NICE, France, July 3, 2008

Doctor Says Pregnant Jolie "Very Well"

But Reveals No Details On Twins' Due Date Or Sex; First Baby Pics Said To Be Worth Millions

  • Actor Brad Pitt enters a hospital in Nice, France with he and Jolie's daughters Zahara and Shiloh.

    Actor Brad Pitt enters a hospital in Nice, France with he and Jolie's daughters Zahara and Shiloh.  (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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(CBS/AP)  With a Mediterranean view from her fifth floor suite of rooms here, Angelina Jolie may remain hospitalized for weeks - according to her doctor - who insists that does not signal any problem with her pregnancy.

"She is very well," said obstetrician Michel Sussmann, "she is OK."

OK, reports CBS News correspondent Richard Roth, but no light has been shed on just when the twins she's expecting are due, or whether they're girls - as reported, or a boy and a girl - as also reported.

"She's a patient like any other," her doctor said, inferring confidentiality.

Except, says Roth, that she came here by helicopter, her regular visitor is partner Brad Pitt, and photos of their babies, when they arrive, could be the most valuable infant celebrity shots ever - according to public relations experts.

"Figures that are being bandied about go from 5 to 10 million pounds," consultant Max Clifford tells CBS News. In dollars, that's $10 to $20 million.

With peak tourist season just underway on the French Riviera - and all the celebrity power and fortune potential that comes with it - the Brangelina Babywatch will fit right in.

Though the lenses of the world's paparazzi have been trained on maternity wards across the French Riviera in recent weeks, Jolie managed to slip unobserved Sunday into the seafront Lenval hospital.

Pitt has been seen coming and going since Jolie's hospitalization became public. On Wednesday afternoon, he entered a side door with the couple's two daughters in tow, 3-year-old Zahara and 2-year-old Shiloh.

Attention focused on southern France after the couple and their four children - including 6-year-old Maddox and 4-year-old Pax - took up residence in Correns, about 60 miles from Nice. The town's mayor confirmed that the couple had moved into the Miraval Estate villa, and a helicopter has been spotted taking off and landing there.

Set among palm trees, the boxy white Lenval hospital with mirrored blue windows looks out over the sea. During her stay, Jolie can enjoy views of the city's famed Promenade Anglais, sunbathers reclining on the rocky shores and swimmers dipping into the Mediterranean.

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Sussmann said four rooms had been reserved for the couple and a pair of security guards - debunking rumors that they had taken over the entire fifth floor.

"I find it legitimate that she wants to protect her privacy. She is a pregnant woman," he said.

The hospital is doing the utmost to protect the privacy of the couple - who for the birth of their first child went to the African
country of Namibia to evade attention.

The media briefing to a gaggle of journalists jostling for position was held across the street from the hospital. And as of Tuesday, a sign hangs on the visitor's desk inside the lobby: "Journalists are forbidden to enter the premises, except with the authorization of the administration."

The hospital's Santa Maria maternity clinic delivers 2,300 babies a year.

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by alexbaran July 4, 2008 9:16 AM EDT
Angelina Jolie`s pregnancy diet is so interesting! She didn`t work out during the pregnancy and the diet kept her going! I read about this at http://www.projectweightloss.com. Check it out!
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by gmond July 4, 2008 5:04 AM EDT
I love all this obstinately ignorant talk of marriage and morality. These people will always be able to provide for their children. They don''t need any legalities enforcing moral directives to govern their lives.
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by rushlimpdrug July 3, 2008 11:04 PM EDT


Any resemblance of the twins to
myself is purely coincidental.

And NO I will not give permission for
a DNA test.

Anyway, Angeline, if you are reading this
PLEEEZE stop calling me.

You and I are soooo over.

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by drrc1 July 3, 2008 9:28 PM EDT
Why should anyone really care about these two, unless that someone is without any meaning in his/her own life and being in love with idols is all that is left? It is interesting that the couple''s "humanitarian" endeavors do not involve adopting American children. Perhaps that is not sufficiently "celebrity worthy." What exactly are they doing philanthropic in our country in our country?
This article was a very poor and tasteless choice by your editors - perhaps hiring some talent may help.
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by malyn777 July 3, 2008 6:02 PM EDT
PS As far as the cash crop for pictures. More power too them if photographers and ogling fans are willing to shell the dough to see the tots. You only wish someone would pay you ten to 20 mill to pop a picture of your newborns!!! Go get ''em B&A make those college funds grow!!!
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by malyn777 July 3, 2008 5:56 PM EDT
While I admire the fact that Brad and Angelina are definitely prolife and humanitarian in their philanthropic pursuits their sense of moral depth is definitely skewed. I guess the tax breaks of being single are better? or is it the prenup is to hard to battle through? Anyway, they are to be wished well and congratulations on the impending double hitter but don''t they both think it is time to give the children security in knowing that there is a ''til death do us part'' vs. ''til we are done with our broad spectrum pr campaign of kids,careers and causes?''. B&A don''t leave the open relationship ''open'' too many ''temptations'' could step in as in the past for both of you.''
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by whatsup49 July 3, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
gosh, fleura, i''m sorry you don''t have much of a life if you have to fantasize about these people who committed adultry and are having children out of wedlock. neither of them is a role model.
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by boatdocster July 3, 2008 1:46 PM EDT
Who cares? So many things in the world that are much more important that just another human having a child.
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by fleura-2009 July 3, 2008 1:35 PM EDT
Angelina Jolie represents everything that I stand for. The life I lived years ago in Europe, my passion for the continent of Africa!

I would pair up with George Clooney and double-date the Brangelina anyday. Seems that George is really having trouble finding that "special lady" with the sparks as bright as Jolie.

All Democrats love international issues as well as domestic issues. I am especially glad to hear of Barack Obama being related to Brad Pitt, they are maternal cousins!!!

Go Angie...make us all Internals proud.
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by fleura-2009 July 3, 2008 1:31 PM EDT
Just so you all know, I am the biggest Angelina Jolie Fan. I have learned and adapted to love to Brad Pitt in recent years only because of his involvement with this Goddess!

Brad is so much more now in real life than playing "go-looking dude" for lady audiences.

I love Angelina Jolie and I love her life and couldn''t have enough of her style. She is a would-be little sister that I never had!!!
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by clevercandi July 3, 2008 1:18 PM EDT
I''m confused. If none of you care what goes on with "Brangelina", why are you here reading this article and commenting on it?

GET A LIFE!
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by whiskyrocker July 3, 2008 1:18 PM EDT
Hey guys/gals this is important stuff. You guys need to start taking this stuff serious.
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by whatsup49 July 3, 2008 12:59 PM EDT
who cares? more children born out of wedlock. what a great example for our children who look to the "stars" as role models.
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by ltaheri July 3, 2008 12:47 PM EDT
Who in the hell cares? She isn''t doing anything that hasn''t been done before. Is she that self-absorbed that every development has to be published?
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by jetlizhan July 3, 2008 12:31 PM EDT
even though i''m not at all crazy out ''brangelina'' and all that garbage - the couple truly gags me - i will have to say that shiloh is one drop dead gorgeous child!!
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by mcgee64 July 3, 2008 12:29 PM EDT
YYYAAAWWWWNNNN!!!!!!!!!
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by barbaraf4 July 3, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
Do we care? Of course not. Brad and Angelina are two self-absorbed individuals who treat children as accessories.
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