The star already has three children with Brad Pitt - five-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia, two-year-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia, and baby daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May.

Angie expected in Vietnam for adoption - Mar 14 2007
Angelina Jolie is expected to arrive in Vietnam later today to adopt a three-year-old boy, adoption officials said.

The actress is expected to attend an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials in Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow morning.

After she receives the child, Angelina will meet with US consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy.

If all goes according to plan, the star could take the child home by the weekend, officials said.

The boy was abandoned at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital as a baby and then taken to the nearby Tam Binh orphanage, where he has lived ever since, said Nguyen Van Trung, the orphanage director.

Shortly after he arrived at the orphanage, the Tam Binh staff tried unsuccessfully to locate the boy’s birth parents.

The adoption is being processed quickly because the boy is an older child, and his files were nearly complete before Angelina decided to adopt, Trung said.

The actress and her partner Brad Pitt have three children: five-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia, two-year-old Zahara, who was adopted from Ethiopia, and a biological daughter, Shiloh, who was born in May.

Angie adoption ’should move swiftly’ - Mar 8 2007
The little boy that Angelina Jolie plans to adopt from Vietnam will probably be moving to the US with the actress in no more than three months, Vietnam’s top adoption official said today.

Angelina chose the child, who is between three and four-years-old, during a recent visit to the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, said Vu Duc Long, the head of the Justice Ministry’s international adoption department in Hanoi.

Under ordinary circumstances, Long said, it takes about four months to process an adoption after the forms arrive at his office.

If the prospective parent has already chosen a child, the adoption can be completed in just three months.

"Three months would be the longest," Long said, adding that Angelina’s case could be processed faster than that.

Long confirmed last week that the star had filed adoption papers, but didn’t provide any details about the child or how long the process would take.

The actress initiated the adoption process in the US, but her application only arrived at Long’s office last week.

His department has approved the application and sent it to officials in Ho Chi Minh City, who must also review it.

Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt have two adopted children - five-year-old Maddox and two-year-old Zahara. They also have a biological daughter, nine-month-old Shiloh.

Angelina voted top sex symbol - Feb 24 2007
Mother-of-three Angelina Jolie has been named the sexiest individual in history - four places ahead of Brad.

The 31-year-old beat some of the world’s most famous sex symbols, from Steve McQueen to Sophia Loren, in the top 100.

Hip-gyrating Elvis Presley is second, almost 30 years after his death, while blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe is third, one place above Beyonce in the poll conducted for Channel 4.

43-year-old Brad is fifth, followed by pneumatic videogame character Lara Croft - brought to life by Angelina in the Tomb Raider movies.

George Clooney, 45, is seventh and there is good news for Kylie, 38, following her split with Olivier Martinez - she is eighth.