Brad Pitt is adopting Jolie's children
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Actor Brad Pitt has filed legal papers in Los Angeles to adopt Angelina Jolie's two young children, the actor's publicist said.
Publicist Cindy Guagenti released a statement late Friday saying the couple is seeking to have the children's names changed to Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt, People magazine reported.
"Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said.
Jolie adopted Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 11 months, as a single mom. They have all been living with Pitt at his home in Malibu, Calif., since his split with Jennifer Aniston this past summer.
There are no plans for the couple to marry at this time, Guagenti said.
Rev. Al Sharpton to star in sitcom
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Civil rights activist and former presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton reportedly is starring in a sitcom for CBS TV.
The New York-based Sharpton told Saturday's New York Daily News his show's working title is "Al in the Family."
"It's about conflicting social and political views," Sharpton said. "There'll also be a social message."
The Democrat said viewers could see an episode about what happens when one of his children turns Republican.
"I don't know if I am a good actor or not, but I will be playing myself and I have been practicing that for 51 years," he said.
Bill is floated to compile Shakur records
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., is calling for the immediate disclosure of all government documents on slain rapper Tupac Shakur.
A bill being floated in Congress by McKinney wants all government records "relevant to the life and death of Tupac Amaru Shakur" to be compiled and stored at the National Archives, New York Newsday reports.
Shakur, one of the original gangsta rappers, was gunned down in Los Angeles in 1996. His slaying has never been solved.
"His family and his family of fans have the right to know what happened on that fateful night," McKinney said in a statement. "The public has the right to know because he was a well-known figure. There is intense public interest in the life and death of Tupac Shakur."
Reagan photog Michael Evans dead at 61
ATLANTA, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Photojournalist Michael Evans, best known for his chronology of Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Atlanta at age 61.
Evans died at his home Thursday of cancer, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
Evans took some of the best known photos of the California Republican starting in 1975 when then Gov. Reagan sought the GOP presidential nomination through the end of his first term in the White House, the Times said.
His 1975 close-up photo of a smiling Reagan wearing a cowboy hat was on the covers of Newsweek, Time and People magazines after the former president's death on June 5, 2004.
As Reagan's personal photographer, Evans shot 37,000 rolls of film between 1981 and 1985 alone, the newspaper said. Evans was standing behind Reagan in March 1981 when the president was shot. His pictures showed where the injured Reagan fell.
Evans is survived by his wife, Story, and six children.
