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Angelina Jolie smiles at fans after picking up books and CDs at Borders Book and Music store bookstore with son Maddox, 6, on Sunday near her downtown Chicago hotel.

Motorcyclist-to-be Maddox (with a new mini-mohawk and losing all of his baby teeth) was seen with a dinosaur tattoos on his arm and wore a t-shirt by Indian Larry, a noted bike builder, stuntman, and innovator in the world of custom motorcycles.

The entire Jolie-Pitt family went to the Field Museum in Chicago, IL.

The family had an SUV waiting for them as they exited the museum. As they were leaving, Brad was carrying Zahara and holding Pax’s hand while Angelina carried Shiloh with Maddox pushing the stroller.

Angelina Jolie and her long-term partner Brad Pitt - whose relationship is rumored to be going through a rocky patch - are reportedly planning to travel to the African country to find a fourth disadvantaged child they can give a home to.

The couple - who are already adoptive parents to six-year-old Cambodian boy Maddox, Vietnamese son Pax Thien, three, and two-year-old Zahara, who was born in Ethiopia - believe another baby will strengthen their relationship and help Zahara feel more secure within the family.

A source close to the couple - who also have a 14-month-old biological daughter, Shiloh - told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper: "Brad and Angelina have made no secret of the fact they are keen to extend their rainbow family.

"Angelina, in particular, feels very strongly that while Shiloh will grow up seeing the family resemblances between herself and her natural parents, and Maddox and Pax will have a connection through their birthplaces, Zahara has no such close-knit bond. Brad and Angelina hope that by finding a brother or sister for her, it will help Zahara feel more comfortable and happy in her own skin, and also bring them closer together."

The couple are said to be planning to visit Ethiopia's Wide Horizons agency, the same place that introduced them to Zahara, in November.

The 32-year-old actress - who lost her mother Marcheline Bertrand to ovarian cancer earlier this year - has pledged her time and support to TV star Fran Drescher's Cancer Schmancer Movement.

The charity strives to ensure all women's cancers are diagnosed in Stage 1, when they are most curable.

Fran, 49, told TV show 'Access Hollywood': "Angelina's mother had ovarian cancer and did not win her battle, so she is going to lock elbows with me and we are going to do some things together.

"We are dedicated to ensure that all women's cancers get diagnosed in Stage 1 by galvanising and educating, then we can change policy by signing petitions."

The 'Ocean's Thirteen' star, regarded by many as the world's sexiest man, is not impressed when he sees his reflection.

He said: "When I look in the mirror, what I see is pretty banal. Also when I'm tired, I walk like a caveman."

Brad's looks are not the only thing he is unhappy with.

He added: "I don't like my bad moods."

Brad - who has three adopted children, Maddox, five, Pax, three, Zahara, two, and one-year-old biological daughter Shiloh, with lover Angelina Jolie - recently hit out at young Hollywood stars.

Brad Pitt also believes they focus too much on fame and not enough on more important social issues.

He said: "You have to focus on other more important issues as well as the fame side of things. Those 'car wreck' tendencies can be very disruptive and aren't a good way to live your life."

Eva Longoria will receive more than $2 million from OK! magazine for exclusive coverage of her wedding, it has been reported.

The 'Desperate Housewives' actress, who is set to marry basketball star Tony Parker in a French castle in July 7, was also approached by America's People magazine but decided to give its rival the rights.

OK! editor-in-chief Sara Ivens said: "These were obviously highly coveted photos, and we were thrilled to negotiate the exclusive rights. Covering great moments with the celebrities that we love is what the magazine's all about."

People magazine is said to be incensed about missing out on the much sought-after deal.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: "People editors broke the story of their wedding and were working hard with Eva's reps to secure the picture rights. They were upset about losing the photos."

People magazine's coverage of the couple's reported break-up did not influence Eva's decision, it has been claimed.

Another source said: "It was entirely a matter of money, straight up to the final negotiation. Everyone wanted the photos - but everyone knows OK! will pay a lot for them."

People paid $4.1 million for the first photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh.

Angelina Jolie was left floored by Brad Pitt soon after they first met because she thought he'd be nothing more than a good guy she could race motorbikes with on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith.

The actress quickly fell in love with the Hollywood hunk, who was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, and she admits she still can't believe he is "more man than any man" she's ever met.

She tells style magazine Marie Claire, "I wouldn't have, from a distance, said, 'That's a man who would be an amazing, dedicated father,' or 'That's a man who truly loves helping people or whom I'd love to talk politics with.' "He's a lot more than people assume he is."

Jolie credits her partner for helping her overcome periodical dark moments in her life - just by listening to her.

She adds, "I've had that problem in my life, where if I get emotional, I tend to just go (and) sit by myself. But he is a great listener, and he has given me wonderful advice."

Angelina Jolie feels a connection to people "around the world" and this sparked her decision to adopt three children.

When Angelina was asked if seeing displaced families in refugee camps inspired her to adopt, she said: "It might be part of the reason my kids are from some of those countries, and were on their own. I feel very close to children or people around the world and when I met my kids, they were, to me, extraordinary - and felt just like family. And that's how I feel about the world and other people's kids."

Angelina, who adopted her first child, five-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia, says she was destined to raise him.

She told CNN's Anderson Cooper: "I fell in love with the people of Cambodia and I was sitting with a little kid playing blocks and feeling like my son was somewhere there. And he was."

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie bring big brother Maddox, 5, to pick up Pax, 3, and Zahara, 2, from school at the American Embassy compound on a very rainy Thursday afternoon in Prague, Czech Republic.

Angelina Jolie fought back tears as she recalled the nightmare of meeting Sierra Leone amputees during a recent interview about the world's refugee crises.

The actress agreed to talk about her own experiences in refugee camps during the Anderson Cooper 360 news special, which aired in America on Wednesday (20Jun07) as part of programmes marking World Refugee Day, and found herself overcome with emotion.

Jolie, a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, told the CNN newsman, "I felt so unaware and I felt so naive."

"I didn't know people could suffer like that and, in Sierra Leone, so many people had systematically had their arms and legs cut off.

"To this day (it's) the most brutal situation I've ever seen."

Angelina Jolie attempts to harden her son Maddox's feet whenever they return to his native Cambodia - by making him walk around without shoes on.

The actress admits her eldest son isn't always happy to go native when he goes 'home', but Jolie thinks it's important young Maddox lives the Cambodian experience.

She explains, "When we go to Cambodia I always say, 'Take our shoes off,' and we walk across the rocks."

"There was a time he would whine about little things like that and I'll say, 'Everybody in Cambodia can walk with bare feet. They get tough Cambodian feet.'

"So the two of us will take our shoes off and walk across the rocks and go eat a cricket."

Brad Pitt showered lover Angelina Jolie with special gifts and cooked an "amazing" meal for her birthday.

Angelina, who turned 32 last Monday (04.07.06), was thrilled to discover Brad had filled their Los Angeles home with flowers.

He also presented the actress with a gold ring featuring the birthstones of their four children - five-year-old Maddox, three-year-old Pax, two-year-old Zahara and one-year-old Shiloh.

A source told Us Weekly magazine: "He cooked an amazing dinner. She was so excited - she talked about Brad's gifts all day."