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Rep: Mac responding well to treatment

CHICAGO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Hospitalized Bernie Mac is responding well to treatment for pneumonia, the Chicago comedian and actor's publicist says.

The 50-year-old performer is best known for his work on "The Bernie Mac Show," as well as for his roles in the films "Transformers," "Head of State," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Ocean's Eleven" and its two sequels.

A source told the Chicago Sun-Times that Mac was in "very, very critical condition" Saturday.

Although his publicist Danica Smith said the next day that Mac remained "in the same condition," she also said he is responding well to treatment and is expected to leave the hospital soon, the Sun-Times said Monday.

First photos of Jolie-Pitt twins published

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The first photographs of the newborn twins born to Hollywood film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were published on the Internet Sunday night.

The mock-up of People magazine's latest cover posted on People.com shows Jolie holding 3-week-old Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, while Pitt looks on with his arms around his girlfriend.

The couple also has four older children -- ages 6 and under.

"It is chaos, but we are managing it and having a wonderful time," Jolie told People of her family life in Provence, France.

"(It's) still a cuckoo's nest," Pitt agreed.

Jolie said her daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2, are helping out, however.

"(Shiloh) and Z pick out (the twins') clothes and help change and hold them," Jolie revealed. "It's sweet -- they are little mommies."

The People cover also features a small photo of Shiloh holding her baby sister.

The magazine, which owns the North American rights to the first-published pictures, features 19 pages of family photos, as well as an interview with the movie stars, in its latest issue.

Hello! magazine, which owns the international rights to the photos, boasts a 17-page spread on the famous family in its new issue, E! Online said. Hello! posted its latest cover, showing the babies lying together as their parents look down at them, on its Web site Sunday, as well.

The celebrity couple reportedly were paid as much as $14 million for the photos.

Jonas Brothers win big at Teen Choice

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Jonas Brothers reportedly won six surfboards at the 10th Annual Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

The youthful awards show, which honors the year's best in film, television, music, comedy, sports and fashion is to air Monday night on Fox. The program was taped Sunday.

E! Online said the fraternal bandmates won the prizes for Choice Breakout Band, Male Hotties and Male Red Carpet Icons, as well as the awards for Choice Single and Love Song for "When You Look Me in the Eyes" and the prize for Summer Song for "Burnin' Up."

The CW television series "Gossip Girl" also earned six awards, including Choice TV Drama and Breakout Show, as well as the breakout acting prizes for leads Chace Crawford and Blake Lively, who was also named best actress in a drama. The show's Ed Westwick also won the award for best villain.

Recording artist Chris Brown took home five surfboards, while singer-TV actress Miley Cyrus and film star Will Smith each earned three, E! Online said.

Cyrus also served as the awards show's host.

Actor sleepless over 'killing' Lady Marian

LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- British actor Richard Armitage admits he lost some sleep when he heard his character was going to kill Lady Marian on the TV series, "Robin Hood."

Armitage plays Sir Guy of Gisborne, second in command to the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham.

Sir Guy stabbed Marian, played by Lucy Griffiths, in the show's Season Two finale, which aired Saturday night on BBC America.

Long in love with Marian, Sir Guy killed her after she declared her heart belonged to the outlaw Robin Hood, played by Jonas Armstrong.

"It gave me sleepless nights," Armitage said in an "Inside Look" segment that aired during the finale's commercial break. "I just didn't know how I was going to play that scene. I didn't want him to want to kill her. I wanted him to kill the thing that was coming out of her mouth -- the thing that she was at that moment. All of his hope for his future was absolutely exploding into nothing. I think that just completely destroys somebody in a moment."