Hollywood heavyweights Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - described as the "World's Most Beautiful Family" by 'People' - have had a baby daughter in one of the most anticipated celebrity stories of the year, the magazine said today.
A representative for the couple said Jolie (30) had given birth to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt yesterday in Namibia, a sparsely populated desert country in southwest Africa.
There were no further details available, People reported. The couple, dubbed "Brangelina" by the tabloids, have been closely followed by the paparazzi in Namibia since arriving there weeks ago to have their baby.
Jolie reportedly took a shine to Namibia, better known for dunes and diamonds, while filming the movie "Beyond Borders". She is a frequent visitor to Africa and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The couple have been staying in a sealed off beach resort in the tiny village of Langstrand and it was unclear if the child had been delivered there or at one of the private hospitals in the nearby towns of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.
Pitt (42) met Jolie in 2004 while they were working together on the film "Mr and Mrs Smith," in which they played married assassins ordered to kill each other. The movie ends with them still alive and happily married.
Representatives for the pair could not be immediately reached for comment.
Jolie already has two adopted children - son Maddox (4) and daughter Zahara, who is about 15 months old. The couple's stay in Namibia spurred a local media frenzy with increasingly wild and unconfirmed stories including suggestions that the new baby would be named by an African chief or delivered underwater in a "water birth".