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Angelina supposedly got fed up with Brad's demands that she stay at home and take care of their kids and left their Malibu estate in a huff to stay at a hotel with the kids for a few days. Star Magazine is set to report that she checked into the Hotel Bel Air in Beverly Hills on July 29:
Jolie already has two projects lined up with 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'A Might Heart' so it might be tough to keep this lady at home...
Brad was reportedly “stunned” and “incredibly angry,” says the insider, while Angie and their brood settled calmly into the lap of luxury for a few days of what the mag calls "Father Doesn’t Know Best."
An employee of the hotel told Star, “We are taking extra good care of her.”
Don't worry Brangelina fans, they have kissed and made up according to the report.
Star reports that by Aug 3rd the couple had made amends - the couple met for a romantic dinner at the nearby Hotel Roosevelt’s Dakota restaurant, where they shared a cheeseburger, a quesadilla and a salad.
The pair then spent the night in a romantic $7,000 a night suite.
Here are the websites for the Hotel Bel Air and the Hotel Roosevelt so you can see where the famous hotties stayed. I only have one kid, not three, but I'd use any excuse to get away to a spa resort for a few days if I could. Who can blame Angelina?
She must be stressed out being a new mom and I bet she won't be adopting right away as she seemed to imply in recent interviews.
I was a bit curious about the timeline in this report because didn't she just step out with Brad and Maddox for lunch? It turns out that was on July 25th, making this timeline possible. Considering the demand for photos of the Jolie-Pitts, it's surprising that no one has any pictures of her stay at the resort, but that's probably why she picked the place - and part of the reason why she needed to get away.
There does seem to be a power struggle in Brad and Angelina's relationship. With Angelina having the upper hand for so long, she must be annoyed that Brad is working and striking out on his own. She's probably just overwhelmed with motherhood, though. People think this won't last, but I bet they'll weather more than a few storms together.
Here are some of the latest St. John ads featuring Angelina. [via]
Star Magazine cover from PopBytes.
Their newborn is just over two months old, so this isn't that shocking, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are repotedly sleeping apart because Angelina wants to be near Shiloh while Brad needs his beauty sleep:
The Fight Club star is supposedly struggling to get his beauty sleep in following Shiloh’s birth in May, so has decided to sleep in a different room to his gorgeous lover whilst she stays with their infant daughter.
A source tells The People, "She wants to keep an eye on her. Brad needs his sleep but he helps when he can."
This sounds like the time they were staying in that slum in Paris and Brad had to sleep on the couch because Angelina was pregnant and taking up the whole bed.
Star Magazine is reporting that Angelina is not happy with her stretch marks and post-partum body and that's the real reason she's keeping Brad out of the bedroom. She supposedly doesn't want to have sex, which is worrying Brad, but she just had a baby and that sounds pretty normal.
Dana at Dana's Dirt says that Angelina better put out soon or Brad will lose interest:
If he did it with you, he'll do it to you ANGELINA!
Here's Angelina driving around, looking fierce. Shiloh is said to be in the back seat, but that's not big news since it's not like Suri, whose supposed baby seat or stroller has never been photographed.
Pictures from Just Jared.
Now that the first wax baby has been unveiled at Madame Tussaud's museum, it's obvious why they didn't do it sooner. The thing looks like one of those creepy reborn dolls that people paint to look like newborns. My husband's aunt has one of those things at her house, and we took a picture of it because it fascinated us. We also put my then seven month-old son in the doll's bed after he fell asleep. (Before you think I dressed him in too-small clothes, those were his backup pants after he had an accident.)
Waxed Angelina looks like a female impersonator, but she isn't as bad as the wax version of Keira Knightly.
Now that Shiloh is immortalized as an infant, maybe Madame Tussauds can help Tom and Katie dispel those pesky rumors that Suri doesn't exist. She's over three months old and has never been photographed, but maybe Katie can bring her in for a personal wax session. A waxed baby Suri would do wonders to make her seem real.
Pictures from Celebguru and GossipRocks.
A wax figure of newborn Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt will be unveiled at Madame Tussaud's museum today. The famous baby will be placed in an African-themed manger display. Just like her philanthropist parents, little Shiloh is earning even more money for charity:
Visitors to the NY exhibit will be allowed to pose with waxen Jolie-Pitt tableau and Madame Tussauds has announced to donate $1 from every picture purchased to UNICEF. That’s great a two months old baby is able to make so much of money for other less privileged kids. Shiloh’s first pictures were sold for $4.1 million and the proceedings were given to charity.
When the pictures come out, we'll publish them here. In the meantime, here are the first pictures of little Shiloh that you've already seen. The little wax baby must be based on these. Awww.
Thanks to Celebguru for the story!
Life & Style suggests that now that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are back in LA, Angelina is so busy with the kids and Brad is so busy with new projects that the two barely have time for each other. It sounds like speculation based on the fact that a few pictures of Brad around town have come out while Angelina hasn't been seen in a while:
A friend of Angelina's tells the magazine that she said of Brad, "He's doing so much, I can't keep track of it." The report claims that Brad wanted Jolie by his side when he went to New Orleans, but she didn't want to make the trip with all three kids. And she certainly didn't want to leave them at home with a nanny.
So Brad went to New Orleans alone.
And Angelina, despite earlier reports that she might take some time off and be a stay at home mom for a while has increased her schedule.
She's signed on for some voice work in "Kung Fu Panda" and a has a blockbuster role in "A Mighty Heart" lined up. Brad is busy on Oceans 13 as well.
This is one busy couple.
Meanwhile Brad's grandmother is quoted as saying that he's so sensitive to the pain and suffering he caused Jennifer Aniston by breaking up with her that he's going to wait to marry Angelina:
She says, "Brad promised his last wife on their wedding day they'd be together forever, and they didn't make it. He is a sensitive soul who just wants to make sure he can keep his promise this time around."
Pitt also gave an insight into how he has taken to fatherhood and his relationship with the actress and their two adopted children Maddox, four, and 18-month-old Zahara.
Russell adds, "Brad has always wanted to have children and he is playing the father role very well. The family loved Jennifer. But he has got Angelina now and seems really happy with life.
"(Brad is) very close to (Maddox). He confides little secrets to him".
This isn't a great source, but it could be a real quote. From what I've read, Brad's family really liked Aniston and maybe he just said that to his grandmother to make her feel better about the fact that he's not marrying Angelina and left Aniston high and dry. Earlier reports had Brad clamoring to get married while Angelina was playing characteristically coy.
It could be true that Brad and Angelina are quite busy now, but that doesn't mean they don't get to spend quality time together at home. Most dads and moms manage to maintain loving, communicative relationships while working outside of the home. They just don't have photographers following them everywhere like the Jolie-Pitts.
Here are some pictures of Brad talking on the phone that you've probably already seen. X17 has a video of Pitt talking on the phone and then riding his motorcycle. Somehow it just takes all the mystery out of the photos. My god, even the hottest celebrities can be rather boring.
You've undoubtedly heard about the Brangelina baby shower pics that were released to a few blogs and media outlets with the promise of 450 more. It turns out that Angelina's kissing brother, James Haven, took his camera to BestBuy in LA but forgot to remove the memory card. BestBuy outsourced the job to Precision Camera in Enfield, Connecticut, where two guys thought they hit the jackpot. They might have, if they would have been smart enough to take basic precautions like using a proxy server and an anonymous e-mail address. Instead they used an easily traceable account and the feds raided their place of employment and one of their homes to recover the pictures. They probably would have been caught anyway, but it might have taken a couple of extra days.
They dodged a legal bullet since it was determined they didn't do anything illegal:
“I work at Precision and hopefully I’ll still work there tomorrow,” said Beckwith, a stocky man in his early 20s with tribal tattoos on his shoulders and arms. “They questioned people at work.”
Pressed for more details, Beckwith said, “You’ll have to talk to Bill about that,” referring to Keyes. Westfield cops and Secret Service agents from Boston, working at the request of LAPD detectives and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, raided Keyes’ home Tuesday night and recovered the images, which have been returned to Pitt and Jolie, sources said.
“We were looking for the memory stick from the camera. We got it. We got the pictures. We got everything,” a law enforcement source said.
Westfield police said the men violated no Massachusetts laws but may be charged in California, which has anti-paparazzi measures on the books.
What I want to know is why the secret service got involved in a stupid celebrity photo leak case. How much taypayer money did that cost?
The two guyswho leaked the pictures, Bill Keyes, 36, and Adam Beckwith, 20 something, may not be arrested or charged, but Brangelina's lawyers are out for blood and they're going to get them to pay. Hopefully they'll get some decent pro bono support and will be able to avoid being sued.
Here are the Brangelina baby shower pics.
The lead story in The National Enquirer has Brad and Angelina fighting over the fact that Brad doesn't get any alone time with the gorgeous mother of new baby and two adopted kids. Brad supposedly wanted to have a private lunch with Angelina, but she deferred in favor of watching the kids. She certainly has enough kids to take care of:
Hands-on mom Angelina is completely consumed with baby Shiloh Nouvel and her two other young children, and that has changed the nature of her day-to-day relationship with Brad.
Tension between the new parents exploded recently over frustration about not being able to spend time alone.
Brad was hoping for a romantic lunch with Angelina but their schedules didn't allow it and the situation quickly turned into a fight.
"Even though they have nannies, Angelina is focused full time on the kids," said a source. "If one of them cries at 3 a.m., she's by their side. Angie is operating on very minimal sleep and it's magnified by the couple's issues.
Lack of alone time has caused the couple to fight bitterly and when Brad realized he couldn't have Angelina to himself he blew up.
"He ralied at Angelina, but she was busy tending to Shiloh.
"Brad stormed out - going on a long motorcycle trip for the rest of the day to blow off steam. And Angelina collapsed in tears.
"She's been dealing with so much - the new baby, a sick mother, a relocation to Malibu - that she just lost it."
The article then rehashes Angelina's fight with Brad when he went out in London one night when she was sick. A "family friend" also claims that Angelina is having trouble breastfeeding little Shiloh, and that she feels guilty that she may have to supplement with formula. She is also said to feel guilt over the fact that she wasn't able to have a natural birth.
Plus Brad is still smoking, and Angelina may be "fed up" with his nasty habit.
This all sounds like normal stuff that happens with a growing family, and The Enquirer seems to be making more out of it than warranted.
Who knows how bad their fight was? Maybe Brad just wanted to get out of the house and didn't storm out after all.
He did go out on his bike, though, because there were pictures all over the place. It's easy enough to draw conclusions based on that.
They were said to be having trouble back in Paris in the loud and dirty neighborhood they rented an apartment in, and Brad was supposedly sleeping on the couch because pregnant Angelina needed the space in bed to herself.
If all of this is true, it seems pretty normal considering all the stress they must be under with the new baby and the move. Even with a lot of help, it's still a lot of work.
Predictably enough, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's legal team have sent out notices to several blogs to pull the baby shower pictures that capture their clients in private moments. The digital card with the photos was stolen, they say. They never sent notice to us, but TMZ is a higher-profile site and was threatened with a lawsuit:
This letter is to provide you with notice that the Stolen Photos are copyright protected, to which my clients own right and title thereto. Any unauthorized publication, reproduction or dissemination of the Stolen Photos constitutes an infringement of my clients' copyrights in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act, Title 17 of the United States Code Section 101, et seq., and exposes you, and anyone else acting in concert with you, to civil liability, damages, injunctive relief and reimbursement of all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by my clients in connection with any copyright infringement action. Furthermore, if any monies are paid for the purchase of the Stolen Photos, you will be engaged in the purchase of stolen property.
In addition, under the circumstances that the Stolen Photos were taken, namely, at private and personal events on private property, my clients had a reasonable expectation of enjoying total privacy. The publication of the photos would therefore constitute a unlawful invasion and violation of my clients' right of privacy and would also be an unauthorized commercial appropriation of their names, likenesses and personas.
Anyone who publishes, disseminates, displays or otherwise exploits the Stolen Photos will be liable for substantial compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief. If you publish or disseminate and of the Stolen Photos, our clients will take further legal action to protect their rights, including by the filing of a lawsuit seeking compensatory and punitive damages, statutory damages for copyright violations, and attorneys' fees.
We'll take 'em down shortly, but as much as people like Angelina and Brad - they're too heavy handed with legal and security tactics. This is the cost of fame. If you don't like it, then don't try to fight it with all your might and just stop making movies. You could be gracious about it and play it up for what it's worth, but no, you have to fight every picture tooth and nail.
I understand not wanting someone to publish all 450 pictures, but making a huge fuss and threatening bloggers for publishing three of the pictures is ridiculous.
It's like the music industry acting all indignant that people are copying digital music. It's the nature of the medium, and that's how these things work. Digital files spread - get over it, and use it to your advantage.
Angelina decided to close down an entire country to give birth. What gives her that right? Namibia's National Society for Human Rights claims that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are acting like "Colonial Overlords" and that they have no right to use an entire government to shield themselves from the paparrazi. The NSHR said "To shut down a national border so she can give birth in peace is a massive abuse of power."
To shut down a bunch of websites so people can't see your cute baby shower pictures is also a massive abuse of power. It's not on the same scale, but they're abusive. Fans made them popular and fans pay for their luxurious lifestyle. Just because they do some charity work doesn't mean that they don't have to play the game.
Posted to Abusive | Angelina Jolie | Arrogant | Brad Pitt | Brangelina | Photos
Thanks to Millie for pointing out the other two pictures leaked from Angelina Jolie's baby shower. [via] People are saying that it's crappy of one of their friends to shop the pictures around, but that it's likely that they're stolen. One commentor on DListed notes that there's a rumor that one of Brad's bodyguards is behind it.
The photo of Angelina and Zahara on the beach is lovely, and it's nice to see Brad and Angelina laughing and looking like they're having a good time.
We'll have to wait and see where these photos turn up and who gets threatened with a lawsuit. It's sure to be big news come Monday.
Celebirty Baby Blog had this picture that's supposedly from Angelina Jolie's baby shower showing the heavily pregnant actress wearing a feather boa and joking around with Brad:
Whoever has those 450 digital photos of the Jolie-Pitts could easily retire on the income from selling the pictures, but doesn't have a clue how to market them properly if they're e-mailing blogs about it. (No offense to the fabulous Celebrity Baby Blog.)
Stay tuned as more pictures are released. They're sure to spread like wildfire.
Posted to Angelina Jolie | Brad Pitt | Brangelina | Parties | Photos
Angelina Jolie posed for a series of portraits chronicalling her pregnancy. She had the artist, Don Bachardy, flown into Namibia and had him sworn to secrecy about the project:
However, the revealing paintings may never been seen by the public because they are likely to remain in Angelina's private collection.
A source said: "Angelina has asked him not to talk about or show the portraits to anyone."
Bachardy - who has also painted Rita Hayworth, Jack Nicholson and Bette Davis - flew to Paris and Namibia to paint the 'Tomb Raider' actress before she gave birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel last month.
Artist Dan Bachardy is a 72 year-old gay man, and has had his work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Smithsonian art museum.
His portraits are stylized views of the subjects and can be revealing but aren't realistic enough to embarass. Bachardy uses heavy strokes, shading and light to make peop look slightly cartoonish. Angelina's pictures are sure to be tasteful and probably don't give away much more of her naked body than we've already seen.
Meanwhile Angelina has brought Shiloh to visit her ailing mother, French actress Marcheline Bertrand, in LA. Bertrand has been under care for cancer, and was not well enough to fly to Namibia to see her grandchild after the birth. (thanks xiaoecho!)
A paparrazo was arrested outside of four year old Maddox's daycare yesterday. The guy was hiding in the bushes trying to get pictures of the tot when a member of Jolie-Pitt's agressive security force nabbed him. He was then arrested and released on $1,000 bail.
Here are some random older Angelina Jolie photoshoots for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to babyface at Hollywood's Best.
We are supposed to be on vacation, but it's much more work than our average day of blogging, going swimming with our son, and riding our bike to town to get a croissant. So our normal life is relaxing and calm like a vacation while our trip to the states is turning into constant travelling, shopping, and seeing all the friends I wish would visit us in Switzerland. It's a good thing that everything is all backwards now, but the blog is suffering during our travels. Sorry for that. Thanks for bearing with us until we're settled on Thursday when we'll continue working tirelessly for your gossip fix.
Meanwhile, what is wrong with Angelina Jolie? The woman went through a phase of being addicted to tattoos and morbid thoughts, then significantly improved herself by getting caught up in trying to save the world. Now she's moved on to adopting international babies, and seems to be feeling so much guilt over having a biological child that she's said to have started the process of adopting twins:
I know a guy who is one of eight kids, and there are plenty of families that grow quickly. It's just not as common in this era and it seems over the top for Angelina to want two more right away. Angelina needs to slow down and focus on the family she has now. Three kids are plenty, and Shiloh is barely a month old. She must be unfulfilled or have other problems that are causing her to obsess like this.
This isn't just a rumor because Angelina told Anderson Cooper in a CNN Interview for International Refugee Day that she plans to adopt again and that she's looking for a baby that fits in well "racially" with her other kids.
"We don't know which -- which country. But we're looking at different countries. And we're -- I'm just-- it's gonna be the balance of what would be the best for Mad and for Z right now. It's, you know, another boy, another girl, which country, which race would fit best with the kids," she said, referring to her adopted children.
As you can imagine, this comment sparked a lot of controversy on the board where we found this news. While some people understand, many are outraged that Angelina seems to be treating babies as accessories and say that all the nannies and maids in the world can't make up for the attention that children need from their parents.
I haven't seen the full Anderson Cooper interview with Angelina yet, but judging from the preview clips and her long drawn-out interview during the Namibian press conference she seems seriously imbalanced to me. I used to think she was this intelligent woman who turned her life around and was focusing on things that mattered. Now I think she's just fully absorbed in something without taking time to think it out and make sure her life is in balance.
You can see previews from Angelina's interview through the CNN website. Once the interview is available on YouTube, we'll post it here.
Here are screencaps of Angelina's expressions during the interview (Many more at ONTD) and some posed pictures. [via]
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The president of Namibia has supposedly written a personal letter of gratitude to Angelina Jolie to thank her for doing more for the African nation by choosing to pop out her baby there than his tourism budget for the next century:
President Nujoma writes: "For the first time ever, our entire nation can agree on something - how wonderful it is that you chose Namibia for your special day.
"You didn't just birth a child but a new era for our new country. If we are the UN's baby, then you, as one of its greatest supporters, are among its founding mothers.
"Never forget, you and your family will always have a home here."
The President is among those attempting to push a Namibian new national day - to mark baby Shiloh's May birth.
If it's true that Namibia is going to declare Shiloh's birthday a national holiday that just seems like overkill after this over-the-top letter. Angelina is a "founding mother" of Namibia indeed. Do you think someone made this shit up? It sounds too good to be true. Of course Namibia is grateful but this letter is too much.
In related fake news, Star is saying that chain-smoking Aniston plans to confront Angelina for being a homewrecker. I totally doubt this is true.
Star also claims that Angelina wants to move back to France as soon as Brad is finished filming "Oceans 13," and that Brad wants to get married but Angelina's against it.That sounds more likely. From their e-mail newsletter:
This is not big news since Angelina has been calling the shots and already dragged the family to her mother's native France. No matter where they go they'll be hounded by photographers, though, because there were plenty of pictures of the Jolie-Pitts when they were in Paris.
It's all well and good for Angelina to say she doesn't need a nanny when she already has a chef, maid, and personal security staff to do her bidding. It must be easier to focus on your role as mother when there aren't a ton of other things to do.
Thanks to popbytes for the header image.
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Tom Cruise called Angelina Jolie while she was still in Namibia to congratulate her on the birth of Shiloh Nouvel, but he soon tried to sneak his creepy cult Scientology into the conversation - by asking Jolie to pick up an "award" for her charity work from the Celebrity Scientology Center in Hollywood:
The man once touted as the “world’s greatest movie star,” but now not selling so good, reportedly urged Jolie to stop by Scientology HQ to pick up an award for her charity work.
But the former Tomb Raider made it clear that wasn’t an artifact she was interested in.
Rick Ross of CultNews.com points out that Cruise forgot that Jolie's significant other has a lot of experience with the cult. Brad Pitt reportedly dumped idiot Juliette Lewis back in the early 90s due to her involvement with Scientology.
Now that the details of the prenup between Tom and Katie have been worked out, Katie's parents are reportedly anxious for her to marry Tom and get her hands on the dough. She stands to make $3 million for every year she's marrie to the crazy half-pint, with a $33 million cap on her divorce settlement. If she leaves Tom now, she could lose custody of the supposed baby, according to an "insider," but if she marries him she stands to get some cash and has a better chance at keeping Suri.
Where the hell is Suri, anyway?!
The header image was taken during in Aberdeen during promotion for MI3. [via]
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This extended love scene from Mr. and Mrs. Smith makes it easy to see how Brad and Angelina hooked up on set. They have so much chemistry together:
And here's a deleted scene of Brad and Angelina's kissing at their on-screen wedding. This may be the only time they walk down the aisle.
Header picture [via]
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TMZ reports that preparations are in high gear at Brad Pitt's $9 million Malibu estate for the famous family's return to the states this weekend. A van full of liquor pulled up on Wednesday, the secuirty system was upgraded, and the tennis court was covered again to create a large play area for Maddox.
Most telling, TMZ is told that yesterday a white van arrived at the house and delivered a "massive amount of liquor." As one eyewitness says, it was: "magnums of everything."
The word from the crew is that the famous couple and their kids are arriving this weekend. A cleaning crew has been working feverishly this week and construction workers have been there seven days a week.
As one eyewitness tells TMZ, the entire house is set up for kids. Before the couple left for Namibia, the tennis court was tented and converted into a giant playroom -- especially for Maddox's 4-wheel toys. The party tent was taken down after they left, but this week it was put back up.
As for accommodations in the four bedroom house, Brad and Angelina have the master suite, and each uses a bedroom for an office. That leaves one bedroom left for Maddox, Zahara and baby Shiloh. We're told there is baby furniture in that fourth room, but the word is that Shiloh will sleep in the master suite with Brad and Angelina.
The joke at the house is that all of Brads expensive art is now up, along with his other pricey furnishings and everyone there "is wondering what he's going to do when the kids start destroying it."
We're told there will be a heavy presence of guards 24/7, but there's still a problem. It's a glass house -- literally -- and the paparazzi have a clean view from the ocean, where they often kayak. A solution to this issue has not been figured out yet.
In terms of the glass house offering a clear view from the ocean, there will probably be a tarmac put up to block the paparrazi just like at the Burning Shore Resort in Namibia.
The best part of the story is the fact that Brad and Angelina plan to have Shiloh sleep in the master bedroom with them. It's a lot easier on mom and dad to have a newborn in the same room as they can respond quickly when she wakes to nurse, and everyone will get more sleep. It also sounds sweet and like they are loving parents.
This news seems accurate, because Brad and Angelina admitted during their Namibian press conference that they planned to return to the states within a few days. It should be a lot more comfortable in California for Brad, who was said to be fed up with the heat and seclusion in Africa. Will Angelina be content to stay in Malibu with her new family? We doubt it. Once Shiloh is a little older she's bound to hightail it to France.
TMZ also has a video of Brad and Angelina's press conference. Angelina talks about moving to Africa, International Refugee Day, and their donation to Namibian hospitals. Brad doesn't say anything and is out of the frame until the end, when he kind of smirks and then catches himself and tries to look serious. She is pretty good at talking to the press and he seems content to let her do her thing.
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Thanks to reader Millie for e-mailing me to let me know that I'm not Obsessed had the Shilloh baby pictures that are coming out in People and Hello!. Unfortunately they had to be taken down, but we're under the radar for now and found them on the Saving Face Forum. This family is so cute that we feel sort of bad questioning Shiloh's parentage.
In the press conference with Brad yesterday, Angelina dismissed claims that she may marry the supposed father of her newborn baby, saying that they are committed to their children, but that "to have a ceremony on top of it is nothing." Getting married is nothing indeed, Angelina, especially when you have no plans to do it.
These photos are from Italian Vanity Fair.
Update: higher quality images thanks to CelebVent and originally from JustJared.
The National Enquirer says that Angelina is freaking out because she had sex with someone else right around the time she conceived Shiloh and that Brad Pitt might not be her biological father!
Sources tell the mag that Angelina told pals she slept w/another man before getting pregnant, and now is worried that Brad may not be the baby daddy! Throughout her entire pregnancy sources say she suffered quietly after doing the math that lead her to fear Brad might not be the father. If you remember back in November, I covered a story that was featured in In Touch Weekly (check it here) that claimed Angelina's ex Jonny Lee Miller was goin' about town saying shit like he was still boinking Angelina and that Brad would be very upset if he ever found out. NE claims that Angie is totally freaked out about losing her man and desperately wants to keep him away from his ex Jennifer Aniston. She reportedly wants to pack up the family, stay outta Malibu (Jen's territory) and move it to France. If Angie has it her way, they'll be living there for years to come!
If Brad is a cuckhold (I just love using that word) that's obviously much worse than having to deal with moving around the world at your girlfriend's whim, and he might not put up with it!
The Enquirer could have made this up in order to move copies, but given Angelina's sexual past it's kind of believable. That's incredible! At least the baby is passably Brads for now. We'll have to see what she looks like when she grows into her features.
Here's the latest real picture of the world's most famous couple and baby from People Magazine. (Thanks Millie!)
The rest of the pictures come out in People this Friday, June 9th.
Thanks to Tabloid Whore for the story.
Angelina and Brad did their bit for Namibian tourism by confirming that Shiloh will have Namibian citizenship in a press conference today. They praised the medical care they received in the African nation and tried to justify their extreme security measures. They also said they're coming back to the states in just a few more days:
"We couldn't have picked a better place to have our child," said Jolie, looking healthy and relaxed in a black dress. Pitt agreed: "We are very proud that our daughter was born here".
Pitt said the couple had "done their homework" before deciding on Namibia as the birthplace of their first biological and third child.
"The health of our daughter and Angie's was imperative. We've had absolute top-notch medical assistance," Pitt said.
The couple reiterated their gratitude to the people of the sparsely populated country, which has come under intense media interest since their arrival two-and-a-half months ago.
"We are eternally grateful to the Namibian people," Pitt said. "Namibia is one of Africa's best kept secrets - until we came of course."
The couple had been "afforded a lifestyle here we could not have anywhere else" and that Namibia has been "a wonderful place to be with our kids."
The couple said they planned to remain in the country for just a few more days before returning to the United States. "Just a few more days. My mother is dying to see the baby," Jolie said.
On the tight security around the couple, Jolie said they had wished this had not been necessary but felt "the birth should be done in a way that was peaceful."
Pitt explained that having "a child with a bounty on its head" before its birth, had brought about the need for bodyguards to shield the family.
Pitt said he's going to work on "Oceans 13" next, while Jolie will concentrate on her role as a mother.
Our favorite reader Millie says of these pictures that Angelina "looks fantastic and is clearly breastfeeding." We agree. To borrow an expression from The Bastardly, Ow!
Angelina and Brad are shown with Namibian first lady Penehupifo Pohamba, regional governor Samuel Nuujoma and Child Welfare Minister Marlene Mungunda.
Thanks to Hollywoods Best for these photos and Just Jared for the interview text.
Jennifer Aniston is said to have broken down in tears upon hearing that little Shiloh had seen the light of day. This sounds like crap someone would make up, and I have very little faith in the British rags, so take it for what it is:
But pals are concerned the former "Friends" star is still traumatized over Pitt's new life with Angelina Jolie.
Aniston's friend Tiffany Laws tells Britain's Star magazine, "Jen just burst into tears.
"She tried to cover it up in front of Vince but he assured her it was OK to cry.
"Jen called Brad's mom to offer her congratulations but couldn't get through.
"I think she had the feeling, 'That could have been my baby.'"
This could be true, but it's too personal for a friend to blab about to some random British gossip rag and we doubt it.
Jen may say she wants children but she balked when asked by Regis if she ever babysits Courtney Cox's daughter, Coco, practically shouting "No!".
The good news for Jen is that her career may be salvaged even if she is indifferent and infertile. "The Break Up" did much better than expected at the box office and bested "X-Men 3" despite terrible reviews.
Here she is at a press conference for "The Breakup" in Sydney. Thanks to Hollywood's Best for these photos.
Thanks to commentor Tink for pointing out that Shiloh has teeth in the picture of her on the cover of "Hello!" magazine that came out today. This means it's probably a clever PhotoShop job. I couldn't find any pictures of Angelina looking down like this, but if you've seen a similar image that could have been used to make this composite please let me know.
According to BabyCenter, only 1 in 2,000 babies is born with teeth:
It's possible, but improbable that this picture is real. If this is a real photo, Shiloh is rarer than we thought.
Update: Thanks to everyone who commented and pointed out that:
a) Teeth in newborns is not that rare
b) This could be camera glare on the baby's gums, which may be calloused from breastfeeding
c) These pictures are real because everyone's getting cease and desist letters to pull them. (Except for me, since I'm under the radar. Maybe next week they'll threaten me. In the mean time, I have no clue.)
Thanks to MollyGood for landing this picture of Shiloh Nouvel before anyone else that I've bothered to check.
These first pictures of the world's most famous baby launched a bidding war at Getty Images, with representatives from celebrity magazines staying up all night to get a chance to buy the images:
For now we just have a low res cover of "Hello." The rest of the pictures are sure to come out in ten minutes or so.
Update: slightly bigger version from Just Jared.
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Brad Pitt may be jealous of the former murder suspect who is running Angelina Jolie's security force. Angelina calls the head of her security team, Mickey Brett, her "rock," and seems to relinquish control to the man who has been her bodyguard since 2001. She's supposedly even asked him to be Shiloh's godfather:
Brett has been protecting the 'Tomb Raider' actress and the couple's adopted children - Maddox, 4, and 16-month-old Zahara - during the family's stay at Namibia's Burning Short Lodge where Angelina prepared for the birth of new baby Shiloh Nouvel.
A source told Britain's Grazia magazine: "It's a platonic relationship but Brad gets jealous because she lets Mickey help her out of cars and allows him to tell her to rest up - something he isn't allowed to do."
Angelina, 30, has asked the minder, who she sees as her baby's spiritual guardian, to become godfather to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
The source added: "Angelina is a tough woman who hates guys patronising her but there's something about the way Mickey looks after her that she likes."
If that's true it doesn't bode well for Pitt, who's been widely blasted for serving as Angelina's nanny, adopting her hobbies and interests, and generally catering to her every whim. Angelina may seem like she wants a "yes" man, but wimpy guys are easily discarded. Brad may look like less of a man when compared to a tough security guard who can set limits with Angelina.
Mickey Brett is considered a thug and is said to be responsible for the heavy-handed tactics of the Jolie-PItt security force in Namibia. Journalists have been followed, threatened, and beaten senseless for trying to get pictures of the famous family. Brett was suspected in the 1993 hiring death of a British tycoon, but was eventually cleared of charges due to lack of evidence
Pitt is said to be fed up with the heat and seclusion in Africa, and it's reported that he plans to move the family back to the states in early July so that he can start work on "Oceans 13."
Here are pictures of Pitt taken in NY about a year ago. [via]
This sounds completely fabricated, but a supposed 20 Century Fox "executive" says that Angelina Jolie gave Brad Pitt STDs while they were filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." He goes on to speculate that she needed a C-Section due to herpes
This would have been partially believable if it were not for the fact that the writer speculates that most all celebrities who had C-Sections recently did so due to herpes. Unnecessary C-Sections are incredibly common, and Angelina's baby was said to be breech. It's also completely untrue that most cesearians in healthy young women are due to herpes.
It's a juicy bit of gossip, but one that's totally false - just like the hot story of Angelina having lesbian sex in the bathroom.
Brad Pitt's parents are now in Namibia visiting their new grandchild. Brad and Angelina are said to be returning to the states July 1st so that Brad can work on Oceans 13.
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Thanks to the PopBitch e-mail newsletter for pointing this out. An easy nickname for Shiloh Pitt is Pile 'O Shit!
The poor girl is named after the place she was conceived and has a name that's not only weird, but quite easily mocked.
Brad and Angelina may not have anticipated the hysterical Spoonerism of their baby's name, but they did prepare for her blogging future. They're not taking any chances and had their lawyers snatch up most variations of the Shiloh Pitt domain name on Saturday when the baby was born.
PopBitch also states that Angelina and Brad's thugs are so unrelentless that they followed a journalist home and totally harrassed her. They also say that a female journalist got the scoop on Angelina's birth by sleeping with one of the male doctors at Swakopmund Cottage Hospital:
I do like Angelina and Brad, and I think they meant well by holing up in Namibia, but their staff is out of control and it makes them look like clueless squatters. It's also a sad commentary on the state of the gossip media when a "journalist" trades sex for a story. (If you send stories I'll give you a shout out at least. Just send me tips at info@celebitchy dot com.)
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We reported yesterday that Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt got her middle name from her architecture-loving daddy Brad, who admires French architect Jean Nouvel. The source we quoted thought Shiloh might be a tribute to the place where Brad and Angelina made sweet love to conceive the baby, but said that was uncertain:
It turns out that there's a Shiloh in California and Brad and Angelina were there nine months before the tot was born. How freaking original:
That's dumb, especially since Shiloh is a weird name that's hard to pronouce. David and Victoria Beckham named their first son Brooklyn after his place of conception, but they're not as bright as the Jolie-Pitts and can be forgiven for using such a trite baby-naming convention. Brooklyn also isn't that bad of a name for a boy.
Not only is Shiloh going to have to live with that weird name, she'll be cursed with visions of her parents having sex when people ask her how she was given her unique moniker. Even if your parents are super hot like Brad and Angelina, you still don't want that image in your head.
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Angelina and Brad are supposedly making a documentary of their adventures in Africa post-Shiloh to help African causes. This sounds like BS and the source is The Sun, but maybe it's true:
And they will allow their four-day-old daughter SHILOH NOUVEL to be filmed for the documentary too — along with their two adopted youngsters Maddox and Zahara.
A source close to the couple said: “Brad and Angelina want to put out a serious social documentary about all the great things the country has to offer.
“Angelina is in love with Namibia and wants fans to learn more about it and experience what she has experienced.
“Maddox is in the film along with Zahara, and they have agreed to include some footage of their new baby.
“They know that any documentary which includes anything personal about their lives will help them get their message across.”
They're so secretive that we doubt this is true. We'll believe it when we see it.
Columnist Liz Smith of the NY Post says that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't top the Yahoo! buzz list this holiday weekend, and that they're fools for sequestering themselves in Namibia since they're only increasing the value of photographs:
By having Shiloh in Namibia Angelina did bring a lot of publicity to African causes, and she achieved some privacy through the brute force of the Namibian government and her own nasty security guards. It looks like she achieved her goal after all. Releasing a video doesn't sound like something she would bother with.
Gorgeous header illustration of the possibility of an ironically ugly Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt from Gallery of the Absurd.
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A columnist for Britian's The Guardian discusses Internet commentary on Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt's odd name.
Shiloh is a hebrew name of course, but it could mean several different things:
"Nouvel," which means "New" in French, should be spelled "Nouvelle," its French feminine form, since it's part of a girl's name. Brad and Angelina may have made the grammatical error deliberately, though:
This makes sense, since Brad loves architecture and has admitted it's one of his passions.
Brad is also narrating a show for PBS on environmentally friendly architecture called "Design: E2." It will air in June.
A commentor on "A Socialite's Life" noted that Pitt also gave Zahara her middle name, Marley:
Angelina should have let Brad name the baby, since Nouvel is a much prettier name - and much easier to pronounce - than Shiloh.
In related news, Angelina and Brad are showing their gratitude to Namibia by donating $300,000 to benefit the country's state-run maternity wards. Their newborn has been offered Namibian citizenship from the grateful government.
Here are some pictures courtesy of JustJared that were probably taken at the World Economic Forum with a cameraphone. Until they come back to the states, scrounging for old low-res pictures is probably as good as it gets.
Update: pictures are from the Mr. and Mrs. Smith set during a break from filming.
We took a couple days off, and are technically still on vacation. Babies were born, people died, we got more comment spam - the world went on.
Both Angelina Jolie and Gwen Stefani were too posh to push and gave birth by cesarean section. *cough* wusses *cough* (Of course they may have been convinced by their doctors that they had legitimate medical reasons to have cesareans.)
And everyone is said to be doing well.
Tomorrow we'll be back home and better than ever.
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Angelina Jolie's personal obstetrician has been flown to The Burning Shore resort where the famous family is staying in Namibia. The couple is said to have converted a suite in the hotel where Angelina will give birth. If Angelina doesn't have the baby by June 3rd, she'll be induced. Everyone agrees that the birth should be uneventful since she's super fit:
Jolie is said to be doing yoga in preparation for the birth, and should be well prepared when her time comes.
Meanwhile there's a good reason why so few pictures of Angelina and Brad have come out lately. Photographers and journalists are really intimidated by the Namibian government and the thuggish Jolie-Pitt security team. Many are threatened with deportation, and one photographer spent a few days in jail before being released without charge:
The thugs have been backed up by the Namibian police, who have created their own special task force to patrol the Lang Stand beach. Unwelcome foreign journalists have been flushed out of their homes or hotels and sent packing under immigration orders. This weekend, one veteran photog was thrown into jail while pursuing a shot, and three French photographers have been ordered to leave Namibia or face arrest. The government has even taken the extreme step of decreeing that foreign journalists who want to cover the story must have approval from Brangelina before they can enter the country...
The perception in the world is that the couple are being swarmed by photographers. The reality is different. Much of the press is too scared to stick around.
Someone managed to snap Brad riding his bike with Zahara dangerously strapped on his back without a helmet, so there's at least one paparazzo around.
The first picture of the baby-to-be has commanded nearly $5 million from an American magazine. You can hardly blame photographers for hoping to secure their retirement with an unlikely shot of the newborn.
Update: Angelina's brother, James Haven, has been flown to Namibia. Jamie accompanied Angelina to the 2000 Oscars for her best supporting actress win, where Angelina sparked controversy by kissing him on the lips. She is now said to want Jamie by her side for the birth of her first biological child.
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Angelina was supposedly in labor on Friday, and this story may explain that rumor, or it could be total b.s. like a lot of the stories about the Jolie-Pitts. Life and Style is reporting that Angelina is having early contractions:
This of course is basically normal but "Brad's freaking out," an insider tell the weekly magazine. Angelina is dealing with the worries in her own way, taking it in stride according to the report.
A friend of mine also had early contractions in her pregnancy, and everything turned out fine, so if it's true it's probably not much to worry about.
The couple's 16 month-old adopted baby, Zahara, is said to be suffering from a mystery illness that also has Brad and Angelina worried. Zahara has rickets, a bone disorder caused by a vitamin D deficiency, but this sounds like something else:
Brad, 42, wants to take her to America for treatment but Angelina insists they must stay in Africa until their baby is born.
A source said: “Brad is absolutely beside himself. He’s desperate to take Zahara to the US for medical attention.
“But Angie insists on staying in Africa. It has caused a number of fights between them.”
There are fears it could be a genetic illness — and Angelina may have to contact Zahara’s real mother for medical background. The source said: “She’s had so many tests, but no one knows what’s wrong.”
Zahara's symptoms incredibly worrying and we hope the baby gets well soon! Hopefully she will get proper treatment and they will figure out what's wrong with her.
The Namibian government has been giving baby gifts as a thank you to Angelina, and has sent a representative to teach her about local birth customs. They seem to be going out of their way for Angelina and Brad, and it seems like Angelina picked a country with a very accommodating government.
Our thoughts go out to baby Zahara. Hopefully she will be fine and Angelina will have an uneventful labor and birth.
Header picture [via]
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Reader Millie needs to start writing for the site, because she said a while ago that Angelina was farther along than she admitted, and it looks like she was right!
The latest news from Africa is that Angelina is in labor with the world's most anticipated baby.
No wonder they secured a picture deal for the first photographs so "early."
At this point Angelina could have already had the baby!
Congratulations to the couple and we can't wait to see the pictures.
Update: That report seems premature and follow-up news has the baby arriving in the next 48 hours, which means that Angelina is probably due in two days. My son arrived nearly two weeks after his due date, and first babies are usually late, so it could be a while.
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A deal has been struck for the first pictures of the anticipated Jolie-Pitt baby. Britian's Daily Mirror is set to report that an unnamed publication has agreed to pay £2.6million for the pictures, with the proceeds to go to UNICEF. £2.6million pounds is $4.89 million dollars USD. That's incredible.
A source revealed: "They've signed a £2.6million deal with a publication and the money will go to children's charity UNICEF.
"Angelina's very private but they figured they might as well use the opportunity of one child being born to help a lot of others."
Meanwhile Pitt's family says there's no hard feelings about Angelina deciding to give birth in Africa, and that they honestly like her. If these quotes from Brad's brother are geniune, the family does admit that Brad's Mom still talks to his sore loser of an ex, Jennifer Aniston:
But Brad's brother Doug says the family are glued to the phone in America waiting for the news.
"We all want to help them get through the birth in any way we can," Doug says. "We just want them to enjoy it and to know we're all thinking of them."
That's not to say there's no friction - Brad's very unhappy that mum Jane is still close to his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.
Doug said: "He feels mum should move on and cut the link. But mum's in a difficult position, she has great affection for Jennifer..."
Doug revealed they were planning a trip to Paris for a "family vacation", prompting speculation that Brangelina will return to the city after the birth.
That's a phenomenal sum for some baby pictures, but it will be the most famous baby in the world.
The picture above is of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt impersonators and was run in NY Magazine. It must have sold plenty of copies even without the real thing.
Little Suri Cruise still hasn't been seen by the press. Her pictures are worth a healthy sum, but surely not as much as the Jolie-Pitt baby.
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Life and Style Weekly is reporting that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were "married" in a wedding ceremony following Namibian custom. The ceremony may have sentimental value, but it is not recognized by US law and is not legally binding.
The report from the magazine cites an insider "close to Angie" that claims Brad and Angie took part in a traditional Himba wedding ceremony.
What the heck’s a Himba, you ask?
L&S reports its an ancient tribe of Namibian nomads, whose weddings are often performed by tribal chieftains or without a leader at all. The bride wears an ekori, a headdress made of leather or goatskin, and jewelry made of iron and shells. Later, the groom’s family anoints her with butterfat from a cow.
Yuck! Snark alert - L&S says to watch out: Himba men practice polygamy.
Cue the rep: Brad’s rep denies they got married.
And the report admits from a legal standpoint, the wedding — like any religious ceremony - wouldn’t make them husband and wife: “They’ll marry again later in the U.S.,” says the insider.
It sounds like someone made this up, like most of the non-stories about the Jolie-Pitts. They're also supposed to be starting their own housewear line using local Namibian crafts.
Meanwhile Angelina is supposedly causing Brad to fear for their unborn baby's health by running off and picking fruits and berries with the women in the village. I sincerely doubt they're hanging out with the locals except for pre-approved photo opportunities.
If they did get "married" in Namibia, why aren't there stories about it in an African newspaper? It just doesn't seem like they could keep it a secret to only be leaked by one source, even with the crackdown on the paparrazi.
Until the baby comes, there's probably not much real news about the Jolie-Pitts and someone is making this crap up.
Update: Pictures of Angelina and Maddox in Swakopmond, Namibia [via]
Thanks to reader Millie for sending us this People article debunking basically everything we've gleefully reported about the worlds most famous couple. Almost nothing, except the fact that Brad and Angelina are in Africa (or Angelina is, at this point) is true:
Damn! That just about blows every stupid thing we've written about them out of the water. My faith in the gossip industry is just about nil. They even make up quotes from people I actually know, and I'm not that connected.
Angelina did give a few real quotes in her Dateline interview that the press is blowing out of proportion. She said she can't quite believe that she's pregnant and is in denial about it, and that she plans on adopting more children.
She also supposely said that's she's not morbid, but that's not from her Dateline interview and is just some random quote so who knows if it's true?
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16 month-old Zahara Jolie-Pitt suffers from rickets, a bone disorder that she developed while in an Ethopian orphanage. When she came down with a cold, Brad learned that rickets makes her more susceptible to all sorts of diseases that are common in Africa, including malaria and yellow fever. He became concerned for her health and brought her back to the states for medical care. Babies get sick a lot and Zahara will probably be fine, but this reopens the conflict between Angelina and Brad as to where Angelina will give birth:
And 30-year-old Jolie will be following hot on his heels with Zahara and four-year-old Maddox if her medical team recommend the move.
A source told us: "Angie wants to have her child in Africa but Brad has had doubts all along and there’s a delivery room on standby at Cedars-Sinai.
"When he mentioned Zahara had a cold he was shocked to be told that in Namibia she was more susceptible to diseases like malaria and yellow fever as her immune system would have been weakened by the rickets.
"A private flight was booked for Brad to have a consultation and he told Angie he is sick of worrying about them all.
"He wants them to be perfectly safe and for his first biological child to be born in the safety of LA’s top hospital."
You know Angelina will do whatever she decides, and won't let someone else tell her where to have her baby. She is said to be planning to use a birthing tub in a Namibian hospital for a water birth. I had most of my labor in a birthing tub and found it to be very relaxing. It's a nice alternative to medication and is said to be as effective as an epidural.
Update: Angelina Jolie's Dateline interview:
Here are pictures from People Magazine online of the world's most beautiful family. You may have seen most of them already, but some are new.
Angelina revealed in an interview with Anne Curry that her due date is about a month away. She is now said to be expecting a boy that they're planning on naming Africa:
People reported a couple weeks ago that Jolie bought clothing suitable for a little girl and was overheard saying that she was expecting a girl, so chances are high that either one of these rumors is true.
Meanwhile the Jolie-Pitt Naimibian wedding rumor is further fueled by the fact that Brad bought a special "wedding crystal" that local custom dictates grooms give to brides on their wedding day:
The pair have already been the subject of two wedding hoaxes, which drew the world's press to Italy and to Namibia, where they were rumoured to be tying the knot last weekend (22APR06) - the same day Pitt bought his girlfriend the ivory crystal.
As Millie commented on our article about the rumored Namibian wedding, maybe Angelina will go through with it - as long as it's a local ceremony and not legally binding in the states.
Thanks to Just Jared for these screencaps from Angelina's Today show Interview. It aired this morning at 7am and will be shown in full on Dateline on Sunday at 7pm. Just Jared also has parts of the interview transcribed. Angelina is advocating for education for children around the world.
The Today show interview is not on YouTube yet, but you can watch it online with Internet Explorer only (cause it's MSNBC of course). Here's the video.
Here is another interview with Angelina from her pre-Brad days. She discusses a boy in Africa that she met during her UN ambassador work who particularly moved her. Try not to cry when you watch it.
There's a rumor that Brad Pitt requested that Catherine Zeta-Jones' character meet an untimely death in Oceans 13, due to the nasty comments about his relationship with Angeilna made by her husband, Michael Douglas:
Mike Walker [of the National Enquirer] reports that before the actor would agree to sign on to Ocean 13, Zeta-Jones would need to be dumped.
Not only did she need to be swept out of the third 'Ocean's' film, Pitt reportedly wanted her dead (in the film).
Walker writes: Before he'd agree to star in the film Brad decreed not only that Zeta-Jones be banned from reprising her role - he actually forced producers to write in a scene explaining that her character has dies a horrible death.
Cue the rep: Pitt's PR folks denied all and Walker says "curiously claims Brad is not even aware of the Douglas remarks."
Brad may seem like a pansy now that he's holing up in Namibia with Angelina, but he may be capable of being fierce when someone mocks him. Or maybe Angelina put him him up to it.
Update: Al Pacino has joined Oceans 13.
Angelina's exclusive interview from Namibia with Ann Curry will air on the Today show tomorrow morning at 7am and on Dateline Sunday at 7pm. Angelina says she doesn't talk about her relationship with Brad either to the press or with Brad himself and that she hopes to bring awareness to the need for education for children around the world.
"It's one of those funny things that just happens, and you live your life, and you're a family. But you never actually discuss (it)."
The whole relationship question, Jolie says, makes her "giggle." It's "just kind of funny. If (Brad) saw this, he would probably understand why I was laughing. Because I just don't know how to address that kind of thing."
Jolie says she broke her silence with the media to further her latest cause: educational opportunities for children worldwide.
She also said she knows the sex of the baby, but won't reveal it.
Here's a picture of Angelina with Anne Curry.
Just Jared has these beautiful candids of the Jolie-Pitts in Namibia, published in Hello! Magazine. The couple obviously posed for the pictures and most likely gave the proceeds to charity.
The accompanying article covers the recent news you've already heard about the couple in a very flattering light. Brad and Angelina didn't grant an interview or provide any new quotes, and let their "philanthropic adviser" speak for them.
There are some interesting tidbits in the article. One passage about Angelina's revelation that she needed to make a difference in the world is particularly touching:
Making Beyond Borders, a film about humanitarian work, had a profound effect on her. "When I read the script it started to change me," she said at the time. "I was amazed at how much it had changed me and then, in the making of it, how much it meant to me. It just inspired me to start travelling and to educate myself."
"I wanted to learn more. I sat up one night and felt I should be more responsible about what I was doing with my life and have more purpose. I don't understand exactly what's going on unless I'm inside a place."
It seems that things have come full circle, as Angelina, about to give birth for the first time, will be welcoming her child with Brad in Namibia. And in the meantime, as they happily await the new arrival, the adventure-seeking couple, who have in the past been spotted piloting aircraft and dashing around on his and hers motorbikes, are taking full advantage of their African sojourn.
They may have found some peace in Namibia now that the government is on their side and they've deported some pesky photographers. They're undoubtedly hoping to take some of the heat off by releasing these beautiful pictures.
Several reports have Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie getting married in Namibia any day now. Last month's rumor that they were getting married in Italy turned out to be false of course, but in this case they're actually in the location where the wedding is said to be, so it may happen.
The main points supporting the wedding theory:
Angelina is said to want a traditional Namibian ceremony in a lodge in the Etoshan national game forest:
Uh-oh. I believe Angie has reportedly mentioned this type of ceremony before.
All the frills with no legal paper.
This same second friend says Brad, 42, and Angie, 30, have planned a wedding ceremony at a remote lodge in the Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, where wild animals roam. An insider at the Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C., says that such ceremonies are commonly performed by local tribal chieftains in a Bantu dialect.
The couple would be barefoot... and “will be asked to reach their arms toward the stars while the tribal leader calls upon the great spirits to watch over this man, this woman and their children until the end of time,” says the second friend.
It's kind of earthy, but it sounds romantic anyway. Brad and Angelina spent a few days at Okonjima Lodge a week and a half ago, and that may be where the wedding could take place. The getaway also serves a charitable purpose, and is "home to the AfriCat Foundation, a non-profit organisation committed to the conservation and rehabilitation of cheetahs and leopards."
Here are pictures of the Okonjima Lodge just in case they get married there. It looks nice but not quite nice enough for Brad and Angelina's wedding. Maybe the website doesn't do it justice. We also have pictures of the Burning Shore Lodge, where they are staying now. (Another lodge that would be a decent candidate for their wedding would be "Little Ongava," although we were wrong that they had visited there earlier.)
Proving that her charity knows no bounds and is on a different level entirely than the lame attempts by her boyfriend to save the world, Angelina Jolie is planning to buy a country in Dubai and set it up for African refugees. The Bosh reports:
And the 55-year-old entrepreneur is selling parts of the 'world' to anyone rich enough to afford them. The 30-year-old actress, who is due to give birth early in May, is reportedly planning to turn her new purchase into a fair-trade paradise for hundreds of Africans.
A source said: "Angelina has been obsessed with Ethiopia ever since she adopted her second child Zahara from there. Her friends are very jealous of her purchase."
Jolie will also take out an ad in USA Today next week begging for the US to intervene in the long-standing genocide in The Sudan:
The US could have stepped in and stopped the violence in the Sudan long ago, but the neocons decided they wanted the oil in Iraq and choose to invent a genocide over there. Saddam Hussein may have gassed Kurds in the 80s, but US news outlets downplayed the event at the time. Now an actual genocide has been happening in The Sudan for about three years and no one is doing a thing about it. Saving hundreds of thousands of lives would have cost a fraction of the total of the Iraq war, but no one has given it any attention. Ironically that's why we pay attention to celebrities. It's easier than dealing with the tragedy and hypocrisy of the real world, and we're just as guilty as anyone.
Brad is gearing up his own philanthropic efforts. He will join "environmental group Global Green USA to sponsor a competition that will choose architects to rebuild parts of hurricane-devastated New Orleans."
Back to our regularly scheduled gossip.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have come under fire for closing off roads to The Burning Shore Lodge where they're staying in Namibia. They've also been criticized for the agressive, over-the-top behavior by their security team, headed by a security guard who was once charged with murder. So far their guards have pepper-sprayed a photographer and grabbed one local female reporter around the neck!
The latest news is that a photographer was beat totally senseless by one of their secuirty guards - right in front of Brad and four year-old Maddox!
Tough guy Mickey Brett, the security guard overseeing Brangelina's high-security compound, issued this threat to the press earlier this week: "If I find anyone getting a picture of Jolie, I will f****ing smash someone to pieces. I'm not joking. I'll f***ing put someone in the hospital. Tell your friends."
According to the source, it was unclear whether Brett was the guard who scuffled Sunday with the unlucky paparazzi.
They need to get some new help right away, because it's unacceptable for people to get beat up or even threatened by the thugs on their staff. Maybe they'll realize that they can't let their staff hurt the paparrazi when they're slapped with some huge lawsuits for the damage they've caused.
Here are some pictures of Brad Pitt shopping in Paris a little while ago. [via]
We realize that we reported the demise of Angelina and Brad's relationship just yesterday. Just because they're fighting it doesn't mean that they have to break up. A story came out in Britain's Mirror claiming that Angelina and Brad might get married in Namibia!
They're staying at the Burning Shore Lodge again, and just stopped into the Etosha National Game Park for a few days. (Thanks to Glitterati for clearing this up.)
The story that they're planning a wedding is totally speculative, but it sounds promising that their family is flying in:
Heavily pregnant Angelina, 30, told her squad of body-guards to keep everyone off the beach, angering locals.
The Lara Croft star and Brad, 42, have been seen visiting private lodges that specialise in beach weddings.
Relatives are expected to join them within days.
An insider said: "We've heard Brad Pitt's brother Doug is flying out and some of her family, too. Everyone's wondering if they're going to get married here before the baby's born.
Of course Angelina is due next month, so that could explain the relatives flying in. Still it seems kind of early to have people visit, so it's possible that they're planning a wedding!
Here are the pictures of the resort where they're staying that we've already posted.
This doesn't sound true to me, but I didn't think that Angelina and Brad would move their family to Africa, either, so it might be more than just a rumor. Angelina Jolie is said to be thinking of getting rid of Brad Pitt once their baby is born:
"It's basically over between Brad and Angelina," says a friend of the couple. They can't agree on anything - even where to have the baby."
Once Brad confronted Angie over her e-mails with Colin - she told him that if he couldn't trust her - perhaps they shouldn't be together, the report details.
Brad eventually backed off - but the damage was done.
There reportedly was never even a meeting with Angie and Colin, according to the story in the weekly magazine - but still the seeds of doubt appear to be planted in Brad.
And worse - the story claims Jolie is concerned that Brad is too jealous.
While this could be true, she is also due soon and is probably more sensitive than usual. Hopefully she will change her mind once the baby arrives.
Meanwhile their over-agressive security forces are pissing off the locals and threatening people, and the new tattoo on Brad's lower back has been revealed as a Sanskrit Buddhist blessing meant to protect his adopted son, Maddox. It is similar to the tattoo that Angelina has on her back. Will the guy ever get an identity of his own? No wonder Angelina's tired of him.
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Sex with Angelina Jolie must make people crazy. Angelina Jolie's ex lesbian lover, Jenny Shimizu, has talked to the press before about her relationship with Jolie. She must not be able to stand it that Jolie seems happy with Pitt, because she's dishing the details now (link has a topless picture of Jolie and is NSFW)
REVELLED in trawling strip joints and ogling the girlie action,
DASHED back home to re-live the sexy moves, and
CAVORTED naked in a moonlit Hollywood swimming pool...
Angelina was just 19 and wed to UK actor Jonny Lee Miller. But Jenny told us: "One night as we sat talking on Angelina's hotel bed our eyes just locked and we kissed. A slow, lingering, magical kiss.
"Next day we both knew we wanted it to go further—when I went back to her room we fell into each other's arms and slowly took off each other's clothes.
"She was a little shy but I just kept pointing to each bit of my body and saying ‘Breast!' ‘Thigh!' encouraging her to kiss every part of me. She was so eager to please. It was such a turn-on looking down at her gorgeous naked body as I showed her how to make love to a woman."
Soon Angelina was calling shots, too. heir ideal night was for her to dress in PVC pants with matching skintight vest and trawl strip clubs together.
"I even took her to dominatrix joints and she loved them all," said Jenny. "The darker and naughtier the better.
"Then we'd go back to wherever we were staying, desperate to rip each other's clothes off and act out the moves we'd seen. They were amazing nights."
Thats pretty hot. Shizmu says that Jolie loves lesbian action and isn't going to be satisfied with the role of mother and wife: "Angelina loves danger and dabbling in the dark side. That's where she gets her kicks—not playing happy families with one man."
We think Shizmu just can't bear to be without Jolie, who she reveals waxes every inch of her body and doesn't have a hair on her. She must not think she has another chance with the gorgeous actress or she would keep the details to herself.
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Brad Pitt has been seen in Namibia with a mohawk hairdo - just like little Maddox's! Since the Jolie-Pitts are in the sticks now, and Jolie has been said to cut Maddox's hair herself, the most logical conclusion is that Jolie cut Pitt's hair into the ridiculous new style:
Here’s a clue.
In an interview last December, Angelina’s New York-based stylist Ted Gibson revealed that the
actress insists on cutting Maddox’s Mohawk herself.
Did she give Brad the chop, too? Looks likely!
Brad carries a daddy bag, lets his wife move the family around at will, and apparently allows her to cut his hair any way she sees fit! He's a rather accommodating guy.
In related news, Brad has three construction crews working overtime to finish his Hollywood home in time for the birth of his first biological child with Angelina. In order to make sure the construction does not disturb his neighbors, he ordered all loud work stopped in the evening. He also visited several neighbors personally and promised to throw a cocktail party when he returns. What a nice guy. He'll have to see what Angelina wants to do, though, because she might not be ready to move back to Hollywood for quite a while.
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The Boston Herald claims that Brad Pitt has been spotted carrying a high-end "Daddy Bag," The "David" by Wake. We checked out Wake's collection and compared it with pictures of Pitt carrying the bag in question, and we don't think they're the same bag.
The "David" is definitely a more feminine bag than the one Brad drapes his leather jacket over. Still, this doesn't fare well for Brad, who was called a "nanny" by a source quoted in the soon to be defunct Celebrity Living:
The report claims that Brad wants equal rights as a parent.
But another friend of the couple tells the magazine that Jolie is in charge.
"I think she calls the shots with those kids every step of the way, the 'source revealed to the magazine. The story concludes... Brad should put his foot down now before he has another full time armful.
Surely the Jolie-Pitts will have their own nannies and needn't worry about either one of them having to watch the kids if they don't want to. They're hands-on parents, though, and will do their best to be there for the children.
Meanwhile Jolie's best friend has said that Jolie was royally pissed off by Aniston's pity party on Oprah:
Tonya claims Jolie said: "Oh my God, it makes me want to throw up! She shot her mouth off and Oprah took it all in. The audience took it all in. They were all against Brad and me from that moment on. She wanted people to feel sorry for her that her marriage was down the pan. Brad and I couldn't defend ourselves.: Tonya adds: "Ange told Oprah she was extremely upset with her and wanted nothing to do with the show, even though Oprah reportedly said, 'Don't bear a grudge against me."
If that's true it's awesome and of course Jolie would think Aniston is an idiot. We wish Aniston would just shut up and go away already. Once the Jolie-Pitt baby emerges she's going to be even more miserable.
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Word is that the Jolie-Pitts bought clothes suitable for a little baby girl, but also picked out a t-shirt with the word "Boy" across the front. Of course they already have a baby girl, but presumably these were little tiny clothes:
"We think it's a girl, but we're not 100-percent certain," the observer says he overheard Jolie say during the private shopping jaunt.
Still, the source tells PEOPLE that the actress also purchased a gray T-shirt with the word "boy" on it . . . "just in case." Besides, she said, "since I already have a boy and a girl, it doesn't really matter."
We heard earlier that that Jolie-Pitts were expecting a boy, so they may have staged the shopping trip and spoken loudly to throw off the tabloids.
Us Weekly claims to have the exclusive news that Jolie has decided to stay in Africa to give birth. They quote a source saying that:
A report in In Touch in early March states that PItt insists on having a doctor accompany the couple to Africa, should Jolie choose to give birth there.
While it is unknown whether Jolie plans to give birth in a natural, non-medical setting in Africa, an out-of-hospital childbirth is a safe option for a healthy first time mother. According to the book "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" by Henci Goer, medical studies show that home and birthing center (non-medical) births are safer and result in a better outcome for mother and child.
It may seen unconventional for Jolie to give birth in Africa, but it's not irresponsible. She's just looking for a safe, secure place for her child to come into the world. Women have done it for eons.
Update: People are saying that Africa is a dangerous place to give birth due to the threat of malaria. This may be true, but don't you think that Jolie knows about that and has prepared for it medically? She's a smart woman.
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We did a little research and think we figured out Angelina and Brad's latest location. Reuters reports that the Jolie-Pitts have moved from The Burning Shore resort in Namibia that we posted pictures of earlier to "a lodge in the Etosha National Game Park in northern Namibia, where lions are a top tourist draw and would help deter intruders trying to photograph the couple." Obviously their last location was too accessible and did not afford them the privacy they were hoping.
There are many lodges in the Estosha National Game park. We browsed a lot of websites and compared prices. Most are nice, but not luxurious, and some are high-end, but have more than 15 rooms.
The Little Ongava Lodge stands out as a luxurious getaway that's small and manageable enough for the Jolie-Pitts to book out. It has three spacious suites, each with their own swimming pool. It's also located on a hill and boasts of the privacy it provides to guests:
Designed by a leading architect, drawing on historic, natural and cultural cues the design and decor integrates seamlessly with the Etosha National Park environment. Each spacious suite commands a private view of the waterhole and the plains beyond. Relax in your private infinity horizon plunge pool; luxuriate with both indoor and outdoor bathroom and shower facilities. Siesta in the independent sala, tucked away in the dolomite rock formation.
The dedicated main area, for the exclusive use of Little Ongava guests, lends itself to relaxed, stylish dining under an African sky.
Here are pictures of The Little Ongava Lodge. Again, this is our best guess, but it's much better than the rest of the area lodges, and we think we're right.
New York Magazine tries to move copies with a headline declaring that they have the first Brangelina baby photos. Of course all they have are fuzzy faked photos using lookalikes and a newborn. They even have the Angelina model pose with the baby at her breast.
The long filler article covers the paparazzi's scramble to get the first picture of the baby and societal fascination with it - a nonstory really. We'd rather read about how they're fighting or where they're sleeping in that Namibian Getaway.
According to those whose business it is to know such things, Jolie will likely give birth at Paris’s American Hospital during the first week of May, although she’s also believed to have booked rooms at Cedars-Sinai and Malibu’s St. John’s Hospital and may have done the same at hospitals in London, Berlin, and a Third World country—possibly Ethiopia, from where she adopted her daughter, Zahara. (Some of the same people who claim to have a good idea about where and when Jolie will give birth also seem to have a good idea about how: They say it will be a C-section. They also say it’s a boy.)
So, with Paris looking at the moment like the best bet, the paparazzi are brushing up on their French—and feeling a touch frénétique.
The paparazzi lament the hilly terrain and bad lighting in France, and the pesky laws that keep them away from celebrities as a result of Princess Di's death. Jolie and Pitt are expected to create a diversion when they leave the hospital so that the newborn can remain untouched by the lenses that follow the family everywhere. Of course it is thought that the world's most famous couple will sell the first pictures to the highest bidder to benefit one of Angelina's favorite charities. Angelina confirmed pregnancy rumors by letting Haitian charity Yele Haiti sell her bump pictures for $400,000 to People Magazine.
This news seems outdated now that the Jolie-Pitts are in Africa, and it's really just an excuse to post pictures of the lookalikes with a baby.
We have sort of exclusive googled-derived pictures of the Namibian resort that Brad and Angelina have booked out just in case Angelina decides to give birth in Africa.
The world's most famous couple have holed up in the "Burning Shore Lodge" in Namibia. Angelina is said to be uncertain if she wants to give birth in Africa or France, and Brad is along for the ride. They have a jet on standby in case they choose to return for Paris in time for the birth of their first biological child.
Reports say Angelina and Brad have booked up all "seven" rooms in the resort for three months, but there are seven rooms and five suites, so the reports are probably mistaken.
A modern, luxurious establishment, this ocean-side lodge is locatedon Long Beach just south of the unique quaint town of Swakopmund.
It offers 7 Luxury Rooms and 5 Luxury Suites, all enjoying private bathroom facilities.
Prices range from a modest $134 to $268 per night for two people. By our crude calculations, a three month stay in the entire hotel would cost around $240,000 USD.
The couple have been plagued by fighting and breakup rumors, which initially seemed like heresay but have come to ring true to us.
In Touch reports that Brad and Angelina are fighting over common issues like:
Angelina feels trapped:
As her due date nears, the magazine reports that friends say Angelina Jolie is starting to feel trapped in her relationship with Brad Pitt. She even insisted he go to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to check out real estate because “she wanted her space.”
An Illegitimate baby:
They can’t seem to agree on anything lately,” says another confidante, adding that the pair has been arguing about everything from where baby, [sic] to whether or not to marry before the birth.
Hopefully some time away from the paparazzi and pressures of the city will help bring their relationship back on solid ground.
Here are our exclusively google-found pictures of the resort where Brad and Angelina are staying.
Six more pictures after the jump.
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Unless the Namibian government is cashing in on the tourism trend of claiming that the Jolie-Pitts favor your nation, Angelina and Brad are now in Africa. This means that the rumor that Angelina wanted to give bith is Africa may have been true and that we were totally wrong. This will not be the first time.
It is unclear how long they will stay in Namibia, or what the family's plans are while they are here.
At the weekend, wire reports emanating from overseas speculated that Jolie, who is pregnant with Pitt's child, was coming to have her baby in Namibia.
Alternative reports have suggested that the family is just on a visit...
Sources in Europe earlier told The Namibian that the couple had flown out of Le Bourget airport in Paris in a private jet on Monday night - believed to be headed for Namibia.
Jolie is no stranger to Namibia. The Oscar-winning actress spent time in the country in 2002 during the filming of the international feature movie on refugees, 'Beyond Borders', at Swakopmund.
Namibia is believed to hold particularly fond memories for Jolie. It was here that she took legal custody of her adopted Cambodian son, Maddox, in March 2002.
Maybe the Jolie-Pitts will get some peace from the paparazzi in the nation of Namibia, or maybe some enterprising Namibians will get out their cameras and start shooting.
Regardless let's hope that Brad is no longer banished to the couch and that he gets some loving in Africa. PopBytes posted these scans of a Star Magazine article that claims that Angelina is uncomfortable in bed due to her pregnancy (been there) and is having Brad sleep on the couch of their apartment in Paris.
Star also claims that Jolie and Pitt are fighting and that Jolie wants her children to grow up in Europe while Pitt is homesick for the comforts of America.
We were reluctant to admit that Pitt and Jolie were having trouble, but this might be true. Maybe after the baby is born and they've carved out a little space for themselves in Africa they'll be on better terms. It certainly must be stressful to have people follow you everywhere, and it can't be easy to move around so much.
Now that Jolie's ailing mother is back in France with her pregnant daughter, the media can't speculate if the baby will be born in the states or France anymore, so they've decided to change the venue entirely.
This story sounds so fake it's laughable, but Jolie is said to want to have the baby in Africa now so that she can continue working for the UN until her baby is born:
The pregnant star and lover Brad Pitt will stay at a private lodge in Namibia, south west Africa, while they wait for their new arrival.
They have allegedly planned to have their child there so Angelina - a UN goodwill ambassador - can carry on working for the organisation throughout her pregnancy.
A source told Britain's News of the World newspaper: "They've fallen in love with Africa and want to help as much as they can over there.
"Angelina has completely changed from her old partying days and she takes her UN responsibilities very seriously."
Last month, it was rumoured Angelina - who adopted her daughter Zahara from Africa last year - was planning to give birth in France as a tribute to her dying mother.
Jolie can work for the UN remotely and this doesn't seem likely. Someone probably made up this story.
Here are pictures of Brad leaving yesterday for a business trip and Angelina with Maddox after he had his face and nails painted.
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Angelina Jolie wants to write her life story, and will focus on her role as a mother and include stories from other mothers around the world:
The source added, "She also wants to include memoirs from all mothers she has met around the world and got to know. She's going to include stories about the orphans that she's met, and she's hoping it will encourage people to adopt and help others understand why she travels and is so active as a goodwill ambassador."
That's a great idea and it's sure to be a best seller. Angelina has used her fame to bring awareness to important causes and by highlighting the role of mothers, her new book should make a difference.
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So supposedly Angelina and Brad are fighting up a storm in Paris and Jennifer Aniston is gloating. None of these rumors require any facts to back them up, because they're pretty easy to make up given that we know practically everything about these people since they're hounded by photographers and reporters every day.
Star says that Brad misses the states and that he's fighting with Angelina over the wedding, which she says isn't happening. They also say Angelina is very passionate (that's a leap) and doesn't fight fair with Brad.
Meanwhile Jen is waiting for the couple to break up, which is also no surprise:
And the article goes on to quote The Bosh, which says that Aniston's trying to get pregnant with her bloated boyfriend, Vince Vaughn, but that she doesn't care if they get married first. God forbid she should try to give up cigarettes in a bid to increase her fertility.
We seriously doubt that anything dire is wrong with the Jolie-Pitts, and hope that Aniston's womb stays barren forever.
Here is Angelina shopping at a craft store and visiting a Yoga center in Paris with little Maddox yesterday. Note the sheer number of professional and amateur photographers following her. We sometimes think that A-listers make a pact with the devil. The money can't be worth it.
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Star Magazine reports that Brad and Angelina are fighting. This news seems old and cobbled together, and reminds us of the "Angelina's pissed off about Brad's drinking" story that was made up based on pictures published of the couple:
"Brad said they argued about getting married," a source tells Star. "He said she refused point-blank to set a date, and told him that if he kept pushing her it would be over forever. Then she left with the kids. When she returned that night, [March 20th] she refused to discuss it. She just told him, 'Forget about it, OK!' But Brad worries — and the more worried he gets, the angrier Angelina gets. He said she's so passionate, she explodes and then disappears until she calms down — and they can never discuss things rationally or calmly."
Who would the source be for this story? It could be their help, that's always possible, but you think they'd be savvy enough to get rid of people who sell stories to the tabloids.
We don't buy it.
A more plausible story is that Angelina has flown her ailing mother out to Paris to be there for the birth of her baby, which is said to be due on May 18th.
“Angelina has been having regular check-ups at a hospital in Paris and it is expected that she will give birth within the next few weeks.”
This is good news, and solves the conflict Angelina was facing between honoring her mother's wishes by having the baby in her native France vs. giving birth in the states so that her mother can spend time with the baby. It also probably gives the Jolie-Pitts a little more space from the ever-present paparrazi.
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Like everyone else, we assumed that the Jolie-Pitts were flying back to the states when they were photographed three days ago at the airport. That's why we didn't publish these pictures of Brad flying in Nice when we came across them earlier today - we assumed they were old.
It turns out that the famous couple flew to the south of France and that the unexpected venue afforded the Jolie-Pitts a precious few days out of the spotlight. These photos are of Brad flying yesterday.
Speculation is rampant that bitter Jennifer Aniston may beat her ex to the altar, and that Oprah will host the wedding!
“She just wants to be Vince’s bride - today, tomorrow, next week. She’s told him to name the day. As long as that day comes soon, that is."
Life & Style Weekly cites a source that believes that Jen & Vince may be married before the release of their summer film opens.
And despite the sneaky way that Aniston got Oprah to endorse James Fry's lousy psuedo-memoir (to promote the hoped-for film, for which Aniston owns the movie rights), Oprah has agreed to host Aniston's wedding at her estate. Aniston reportedly wants a huge lavish affair to show the world how utterly petty and wasteful she can be. (She also probably can't have the thing at her house since it's overrun with rabbits.)
No matter what she does or who she attaches herself to, you can be sure that Aniston won't be happy.
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Life & Style says that Pitt called Aniston to warn her to prepare for news of the couple's wedding.
“Jen had asked Brad to let her know so she could prepare personally and publicly for the media attention,” says a friend of Jen’s.
“But she asked that he spare her the details, and the call lasted less than three minutes.”
If this is true, and we doubt it, it may mean that the Jolie-Pitts were planning to get married at some point, somewhere - or that they did already get married and managed to hide it. If only they were friends of Chloe Sevigny, we could be assured that this is true.
The Jolie-Pitt clan traveled back to the States today. It looks like Angelina's mother won't get her dying wish to have her grandchild born in France, but with Jolie you never can tell.
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Another day brings more non-stories about the Jolie-Pitts. The latest:
"Hopping around Europe in private planes is fun but it’s the last thing he imagined he’d be doing in the weeks leading up to the baby’s birth."
"He’s had to tell Angelina to slow down."
There haven't been any photos of Angelina flying this week, so maybe Brad's requests were taken seriously by the world's sexiest pregnant woman.
We're sure that more news about Pitt and Jolie will be published tomorrow.
Here is Angelina leaving her hotel in Paris on 3/21.
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Brad is said to be pissing off Angelina with his frequent drinking. Someone probably made this story up after seeing the pictures of Brad having dinner in Paris with some American friends on Monday night.
The report cites the source that tells the tabloid, "He has a few drinks each night to end each day."
But apparently Brad is taking it too far. Jolie can't drink- she seven months preggers and reports say she is moody. So - according to the item in the weekly magazine - she also doesn't want to see Brad drinking every night as the report suggests.
"She's getting a little tired of seeing him slumped on the couch night-after night," the insider claims.
Not only is Brad drinking too much for Angelina's taste, he was photographed smoking out the window of the couple's Paris apartment this weekend.
The Sun also reports that Brad was looking rough on Monday and needs to clean up his look.
As we learned from the Lake Como wedding debacle, the media just makes shit up about Brad and Angelina so that we have something to whet our palate every day. So take this latest news for what it is - an attempt to bring the world's hottest couple down to our miserable level.
Here are pictures of Brad smoking and out for dinner with friends on Monday night.
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Since the wedding speculation is over for now, the media is focusing on the Jolie-Pitt fetus and where and when it will first emerge.
The Sun says that Jolie will have the baby in France to honor her mother, Marcheline Betrand, who is French. Bertrand has uterine cancer that is thought to be terminal and is convalescing in Beverly Hills.
A source states the obvious:
Angelina takes her mom's advice on when to have the baby, too:
"She's really into astrology and thought it would be great to have a Gemini like me."
Only a very powerful woman can tell Jolie and Pitt when to have sex. If Betrand's wishes come true the baby will be the right sign and nationality.
We hope that Angelina's mother is comfortable in her illness and that she gets to spend time plenty of time with one of the world's most anticipated babies.
A newborn may change the Jolie-Pitt family dynamic, but for now Maddox is the number one celebrity child.
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So nothing happened this weekend in the Italian region of Lake Como, just like we said about three times. Clooney is always right, and he denied knowing anything about a wedding a while ago. He also said he wasn't that tight with Pitt.
The poor residents of the area where it was supposed to go down were all worked up for no reason. They did get to cash in on the notoriety of the non-event, though:
Primed for "official duties", Mayor Simona Saladini had put on her best clothes, had her hair done in the local salon and kept the registry office open for an extra five hours, until 6pm on Saturday. It appeared, however, that she had been strung along. The mayor, local residents, curious tourists and 200 journalists were cruelly jilted at the altar when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie failed to get married at the Italian resort.
There was no cancellation of the union of "Brangelina" and it was unclear whether the world's most famous divorcees had been joined together in another hip European playground of the rich and famous, whether they had wearied of the wedding or whether they had ever intended to get married in the first place.
We think it was all a rumor to drum up Italian tourism and the paparrazi business, although neither seemed to be suffering before.
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Yesterday we reported that it looked like not much is going to happen with the latest Jolie-Pitt wedding rumors. TMZ reports that it doesn't matter if the wedding actually happens, because the paparazzi are getting paid just for creating a stir:
TV shows and magazines are running stories on the rumored nuptials and buying photos from the paparazzi -- photos of the paparazzi swarming the town!
So here's the business model. Start a bogus rumor, then charge the media money for the pictures you take of the others who are also spreading the bogus rumor -- Capitalism, ain't it something?
Meanwhile USWeekly has one off live blogging from the non-event at Lake Como:
This reminds me of the google research frenzy I was in yesterday trying to dig up information on Gisele Bundchen's new date. It turns out she was just having a business dinner. I so wanted to run that story and like to think that a few people would have repeated it.
Here's Brad taking a flying lesson on March 15th. He has the same instructor we've seen with Angelina.
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Reports that Pitt and Jolie are marrying in Italy has Italian villiagers and reporters all in a tizzy. A local hotel is cleaning up in what is said to be preparation for the wedding. It sounds like a hoax to us:
“They are cleaning the village and tidying up everything, something is going to happen,” said Andrea, who declined to give his surname.
We reported a few days ago that the couple was said to be planning a wedding on a boat in the middle of Lake Como, but that we thought the story was pulled out of someone's butt.
Other rumors include:
Brad Pitt's family supposedly wants him to marry Angelina right away. They think Brad should secure his rights to the children should the couple break up.
And skinny Angie is said to be planning plastic surgery should she have trouble shaping up after the baby is born.
Even if she gains a few pounds or sags in places, she's sure to remain the favorite pin-up of lesbians everywhere.
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The world's most famous couple were photographed today in Nice airport in France. Brad is leading the pack for once, and he seems to be carrying a diaper bag along with one year-old Zahara.
Brad Pitt's rep recently denied the ridiculous rumor that the couple was to be married in the middle of Lake Cuomo in Italy this weekend. That rumor was so obviously wrong, we don't know why his rep even bothered to make a statement.
Angelina Jolie is also slated to star in Sin City 2 after her first child is born.
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Angelina Jolie was flying while pregnant yet again yesterday. She should be able to continue her favorite past time until she's a little further along, but many people think it's unsafe. Flying is statistically much safer than driving, so we're not sure what all the fuss is about:
One of my pilot friends from a major airline didn't want to be named but said, "no way would I allow my wife to take flying lessons at seven months. It's not that it's unsafe, but with a Cirrus SR22 (the type of plane Jolie flies) there can be too much jarring."
Note that the "pilot friend" said that it's not unsafe, but that he would be concerned about jarring. We can exercise while pregnant, why can't we fly a plane?
Angelina's arms, on the other hand, look worryingly thin.
Update: there is some debate as to whether her arms are airbrushed to look thinner.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are supposed to be planning a wedding that will take place next week on a boat in the middle of Italy's Lake Como near George Clooney's villa:
This sounds rather far-fetched, considering that George Clooney seemed earnest when he said in an appearance on "Larry King Live" on 2/16/06 that the couple had not asked him to use his villa for a wedding. He also said he was friends with Pitt but that they weren't very close:
CLOONEY: No but I will now. He can come there if he wants. A bunch of tabloids, all the tabloids had that that he’s coming to my house to get married. I wanted to rent a bunch of tables, you know, and put them outside and then get a bunch of like kids or something dressed up in tuxes and watch them in tuxes and watch all the cameras come by.
From what Clooney said, (and Clooney is always right) it sounds like the tabloids just make this shit up. It makes no sense that Brad and Angelina would choose to get married on a boat in the middle of the lake near a villa that an aquaintance owns. It's pretty fucking stupid, actually.
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Pitt was the face of Edwin Jeans, the "Levis of the East," from 1996 to 1999. He has appeared in Japanese ads for the Toyota Prius and for coffee, but only lent his fame to one US ad - a Heineken commercial for the 2005 Super Bowl.
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Vince Vaughn has supposedly contacted Angelina Jolie's manager to let her know that he'll "keep the peace" in the war between the pregnant vixen and his girlfriend that takes place entirely in Aniston's head:
The reason - he wants Jennifer to be healthy.
The article [in Star] suggests that the "Wedding Crashers Star' understands that it can only be a good thing for his sweetie to finally put any bitterness she has left in the past.
You know that Aniston is obsessed with gorgeous Jolie and Vince is making a last-ditch effort to get her to calm the fuck down. Jolie thinks about Aniston about as much as she contemplates whether she gave a good performance in "Hackers."
Meanwhile Aniston is still harping on her pain.
Here are pictures of Aniston and Vaughn in Aspen yesterday. Vaughn needs to take some supplements because he's got that Eastern-European scurvy look. Maybe he can visit the same clinic that Paris goes to.
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The article is long-winded without mentioning a source, and this may not be true. It is characteristic of Jolie's way of announcing information to the press, though. She confirmed pregnancy rumors by letting Haitian charity Yele Haiti sell her bump pictures for $400,000 to People Magazine.
Other recent rumors swirling around the world's most famous couple include "Jolie wants an open marriage," "Jolie and Pitt to wed in Ireland," and "Pitt tries in vain not to piss off Aniston while planning wedding." None are particularly revelatory.
Julie is said to be due with the couple's first biological child in May.
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Don't Brad and Angelina ever stay in one place? Here they are back in Berlin at the family fun center Bambooland. It's basically a big jungle gym and indoor spielplatz fur kinder. (Play area for kids. I live in Switzerland) It's nice that they're so focused on their kids. [via]
Yesterday Brad took the kids to an aquarium, Aquadom, (I was there last year, and it was a little empty because they were waiting for the fish to breed and fill out the exhibits) and brought back a pizza afterwards. Wow, I feel guilty for knowing this much about the Jolie-Pitts.
I would like to see Brad leading the pack for once. These are pretty grainy images, but you get the idea. Four more after the jump.
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TMZ gets to the bottom of recent reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are secretly married. 
According to eagle-eyes at the gossip site, the pair were seen wearing rings on their thumb and middle finger. They know that everyone is scrutinizing their every move and just want to keep us guessing. We're sure it was Angie's idea - everything is. These are the revealing pictures from TMZ's report.
Here are some quick E! News highlights from Angelina's Nightline interview from early February. It also gives some background on what Angelina and Brad go through on an average day out. The whole Nightline interview is also available as a four-part series. Just search on "Angelina Nightline" at YouTube
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Brad, Angelina, Maddox and Zahara head to Germany accompanied by a handful of staff. They have been traveling a lot lately and will hopefully slow down to give Angelina's time to rest.
Angelina may seek to make peace with her father, actor Jon Voight, after a publicized falling out in 2002. Voight's statement that Angelina suffered from "mental problems" frustrated the actress, who was trying to adopt a child at the time. In a 2005 interview on Comedy Centrals "The Daily Show," Voight mentioned that he does speak with "Angie," so it sounds like the two have been in touch since the incident.
Angelina may also be ready to announce her relationship with Pitt to the press:
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