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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:47 am
Aaack!!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:50 am
Jolie Names New Son Pax Thien HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Actress Angelina Jolie on Thursday adopted a 3-year-old boy she picked up at an orphanage in southern Vietnam earlier in the day, greeting him with a kiss and a hug. Nguyen Van Trung, director of the orphanage, confirmed Thursday that Vietnamese officials had approved the adoption. Jolie was expected to meet with U.S. consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy. The child's name is Pax Thien Jolie, said Trevor Neilson, Jolie's adviser on international affairs. Pax means peace in Latin, but Neilson said he didn't know whether Jolie had chosen it for that reason. Interesting to me....is that this child's surname isn't "Jolie-Pitt." And I read an article last month or so that she applied as a single parent. Hmmmmm....
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:55 am
She had to apply as a single parent because of legalities I heard. I'm sure once they're back in the US Brad will adopt him also.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:58 am
yes that is the way they did it with zahara They will go to court here in the US when the adoption is finalized in vietnam and Brad wil then adopt him. ETA: I dont know how I feel about someone changing a 3 year olds first name on him. The kid must be confused as all hell and then to be told he has a new name, must be stressful.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:01 am
Why did Angelina change his name?? I read that his name is Pham Quang Sang. As a 3 year old boy wouldn't it be confusing to have your name changed.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:03 am
Plus they hadnt told the kid he was being adopted so he was very upset when Angelina went to meet him. They had told him he was going outside to play with someone named mommy. He had no clue what was going on plus the paparazzi was pretty bad, at one point a photographer tried to grab the car door and open it to get a pic of the kid. I think it probably could have been handled better. I posted back in November that she was adopting there because a friend of mine was over there adopting a child from the same orphanage when she came in with Brad Pitt and chose a child. It wasnt like they didnt have enough time to plan it.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:20 am
The pic above looks like the guy from Beauty and The Beast. Remember that show? Scary sh*t.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:39 am
Isn't the woman in the picture the one who's trying to look like a lioness? (Seriously!) She is trying to look feline, not just young and beautiful.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 11:57 am
Maris, that's just awful! Tricking the kid into thinking he's going outside to play? What kind of nonsense is that?
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 12:00 pm
In fairness I dont think Angelina knew what the orphanage told the kid. According to the reports when the boy got upset she took him away to a room by himself with Maddox and tried to calm him down and by reports he went off happily with her. The orphange said they just told him he was going to play because they thought it would be less stressful for him. strange. What is interesting my friend adopted a two year old, was told the same thing, the baby was abandoned at a hospital and I wonder if that is what they tell all adoptive parents.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 12:01 pm
Maris - Thanks for the Jocelyn pic!! Wow!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 12:47 pm
Excuse me, but why is Old Don's kid wearing white shoes?! Hello!!!! What month is it?!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 12:56 pm
rofl, Fashion diva Gwen Stefani's is also wearing white shoes. Now the white pants? before Memorial Day??? definite no-no
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:00 pm
I thought that the old white before Memorial day didn't apply anymore.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:01 pm
call me old school Mamie, but I never wear white before memorial day unless it is "winter white" which is a sort of cream.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:02 pm
I never do either but I remember watching some fashion show where they were saying you can always wear white.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:03 pm
It depends on your perspective whether you follow the "fashion rules" or not. As someone who wore a black dress to get married in, I'd wear white anytime ... if it didn't make me look so huge. LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:06 pm
(That's probably the reason I don't wear white! LOL)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:08 pm
I wonder why she chose Vietnam this time. She brings the spotlight on the various countries when she adopts or gives birth.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:10 pm
Why aren't celebs adopting American, Canadian or Brittish orphans?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:16 pm
Maybe they're being patriotic and leaving them for other Americans instead. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:18 pm
Yes, I am sure that is it. However, IMO, the patriotic thing for Angelina to do would have been to adopt a New Orleans orphan. Is it expensive to adopt?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:23 pm
Errm don't know about Canada but I don't think it's easy to just swoop in and adopt a British baby if you're not British. It used to be that you even had to adopt within the same county (county I suppose is the equivalent of state or province, but on a much smaller scale), but maybe that's changed now.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:24 pm
A New Orleans orphan? I'm not sure there are many (if any). Adopting in the US is very hard. There are not many children available that do not have severe mental/physical challenges. There is an adoption thread somewhere here... Adopting anywhere is very complicated and usually expensive. Fostering is a whole different story. Lots of kids there. But again, many of those kids also have severe problems too...
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:24 pm
Yankee I guess I was raised not to the fashion rule but rather the Etiquette rule.
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