Angelina Jolie Takes Kids to 'Kung Fu Panda 2' Premiere (Photos)

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt hit the red carpet for the premiere of Jolie's new film, 'Kung Fu Panda 2' yesterday, and although the pair went into the theatre alone, they came out with a few extra things. Four of their six kids!

Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh snuck into Grauman's Chinese Theatre to hear their mom's voice in the DreamWorks animated film, and exited hand-in-hand with their very famous parents.

The only things missing from this family outing were the youngest two of the stylish Jolie-Pitt brood, twins Knox and Vivienne.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Looking to Reteam Onscreen

It was a match made in Hollywood heaven when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie teamed up to star as a married couple secretly moonlighting as assassins in 2005's 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith.' The onscreen

chemistry was so palpable that it wasn't long before it seeped into reality. Now, six years and six children (three adopted, three biological) later, the power couple is looking to revisit that professional partnership that started it all.

In an interview with NPR, Pitt said that the couple is looking for another onscreen collaboration.

"We're not ones to repeat ourselves, but we'd like to, because right now, we're hopscotching with films so one can be with the kids and one's free to work," Pitt said. "And why aren't we doing them together? Why aren't we doing everything together?"

Pitt and Jolie are currently at the Cannes Film Festival with their brood in tow. He is promoting his long-anticipated Terrence Malick film 'The Tree of Life' while Jolie is there for 'Kung Fu Panda 2' co-starring Jack Black.

Pitt acknowledged that his transition into a father of six and full-blown family man following his divorce from Jennifer Aniston was abrupt, but the 47-year-old said that this was his plan from the start.

"I had a friend who had a big family when I was a kid. I just loved the chaos around the breakfast table and the fighting and the ribbing, and the mom making pancakes for everyone or the dad making pancakes. And I just decided then if I was ever going to do it -- this left some indelible mark on me -- if I was ever going to do it, that's the way I was going to do it."

He also reiterated his previous sentiment that the only critics that really matter to him are his children.

"I think my focus before was more irreverence, by nature," Pitt said. "I'm a dad now. It's more important to me that if I'm going to do the film, there's something I can bring to it, it's not generic. And most of all, I'm painfully aware that my kids are going to see these when they're older, and I want them to understand something about their dad, and I want them to be proud of their dad."

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Angelina Jolie Explains New Tattoo: It's for Brad!

Angelina Jolie sparked adoption rumors earlier this month when she was photographed with a new tattoo while on a goodwill trip to the Tunisia-Libya border. The photograph showed a new set of

map coordinates on her arm, just beneath the six tattoos of coordinates of the birthplaces of her six children.

But in a new interview with 'Extra,' Jolie clears up the confusion. "Well, if they know that it's latitude and longitude they would have figured out quickly that it was Brad's birthplace," she said. "It doesn't take much investigation to figure that one out. [The coordinates are] Shawnee, Oklahoma."

She also added that another adoption isn't a possibility "at this time." And though they aren't having another child right now, Jolie revealed that adoption is a happy word in their home. "We talk very openly in our house. 'Orphanage' and 'birth parents' are happy words in our house."

Jolie has adopted three children, Maddox, 9, from Cambodia, Pax, 7, from Vietnam and Zahara, 6, from Ethiopia.

She also has three kids with her partner Brad Pitt; Shiloh, 4, born in Namibia and 2-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, born in France.

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Angelina Jolie Turns Down Bin Laden Questions

Angelina Jolie, Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman gave an odd press conference at the Cannes Film Festival today, detailed in a highly entertaining report over at Vulture.

According to reporter Jada Yuan, Jolie, who voices Tigress in the computer animated 'Kung Fu Panda 2' and its predecessor, was grilled about "Jolie's children, Jolie's motherhood, Jolie playing tough women, Jolie playing a tigress, Jolie's great popularity in China, what Jolie thinks about bin Laden."

"I'm here in the context of 'Kung Fu Panda'; I'd rather not get into such a heavy issue," Jolie replied.

Jolie being pressed about Bin Laden during a press conference about a children's film wasn't the end of the strangeness, though. Asked to summarize the festival in the south of France, Hoffman curiously told Vulture, "It's plastic paradise. When there's no festival, it's paradise. When there's a festival, it's plastic paradise."

Another reporter asked Jolie, Black and Hoffman how they felt about 'Kung Fu Panda' series creating some of their most memorable roles after such distinguished careers.

"Well," said Dustin Hoffman, laughing at the blunt question, "I think it's a fitting end to a long, distinguished career. If, you know, if I was never aware of irony before, I am now."

The stars were also quizzed about how they find inner peace. Hoffman's reply? "I've never been so at peace as I am at this moment, being this famous, in front of all these cameras, and sitting next to Angelina."

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Angelina Jolie to be the New Face of Louis Vuitton

Angelina Jolie just signed up to be the new face of Louis Vuitton, in a slam-dunk deal worth nearly $10 million, according to E! Online.

The global ad campaign will reportedly be shot by legendary lenswoman Annie Liebowitz -- a longtime photographer for the brand -- and will appear in print-only form this summer.

The actress and UN Ambassador's stunningly good looks clearly have the ability to rake in cash. This is her second major luxury endorsement (the first, for St. John, ended last year), and is said to be her most lucrative deal to date. She also designs a jewelry line, Style of Jolie.

Other famous faces of Vuitton have included Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Scarlett Johansson.

The 35-year-old beauty and mom of six is a fan of the French mega-label, and is frequently seen toting bags bearing the iconic monogram. Here's betting we'll see that logo on her more often!

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Brad and Angelina's Strict Nanny Requirements

We have always wondered how Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie appear to raise such a well mannered brood of six without going completely insane. The answer: nannies, a lot of nannies, an entire

basketball team of nannies. PopEater spoke to one applicant for the Pitt-Jolie nanny job who said she was surprised by the strict requirements asked of the family's childcare providers.

Each child, we are told, is given their very own personal nanny, who is required to have a college degree in either education or child development and to speak at least two languages. In the case of Brad and Angie's adopted children from other countries, the nanny is question is expected to speak the language of the child's native land.

The job applicant must also be willing to travel. This is a biggie since the family splits their time between California, New Orleans, France and a number of movie sets on a yearly basis.

According to our source, the positions pay between $50,000 and $150,000 on a sliding scale to start. With six kids, childcare can easily run the Jolie-Pitts a cool million on a yearly basis.

The requirements make sense (and believe us we have heard crazier) since the family travels so often each caregiver will essentially be a one-on-one teacher for the kids when they aren't enrolled in school.

What we have to say is kudos to the Pitt-Jolie publicity machine for their careful pruning of these nannies from the official paparazzi shots the family releases to the press. You would think six extra well-educated bodies traveling with the fam would be easy to spot, but we rarely see anyone but Brad and Angie minding the crew. 

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