Archives for March 2008

Forget the wedding rumors. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie haven't tied the knot,
A source reportedly close to the stars said there had been "no wedding" for the Hollywood super couple, despite rumblings of a Saturday ceremony in New Orleans, People.com reported.

Star Magazine's Website claimed the couple got hitched in a secret ceremony at a chapel in the city's French Quarter.

ShowbizSpy.com reported Sunday that Brad’s representative said that she had “no idea” if the rumors were true or not.

Pitt famously told Esquire magazine in 2007 that he and Jolie — now pregnant with the couple's second child — would not walk down the aisle until all Americans could marry, referring to the debate over whether same-sex marriage should be legalized.

Despite reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt wedded in a New Orleans church Saturday, a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE there was "no wedding."

The family spent a weekend in New Orleans two weeks ago – as Pitt broke ground on his Make It Right project to help rebuild the city's Lower Ninth Ward – but they have recently been in the Austin, Texas, area while Pitt films Tree of Life with Sean Penn.

Jolie, who stars in the action film Wanted, opening in June, is pregnant and due later this year.

HOLLYWOOD star Angelina Jolie has been quietly suffering from an illness that hits pregnant women, it has been claimed.

The star, who is expecting boy and girl twins, has reportedly contracted a type of diabetes, reports UK tabloid The Sun.

She is also reportedly nauseous and her legs are so swollen, forcing her to wear a larger shoe size.

First exclusive pics of the twins Angelina Jolie may or may not be carrying could net Hollywood's Mother Theresa a whopping $10 million, claims National Enquirer Executive Editor Barry Levine. Pee soup-drinking American Media head Bonnie Fuller says $8 million, but still! By contrast, People paid $4 million for photos of Brangelina spawn Shiloh Nouvel back in 2006 and between $1.75 million and $2 million for pics of adoptee Pax last March.

Even factoring in the circumstantial differences (there are two of them this time around, maybe!), the price increase is staggering. "It's at the point now where some stars might decide to have more kids just to collect the money from their photos," an anonymous magazine editor tells the Post.

Is winning a bidding war over photos simply a matter of pride for celebrity mags, or is it actually financially prudent to fork over seven figures for photos that many people will see the next day on a gossip blog? A combination of both, actually.

People sold about 2.3 million newsstand copies of the Shiloh issue, compared to an average run of 1.5 million. They also jacked up the cover price by .50 cents, meaning the mag raked in an extra $2.25 million in profit. Not a full return on the $4 million investment, but probably pretty close when you factor in the increased Web traffic and money earned by re-selling the photos overseas. (The potential Web numbers are even more valuable now, given how well New York's Lindsay Lohan nudes did.)

Now, People's recent Jennifer Lopez twins cover, for which the mag shelled out $6 million, sold between 2 and 3 million copies—a significantly higher number than usual, but approaching the ceiling for how many magazines you could possibly sell in a week that isn't marred by, say, September 11th or the death of Princess Di (the two best-selling People covers of all-time). Which means that a $10 million Brangelina investment is motivated more by the desire to extend a middle finger to the competition and cement the brand than by the expectation of any serious profit.

Of course, while tabloids are happy to play the game, they still gripe. "It's outrageous, they've gotten very sophisticated," says the Enquirer's Levine. "The rights are bought up now even before the celeb enters the hospital. They hire extra security so it's impossible to obtain a photo illegally."

You know, Barry, there's a pretty efficient way to quell your moral "outrage": stop offering multi-million dollar payouts for staged shots of barely sentient newborns.

If Hillary Clinton were to become the next president Angelina Jolie will have a distant cousin in office and if Barrack Obama gets the vote Brad Pitt would have a distant cousin in the White House.

So what happens if John McCain wins? As Jay Leno would say it, McCain goes so far back in time, all of America would have a distant cousin in the White House!

More seriously, according to AP, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, founded in 1845, says Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, descendants of Edwin Hickman, who died in Virgina in 1769.

Clinton and Jolie are also ninth cousins, twice removed, descendants of Jean Cusson who died in St. Sulpice, Quebec, in 1718.

Actually, the United States is crawling with Clinton and Obama cousins, some of whom the candidates could be proud off.

Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side, can count Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette amidst her distant cousins. Other Clinton cousins include Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of Prince Charles of England. Huh? That sounds credible doesn't it!

Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. presidents his cousins - George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman and James Madison.

Angelina Jolie has reportedly hired a live-in nurse as she has become exhausted from her pregnancy and busy schedule. Sources allege that the mother of four is suffering from fatigue, nausea and insomnia. Her partner Brad Pitt has reportedly been attempting to get her to rest, but Jolie refuses.

“She thought that once the three-month mark had passed she’d get some of her energy back, but she’s still feeling sick and dizzy,” says an insider. “Brad’s trying to get her to rest more because when she’s working she puts so much pressure on herself and doesn’t like to let people down.”

“They’ve got a live-in nurse now, who moved in a month ago. She’ll be making sure that Ange eats healthy and will help look after the children,” the source adds.

Jolie and Pitt are believed to be expecting twins – a boy and a girl. Neither have officially confirmed the pregnancy though Jolie has made no attempt to hide her baby bump.

I've been hearing rumors about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looking at property in the South of France for at least a year now but this week the gossip seems to have hit critical mass and it looks like this globe-trotting family may really be picking up a French chateau. The property in question ins located in the village of Eygalieres in Provence, France and has the romantic name of Mas de la Chapelle St. Sixte. US Weekly has reported that the Jolie-Pitts had been looking at the property last year but then decided not to purchase because the locals wouldn't let Brad Pitt but in a motorbike track on the over six-acre property. Now that the couple has gotten approval for the track it looks like the deal is back on.

The Telegraph had a great piece in January that covered the story of Mas de la Chapelle St Sixte and provides a sharp little photo gallery of the home in question. The main stone house was built in 1150 by monks and it was where was where Pope Clement VI stayed during the wine harvest in the 14th century. More recently it played host to Vanity Fair editor in chief, Graydon Carter at the high price of £1000 per day. The current owners are Jennifer and James Butler, a writer and a retired TV producer and art collector who fell in love with the historic ruin in 1990. The house had been empty since 1954 and the couple spent six years and a lot of money restoring it in keeping with local traditions. The couple has listed the home for 14 million euros ($22.089 million) partially because the couple were not sure how to divide the home among their nine children. The home has seven bedrooms and five bathrooms which frankly seems a bit tiny for the Jolie-Pitts, their children and their entourage of assistants but what a lovely place to be a bit cramped in.

Brad Pitt is under stress a new report claims and he is struggling with the fact that his pregnant girlfriend Angelina Jolie won't slow down and take it easy.  She is reportedly pregnant with twins and she is still flying her own plane and making all kinds of trips that Pitt doesn't approve of.  A report from the National Enquirer claims that he was very upset during her recent trip to Iraq.

There is even a report that he wants her to hire a full time nurse as he is worried about her health.  Even with all of this going on he is working on a movie and handling most of the chores with the staff around their new Texas rental.  An insider tells Enquirer that Pitt is stressed because he believes that Angelina is not making enough time for him and their relationship.

"Brad has kept quiet about his frustration for a long time, but he was having trouble handling everything on his own," said an insider.  "He's getting 6 a.m. calls and has to leave for the movie set, plus he handles the household staff and he's the main caregiver for the kids when Angelina is away," the chatty source revealed.

The New York trip didn't go over well either.  According to the source when Jolie told him she was off to Manhattan recently and was taking Maddox he was not happy.  If there ever was a wedding that was in the works as many had reported earlier, it is now off the insider claims.  Pitt has told Jolie that he is not ready if he can't get Jolie to slow down.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning to marry in an "intimate" ceremony this northern summer, a British magazine reports.
Angelina, who is rumoured to be expecting twins, will wed Brad in front of close family and friends after she gives birth.

A source said: "Brad has been talking about getting married for ages. He is totally devoted to her and their children. It is the right time for them to do this.

"It will be a strictly private affair. Brad did the big celebrity-packed wedding when he married Jennifer Aniston. This time it will be an intimate family gathering.

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Another baby, another continent for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. E! Online reports that the couple are eying the French Riviera for the birth of their yet-to-be-acknowledged baby (or babies, as E!'s "The Hum" blog advances).

The couple, currently in Austin, Texas, while Pitt films "Tree of Life" with Sean Penn, are clearing their schedules so they can take root in the South of France for the delivery and postpartum recovery, a source tells website. They spent weeks in Namibia for the birth of their daughter, Shiloh, in 2006. (Jolie adopted a son, Maddox, from Cambodia, before she met Pitt; the two have also welcomed Zahara, from Ethiopia, and Pax, from Vietnam.)

"They want to be in France by summer," a source tells E!, although Pitt's publicist says she wasn't aware of the planned move. The Hum also says the couple is expecting twins. 

When it comes to hiding her baby bump, it appears that Angelina Jolie has officially given up.  The “Tomb Raider” actress was spotted by the paparpazzi earlier day, and there’s no denying that she has a bun (or two) in the oven.

Jolie was on her way to drop her daughter, Zahara, off at school when the shutterbugs caught up to her.  She was sporting a form-fitting black top and a flowing skirt as she made her way from the school.

Next stop: Barnes and Noble Booksellers, where Ang grabbed some reading material before returning home.  Her belly has grown significantly over the past couple of weeks, leaving the “Girl Interrupted” actress little hope of being discreet about being preggers.

The Jolie-Pitt clan is stationed in Austin, Texas for the time being.  Brad Pitt is shooting a new drama titled “The Tree of Life” with another stud, actor Sean Penn.