It was Bradd pitt who cut the umbilical cords

Angelina Jolie laughed with joy as her newborn twins were delivered and partner Brad Pitt cut their umbilical cords, according to reports.

The couple, who welcomed son Knox Leon and daughter Vivienne Marcheline on Saturday, were together and "calm" during the delivery, with their doctor joking how Pitt "was my assistant."

The actress delivered her twins by Caesarian section at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France, and there were "absolutely no problems" with the birth.

Jolie's obstetrician, Dr Michael Sussman, tells People.com, "It was an epidural, so she was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy.

"He (Pitt ) was ... perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional."

And when asked how long Jolie was expected to stay in the hospital for, he said, "I don't know. She will stay for a few days. You know, in Europe it isn't like in the United States, where the patients go home after three days. They will stay a bit longer until everything is okay.

"The babies are fine. The babies are with the mother and father and they are fine."

The first pictures of the tots have reportedly been sold for $11 million to an as-yet-unnamed U.S. magazine. The couple intends to donate the money to charity.

Brad Pitt Flies to Italy for Radiohead

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt left his pregnant partner Angelina Jolie at home in France to jet to Italy to watch British rockers Radiohead with his pal Edward Norton.

The two actors--who met on the set of 1999 film Fight Club--were spotted enjoying the concert in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday evening.

The pair was joined by Pitt's friend Marianne Pearl, the woman played by Jolie in last year's A Mighty Heart.

Pitt was photographed laughing and joking with his friends and showing them pictures of his children on his camera phone, according to People.com.

Pitt and Jolie have three adopted children--Maddox, 6, Zahara, 2, and Pax, 4, from Vietnam--as well as their biological 2-year-old Shiloh. They are currently expecting twins.

Angelina jolie at cannes

Angelina Jolie talked at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday about her pregnancy with twins as well as motherhood.

Confirmation of a fifth and sixth child for Jolie came yesterday during a side-by-side interview she did with 'Kung Fu Panda' co-star Jack Black.

During a press conference about the film, Jolie confirmed: "Yes, they are twins."

Asked about reports that she was planning to give birth in France, Jolie replied she had not completely decided, but added: "We are certainly thinking of France."

She said French was a second language which her children were starting to speak, "so being here is very good for them at this time".

Jolie, who said she was feeling "great", talked about making sure her adopted children knew about their Asian heritage.

She said she had teachers to her house to educate them about Vietnamese and Cambodian culture.

She said she was "thrilled'' when the movie, which has been described as a love letter to China, came her way, because she knew how special it would be to her children.

Earthquake

Jolie also talked about the earthquake in China, saying: "Right now, the process is about seeing what's being done and seeing what appeals need to be made.

"I will be very active, as much as I can be, and as much as China wants and allows the UN to be."

Black was asked if he identified with his character, and said: "I don't feel like I was playing a character when I played Po. I was just myself. I think of myself as a bear."

He said he was sometimes fierce and crazy, adding: "I am Po. There was very little acting involved."

Asked if the film was saying it was fine to be a chubby panda and whether that was the message to send to overweight children, Black said: "I'm going to say 'yes' to that."

Jolie said that like her favourite movie as a child -- 'Dumbo' -- the film's message was to embrace who you were and not try to be somebody else.

Dustin Hoffman butted in with a joke at one point: "I just want to say that there was a point in time when Angelina could have chosen between me and Brad.''

Standards

The actor, who described himself as "70 from the neck up" to applause, also talked about how the actors mostly recorded their voices alone in a studio.

He said: "The directors filmed us at the same time. They gave the film to the animators.''

Asked about the leap from 'The Graduate' to 'Kung Fu Panda', he said jokingly: "It's a decline in culture -- but it has also reached your profession. We're all in the same bag here together."