Call them Viv and Fort Knox
People magazine Monday published the $14 million photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon.
The cover shows Pitt and Jolie snuggling the babies at their chateau in Provence, France. A 19-page spread includes a shot of the couple’s 2-year-old daughter Shiloh holding Vivienne.
“It is chaos, but we are managing it and having a wonderful time,” Jolie tells People.
“Shiloh calls them her babies. She and Z (3-year-old daughter Zahara) pick out their clothes and help change and hold them. It’s sweet – they are little mommies.”
Jolie denies speculation that the twins were conceived through in-vitro fertilization.
“(W)e have been fortunate never to have had fertility problems,” she says.
As for the twins’ personalities, Pitt says: “Viv is proving to resemble Ange in spirit, attitude and physicality. And Knox, a bit of me.”
The record $14 million paid by People and the British tabloid Hello! – more than double the $6 million People paid for Jennifer Lopez’s twins – will go to a foundation created by Pitt and Jolie that largely focuses on helping children around the world.
Standing and being counted
Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and she’s expected to fully recover.
The “Samantha Who?” star is scheduled to appear in a TV fundraiser, “Stand Up To Cancer,” on Sept. 5.
No bucket for him
Actor Morgan Freeman suffered some broken bones in a car accident Sunday, but will recover, friends said Monday.
“He’s in good spirits, but he’s in some pain,” said business partner Ben Luckett.
Mississippi police said Freeman was driving through Tallahatchie County when his vehicle left the road, flipping several times. There’s no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved.
A script transformation?
The “Transformers” movie sequel may need to be reworked to explain Shia LaBeouf’s injured hand, says director Michael Bay.
LaBeouf, 22, was cited for misdemeanor DUI following a July 27 collision with a pickup truck in West Hollywood.
His hand was “crushed” and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications after a four-hour surgery, his lawyer said.
Gaming the immune system
Mary Kate Olsen is seeking immunity before talking to federal investigators about the overdose death of close friend Heath Ledger.
Investigators are trying to determine how Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his death.
Quoteworthy
Angelina Jolie’s estranged father, Jon Voight, on her growing brood: “She wasn’t the kind that played with dolls, and then all of a sudden she has all these kids.”
The birthday bunch
Actress Erika Slezak (“One Life To Live”) is 62. Actress Loni Anderson is 62. Singer Rick Derringer is 61. Actress Maureen McCormick is 52. Actress Tawny Kitaen is 47. Fiddler Mark O’Connor is 47. Rapper Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) is 44. Actor Jonathan Silverman is 42.