Pitt to adopt Jolie's children

Brad Pitt is adopting lover Angelina Jolie's two children, according to his publicist.

The Troy star has applied to become adoptive father to four-year-old Maddox and nine-month-old Zahara Marley. If his application is successful, their surnames will be changed to Jolie-Pitt.

The couple met on the set of movie Mr And Mrs Smith; becoming an item in the wake of Pitt's January split with then wife Jennifer Aniston.

Pitt's publicist Cindy Guagenti says: "We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children."