Angelina Jolie’s obstetrician, Dr. Michel Sussmann, assured the press at a news conference in the South of France Wednesday that all is well with the expectant mom – something that she and Brad Pitt want the world to know.

“Everything is normal,” the obstetrician said in French, as he also said in English, “She is very well, and she’s okay. … Brad and Angelina want everyone to know that everything is going well.”

The babies, he said, will arrive “in the weeks to come.”

Jolie, who is expecting twins, checked into the medical center this weekend. On Wednesday, Pitt dropped by with two special guests: daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2.

“It is simply a visit of surveillance, no birth,” Sussmann said of his patient.

Saying that Jolie’s “very, very nice,” the doctor added, “She will stay in the hospital until the birth. I will stay with her.”

What he was not specific about was the due date. “This is something you can’t program, you never know for sure,” he said.

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Angelina Jolie has gone into a hospital in the south of France where she expects to give birth to twins.

Nadine Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Lenval Hospital in Nice, says Jolie is fine and that everything is going well. She said the actress’ admittance to the hospital’s maternity wing had been planned for some time.

Bauer said Jolie will almost certainly remain in the hospital until she gives birth. She said Jolie was admitted so she could be kept under surveillance and not to give birth immediately.

Bauer would not say when Jolie was admitted.

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A French magazine reported on its website Wednesday morning that Angelina Jolie has given birth to her twins. She and Brad Pitt have been holed up in the South of France since May, having recently moved into Chateau Miraval with their four kids.

According to Closer:

En exclusivite mondiale, Closer est en mesure de vous annoncer qu’Angelina Jolie aurait accouché ce matin dans un hôpital français ! La star serait rentrée hier soir en salle de travail. Toute reproduction interdite sans la mention du site closermag.fr

Translation: Angelina went into labor Tuesday night and gave birth this (Wednesday) morning in a French hospital.

Angelina has “reportedly” given birth before, with “Entertainment Tonight” claiming she did a month ago and refusing to back down. But, Brad Pitt has traveled a lot since, doubtful if he had two preemie twins at home, and In Touch has pictures of a still-pregnant Jolie last week.

No word on the legitimacy of Closer’s report, but check back for updates.

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Angelina Jolie’s action thriller Wanted had the best opening ever for an R-rated film released in June and the 6th best opening of all the time for any R-rated film, according to Variety.

But Wanted didn’t open at No. 1. WALL-E the Pixar Animation tale about a robot, opened with $62.5 million in ticket sales, while Jolie’s assassin thriller Wanted raked in $51.1 million, the Associated Press reported Sunday.

According to the AP, WALL-E drew moviegoers of all ages.

“The real secret is they’re not children’s movies. They’re movies for everybody. Children absolutely adore them, but parents enjoy them on a different level,” Mark Zoradi, president of Disney’s motion-picture group told the AP.

Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, told the AP, “We knew WALL-E would be huge, but it’s not the same audience as Wanted.”

The same New York Times critic who dissed the Sex and the City movie gave Jolie a rave review.

“With her mean smiley-sneer and snug clothes, her heels and hieroglyphics, she cuts the kind of disciplinarian figure who can bring antsy boys of all ages to their knees or at least into their theater seats,” Manohla Dargis wrote.

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The same New York Times critic who dissed the Sex and the City movie digs Angelina Jolie in the new action thriller Wanted.

“Ms. Jolie has been perfectly cast as a super-scary, seemingly amoral assassin named (wait for it) Fox,” Manohla Dargis writes.

“Few American actresses, especially those with such pin-skinny arms, can make beating a guy to the ground look so easy and, yeah, man, like fun,” the critics adds.

“With her mean smiley-sneer and snug clothes, her heels and hieroglyphics, she cuts the kind of disciplinarian figure who can bring antsy boys of all ages to their knees or at least into their theater seats.”

Dargis wasn’t as enthused about the film, however, saying it was merely “a couple of ideas recycled from The Matrix and Fight Club.

Angelina Jolie has been dropped as the face of Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido to make room for a new celebrity face.

The 33-year-old star signed on as the brand’s ambassador in 2006 - but after two years of appearing in commercials and print ads for the brand, she has been outed from her post by British supermodel model Agyness Deyn.

Deyn can be seen as the brand’s new spokesmodel in their Fall 2008 Maquillage ad campaign.

It’s not the only contract pregnant Jolie has lost - she parted company with fashion house St. John last month, ending a three-year relationship with the company.

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Angelina Jolie is currently content with motherhood and humanitarian work, and has no plans of returning to the big screen anytime soon.

The Tomb Raider star and mom of four is pregnant with twins and admits that being a parent has become the number one priority in her life.

She told MTV.com, “I love being a mom and I do love traveling and the work I get to do with children in the field and with refugees. Brad and I take turns working so instead of it being ‘I get to work next,’ it’s ‘You have to work next, because it’s your turn. I’m staying home with the kids.’”

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