The Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy. Angelina Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, are welcoming the arrival of twins.

The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Dr. Michel Sussmann, told The Associated Press that the actress, the babies and Jolie's partner, actor Brad Pitt, "are doing marvelously well."

Sussmann said Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarian section on Saturday night in southern France.

He told AP on Sunday morning that the boy weighed 2.28 kilograms (5.03 pounds) and the girl 2.27 kilograms (5 pounds). The 33-year-old actress gave birth at around 8 p.m on Saturday night, the doctor said by telephone.

Pitt was there during the operation, said the doctor, who delivered the twins at the seaside Lenval hospital in Nice.

"Everything is going well," said Sussmann. "The mother, the babies, the father are doing marvelously well."

He said the Cesarian was moved forward from its originally planned date "for medical reasons" so that the babies could be born "in the best conditions." The doctor did not give details.

He said Jolie was expected to stay in the hospital for a few more days. The doctor said he believed that the baby girl's middle name was chosen in honor of Jolie's mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died in January 2007 after a 7 1/2-year battle with cancer.

Jolie and Pitt have four other children: Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2.

Jolie had checked into the hospital late last month to rest and be monitored by her doctor before the birth.


Before that, she, Pitt and their children had moved into a large estate, Miraval, in the French hamlet of Correns, which is just a short helicopter ride from the hospital. Correns is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Nice, a resort on the Mediterranean.

Though the lenses of the world's paparazzi had been trained on maternity wards across the French Riviera, Jolie managed to slip unobserved into the clinic, which has magnificent views of the Mediterranean, reportedly arriving by helicopter on the hospital's rooftop helipad.

Pitt was seen coming and going after Jolie's hospitalization became public.

The first photos of the new twins are expected to fetch millions of dollars.

Paparazzi gathered outside the hospital in Nice on Sunday morning, hoping for a shot of Pitt.

Local newspaper Nice Matin, which first broke news of the birth, reported Sunday that the couple had sold rights for the first photo of their newly enlarged family to a U.S. publication, which it did not name, and that the proceeds would go to charity.

The newspaper gave no source for that information. But the doctor told AP that the couple decided to announce the birth to Nice Matin first because of its links to Nice. The newspaper called the twins "the most famous babies in the world."

Earlier in the week, the hospital said it had coated the windows of Jolie's room with a special material to prevent paparazzi from taking unauthorized pictures of the star couple.

The hospital said photos in magazines and on the Internet that purported to show Jolie and Pitt in her room were fake, either manipulated or showing other patients at the hospital.

Tourists and residents of Nice, a popular resort, welcomed news of the birth. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, had previously told AP that the twins will always be considered honorary citizens of the city, regardless of whether they opt to obtain French citizenship. Estrosi said it was a "very great honor" for Nice that the Hollywood couple chose to give birth there.

"As a parent myself, I'm very happy for them and I wish them every luck and success in the future," Jeffrey Strand, a tourist from Ireland, said Sunday on being told of the birth.

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Making an end to all speculations and predictions Pitt and Jolie are now the proud parents of a son and daughter. The twins were born in Lenval hospital. The two babies are healthy and doing well. The boy called Knox Leon weighs 2.27kg and the girl, Vivienne Marcheline weighs 2.28kg.

The American Hollywood actress had been on bed rest for some days now . With the media frenzy coming to a boiling point ,the French Riviera hospital had been a center of attention for some time ever since the very pregnant Jolie with Brad at her side had checked into the Hospital. Doctor Michel Sussmann the representative from Lenval hospital stated that the babies were doing fine and the mother is in good spirits. Jolie reportedly had to be operated upon for the smooth birth. Her partner Ocean’s Eleven star Brad Pitt was at her side all throughout. They have been reported to have sold the first photos of their newly born babies to an American publication for an estimated amount of more than £5 million the whole amount of which goes to charity. The addition of the twins increases the family of children to six in the Jolie-Pitt household.

Jolie and Pitt have a son and a daughter