It seems like not too long ago that Angelina Jolie was playing with baby Maddox in a NYC park, but today the eldest Jolie-Pitt kid is turning nine! A lot has changed since she adopted him back in 2002, from Brad becoming his father to the arrival of his five brothers and sisters. We've always loved Maddox's style and personality, so click through and take a look back at his amazing nine years. Happy Birthday Mad!

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Angelina Jolie arrived in Cancun this morning on a private jet from LA. It was windy as she headed onto the runway with Zahara and Shiloh, who was showing off the tomboy style Angelina loves. Pax and Maddox were right behind the girls as they started their Mexican family adventure, though Angelina will be busy over the weekend with the press conference for Salt. There are just a few weeks to go until her action movie arrives in theaters, but it looks like she's able to integrate her kids into her promotional itinerary - click through to see many more photos of the Jolie-Pitts arriving in Cancun!

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So I finally got a chance to read Star Magazine’s full cover story on Angelina’s voodoo, and her affairs with everyone from Ralph Fiennes (hot), Lenny Kravitz (meh) and Ethan Hawke (ew). First, let me point out that in Star’s print edition, they put up photos of Ralph, Ethan and Lenny, all of them shirtless, side-by-side. It’s kind of awesome. All three look like they’re fresh from mounting La Jolie. Anyway, here are some additional highlights from the story:

The Ethan Hawke affair in 2003, on the set of Taking Lives: “They hooked up while they were shooting… Angie and Ethan couldn’t keep their hands to themselves, and they spent a lot of nights together in their hotel suite… but it didn’t last because Ethan was two-timing Angelina.”

Angelina had a “conniving plan” to steal Brad: “She always had a crush on Brad. She first fell in love with him when he was in Interview With A Vampire. She told her entourage about this fantasy years before they got together, complaining that Jen was a boring choice for his wife.”

Lenny Kravitz Affair: They met in 1990s. “Angie and Lenny would hook up all the time.”

She‘s done orgies too: “She’s experienced S&M and orgies… she wanted to be tied up with leather straps and be dominated by men and women, and liked the sex to be rough. It’s the forced submission she found exciting, the inability to break free.”

Voodoo: “She keeps packets of weird powders made from ground-up herbs and roots close to her body… Brad has always turned a blind eye to her quirks.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

I like that even Star seems to dismiss the sh-t as “quirks”. Meanwhile, The National Enquirer also has a funny story about Brangelina - according to them, Maddox is now completely in love with Johnny Depp (HA!), and Brad was not pleased AT ALL.

Little MADDOX JOLIE-PITT is almost obsessed with JOHNNY DEPP - and daddy BRAD PITT is NOT amused!

Johnny became like a second dad to the 8-year-old son of Brad and Angelina Jolie while filming The Tourist with Angie in Venice, Italy, pals say. And the chummier Maddox got with Johnny, the more Brad stewed, an insider revealed.

What’s more, Brad says it’s ALL Angie’s fault! Maddox was only following his mom’s lead - “It was a dream shoot for Angelina, and even more of one for Maddox - because he got to visit his ‘Pirate’ hero on the set.”

“Maddox is going through a pirate phase - he’s all about pirate toys, eye patches and stuffed parrots… he likes to talk in a mock pirate voice.”

When Maddox met Johnny, he begged Depp to “talk pirates” with him. Angelina encouraged the friendship, but Brad was left steaming.

[From The National Enquirer, print and online editions]

Lastly, we have In Touch’s latest story about how Angelina and Brad hate each other. This one seems terribly thrown together, even more so than In Touch’s usual hate-fest. According to their source, Angelina picked a fight with Brad in the middle of the party they went to in Malibu last weekend. Angelina “flipped out” because Maddox and Pax were “rough-housing” and Brad pulled Angelina aside and told her she was “overreacting and being ridiculous”. After that, “Angelina sulked for the rest of the day… she hates when Brad is undermining her authority.” Angelina is now Cartman from South Park.

Header: Jolie on April 9, 2010. Brad on April 4. Credit: WENN.

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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and some members of the Jolie-Pitt clan emerged from hiding yesterday, Saturday. They appeared in Malibu! Last I heard, they were still in Europe, but it looks like they came home to Malibu for a little sun, surf and alcoholic beverages. These photos are the only ones we have access to - they’re mostly of Maddox and Pax playing on the beach, and of Brad looking extremely grizzly - like, hairy than ever. Like I need to check him for ticks, like I do with my dog. The Daily Mail and Us Weekly have photos of Angelina too. There are random children in other photos, so I’m thinking there’s some kind of beach party where Brad invited other families, or maybe some of his family? They could be Pitt cousins. Oh… Us Weekly says that they weren’t even at their Malibu property, they were at someone else’s party. Brad had a margarita! Angelina had wine. According to an eyewitness, they were very “affectionate”. Of course they were. Angelina probably needs to get liquored up to touch Brad’s insane scruff.

Beach blanket bingo…with Brangelina!

Back in the states after months in Venice, Italy, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kicked off the holiday weekend Saturday at a pal’s private beach party in Malibu, Calif. Joining the couple for the shindig were two eldest sons Maddox, 8, and Pax, 6. (Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 4, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 22 months, stayed behind.)

Quaffing a margarita, Pitt, 46, chatted with pals on the beachside deck, with Jolie, 34, drinking white wine beside him.

“Brad was very affectionate,” a witness tells UsMagazine.com. “He put his arm on Angie’s wrist and was always rubbing her back or resting his hand on her shoulder.”

Maddox and Pax, meanwhile, hit the surf on boogie boards. “Brad and Angelina were watching and pointing with big smiles on their faces,” the observer says. “At one point, Pax was packing sand between his hands to make a ball and then throwing it as far as he could.” The two buddies “liked trying to outdo one another.”

And while their famous parents watched their fun from afar, the celeb kids “seemed independent and did their own thing without ever having to check in with their parents.”

“Brad and Angelina seemed very trusting of their boys [and] wrapped up with each other,” the witness adds. “They were having a good time relaxing and enjoying the great weather.”

[From Us Weekly]

Maddox and Pax seem to be playing with boogie boards. I remember the summer I discovered how much fun boogie boards and the ocean were. I got such a crazy tan that summer! I think I was 13 years old. Damn. Now I wish I was sitting by the ocean getting a tan. Motherf-cker!!!

Brad Pitt, Maddox and Pax on May 29, 2010. Credit: Mike/Fame.