Pictures of Jolie-Pitt Twins Go For Reported $14 Million

By: Shannon Gossage

An unnamed source reported that People magazine won the right to the photos in a joint deal with the British magazine Hello!. The source said that the two publications will split the $14 million bill. Pictures of Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon will reportedly appear in Monday’s edition of People magazine. The popular magazine reportedly paid $4 million in June 2006 for the rights of pictures of Shiloh, the couple’s first biological child. The couple donated the money they received for Shiloh’s pictures to charities helping African children. The money they receive for the pictures of their twins will reportedly go to a foundation that Jolie and Pitt created that helps children from all over the world.

Jolie announced her pregnancy early this year and in March it was confirmed that she was expecting twins. At the end of June, Jolie checked into the Foundation Lenval Hospital in Nice, France to await the birth of the twins. Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon were born on July 12 at approximately 6:27 p.m. and were born about a minute apart. Know weighed in at 5.03 pounds and Vivienne weighed 5 pounds.

The couple met on the set of their hit film Mr. and Mrs. Smith and have been together ever since. The couple has six children – Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, Shiloh, 2, and the twins. Both Jolie and Pitt have said that they would like a large family. Jolie said she and Pitt were shocked when they found out that they were having twins. She said, "But we like a challenge."