Kidnappers Target Another Jolie Child

Earlier in the month, actress Angelina Jolie learned that extortionists were plotting to kidnap her and hold her for ransom. Now, it seems that her newly adopted son Pax Thien is a target. The Post-Chronicle reports:

Angelina Jolie and her newly adopted son escaped a plan by kidnappers to steal the boy away upon his arrival to the US.


According to an exclusive report, the foiled plot included a demand of $100 million for his return. A “credible” plot was “meticulously planned” by a gang that has executed kidnappings and extortion plots before. “They’re highly skilled operatives with little regard for human life,” says an insider close to Angelina Jolie’s security team.

Angelina Adobts Another Child

Angelina Jolie has successfully completed the adoption process for her new son. The three-year-old boy was picked up on Thursday at 9 a.m. local time after Jolie recieved the official adoption agreement from the Tam Binh orphanage where the boy has been residing since November of 2003.

According to the Vietnamese press, the boy is named Pham Quang Sang and will be renamed Pax Thien Jolie.

Pax means "peace" in Latin, while Thien means "heaven" or "sky" in Vietnamese. Local press also reports that Jolie's new son cried and hid during the official ceremony, and that the actress comforted him in Vietnamese. Jolie's other adopted son, Maddox, was also present.

Jolie and her two children finished the ceremony by 10 a.m. local time and then returned to their hotel.

The Oscar-winning actress must now meet with U.S. consular officials who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy.

If all goes according to plan, the 31-year-old actress could bring the child home by the weekend, local officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

The boy (mistakingly identifed as 4-years-old by officials who observe the Chinese New Year) has been living at the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City since 2003, when he was abandoned at a hospital as an infant, report adoption officials.

Shortly after he arrived at the orphanage, the Tam Binh staff tried unsuccessfully to locate the boy's birth parents.

The boy is healthy, friendly and a little bit shy, they said. He gets along well with other children and loves to play soccer.

Jolie filed adoption papers as a single parent because she and partner Brad Pitt, 43, are not married, and it's illegal in Vietnam for unwed couples to adopt together.

The couple have three children: 5-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia; 2-year-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May of 2006.

Jessica Simpson Wants to Adopt

Jessica Simpson has been inspired to follow her adoption dreams by celebrity activist Angelina Jolie.

The newly-single pop star once begged her father to let her adopt a Mexican orphan during a trip to Latin America when she was a teenager, and now she's seriously considering giving a child a home and a better life.


And it’s all thanks to actress Jolie, who has adopted two kids and is carrying boyfriend Brad Pitt’s first child.

Simpson says, “I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things and the international adoption rate just since her (decision to adopt) has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable.”

She goes on to say, “I want to adopt and I plan to adopt before I have my own kids.”

And Simpson is hoping she can inspire other wannabe moms to follow her example by urging politicians to help cut through red tape that prevents certain couples from adopting. The pop star is planning to speak to President George W Bush about the issue, urging him to make it easier for interracial couples to adopt.

Hahaha, now there’s a riveting conversation – Simpson and Bush.