Update: Entertainment Tonight duped by imposter in reporting on Jolie-Pitt twins?

Update:  The source relied on by Entertainment Tonight in its erroneous reporting last week that the Jolie-Pitt twins had arrived could be someone masquerading as Angelina Jolie’s assistant and friend Holly Goline. Jossip said yesterday that an impostor has been using a fake BlackBerry email address to send members of the media false information about Angelina and partner Brad Pitt.

No laughing matter, Angelina’s lawyers have gone so far as to circulate a letter to various entertainment news outlets explaining the situation.  The law firm Lavely & Singer stated in their letter,

A random individual has engaged in a scheme to intentionally harm my client and deceive her fans, the public and the media through illegal and tortuous impersonation of Ms Jolie’s long-time assistant, Holly.  The individual who claims to be, and to whom the media has relied upon as, a ‘reliable source’ is not my client’s assistant, nor does the email address belong to my client’s assistant.

Click ‘continue reading’ for the initial erroneous story of the twins’ birth, and the Jolie-Pitt’s denial.

Update: In a PEOPLE Exclusive, Angelina Jolie confirms that the rumors of her giving birth to her twins are NOT true. "Angelina has not given birth. She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France," a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE. The rumor started surfacing on Tuesday, but was officially denied today.

Click here to see full story on People.com.

Update:  Entertainment Tonight has updated its story, and it appears to be based on the same bogus blog posting we told you about Tuesday. 

Originally posted at 12:04 p.m.: Entertainment Tonight is reporting that it has confirmed the birth of the twins for actors Angelina Jolie, 32, and Brad Pitt, 44; No additional details about the babies births are provided, no sources are quoted and there is thus far no word from their reps.  Angelina officially unveiled her bump at the Independent Spirit Awards in February, and confirmed that they were expecting twins earlier this month.

If true, the twins are the fifth and sixth children for the Jolie-Pitts, who are already parents to Maddox Chivan, 6 ½, Pax Thien, 4 ½, Zahara Marley, 3 ½, and Shiloh Nouvel, 2. 

Source:  ETOnline; Photo by Dominique Charriau/WI/WireImage.com

Comments

I heard her due date was July?

- Cyndi on May 30th, 2008

I hope the rumors are not true. Wouldn’t it be a little too early?

- Anna on May 30th, 2008

Congratulations to Angelina and Brad! I hope the babies are healthy and that mama is doing well. Looking forward to an update!

- Lisa on May 30th, 2008

Wow. I’m surprised just because the pregnancy went so long without being confirmed that it seems like it’s been so short, but in the last sets of pictures she’s looked pretty far gone. I can’t imagine ET would say this if it weren’t true, so it looks like we’ll know something soon!

- Lauren on May 30th, 2008

WOW! I certainly did not believe this “rumor” to be true, but if so, my goodness, so close to big sis Shiloh’s b-day. Hopefully the babes were close to full-term and not overly premature, although premature infants can thrive much better now-a-days. My firstborn was born 2.5 months premature and he is a thriving and very healthy 6-yr. old now. Can’t wait to hear more details on this one.

- Mia on May 30th, 2008

ET is now reporting that their names are Isla and Amelie, just like CBB reported (the rumor) days ago…

- The Nanny on May 30th, 2008

Maybe that rumor from the “friend of the nanny” from the other day was true huh?

- Mandy on May 30th, 2008

I thought she said at Cannes she wasn’t due until August? I know twins are usually born early, but the end of May seems really early.

- MB on May 30th, 2008

well, they are already their 5th & 6th children, born yet or not ;D

- M on May 30th, 2008

what I don’t get it how i think we already know she’s due in aigust, plus since she’s having twins she doesn’t look full-term at all. For twins, I think she looks 6-7 months. I don’t know why they keep doing the “she gave birth” rumor if it’s kind of obvious she’s not due yet. plus I also remember that they released a statement when they had Shiloh- it was on people.com within hours. so I’m assuming we’ll know when they tell us.

- La Petite Belle on May 30th, 2008

I think I remember reading earlier this week that someone had reported this and that it had been proven as false.

- Vanessa on May 30th, 2008

Now after going to the site I doubly don’t believe this. They are claiming Angelina named her daugthers Isla and Amelie, just like the other rumor. I suppose it’s possible that those are the names, but I think it’s just a repeat of an old rumor.

- MB on May 30th, 2008

Congrats to her!

- (LOVE- J ) on May 30th, 2008

I really hope that this is not true, since those babies would be very premature.
Or, maybe Angie was further along than we thought (like 8 months)?

- Sanja on May 30th, 2008

Congrats, but it feels sort of anti-climatic….with no details, it’s like it hasn’t happened yet! Looking forward to hearing more about the birth…

- Nicki on May 30th, 2008

I want to believe this but they are also reporting the same names that we heard last week… Isla and Amelie. Guess time will tell (those names – though i do love them) do not seem to fit in with their other names?

- brannon on May 30th, 2008

That would be great! I’m so anxious to hear the sexes and names of these little ones! And obviously to see them. If true, congratulations!!!

- UggaMugga.com on May 30th, 2008

wonder if this is true.
Congratulation to them, if it is!

- (LOVE- J ) on May 30th, 2008

I hope this isn’t true, it seems too early in her pregnancy for her to be delivering the twins. Hope everything is alright!

- Kaley on May 30th, 2008

I have a feeling this rumor is really true. Cograts to them if it is, can’t wait to hear the sexes and the names. If it’s true the babies are gemini just like sister shiloh and mom angelina.

- brooke on May 30th, 2008

This is the same rumor that I thought was shot down last week

- LIzz on May 30th, 2008

i’d be inclined to believe this one. ET seems like they wait until their info is solid before running a story. Add to that the preg timeline…Jack Black gave an Aug 19 due date- i imagine that he intentionally gave a later date to help draw away the massive pap. swarm…i’m guessing she was due in early-mid July, and when you factor in that twins tend to arrive early- a Memorial day birth seems likely.

congrats to Brad, Angelina, maddox, zahara, shiloh and pax!

- andrea on May 30th, 2008

Confirmed….hmm.
Wouldn’t she have been too pregnant to fly to France, had she been this close to her due date?
If this is true then they must have been way early, because her belly was still relatively small for twins.

- Nina on May 30th, 2008

I think they just picked up the rumor off that dubious blog, since they list their names as Isla and Amelie, too.
While very pretty, those just aren’t Angie’s style at all. I would almost be disappointed if she chose relatively normal names like that, haha.

- Gemma on May 30th, 2008

They are now reporting that the babies are names Isla and Amelie. I hope this isn’t true because I’ve always loved the name Amelie and I don’t want it to become trendy before I have kids! = )

- Andrea on May 30th, 2008

If she did I hope everything went smoothly. Doesn’t she still have 2 months left?

- Amber S on May 30th, 2008

Perez is also posting this. But I dunno if it’s true or not. If true, I wonder what day she actually gave birth. Yesterday was my birthday and it would be so awesome if she had them on my birthday

- Robyn on May 30th, 2008

ET is saying the names are Isla Marcheline and Amelie Jane. Those were the names that blog had posted. I thought that was a false, bogus rumor? Maybe it was true all along?

- Noelle on May 30th, 2008

Perez says the babies are girls names

“Island Marcheline (after Angelina’s late mom) and Amelie Jane (in honor of Brad’s mother).”

Any confirmation on this?

- Laura on May 30th, 2008

Congrats to her! ET is reporting that they named the girls Isla (pronounced eye-la) Marcheline and Amelie Jane, the middle names being after the grandmothers on both sides. Can’t wait to see pictures!

- Rebecca on May 30th, 2008

Forget that! we’ve all been duped!

People has confirmation from her rep that she’s still preggers!

- Laura on May 30th, 2008

I’ve noticed the big publicty about the birth isn’t as huge as it was with Shiloh’s. I am happy they can have some peace from that.

- SJ on May 30th, 2008

Nina: only if she flew a commercial airline. They have a rule that says no flying after 7 months of pregnancy. However, my guess is Angie, Brad, & the kids took a private plane. In that case, there are no rules. If she was that close to delivering (which I doubt) she could have just paid to have a doctor come with them in case she went into labor in the air.

- MB on May 30th, 2008

People just confirmed that the rumor is false. Personally, I’m glad…because if they are due in Auguest, it’s really too early for their appearance. Can’t wait to hear the news when it happens!

- janice on May 30th, 2008

People has a story where her rep confirmed it’s not true!

- Jill on May 30th, 2008

People confirms this is false, per Angie’s rep: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/30/angelina.jolie.ap/index.html

- MB on May 30th, 2008

People confirms this rumor is false, per Angie’s rep: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/30/angelina.jolie.ap/index.html

- MB on May 30th, 2008

LOL! This is so funny! I love how there were even names given to them.

- yogadaisy on May 30th, 2008

Glad to hear that she is home resting with the family.

- carla at somethingaboutbaby.com on May 30th, 2008

Well I’m glad the rumors are false because I was just slightly bitter that she had “stolen” my secret baby names lol.

- Tiff on May 30th, 2008

I’m inclined to believe that she has had the twins and they are sending out “not true” reports, (1) because they want privacy or (2) the babies are quite premature and they are waiting on news of their health status before confirming. I want to see a very recent pic. or a public appearance of a still pregnant Angelina to make me believe otherwise… My 2 cents.

- Lara on May 30th, 2008

now people.com’s rebuttal is gone!! maybe the news is true

- Sasha on May 30th, 2008

Good grief, how many times will these births be rumored before the twins have really arrived? It’s kinda funny…

- rachael on May 30th, 2008

I wish B&J all the best for their babies. They look great togther.
I have also posted this piece in my blog and messagedance.
http://www.messagedance.com/message/show/6dc2279d06d51a374fcde1a48221219e

- Chloe Slambuet on May 30th, 2008

Hmmm…it appears ET is sticking to its guns (or maybe someone on staff hasn’t had enough sense to update it?) — the “breaking news” based on that bogus rumor is still up on their site!

- bly on May 30th, 2008

Funny… BP’s publicist when contacted said “No comment” whereas Ange’s said “Reports are false”… hmmm- no comment is code for “yes”, so who really knows what’s going on! It’s fun guessing, though.

- Lilly on May 30th, 2008

I find it funny that people would make up rumors that can easily be proven true or false. I’d just like to know what the point is

- Ashley on May 30th, 2008

Did Angelina talk to People exclusively because that does not sound like something she would do? She usually keeps these things private and waits for the rumors to fiddle out. Reps are not always reliable because they are protecting their client and their privacy.

I don’t know if it is true or not and I won’t believe it until Angelina her self releases a statement, or weeks go by and there is no proof of a baby. People, Eonline, and ET, have all gotten stories wrong so while they are correct 90% of the time, they all need to be taken with a grain of salt.

- LolaCola on May 30th, 2008

Twins? Not twins? Twins again? Not twins again? I think the only way we will be able to find out for sure is when Angelina pops it/them out, and even that is debatable as no one knows for sure when she will deliver or where!

- DLR on May 30th, 2008

Angelina Jolie lives in France?

- EK on May 30th, 2008

I had a dream (yes, I know that’s weird) that one of the babies was a little boy named Lyon and the other was a little girl named Yale Marcheline. Strange but true I quite like the name Lyon with their brood though

- brannon on May 30th, 2008

After all this brouhaha, I refuse to believe anything until I read it in The New York Times!

- Judy on May 30th, 2008

“now people.com’s rebuttal is gone!! maybe the news is true ”

No, the rebuttal is right there on People.com’s home page. This whole mess is hilarious. I admire and like Angelina, but my God, from the way the tabloids and the fan sites are carrying on, you’d think this pregnancy was the Second Coming. And after all the flap about the names, I’ll die laughing if she has two BOYS!

- Judy on May 30th, 2008

How creepy is it that ET online claims that a source from inside the delivery room confirms the delivery. I don’t believe this source but what an awful invasion of privacy if it was true.

- nicole on May 30th, 2008

How dumb is ET standing by a story her own rep has denied? Besides, these rumors have been out for like a week already, the names included.

- Nicole on May 30th, 2008

Just curious…when a woman is pregnant with twins, do they more closely monitor the babies? Angelina just seems so small to me for being with twins, I HIGHLY doubt she delivered. I believe her due date has to be July, at the earliest.

- Kate on May 30th, 2008

I would certainly hope the babies won’t come for another 2 months, her bump is sooo small for twins right now. I also don’t believe the rumour because of the names, don’t sounds like names they would use; too normal.

- Sarita on May 30th, 2008

This is getting crazier and crazier. The six o’clock news actually reported this rumor. If they are acting like this over an unsubstantiated rumor, what are they going to do when she really gives birth?

I can picture it now: “We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement…”

Angie and Brad must be having the laugh of their lives over all this. I would, if I were them.

- Judy on May 31st, 2008

Lara, that is what I was thinking maybe the twins are not doing well and they don’t want the press hounding them (I hope that is not the case). Then again this whole thing could be a sham.

Remember JLO’s rep denied reports that she was expecting to protect her privacy. These people work for their clients they don’t have to tell the truth just to please the public.

- LolaCola on May 31st, 2008

lol @ Judy!

It’s one thing to make up a story with a fake source but to stand by it when Angelina’s rep says it’s not true is just silly. Admit when you’re wrong and at least save yourself an iota of credibility, no matter how small it is.

It’s sad that the so-called reliable press organisations were all reporting this as true without even bothering to do any research.

- Amanda on May 31st, 2008

I didn’t believe it because of the names too. They don’t sound like something Brad and Angie would name their kids. Although I do like the names.

- HardCandy on May 31st, 2008

ET finally took the story off their website. I’m actually glad it is false because this was Shiloh’s birthday weekend. I know I would hate it if my birthday was so close to my siblings.

Judy, I don’t think Brad and Angie even pay attention to this stuff. I highly doubt they google search their names just to see what the media is saying about them today.

- LolaCola on May 31st, 2008

LolaCola, they wouldn’t have to google it; it’s all over the media right in their faces. They’d have to be blind not to see it. But Angelina said in an interview that Brad has a great sense of humor, and he’s probably laughing his head off over this flap.

Amanda, EOnline will be wiping the egg off their faces for days, but it could have been worse. At least they didn’t do like Star Magazine did when they offered the parish priest in New Orleans $3,000 to back up their fake story about the Wedding That Wasn’t. I’ll give EOnline their props for admitting their mistake.

- Judy on May 31st, 2008

brace yourselves, people. i have a feeling these children will be born at least 3 or 4 more times before they’re REALLY born….

- ang on May 31st, 2008

my local newspaper is reporting she had girls name Isla and Amelie.

i automatically didnt think it true though because they dont sound like “Angeline Jolie” names. Especially compared to Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh.

x x x

- lydia. on May 31st, 2008

Oh I hope, if she is pregnant with twins, that she stays so until July at least. (Especially if she’s supposed to be due in August.)

Yeah she’ll get humungous, but that’s the way it should be with twins.

Anyway, even though some say she’s still small, I think she’s already bigger now than we ever saw her when she was pregnant with Shiloh.

- Autumn on May 31st, 2008

Judy it was ET not E!. E! verified the rumors to be false too.

They don’t seem like the type of celebs that pay attention to the media, whether it be television, the internet or magazines. However, Angie did say in an interview that unless it is coming from the NY Times they just shrug it off and don’t bother to comment on it, so maybe if it is all over the place they will here about it from a friend or manager.

I also read somewhere that Angie does not have a publicist only Brad does. She said she does not want anyone speaking for her, if she has anything to say she will say it herself. I like that about her it shows that she is not trying to maintain an “image”. So who is this person speaking for her, maybe it is Brad’s rep.

- LolaCola on May 31st, 2008

Lola, yes it was Brad’s rep who denied the reports. The CBB headline does make it seem like she talked to People herself. I agree with the Shiloh comment, she needs her own day. I think she is due in Aug but will likely deliver early since most women carrying twins do. So I am guessing a July delivery.

- Lindsay on June 1st, 2008

If this is just a rumor, why doesn’t Angelina just appear in public and prove it to be false? Has anyone seen a pic of her since the announcement? Pictures are more powerful than words. Instead of having publicists deny the claims, just take a walk with your children and that rumor will die down. I personally think she has had the baby/babies. For some reason, I think she’s not being truthful about having twins and possibly just said that to throw everybody off about the time in her quest for privacy during the delivery. Either way, I am positive the baby/babies will be adorable, just like little Shiloh.

- Angel on June 3rd, 2008

LolaCola, I thought the same thing about close birthdays growing up because my sister was born one week before my 1st birthday. But it really depends on how the parents handle it. Mine just had one cake and we often got presents that we had to share, like a game or a puzzle. That is really hard to do when you are 3 or 4 years old.

My second child was born two weeks before my first’s fourth birthday. While we only have one party, it really is more like two because they each get their own cake, their own decorations and they open presents at different times. We have the party on the weekend inbetween and they each get a special treat on their actual birthday. This may change when they are older, but for the last four years it has worked out fine.

- finnaryn on June 3rd, 2008

This is getting ridiculous, did all of this start because of that little blog whose writer claimed to know the nanny for Angelina?

- Jen on June 3rd, 2008

Angel- Come on! If she’d really had the babies, do you think Brad would have gone to Italy with Maddox?

- Annoynomus on June 3rd, 2008

Angelina Jolie does not need to make an appearance for anyone’s sake. This is about an entertainment site too proud to admit they made a mistake. It is not Angelina’s responsibility to do any such thing to fix it. As she said in her interviews, they don’t live their lives to suit tabloids or their silly accusations.

- Mary on June 3rd, 2008

Annoynomus – Yes, I do think Brad would have gone to Italy with Maddox. Anything to “protect” your significant other, right? Didn’t we just recently learn that celebrities can’t be trusted to tell the truth with the Ashley Simpson fiasco?

- Angel on June 3rd, 2008

Just knew someone would put the blame on Angie for the media misleading the public. Amazing. And i guess if by this Friday there is another announcement of a fake birth, she should parade her self around just to prove the idiot media wrong. WOW!

- JuneJune on June 3rd, 2008

Angelina is most definitely pregnant because a) her rep and other sources have confirmed she is fine at home, still pregnant and b) if she had had the babies- she probably would have done a magazine shoot like she did with Shiloh when she was a newborn and c) She is too small now to have twins, and they are due in August.
Anyhow, I wish her a happy, and healthy pregnancy- hope everything goes well and I look forward to seeing her twins

- babyboopie on June 4th, 2008

Poor Holly Goline…that must feel really violating to have someone assume your identity like that.I hope they find the person who did this, not so much because lying to the world that Angelina had her twins is such a crime, but because their assistant, Holly, has probably been going nuts trying to figure it out and I bet it has caused her a lot of problems.

- czarina on June 4th, 2008

Serves E.T. right for not fully confirming their sources. Maybe they should go back to journalism school.

- Olivia on June 4th, 2008

Olivia, ITA agree 1000%.
ET’s content/shows have gone downhill for quite some time. They even lost viwers over their constant shows on anna smith(RIP) yet they didnt get the message.

- csc on June 4th, 2008