Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins in France

Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins in France

LOS ANGELES — The Brangelina brood has just increased by two, according to “Entertainment Tonight,” which reported Friday that Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in France. No other details were immediately available, including the babies’ sex or when they were born. The TV show posted the report on its Web site, citing a source close to Jolie that it did not name. Representatives for Jolie and her companion, Brad Pitt, did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail requests from The Associated Press for comment.

The twins are the fifth and sixth children for the couple. Their other children are 6-year-old Maddox, 4-year-old Pax, 3-year-old Zahara and 2-year-old Shiloh.

Condoleezza Rice enlists in Kiss Army fan club

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice was in the Swedish capital Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out concert to play Friday.

“I was thrilled,” Rice said of her late-night encounter with Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff. “It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons,” she told reporters, noting that they seemed well-informed about current events. The band had asked if she could stop by after she finished dinner with the Swedish foreign minister and Rice readily agreed, she said.

Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen.

Fire destroys house owned by 50 Cent

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Authorities say six people are hospitalized after a “suspicious” fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent. Arson squad investigators were on the scene of the Friday blaze.

The names of those injured have not been released. But a lawyer for the rapper’s former girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, says the woman lived there with two of her children. Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld says all six people are hospitalized in stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation.

Hanson drummer is a dad

TULSA, Okla. — The drummer for the rock group Hanson is now a first-time father. John Ira Shepherd Hanson was born Tuesday to Zac Hanson and his wife, Kate, at an undisclosed hospital in Hanson’s hometown of Tulsa.

The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. “I am so overjoyed to meet Shepherd,” Zac Hanson said in a statement posted on the group’s Web site. “There is not an audience or concert that could ever stand up to the feeling of meeting your baby for the first time.” Zac Hanson, 22, and his brothers Isaac, 27, and Taylor, 25, make up Hanson, best known for its 1997 hit “MMMBop.”

‘Trek’ director dies

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-loved episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, has died. He was 96. Pevney died May 18 at his home in Palm Desert, said his wife, Margo.

Pevney directed 14 episodes of the 1960s series, including “The City on the Edge of Forever,” in which Capt. Kirk and Spock travel back in time to the Depression, and “The Trouble With Tribbles,” in which the starship Enterprise is infested with cute, furry creatures.

Today’s birthdays

Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 78. Singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 70. Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 68. Actress Sharon Gless (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 65. Actor Gregory Harrison is 58. Actor Tom Berenger is 58. Comedian Chris Elliott is 48. Actor Kyle Secor (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 48. Actress Lea Thompson (“Caroline in the City,” “Back to the Future”) is 47. Singer Corey Hart is 46. Rapper Kid Frost is 44. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 44. Actress Brooke Shields is 43. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 41. Actor Colin Farrell is 32. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 31. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 28.