Angelina gets star treatment
2008-07-03 07:32
Nice - She arrived by
helicopter and has a whole floor of the hospital to herself.
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's stay in a French clinic where
she is due to give birth to twins will be no ordinary one.
The 33-year-old movie star has been at the Lenval hospital
in the southern French city of Nice since Sunday, sources there
say, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the secrecy
surrounding the famous patient.
According to eye witnesses, partner Brad Pitt, with whom
Jolie has one child, has been visiting from the couple's
temporary home in a 17th century villa not far away.
It appears he is also taking care of the couple's other four
children - three of them adopted and the fourth, Shiloh, their
biological daughter born in Namibia in 2006.
After months of speculation surrounding her pregnancy, Jolie
finally confirmed she was expecting twins in an interview at the
Cannes film festival in May. The due date has not been
announced.
Bodyguards
Jolie will be in the care of doctor Michel Sussman, and has
a corner room looking out on to the Mediterranean sea.
Pitt, 44, also has a room on the fifth floor of the
building, which has been sealed off for their family and
entourage and secured by bodyguards.
Paparazzi from across the globe descended on the Provence
village of Correns, near Miraval, last month when news of the
couple's arrival leaked out.
A US spokesperson for Jolie declined to confirm Jolie's
whereabouts when it was first reported on Tuesday, saying only
that she was "doing great, very healthy and happy".
Jolie, star of current hit movie Wanted, and Pitt, of
Ocean's Eleven fame, went public with their relationship after
co-starring in the 2005 film Mr & Mrs Smith.
As well as their biological daughter, the couple are also
parents to three adopted children - daughter Zahara from
Ethiopia, son Pax from Vietnam and son Maddox from Cambodia.
One US celebrity magazine has said Jolie is pregnant with
two girls while a rival publication had it as a boy and girl. A
British tabloid published the supposed names of the
yet-to-be-born children.