Big bucks for the Jolie-Pitt baby photos going to charity: Why aren't all celebs this awesome?

If you haven't already heard (aka been living under a rock), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie welcomed the latest addition to their massively-growing brood over the weekend -- this time twins Knox Leon & Vivienne Marcheline. And honestly, I really love the unusual yet kind gorgeous names, which are said to mostly come from various family names (Marcheline is Angelina's late mother's name, for one).

But as soon as these two little bundles of joy came into the world, the newest media scramble became: How much will someone pay for the first photos of the Jolie-Pitt babes? Celebrity baby photos are BIG business these days. Jennifer Lopez gave hers up for $6 million, and even little Jamie-Lynn Spears parted with exclusive shots for no less than a cool million. The new Jolie-Pitt pics are said to go for no less than $11 million with a likely price tag of close to $20 million. Nuts!

The amazing thing about these two is that, the last time they sold off baby snaps after the birth of daughter Shiloh, they took that insane paycheck of $4.1 million and gave it to African children's charities. So basically they translated that fool's money that People and others were willing to pay out, and gave it to people who really needed it. How novel!

Now, taking a look over this list of the top 10 most expensive celebrity baby photos, I'm adding up roughly 25.6 million bucks (Shiloh included) that could go toward some very worthy causes instead of toward another pair of Laboutins or yacht vacation. Allow me to get on my soapbox a second. Think how much that much money could do to help the problem of world poverty or the pain and suffering of victims of war. Think how many Darfurian refugees that could feed. Think how much healthcare it could provide for not just people abroad, but also people here in the US!

So, say what you will about Brad and Angelina's decision to sell of their little ones' pictures to the highest bidder, but at least that incredibly irrational amount of money that some moron is willing to pay will go to very good use.

Do you think that more celebs should follow their lead and give up some of those big baby bucks for good? And while you're commenting, tell us what you think of the twins' colorful names. You love them like I do, or not so much?

source: http://shine.yahoo.com/