World media affixed on Jolie, Pitt 's twins

14 July 2008 @ 07:39 pm EDT

The sensational news about the newly-born twins of the loved celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt heated today's world media.

Cast member Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt arrive for the screening of the film 'The Exchange' by U.S. director Clint Eastwood at the 61st Cannes Film Festival in this May 20, 2008 file photo. Jolie has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, her doctor at a hospital in southern France said on July 13, 2008.

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Though photo's have not been released, an American magazine is reported to have offered $11 million for the first official portrait of the twins.

In France, Nice-Matin entrusted this event to one of their best reporters, Jean-Francois Roubaud.

Roubaud got the first interview with Jolie's obstetrician, Dr. Michel Sussmann, at Lenval hospital.

Despite the mistaken rumors, the truth about the gender of Angelina's twins was revealed by Nice-Matin.

Nice-Matin was already one step before In Touch Weekly Website, giving the correct news about a boy and a girl born by Angelina, and not twin girls, as the latter publication announced.

"We knew we would be the first in the world," said Christophe Caietti, editor of the Nice-Matin magazine section, on Monday.

The birth delivery Caesarean section was performed on Saturday evening and went very well.

Baby-boy Knox Leon was born at 6:27 p.m. and the baby-girl Vivienne Marcheline, one minute after.

"Marvelous, wonderful!," were the first words of the twins' father-Brad Pitt, after the birth, reported Sussmann.

Knox is a Scottish-English-Irish surname and the middle name of Brad's grandfather, Hal Knox Hillhouse. Léon is the name of Angelina's great-great grandfather.

Marcheline is the French name of Angelina Jolie's late mother, who was of French-Canadian and Native American ancestry.

World media affixed on Jolie, Pitt 's twins

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