WOMAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD!
IT IS THE SAME THING: YOU WILL HOLD ZAHARA, AND NOW PAX. YOU ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO HAVE A BLANKET OR WHATEVER DRAPED OVER YOUR ARM.
THEN YOU LOOK DOWN, AS IF YOU ARE FEELIN' THE LOVE, AND SAVING THE CHILD.
VERY MOTHER THERESA - LIKE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, ANGELINA:
ZAHARA ALWAYS LOOKS MISERABLE WHEN YOU ARE OUT TOGETHER!
POOR "PAX" LOOKS CONFUSED AND LOST.
MADDOX HAD YOU ALL TO HIMSELF FOR A LONG TIME, SO HE IS PRETTY SECURE.
I USED TO LOVE AND ADMIRE YOU, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVED THAT YOU CARED ABOUT MADDOX AND THEN ZAHARA.
WHEN YOU HAD YOUR OWN BABY, I CHEERED, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE CHILD WHO WOULD REALLY BLEND THE FAMILY.
BUT THE MOMENT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO ADOPT AGAIN, AND YOUR BABY WASN'T EVEN ONE YET, I THEN REALIZED THAT LOVING AND NURTURING THE KIDS WAS NOT WHY YOU ADOPTED THEM!
I MEAN, COME ON, IF YOU HAVE A HARD TIME LOVING AND BONDING WITH YOUR OWN CHILD, THEN, HONEY, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE ONE ANGRY TEENAGER!

BUT YOUR HUSBAND HAS CAUGHT ON. SO HE FORBID YOU TO TAKE SHILOH
TO VIETNAM WHEN YOU WENT TO PICK UP YOUR LATEST PUPPY!
HE DID NOT APPROVE OF YOUR ADOPTING YET AGAIN, WHEN YOU COULD HAVE BEEN BONDING WITH YOUR OWN BIOLOGICAL CHILD!!
AND WHAT A PITY SHILOH WILL NEVER BE CLOSE TO HER GRANPA. ESPECIALLY SINCE YOUR MOM PASSED AWAY, SO YOUR FATHER IS THE ONLY GRANDPARENT FROM YOUR SIDE.
YOU ARE UPSET WITH YOUR DAD BECAUSE HE SAID (IN AN INTERVIEW) THAT YOU HAVE MENTAL ISSUES.
MAYBE IT WAS THE VIAL OF BILLY BOB'S BLOOD THAT YOU CARRIED AROUND YOUR NECK???
OR WAS IT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE DOING WEIRD THINGS TO YOUR BODY?

WELL, HE WAS RIGHT!! EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT YOU DO NEED HELP!
YOU LIED ABOUT BEING SINGLE AND NOT LIVING WITH A MAN OUT OF WEDLOCK!
MAYBE "PAX'S" MOM WILL STRAIGHTEN HER LIFE UP, AND SHE WILL ASK TO GET HER SON BACK!
I SURE WOULD NOT BLAME HER!
I CAN'T BELIEVE I ONCE LOVED YOU, AND THAT I BELIEVED YOU HAD THE CHILDREN'S BEST INTEREST AT HEART.
WHEN THE REALITY IS THAT YOU HARDLY SEE YOUR ADOPTED CHILDREN.
AND BRAD KEPT YOUR BIOLOGICAL CHILD BECAUSE HE DOESN'T THINK IT IS GOOD FOR HER TO TRAVEL SO MUCH. AND HE WOULD MISS HER TOO MUCH.
MUCH MORE THAN HE WOUD EVER MISS YOU!
I GIVE YOU AND BRAD'S RELATIONSHIP FIVE YEARS TOPS, IF THAT LONG!
HEY BRAD! REESE WITHERSPOON IS NOW AVAILABLE!
AND SHE LOVES HER BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



THEN I SAW THAT WHAT YOU DO IS

Posted at 5:46AM on Apr 25th 2007 by SOMEONE WHO CAN SEE THE TRUTH

104. lol so many haters!

If I have to hear one more dumb comment about how she's a bad mom because she works I'm just going laugh.

Ok survey time: anybody who never drops their kids at daycare, never gets a sitter, never leaves the kids with grandma or never works outside the home please raise your hands *doesn't see any*.

The kid might be a little confused initially but he'll get over having his name changed.
He wouldn't be the first child that had to learn a new name.
Survey time again: raise your hand if you ever had a different "nick name" with your family and then your first day of school the teacher insists on calling you by your "official name" *raises hand*.

Here's an interesting idea, does anybody know if maybe he got to help pick the new name?

His original name was Pham Quang Sang which I think is rather a mouthful for English speakers.
Pham is the surname I believe and Quang is "clear" and Sang is "bright " (I think but then my Vietnamese is bad so I had to rely on somebody else's knowledge for this).
So she changed it from that to be something like "peaceful sky" Pax Thien.


I get a kick out of how that because the paps didn't get any pictures of Shiloh recently that means Brad & Angelina never spend time with her. Yes, that must be it :P

As for Shiloh being a "blob", did anybody else read the US Magazine article in January or am I the only one? I wasn't offended by what she said- I just thought she was WRONG! A blob would just sit there do nothing and show no preferences. And research shows that newborns do indeed have distinct likes and dislikes for tastes, smells, sounds et cetera. So I don't quite understand why Shiloh wouldn't be showing a personality. Maybe Angelina just isn't that famiiar with the ways of younger children?

I like these 2 as actors very much & I wish them well with their kiddos :)

Posted at 6:19AM on Apr 25th 2007 by research student

105. # 95--My Feelings exactly!!!
#102--Well said!! Looks like you and #95 think alike!

Angelina, you need to step back and take the time to be with the children!
We know that you love being in the limelight.

Also, what #102 said about your father is sooo right!
But I want to add one more thing: Where would you be now, if your father was not famous and you did not have the foot in the door that you did because of your dad?

You should be grateful that he was famous and made lots of things happen for you.
And you need to be is a compassionate person who does not hold grudges for freakin' EVER!!!
The kids need to see their Grandpa!! As a Grandmother, I want you to know that we have a special love for our Grandchildren.
My Granddaughter knows most definitely that her Granpa and I love her beyond measure!
We enjoy spoiling her, and I have a relationship with my Granddaughter that is so much fun! She is only 6 now, but someday she will be a teenager, and I would love to have her talking to me about her life. Her dreams, her sorrows and her joys.
She is in the first grade and back in September when school began, a little boy developed a crush on her.
When she came to visit she said she had something VERY important to tell me. She leaned in and said : Grandma......I have a secret to tell you...."
I said: "you do?" and she said "Yes". Then she whispered in my ear: "Grandma, I have a crush on a boy in my class" and then she put a pinger to her lips and she said "it is a secret, so don't tell Grandpa. I want to tell him."
She then told me that the little boy asked her to marry him!
and she covered her mouth and giggled!
I asked her what did she say to him?
She told him that she had to finish school, so he would have to wait until she was older.
She then giggled again!
Grandparents can be the most wonderful people in your childrens' lives.
They can spoil them when you won't.
They get to know that there is an extended family.
and sometimes kids will tell Grandparents things they would never tell their parents.

To Ms. Jolie: It doesn't matter what you think of your Dad.
He did not do anything bad to the children!! They need to see their Grandfather NOW!!!
You need to look into the future, when your Dad has already passed away. Your kids will hear other kids talking about Grandma and Grandpa. They will want to know about them
and they WILL be UPSET that you did not let them enjoy their Grandpa. That you kept them away because you had a grudge against him! tHEY WILL TELL YOU THAT IT WAS NOT FAIR, AND CERTAINLY NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE THEIR GRANDPA!!!!!!
The kids will ask you why did THAT HAPPEN?
DO not let another day go by without letting the kids see Grandpa Voight.
That will be a treat for them, and they will feel normal because they will hear other kids talking about Granparents, and they will pitch in with their dtories.

Don't be cruel and get rid of that GIANT chip on your shoulder!
Your children have EVERY right to expect to see your Father!!!!
YOU WILL BE THE BIGGER AND BETTER HERO

Posted at 6:34AM on Apr 25th 2007 by meems