Another day, another “Angelina had the babies rumor,” except this time it’s a little closer to her due date and might actually be true. A French gossip magazine called Closer, which doesn’t look much different from US Magazine Star, has a super brief mention that Angelina had the babies. Even though I can’t understand French and have to rely on a translator, it’s easy to tell that it’s short on details and asks people to credit them with the news.

Here’s the rough translation from an online translator:

English automated translation: Exclusively world-wide, Closer is in a position to announce you that Pretty Angelina would have delivered this morning in a French hospital! The star would have returned last night in work room. All forbidden reproduction without the mention of the site closermag.fr

French version: En exclusivité mondiale, Closer est en mesure de vous annoncer qu’Angelina Jolie aurait accouché ce matin dans un hôpital français ! La star serait rentrée hier soir en salle de travail. Toute reproduction interdite sans la mention du site closermag.fr

[From Closer]

So she delivered, but there are no details on if she had a boy and girl as expected, where she was even in general, or if was scheduled or unexpected. Just Jared says that it claims she went into labor on Monday night (I think that’s what the “work room” translation is referring to) and gave birth this morning.

It could be true, but it seems like they’d have a little something more to report if it was, and wouldn’t be so quick to insist that they’re credited with this vague exclusive. The website for Closer magazine features some of their other stories about celebrities, including the familiar “beach bodies” and “scary skinny” pictorials. The gossip press isn’t that much different in France it seems, including the penchant to invent stories in order to get publicity. We’ll have to see, but this sounds this total bs to me or they would have a general location of the hospital and/or the sex of the babies.

Update Thanks to commenters Gena and Elisha below for pointing me to this AP article which confirms that Angelina is in a hospital in Nice. There is no news as to whether she’s given birth yet and it’s phrased as if she’s waiting to give birth and her admittance was planned. She is thought to have been on bed rest for a few weeks up until this point.

PARIS – Angelina Jolie has gone into a hospital in the south of France where she expects to give birth to twins.

Nadine Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Lenval Hospital in Nice, says Jolie is fine and that everything is going well. She said the actress’ admittance to the hospital’s maternity wing had been planned for some time.

Bauer said Jolie will almost certainly remain in the hospital until she gives birth. She said Jolie was admitted so she could be kept under surveillance and not to give birth immediately.

Bauer would not say when Jolie was admitted.

[From News.Yahoo.com]

So how many paparazzi and amateur photographers are going to be crowded around that hospital now? Why would they confirm that she’s there, though? It seems like they would refuse to comment out of respect for her privacy. Maybe Angelina should have rented all the equipment to set up a temporary hospital at that villa where she’s staying.

Update 2: In Touch is reporting that Angelina has checked into the hospital, but is “just resting” dyring a pre-planned visit and has not given birth yet. Her doctor us said to be flying in “later this week”

In Touch has learned that the Wanted star did check into the Hospital Lenval’s Santa Maria clinic in Nice, France, on June 30. “Ms. Jolie came to the hospital last night as part of a pre-planned rest period, before she gives birth,” Nadine Bauer, spokeswoman for the hospital tells In Touch. “The visit has been planned for a long time; there are no complications. She is just resting.” Angelina’s babies are expected to be delivered by French doctor Michele Sussmann and her regular ob/gyn Jason Rothbart, who is due to fly to Europe later this week.

[From In Touch]