Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been crowned Couple of the Year by Us Weekly magazine.

The pair - who have three adopted children, Maddox, six, Pax, four, and two-year-old Zahara, and biological daughter, 18-month-old Shiloh, together - narrowly beat Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to the top spot.

One Us Weekly reader said: "Love them or hate them, Brad and Angelina are Hollywood's hottest couple. She stole him away from Jennifer Aniston but now they have an ever-growing family and they are clearly crazy about each other.

"On top of all that they both find time for their movie careers and they do so much charity work too."

Brad recently insisted he wouldn't want to have children with anyone else, saying: "I think Angelina is the greatest gift I can give my kids. They have such a fantastic mother."

Angelina added: "Brad is just so natural playing with the kids. His eyes light up whenever he teaches Mad or Pax something new and sees them laugh or scream with joy.

"I could spend hours just watching Brad enjoy his time with the kids.”