Posted on 10/27/2006 12:49:21 AM PDT by Mrs Ivan
Angelina Jolie is adopting an Indian baby to add to her growing international brood, according to US reports.
Sources say the big-hearted actress and partner Brad Pitt have already applied to adopt a tot from an Indian orphanage. An insider said: "They hope to be able to bring the child home by Christmas.
"Brad would prefer a boy no older than 18 months to even out the sexes but Angie has told him she can't guarantee she won't fall in love with a little girl."
The source told US magazine Globe: "Whichever they end up with, they'd like to name the child India to honour its homeland." The pair are rumoured to have visited the Priva Darshini orphanage in the last month.
Angelina's first child, five-year-old Maddox, was adopted from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002. And last year she adopted an Ethiopian baby girl - Zahara Marley Jolie - orphaned by AIDS, now 22-months-old.
She and actor Brad Pitt, 42, had a daughter together, baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in May 2006. Angelina, 31, has declared that she'd like kiddies from all over the world.
She has said: "I want to create a rainbow family. That's children of different religions and cultures from different countries."
"I believe I'm meant to find my children in the world and not necessarily have them genetically."
Miss Jolie and Pitt have been virtually inseparable since the actor split from Friends star Jennifer Aniston in January last year.
They grew close after appearing in the film Mr and Mrs Smith.
After the birth of their daughter Pitt described fatherhood as the greatest thing he had ever done.
"It's a true joy and a very profound love," he said.
However it was said that the couple were in disagreement over whether they should adopt again, with Pitt wanting to concentrate on the children they have.
Miss Jolie is currently in India with Pitt filming her latest movie A Mighty Heart, about the murder of U.S journalist Daniel Pearl.
She has been pictured with her skin darkened with makeup and her hair tightly curled to resemble Mr Pearls mixed race wife Mariane.
However the role has angered race campaigners who say a genuine mixed race or black actress should have been given the part.
Mr Pearl, a 38-year-old reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was beheaded by Islamic fanatics.
Last night a spokeswoman for Miss Jolie was unavailable for comment over claims she is set to adopt another child.
Madonna donated $3M to orphanages in Malawi. Angelina donates 1/3 or her income to charity. And yet you are complaining that they aren't spreading it out enough.
Where does it say she's getting around that red tape?
"In other news, Brad Pitt was spotted banging his head against a wall".
He looked healthy to me, but that is now besides the point.. He will now be raised by a complete psychopath.
I think they have more stability, love, affection and hope for the future than living in a third world orphanage. You don't?
What the heck is going on here? Is this the "adopt a foreign child sweepstakes?" Is this the latest fad in Hollywood? Have all of those previously greedy, self-centered Hollywood egotists finally found God? lol.
Yeah... That sounds great until the Muslim kid starts chopping off the other kids' heads.
What is in her heart is between herself and God. I on the other hand know a publicity stunt when I see one.
Why don't you spend time cleaning up Londonistan
Because it is a myth spun by Melanie Phillips and adopted by other journalists who know how to milk money and attention from the gullible, who find it rather more comfortable to externalise a problem than to admit that something needs to be done in their own land - those Minnesota taxi drivers, for example, would have been stripped of their licences if they were London cabbies.
getting your royal house in order, and explaining the benefits of dental hygiene to your fellow British citizens. You British know that dental braces are an accepted procedure to straighten teeth, don't you?
And this I am loathe to even dignify with a response.
Aren't you clever throwing out a few stereotypes to give yourself a little chuckle? How very gratifying that must be because no one else is laughing.
If it had been an original thing to say, I might have suggested that you channel your creativity into adding to the debate, but it was neither original, nor imaginative.
Do I not?
Is there any other belief, understanding or assumption you would like to randomly ascribe to me?
The simple fact is that that line of arguement does not persuade me because it is not an arguement. Try evidence rather than emotion, I tend to find that much more convincing.
That is true.
In the Madonna case, especially, I find it impossible not to view the donation as part of the purchase cost of the boy she is trying to adopt.
Buying a person is still buying a person, however you disguise the payment and I find that rather distasteful.
"Is that worse than dying of malnutrition and disease? I think Madonna is a stupid slut too, but I would rather be adopted by her than grow up in an African orphanage. Wouldn't you?"
This boy's life expectancy just increased by decades.
Do not confuse Hitler petting a cat, with Hitler being a nice person.
Adopting a Third World orphan is not the issue.
Parading a Third World orphan in front of the cameras to advance your flagging career is revolting.
...except for the father part of the family, of course. Men are interchangable and disposable. How I'm going to teach my little boys that they aren't, I haven't quite figured that out yet..."
BTW, here is Chicago, IL there's an outspoken children's advocate who espouses blacks adopting white kids, gays and singles...and *gasp* even letting parents who at times have abused or neglected their foster children. The point being IT'S THAT BAD for children in state's custody. I was shocked at first, but when hearing about the status of the thousands in IL "care" it's sad. Without any parents, (good or the occasionally bad) eventually the only parent becomes the prison warden.
Virtually all foreign adoptions include a donation to the orphanage. Sometimes, it's called something else, but if you break down the fees, you will see that it's there.
Had she given a mere thousand dollars, I'm sure many would be accusing her of "not doing enough."
Personally, I can't stand Madonna. I still hope that she raises an awareness of international adoption, and encourages people to adopt, which is NEVER a bad think, imo.
Thanks All who chimed in with the correct name of Josephine Baker.
Seems Josephine was the "original" in adopting 12 kids of all ethenticies and calling them a "rainbow tribe".
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