Lawyers for Brad Pitt on Thursday threatened legal action against anyone publishing recent photographs they say were taken by paparazzi of the actor and his newly enlarged family at their French estate.

Pictures of Pitt and his family in France were "surreptitiously" snapped using a powerful telephoto lens and sold to an unidentified buyer, the Los Angeles lawyers said in a letter published by the U.S. Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie, the mother of his children, have reportedly sold exclusive picture rights to the first photographs of their newborn twins to a U.S. publication for $11 million (5.5 million pounds). The money would go to charity.The legal warning came a week after Jolie left the hospital in Nice with twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, who were born on July 12. The family has rented a villa in nearby Provence.

Pitt's lawyer, Yael Holtkamp, said the taking of the photos was a "malicious violation" of the actor's privacy rights under both French and California law.Holtkamp said one unspecified photo agency that had already sold the pictures had agreed to stop further sales and removed them from its Web site.

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The Brangelina Bunch is now at a nice even number of six.  And while Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt aren't exactly Mike and Carol Brady they certainly have collected the same number of kids in record time.  Both Angelina and Brad are constantly quoted as saying that they want more kids and when you can sell the photos of the little ones for millions each time, why not?Jolie and Pitt reportedly were sent some love from Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston and now everyone wants to chime in, including reality TV babes Kim Kardashian (Keeping up with the Kardashians) and Lauren Conrad of MTV's "The Hills.

Kim Kardashian comments, "It's amazing, it's exactly what I want.  It's what I grew up with so it's all I know.  I couldn't imagine having anything less." Lauren Conrad adds, "It's awesome, big families are great," says the star of The Hills, who is single.  "Everyone's different, you know."

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 He might be able to dance for a while but, nevertheless, Hrithik Roshan is an actor par excellence. And it’s not only us who believe that, but also a leading world-renowned business weekly ‘New Mexico Business Weekly’ that has placed twinkle toes Hrithik in the same ranks with Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt.

The publication has stated that ‘Hrithik Roshan is the Brad Pitt of India’. The article was in clear reference to Rakesh Roshan’s forthcoming international film project ‘Kites’. The film will see Hrithik sharing screen space with Brazilian model Barbara Mori and B-town chick Kangana Ranaut.

The film is set to be directed by Anurag Basu, and will be made in three languages- Hindi, English and Spanish. So are you wondering what’s the Mexican connection?

Well, apparently Barbara has starred in a Mexican film 'La Mujer de Mi Hermano' that went to be a hit. Cashing upon the lady’s success, Roshan is set to take his ‘Kites’ flying off to Mexico.

Unusual celebrity baby names are in the news again with this weekend's birth of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins. Not Isla Marcheline and Amelie Jane, as had been initially and erroneously reported a few weeks ago. Instead, Angelina and Brad named their new son and daughter Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.

Some readers have been wondering where they got those names.  According to "The Baby Name Bible" author Linda Rosenkrantz, interviewed at People.com:

1. Shaking the Family Tree: 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.

2. The X-Factor: The Jolie-Pitts' two other sons, Maddox and Pax, have an x in their first names.

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are reporting that both Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are being lined up for roles in Quentin Tarantino's next film Inglorious Bastards.

The trade says:

After the director met Brad Pitt in France on Tuesday, those studios are already salivating over the expectation that Tarantino will land Pitt to play the key role of Aldo Raine.

They'll be even keener if Tarantino's plan to meet Leonardo DiCaprio for another lead role goes well Thursday. Tarantino wants DiCaprio to play the role of Hans Landa.

Four days after partner Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins, actor Brad Pitt is planning his return to the big screen.The movie hunk, 44, met with Quentin Tarantino in France to talk about starring in the director's new film.

According to industry magazine Variety, Tarantino -- known for such films as Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction -- chatted with Pitt Tuesday in the hope of landing him for his upcoming WWII drama Inglorious Bastards.

Pitt would likely play the key role of Aldo Raine.Academy Award-winning Quentin also reportedly plans to snag Leonardo DiCaprio for the war film.

The film is set to shoot this fall in Germany and France, where Jolie is resting after giving birth to the couple's fifth and sixth children, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, Saturday."Brad and I take turns working," Jolie has said. "So instead of it being 'I get to work next,' it's 'You have to work next, because it's your turn. I'm staying home with the kids.'"

Buried in the fourth paragraph of The Hollywood Reporter's update on Quentin Tarantino's long-delayed Inglorious Bastards is the news that "Brad Pitt's name has surfaced" in talks regarding the World War II flick's ensemble cast. Decide for yourself just exactly what that means; I imagine that it indicates the globe-trotting serial adopter is interested in joining the project. Sounds cool -- let's just hope he doesn't invite pals George Clooney and Matt Damon along and turn it into Ocean's Seventeen.

According to DeadlineHollywoodDaily, Tarantino is shopping the project, a remake of Enzo Castellari's 1978 cult hit of the same name (re-releasing on DVD on July 29th) around to several major studios, much to the chagrin of longtime backer Harvey Weinstein. Stay tuned -- this one could get interesting.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are employing a live-in nanny. The couple have so far shunned full-time help in bringing up Maddox, six, Pax, four, Zahara, three, and two-year-old Shiloh, but now Angelina is expecting twins, they are looking for extra support.

The 'Tomb Raider' actress revealed: "With two little babies to look after, I guess you reach a point where it becomes a practical question and we'll need full-time help." Angelina says the decision to hire a nanny has delighted Brad, 44, who has been begging his 33-year-old partner to take it easy during her pregnancy.

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What do you get when you have a very pregnant Angelina Jolie waiting and waiting along with four wild young kids and one very tired dad?  It sounds like it might be a pretty good sitcom for television but instead a source tells Life & Style it is the real life of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their four kids, Maddox, Pax-Thien, Baby Shiloh and Zahara.
 
Stressed Out: Angelina Jolie, the Kids and Brad Pitt (Image: Wenn)

No wonder Jolie headed for the hospital.  According to the report Maddox and Pax are fighting, and the Shiloh and Zahara are acting out. Brad and Angelina are stressed an insider says.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to open up their secluded estate to allow a boar huntTraditionally for centuries the couple’s estate in the southern region of Aix-en-Provence has been opened up each summer to allow a local boar hunt.

"We have a written agreement in place that doesn't expire until at least 30 August, the president of the village hunt club told French Dimanche. “There is no indication that the estate owner wishes to challenge that, quite to the contrary."