Jolie - Pitt First Baby Picture Goes to Charity

After a frenzy of excitement that only the media could muster, pictures of baby Shiloh, born to the proud parents of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are coming to a newsstand near you ... or, you could just look on the Internet.

With an estimated $5 million at stake for the first photos of the Jolie-Pitt baby, western reporters and paparazzi followed the Hollywood couple to a coastal resort in the African nation of Namibia, where they've been since April in preparation for the birth.

On May 27th, the wait for baby bradjelina (Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt) was over, and the race for the first pictures was on!

An entertainment-media frenzy erupted Monday after the Hollywood couple announced that photo agency Getty Images had taken the first snapshots of their baby and that all profits from the sale of these much-anticipated images would be donated to charity.

On Tuesday, People magazine announced it had secured North American rights to the photos, while the U.K.'s Hello magazine began promoting that it, too, would feature the photos.

However, a leaked cover of the popular U.K. title began circulating on celebrity gossip websites that same day, prompting both Hello and People to take legal action against website operators on Wednesday.

The exclusive photo spread was circulating via email yesterday ... millions well spent?

On Wednesday, Jolie and Pitt staged a press conference to thank the Namibian government and people for the peace and privacy they enjoyed; the government, local authorities and even average citizens largely opposed efforts to report on Jolie and Pitt.

"We both had travelled to Africa and loved this part of the world," Jolie said.

"On top of that, we received amazing health care," Pitt added. "We were afforded a peace here that we could not have at home."

The couple said they plan to leave Namibia in the next few days.

Pitt and Jolie will be returning to a media frenzy where the pictures of their newborn dominate water cooler discussions, newstands and morning talk shows.