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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - the baby exclusive appears to be headed for Hello! Magazine. The magazine promises on its web site that it will deliver the pictures of the adorable baby girl in two days.

Did Hello! Land The Year's Best Pictures? (Credit: Hello! Magazine)

The cover shot is adorable and shows Brad and Angelina lovingly gazing down on their newborn. It appears the photo is legitimate as Hello! has the announcement.

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From the magazine's web site:

BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE BABY EXCLUSIVE!

Don't miss Issue 922 of HELLO!, with gorgeous, exclusive pictures of the Hollywood couple and their baby girl

On sale from Thursday, June 8

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One report claims the pictures were purchased for $4.2 millionby Hello!.

However, Page Six reports People Magazine made a similar bid for the photos reporting that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got top dollar for the first pictures of baby Shiloh - but they made the
weekly celeb glossies work for it.

The report in todays' column:

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All the weekly magazine editors were summoned to the offices of the Getty photo agency at Canal and Varick late Saturday night.

"We were sequestered into separate and un-air-conditioned offices," said one. "The photos were shown to us around 10 p.m. to midnight, and then we had to submit bids by 6 a.m. Sunday morning. No one got any sleep at all, as it was a manic game of phone-tag to top each other's bids. I'm convinced it was Brangie's revenge on the weekly magazines." The pictures went to People for $4.1 million.

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Hello! did land those fantastic pics in the desert - it should be interesting to see if this is legitmate and they have grabbed this scoop as well.

The Hello! Cover shot of the baby has leaked out and I'm Not Obsessed has it here.

Hello Announcement is Here

Update :

It appears the pictures are legitimate.

More information has surfaced that Time Inc., the corporate publisher of PEOPLE Magazine and HELLO! Magazinehas indeed purchased the rights for the pictures they were posted on the HELLO! Magazine web site.

TMZ reports that it contacted Getty and a spokesperson said the agency is "going crazy" trying to figure out what happened and says they cannot confirm the authenticity of the photos. (Getty was licensed to distribute the photos.)

HELLO! has even adjusted its message to read:

THE MOST EAGERLY-AWAITED BABY EXCLUSIVE OF THE YEAR!

See it in Issue 922 of HELLO!

On sale from Thursday, June 8

--Lynda Johnson