Thursday, 15 May 2008

Angelina Jolie's twins are due August 19

Star's due date is revealed

Apparently one of the most-discussed topics at this year's Cannes Film Festival is Angelina Jolie's pregnancy.

First, Jolie's Kung Fu Panda costar Jack Black spilled the beans and confirmed that Jolie and partner Brad Pitt are expecting twins. Now fellow costar Dustin Hoffman has revealed her due date!

The big day? Today show reporter Natalie Morales revealed on Thursday's program that Hoffman told her the babies were due Aug. 19.

The new arrivals will be the fifth and sixth children for the Jolie and Pitt. The family currently consists of Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, who turns 2 this month.

"I'm very happy," said Jolie, 33, according to Today. "Unlike most women, I love being pregnant. [It makes] you feel like more like a woman than you've ever felt. You just feel like everything about your body is there for your baby."

During the on-air interview, Jolie said that she would "possibly" stay in France for the births, and that she and Pitt preferred not to disclose the sex of the babies.

The Jolie-Pitt clan have been staying in France at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's historic Florentine-styled Villa Maryland.

Morales also reported that the parents do everything they can to keep their children aware of their individual native customs and heritages.

Of Zahara, said Jolie, "Our daughter's very proud that she's African." Of Maddox and Pax: "And our boys are very proud that they're Asian – they know about their country … down to their food or their flags or their music."

Jolie also admires her children's curiosity, saying they "ask great questions about life. They ask questions about war that are poignant and spot-on, because they're the questions we should all be asking ourselves."

By Stephen M. Silverman