Star Magazine observes that Angelina Jolie was seen out with a new gold band on her left hand (not visible in these pictures,) but she was careful to wear it on her middle, not her ring finger. They reported this week that it was a gift from Brad for the holidays and quote a source saying that she “was stressed… so Brad gave her the ring a week before Christmas to lift her spirits.”

US Weekly has pictures of Brad, Angelina and their kids at a Chuck E Cheese on January 4th in Brad’s hometown of Springfield, Missouri, where they were visiting for the holidays. They did the typical Chuck E Cheese stuff and played games and ate pizza. Angelina looks a bit stressed so maybe she’s aware that she’s being photographed, is having a bad day, and/or the photos are just bad. Or we could jump to the unwarranted conclusion that she’s annoyed spending so much time with her husband’s family, a perfectly normal reaction but one that we have no evidence of other than the blurry faraway pictures. Zahara’s third birthday was earlier this week, on January 8th.

Brad Pitt’s Oceans co-stars Don Cheadle and George Clooney made quips on the red carpet of the People’s Choice Awards about the rumored Brad Pitt museum that turned out to be a joke. They said they support their friend and co-star’s new museum:

Cheadle quipped: “I would run tours. I would allow myself to be ensconced in wax. I would do whatever it takes to see that the Brad Pitt museum is a 100% success.”

Clooney also showed his support saying, “I’d pay a good $4.50 to go to that museum.”

[From Monsters and Critics]

As for whether Pitt was behind the boycott of the Golden Globes, which are not going to happen this year due to the writer’s strike, he said “I certainly don’t call people up and say do anything. I follow my own instincts on those kinds of things.”

Brad and Angelina have been criticized for not making a public statement about writer’s strike, but it seems as if the newspapers, not the writers, are the ones noting that they haven’t said anything.