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Pitt, Jolie Foil Tabloids With Baby Scoop

French daily gets inside track

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – In a style befitting a couple of action-movie stars, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt outfoxed the tabloids by allowing a local newspaper to break the story of their twins’ birth, the AP reports. The daily Nice-Matin got a heads-up before the big event, the scoop that the delivery was  moved up “for the mother’s comfort,” and a post-delivery photo of Pitt.

"It is the only picture from the day. But we won’t sell it, out of respect for the family," the paper’s magazine editor said. "Nice-Matin has always chosen not to play the game of paparazzi towards the celebrities who have chosen to live in the region. We respect them, and they do likewise. We let them have a peaceful life."

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Cannes Film Festival in May.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Brad Pitt brings daughter Shiloh and Zahara to visit mom Angelina Jolie as she awaited the birth of their twins last week.
Brad Pitt brings daughter Shiloh and Zahara to visit mom Angelina Jolie as she awaited the birth of their twins last week.   (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Sussmann confirmed a report in the local Nice Matin newspaper that Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarian section on Saturday night July 12, 2008.
Sussmann confirmed a report in the local Nice Matin newspaper that Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarian section on Saturday night July 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, FILE)
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt now have five children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt now have five children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori, FILE)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave the local Nice paper the baby scoop.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave the local Nice paper the baby scoop.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
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