Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the “The Assassination of Jesse James” gala screening during the Toronto International Film Festival, September 8th.

Angelina Jolie bought her 2-year-old a matching Valentino purse. Is this over the top or cute?

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are ready for another child, the actor said during a Sunday news conference for his new film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

The Jolie-Pitt clan was in Venice to promote Pitt’s new western, which is a contender for the top Golden Lion award at the city’s film festival.

Pitt, 43, and Jolie, 32, have four kids including: Maddox, 6, Pax, 3, Zahara, 2, and 15-month-old Shiloh.

Asked by a reporter whether they are ready for a fifth, Pitt replied: “Yeah we’re ready.”

The couple have adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia and also have a biological child, but Pitt did not indicate whether they intend to adopt this time.

According to the Associated Press, Pitt said that while fatherhood is fun, it’s robbing him of his beauty sleep.

“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had and also the biggest pain … I’ve ever experienced,” he said when asked what it was like to become a father to four children in such a short period of time. “I love it and can’t recommend it any more highly — although sleep is nonexistent.”

The actor said that having kids “makes me much more efficient because when I work, I really have to focus. I know I’ve less time to get things done. Actually, I’m quite pleased by it.”

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Angelina Jolie headed home from her brief trip to Iraq and Syria to witness firsthand the humanitarian crisis there, the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR announced.

The actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, 32, flew from New York to Syria on Monday. In Damascus, she visited a UNHCR registration center and spent hours talking to Iraqi refugees in their homes.

Wearing a blue flak jacket and a helmet, Tuesday’s journey took her to Iraq to meet with 1,200 refugees camped out in a makeshift outpost at the border, because they are unable to leave the country. She also witnessed dozens of Iraqis crossing into Syria.

“I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to the humanitarian crisis and to urge governments to increase their support for UNHCR and its partners,” Jolie said in a statement. “My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq.”

Following her Tuesday meeting with those at the Al Waleed camp in the war-torn nation, Jolie said, “It is absolutely essential that the ongoing debate abut Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enormous humanitarian consequences these people face.”

Besides her activities for UNHCR, Jolie also met privately with American troops and other multi-national forces in the region.

She headed home from Syria on Wednesday, according to UNHCR officials.

It’s shaping up to be a busy week for the globetrotting Jolie, who spent some family time with Brad Pitt and their kids in New York City over the weekend. In addition to a trip to Central Park, Pitt and Jolie hosted a charity dinner in the Hamptons Saturday night for Brad’s Make It Right project, which is aiming to help rebuild New Orleans with environmentally friendly homes.

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According to Star she is!

For months, Angelina Jolie, has looked like she’s suffering form a serious eating disorder. Her weight has plunged drastically, to a frightening 95 pounds, she has virtually no appetite, and insiders say she’s been dizzy, weak and shaky and even collapsed at one point.

But now a source tells Star that friends and family of Angie fear that all these symptoms may be pointing to something far more serious than an eating disorder – they’re afraid Angie could be fighting a potentially deadly liver disease!

“Angelina has had a lot of doctor’s appointments – some she’s gone to, some she’s skipped,” a source notes. Meanwhile, adds the insider, Brad has confided to family members that Angie has an illness that isn’t going away something she “will have to live with…and control with medication.”

Brad says the source, finally “convinced Angelina to go see a doctor because he was afraid something was very wrong with her. She doesn’t have much of an appetite and is eating very little. Tests were run and Brad’s family were led to believe that her illness might be something like hepatitis, but since then he’s clammed up, I think he knows what’s wrong, but he’s keeping it from people.”

Donald Marks M.C. an infectious disease and hepatitis expert at Cooper Green Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, who has not treated Angie, says that her symptoms appear consistent with hepatitis, a viral infection that can be lethal.

“People with hepatitis, which is an inflammation of the liver, suffer nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and diarrhea,” he says, adding that Angelina’s sallow complexion and dramatic weight loss could be telltale signals of the disease.

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I know everyone loves to hate on Brad & Angelina – but I gotta say, it’s kinda refreshing to see that they’re still together! They are the cutest family! Here is the Jolie-Pitt clan on a boat trip in Chicago.  And hello – could Shiloh be any cuter?