So much for the splitsville stories.
Further cementing her happily coupled status, Angelina Jolie has filed a petition to officially change her newly adopted son's last name to Jolie-Pitt, giving him the same surname as Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh.
Jolie filed the papers Apr. 16 in Santa Monica Superior Court. (View the court documents.)
When all is signed and stamped, the three-year-old's name will be Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt. Jolie welcomed him to the fold last month, signing up as a single mom because the child's native Vietnam does not allow unwedded couples to adopt.
But while she presented herself as a singleton for legal purposes, the move also fueled rumors of possible trouble in Brangelina land.
Then again, what move of theirs doesn't? They're either breaking up or getting married.
Instead, Brad Pitt is expected to take action to adopt Pax, and he obviously has no qualms about sharing his name. Maddox and Zahara became Jolie-Pitts in January 2006 and Shiloh has been one since her birth May 27.
Jolie said in the months following Shiloh's arrival that, while more biological additions remained a possibility for her and Pitt, they would be more likely to adopt before going the pregnancy route again. In March, she denied tabloid reports that had her and Pitt tying the knot in the Dominican Republic over the Easter holiday weekend.
The philanthropic couple have been splitting their time among Los Angeles, a new home in New Orleans, film sets and, of course, various goodwill destinations. Before traveling to Vietnam, Jolie visited Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees and subsequently ended up cutting a $100,000 check to build a new medical clinic in the war-torn nation.
Then, despite saying she wanted to take a few months off to be a stay-at-home mom to Pax and the rest of her brood, the Oscar winner signed up to star in the big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel Wanted. Filming was set to begin late this month.
Next up, the fruit of Pitt and Jolie's recent creative labors, the Daniel Pearl biopic A Mighty Heart, which Jolie starred in and Pitt produced, will have its premiere May 16 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will screen out of competition.